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Daniel Stephen Modafferi

Licensed for 12 years

Constitutional Lawyer at Carlsbad, CA
Practice Areas: Constitutional, Civil Rights, Government ... +3 more

5942 Priestly Dr Ste 100, Carlsbad, CA

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Licenses

Licensed in California for 12 years

State: California

Acquired: 2013

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No misconduct found

Licensed in Arizona for 6 years

State: Arizona

Acquired: 2019

Inactive

No misconduct found

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Fozi Dwork & Modafferi, LLP

5942 Priestly Dr Ste 100, Carlsbad, CA, 92008-8839

Fozi Dwork & Modafferi, LLP

5942 Priestly Dr Ste 100, Carlsbad, CA, 92008-8839

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Posted by anonymous | April 14, 2026 | Child Abuse

Daniel Modafferi has built a practice defending the indefensible.

One of his clients is a pastor and trained mandated reporter who testified under oath that he watched a convicted child s*x offender groom a young girl for years. He saw the possessive behavior, inappropriate touching, unsupervised bathroom visits. He knew the man had a prior conviction for s*x crime...s against a child. He did nothing. He never picked up the phone. He never called law enforcement. He never called CPS. He let it happen. Another of his clients is a church and school whose own employee admitted under oath to conduct constituting the s*x trafficking of her own daughter. Let that sink in. And when someone went public with those court transcripts, the school did not investigate. It did not protect children. It launched a mass smear campaign calling the whistleblower a liar and told school families to not discuss it. This is the kind of work Daniel Modafferi takes on. Pastors who watch children get groomed and stay silent. Institutions that bury their own employee's sworn admissions of child s*x trafficking. If that is the kind of representation you are looking for, he is your attorney. If it is not, you have been warned and should reconsider associating yourself or your organization with an attorney known for defending vile indefensible conduct.

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Loyola Marymount Univ

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Univ of California, Irvine SOL

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