Encino, CA
Criminal defense Lawyer at Encino, CA
Practice Areas: Criminal Defense
OUTCOME: Acquittal
Obtained acquittal on all charges in 2013 for client Fernando Hernandez, a Los Angeles Unified School District school teacher accused of repeatedly molesting an eight year old female student of his whe ... re acts allegedly occurred in the classroom.
OUTCOME: Avoided Death Penalty
Defended Marvin Mercado in 2012 in Los Angeles Superior Court in Death penalty case. Defendant found guilty of 8 murder charges and 10 attempted murder charges. Successfully obtained unanimous life ver ... dict for Mercado in penalty phase.
OUTCOME: Acquittal
Obtained acquittal in 2007 for Long Beach Police Officer John Stolpe, who was accused of having sex while naked in the bushes at Griffith Park in Los Angeles and then resisting a park ranger who tried ... to arrest him.
OUTCOME: Avoided Death Penalty
Obtained a unanimous life verdict in the penalty phase for Javier "Gangster" Marquez, an alleged Mexican Mafia member convicted of two murders and who had been convicted of murder in a prior case. This ... case and trial was profiled in the book The Mexican Mafia, by Tony Rafael.