Jonathan Baxter Lafrance

Jonathan Baxter Lafrance

3.4
Rating: 7.0

Licensed for 28 years

Criminal defense Lawyer at Santa Clarita, CA
Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, Family

25060 Avenue Stanford, Suite 245, Santa Clarita, CA

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Licenses

Licensed in California for 28 years

State: California

Acquired: 1997

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The Law Offices of Jonathan B. LaFrance, P.A.

25060 Avenue Stanford, Suite 245, Santa Clarita, CA, 91355

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Jonathan Baxter Lafrance's Reviews

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3.4 /5.0

18 Client Reviews

Showing 11 - 15 of 18 reviews

Posted by Adolph | May 04, 2020 | Hired Attorney | Car Accidents

Quick witted, Clever, very personal, fast, & gets it handled

I was involved in a rear end auto collision on the 405 Freeway. I was recommended by a friend to contact Jonathan Lafrance. What I was looking for and liked about this law firm is its personal touch. I had contacted other law firms with 10 or 20 partners and Jr associates and felt like I was just goi...ng to deal with a non personal processing plant that would just stretch out the case. I found his office was very pleasant and very easy to deal with including Mr Lafrance. He settled my case just like I imagined a very good attorney would. A short time later I was being personally sued. This was a fraudulent law suit and had to prove this in court. Mr Lafrance took the bull by the horns and handled my case very efficiently resulting in me winning the case. Jonathan Lafrance handled my case and got it done. I am now going to let his Law Firm incorporate a LLC for me and handle my future legal business dealings. I highly recommend this law firm.

Posted by Advanced | April 29, 2020 | Hired Attorney | Lawsuits & Disputes

Great attorney

Attorney Jonathan la France did a great job defending me in a civil suit filed by my next-door neighbor in city of Malibu. As I was building my new ocean view home. The next neighbor filed a civil lawsuit to stop me from building my home. My neighbor felt that my house would block a small portion of ...his view. I had an approved set of plans stamp by the city of Malibu to build. The lawsuit was extraordinarily complex regarding lot lines, surveying, ancient landslides and lot line markers. Special surveyors had to be hired to be mitigate property lines. Mr La France and his team work extremely hard, day and night even weekends to get paperwork filed with the courts on time. Mr La France determination and attention to details resulted in the dismissal of the restraining order. This resulted in money saved and a brand-new home. Thanks Mr La France!!!

Posted by anonymous | April 28, 2020 | Family

awful! !!! steer clear!!!

I had previously been a client of this attorney for years. My case was not handled professionally AT ALL. Attorney/client privilege was never respected. Acts like he's doing you a bunch of favors yet, in reality won't do a thing for you except charge you through the roof and give you the run around. ...He is very shady and conniving. If you care enough about yourself, your case, your family or your children, than steer clear from this attorney and choose someone more respectable and competent to handle your case and hopefully with more professionalism.

Jonathan Lafrance

Replied last April 28, 2020

I do not recall any client that would have a legitimate complaint like this one. As you are anonymous I invite you to contact me to try to resolve this if I can. I can only say that I care deeply about my clients, their families and the economics of going through litigation. I strive to be more than fair and very competent in all client matters. I know it can be very hard on everyone involved in a lawsuit. Like all attorneys, I sometimes have to tell clients things that are hard for them to hear but I am duty bound to by truthful and hold confidences. Sometimes clients will bring 3rd parties into their case as percipient or character witnesses and in doing so certain information is necessarily relayed. But, as most attorneys, I am extremely protective of client privileges. I address this issue with each client on the onset of representation to protect the client's interests, and even include such boundaries in writing in all my legal services agreements. Again, without knowing more I can only make these general statements.

Posted by anonymous | April 22, 2020 | Hired Attorney | Criminal Defense

Criminal Matter

I hired Mr LaFrance to defend me in an "assault" case. I had gotten into a shouting/shoving situation and was arrested by the police. I was released OR and immediately contacted Mr LaFrance to help with my defense. He immediately went to work building our defense and after conferring with the plai...ntiff several times, we settled. Mr LaFrance was on top of the situation all the time, and I never felt that I had been abandoned. I was extremely satisfied with the work and concern put into this situation by Mr LaFrance and would definitely use im and any further legal matters I would run into

Posted by Jason | November 11, 2015 | Hired Attorney | Family

YOUR THE BEST !!!!

Our lawyer has brought our family back together ! We couldn't thank him enough for what he has done, and what he continues to still do. We have had a case going for a little over three years and Jon has walked with us from the beginning and now were starting to run together. From day one Jon told us ...we got to walk before we could run, and that has defiantly stuck with me the whole time ! I wish there was more that I could do to show you our appreciation, but all's we can do is show you that we appreciate you ! Thanks to the Ladies that have took phone call after phone call when I felt stressed out and felt like there was no way out ! I love you guys so much

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Mark Rubashkin

Family lawyer | Sep 24

Relationship: Worked together on matter

"Jonathan LaFrance is a fantastic attorney, and I refer him family law and criminal defense cases from our farm. Our clients that we were for our always extremely satisfied and give John the highest reviews. He has a wealth of knowledge in both areas, is an outstanding person, and a great lawyer."

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Brian Breiter

Criminal defense lawyer | Sep 24

Relationship: Worked together on matter

"I have been referring Criminal-Defense. to John LaFrance for over 15 years. He is an outstanding attorney and advocate for his clients. He never gives up, treat them with respect, and gets amazing results. John LaFrance is my go to guy!"

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Experience

Rating:  7.0 (Very Good)

Education

1996

Florida State University College of Law

JD - Juris Doctor

1991

University of Central Florida

BS - Bachelor of Science

Languages

English

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