Luis Santiago Valencia

I retained Luis Valencia to represent my son in a criminal case in West Court, Orange County. What first impressed me about Luis was his appearance: sharp suit, Rolex watch, crisp shirt and tie. He is a former Marine and it shows. Meet him and judge him yourself. My son was offered by the D.A. ...6 years and two strikes after having injured a police officer in a fist fight and a gun charge was alleged. The judge in West Court agreed with the district attorney and also offered six years. Luis said it would take time to get the case out of West Court and into Central. Luis fought this case for almost one year; his fees were reasonable, he was compassionate and he worked out a reasonable payment plan. I could call him on his cell phone- he would answer my phone calls or call back that day. He always said, “if you can’t sleep, call me, if you have a question I am right here and I am sorry you are suffering, but keep in mind I am here.” When the case was transferred to Central court I was glad to see what Luis was capable of doing. It did seem like he knew everyone, and when I asked he simply said, “we all work here-everyone knows each other.” The guy was so humble- really. In what seemed like an endless meeting, Luis convinced the D.A in central court to drop the gun charge, lower one of the counts and my son signed two years- not six. Luis went to jail regularly and visited my son, never missed or was late to a court date, and even called me when I was late. I still talk to Luis from time to time. If not for the hard work, and I mean hard work by Luis my son would still be in Prison. I remember my son’s first Public Defender telling me that my son should take the six years or things would get worse- thank God for Luis! I wrote this review because I was very pleased with Luis’ work; I personally do not believe any of the negative comments because they are so inconsistent with what I experience with Luis for almost one year. It is very sad to see how far people are willing to go in order to blame anyone but themselves for ending up in criminal court.