Louisa Belle Pensanti

We live in Compton and were horrified to learn that our 26 - year - old son had sex with a 13 - year - old girl while they were both under the influence of drugs and alcohol. Besides being impaired he did not know the girls' age, as she looked and acted really mature. To make things worse he admitted... what he had done to detectives. The District Attorney wanted to send him to prison 6 years. They were very serious, stubborn and intent on that. Intead Ms Pensanti arranged for a 90 day evaluation where he was sent to a prison to determine whether he was worthy of probation. Their eventual recommendation was for a state prison term. We knew that our son's actions were wreckless and criminal but felt strongly that prison would ruin his future. Attorney Pensanti and her team then brought in an expert who, along with her convincing argument caused the judge to grant probation. With their help we got our son home. We are a close Latin American family. We strongly recommend her.

When my husband was arrested and charged with poss/sales of crystal meth and felon with a loaded gun, two prior prison terms , 2 strikes and 11 prior guns and drug charges under his belt things looked really bad. Two lawyers I had hired tried to get a bail reduction but failed miserably. I was despe...rate. Then I talked with Louisa Pensanti. She told me of a plan of action that she would work to get him a bail reduction. We went to court 2 days later and Ms Pensanti worked her plan and got him a bail reduction. We bailed him out, this was all before we had even paid a down payment.. The DA wanted my husband to get 14 years in prison and a 3rd strike . So when my husband and myself met Ms .Pensanti we arranged a payment plan. She told my husband he was in big trouble and he needed a miracle to get out of this one. but she said she might be able to make one happen.She laid out her new plan of action .She told us it was a long shot but she believed she could get his case reduced down to 2yrs with half. I told my husband we needed her that those other lawyers said you would end up with another strike and no less than 10 years at80%.For the months that followed we followed Ms. Pensanti from court to court until the DA offered a plea bargin for 2 yrs with half . we accepted it. Ms Pensanti did the best job possible. we were so happy with her., she was wonderful. thank you