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Salvador Silva Jr

3.9
Rating: 6.7

Licensed for 24 years

Criminal defense Lawyer at Irvine, CA
Practice Areas: Criminal Defense

19800 W MacArthur Blvd #300, Irvine, CA

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Licensed in California for 24 years

State: California

Acquired: 2001

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Law Ofc Salvador Silva

19800 W MacArthur Blvd #300, Irvine, CA, 92612

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3.9 /5.0

18 Client Reviews

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Posted by anonymous | February 29, 2024 | Hired Attorney | DUI & DWI

DUI

There are a lot of attorneys out there who just take your money and don't work hard for you. I was so terrified after getting my first DUI and Sal was helpful, explained everything and helped me get a great deal because of his experience as a former prosecutor.

Posted by Alex | April 06, 2021 | Hired Attorney | Criminal Defense

Attempted murder

Mystery Silva do not answer calls or texts did not show up in my brother's court dates he lied saying that he was only going to get 4 to 6 months it's been 2 years and they're trying to give my brother 7 years I don't recommend him nobody

Posted by CHINO MOM | July 22, 2020 | Hired Attorney | Criminal Defense

UNCERTAIN TIMES HE WAS PRESENT.

MY FAMILY AND I HIRED MR.SILVA FOR MY 22 YR OLD SON WHO WAS FACING 5 YEARS FOR A PROBATION RECOMANDATION HEARING .BEING INTIALLY REPRESENTED BY THE COURT WHO WAS PRESSURING MY SON TO TAKE A 5 YEAR SENTENCE TO STATE PRISON .THE COURT GAVE MY SON A MONTH TO DISCUSS WITH FAMILY FIRST BEFORE SIGNING WE W...ERE DEVESTATED .MY SON NEVER MISSED A SCHEDULED CHECK IN ,NEVER TESTED DIRTY ,NEVER WAS FOUND WITH ANY CONTRABAND AT HOME INSPECTIONS .BUT THE DA WOULDNT BUDGE .IT WAS VERY HARSH .SO WE HIRED MR.SILVA WHO TOOK THE REIGNS IF U WILL INFORMED UR HONOR THAT HE WOULD BE REPRESENTING MY SON ON ALL MATTERS .HE TRYED NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE DA WHO WANTED MY SON TO TAKE THE 5 NO DEALS WERE OFFERED SO SAL ASKED FOR TRANSFER TO HIGHER DIVISION WHICH SEEMED ALITTLE UNEASY BUT IT WAS BRILLIANT. WE WERE NO LONG UP AGAINST A BRICK WALL (DA) .THIS ON THE ONSET OF THE WHOLE PANDEMIC THIS WAS AN ON GOING PROCESS 10 MONTHS LATER WITH 500 DAYS CREDITED SAL WAS PHYSICALY PRESENT regardless OF HIS OWN safety HE WAS THERE IN COURT BY MY SON SIDE REPRESNTING HIM ALSO WAS VERY INFORMATIVE DAY BY DAY WITH CHANGES IN COURT PROCEDINGS HE WAS AWSOME .NOT ONLY WILL I HIGHLY RECOMMEND HIM BUT HE WILL BE GETTING A CHRISTMAS CARD TOO PERSONAL COMMETED DEFENSE LAWYER.

Posted by Very Disappointed | January 10, 2014 | Criminal Defense

I WOULD NEVER RECOMMEND MR. SILVA TO ANYONE!!!

Our family hired Mr. Silva for my son's attempted murder case. Never! I would never recommend Mr. Silva to anyone! He was rude and unapproachable and rarely showed up in court. He was arrogant and dismissed us when he did. He rarely answered calls/text msgs, and when he did, he seemed bothered. ...My son was sentenced in 2011 and Mr. Silva to this date (Jan. 2014) has NOT sent my son his legal paperwork (his Discovery) that he had asked for when Silva was first retained in September of 2010.

Posted by Suzanne | April 30, 2013 | Criminal Defense

Arrogant, Rude, and Self-centered...Untrustworthy

I paid this attorney a retainer fee. On my husbands courtdate he never showed up. I tried contacting him and he advised me that my husbands case was already called once he got there...This is because my husband covered fr him and made his plea alone. Upon contact with this attorney he never returned ...my phone calls and failed to discuss the case, I set up payment arrangements with him--becasue he never showed up for the first court dte i was not going to continue making payments until he appeared or made contact with us. Tomorrow is my husbands court date and I got an email asking for payment telling me I was late...actually this was a text message. Upon trying to call him he justkept asking for the money and implied if I did not have it in cash the day of court that he was off the case...I never said that I would not pay him and let him know my concerns...becuase of this and the text messages, and inappropriateness I asked if he wanted to return the initial retainer (since he never appeared in court) his answer was" I am not refunding anything" and I am off the case...Never in my life have I ever been treated or talked to in this manner as an attorney he really took the trust that I had in him for my husband and now we are stuck going to court tomorrow to have to explain this to the judge. He is a money hungry mean person...how after this could you trust him to represent you.

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Chapman University School of Law

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University of California - Irvine

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