Stephen Daniel Klarich

I recently had an unjust restraining order brought against me by a crazy woman. This was beyond hurtful and I desperately needed the help of a good attorney. I immediately contacted attorney Stephen Klarich and he listened to me and I felt like he was on my side right from the start. Thanks to attorney Stephen Klarich, this woman did not win and the restraining order was denied. I will be forever grateful to attorney Stephen Klarich for fighting for me the way he did.

I would like to sincerely thank-you for helping me with obtaining my Certificate of Rehabilitation. I now realize the importance of obtaining a law firm that has years of experience in criminal law. The way the package was organized and presented to the presiding judge was very impressive to me. The person that tried to obtain the Certificate of Rehabilitation ahead of us, I could tell that his Attorney was not as organized as your firm is. He was denied because his Attorney had not prepared him as well as your firm prepared me with testing and organizing the reference letters and other materials necessary to convince the Judge that I am trully rehabilitated and a changed person since the date of the crime i commited. Again I am trully grateful and humbled by this experience. Please tell thank-you to Attorney Martel for all his help on April 24, 2014 and the prayers I know he made on my behalf. God Bless you Julie and Stephen Klarich

I was very interested in cleaning up past convection's from years ago. The first attorney that I had hired for record reduction's the judge denied the petitions. I then found Stephen, He repetition the court and he not only had my convictions reduced with his expertise he had them dismissed. I now have my life back and can travel to Canada. I would definitely recommend his services.

We chose Stephen Klarich to handle a post-conviction appeal for a family member. Stephen Klarich provided a comprehensive appeal that was so compelling it was published. We appreciate all the work and detail this attorney provided with our situation. We would highly recommend Attorney Stephen Klarich to anybody in need of legal services.

For years I had to register as a sex offender for being convicted of indecent exposure (PC 314.1). I needed a second chance in life, and I knew I had to hire an attorney to provide me expert advice and guide me through each step of the way. I came across Wallin & Klarich, and attorney Stephen Klarich gave the legal guidance I needed. He prepared a motion for a Certificate of Rehabilitation and had it filed for me. As a result, I no longer have to register as a sex offender, and I can start anew. My family is extremely thankful as well. They no longer have to bare a burden cause by my past choices. I am sincerely grateful for what attorney Stephen D. Klarich accomplished for me. Thank You Wallin and Klarich!

He helped me with a probation violation. I was looking at prison and Mr. Klarich got my probation reinstated- He was polite- professional and knew the Judges and the DA's well.

After contacting this law firm several times, I decided to go in for a consultation. Klarich, kept asking about the $250 Consultation Fee, multiple times and it was really annoying. Finally the day comes to consult at his office in Tustin, CA. The first thing he ask, guess what, yep the consultation fee. $250, this guy must not get a lot of action, because of the constant request of the $250. Now in all fairness he may have looked up the case info in regards to the History of Retained Attorneys and like all dishonest attorneys do, the lie. So previous attorneys would promise certain things and if they do not deliver then they are not getting paid. Like the 1st Attorney of Record was given $28,000 but requested $80,000 on Amended Charges and then this attorney had purposely colluded with the District Attorney and then we had fired him, then the next time in front of a Judge, he files a motion to withdraw and the Judge said, I do not think so, it was solely up to us to keep the attorney but who wants a sellout, so we let the attorney withdraw and he refunded $5000 for us to obtain another attorney. My stock portfolio reflects an earning of $250 every 20 minutes of an 8 hour day. This guy Klarich gets all stoked of $250, that shows me where his mindset is. He is researching and possibly even calling previous attorney's and checking the record so he considers this being protective but the truth is, that is all this guy thinks about, money, if he would have spent more time focused on the issues at hand we may have moved forward with this firm, besides it was the partner's son who I was more interested in and they give us this guy who is a total know it all but truthfully does not know much about the appellant process, yeah maybe general stuff but even I know that, but everything he said in reference to our questions was nothing new that we didn't already know. Also, since attorney's may look at the History of Cases, it would be only fair to look up the attorney's record or how many successful appeals an attorney may have and after the consultation, I did just that and for the amount of confidence he had shown does not reflect much in his success in the appellant courts realm but then again, not even the best of attorney's have any type of a successful record, but that is the nature of the beast in the appellant world.

I hired Stephen Klarich because he was highly rated and he agreed verbally and in writing to handle the case personally. If he had handled the case himself as we agreed, maybe we would have won. He has such glowing reviews and we did have a very good case. As Wallin & Klarich touts, you need the right attorney. Instead he sub-contracted to a attorney I never met. I made it clear that I must have a total price and no unknown fees. He gave me a written agreement that was an all inclusive price (except Supreme Court) in writing. That price was at the upper end of multiple estimates. He hit me with an extra charge to send a sub-contracted lawyer to oral argument that I did not hire and I repeatedly expressed that I did not want him on the case. (No offense to the other lawyer, he might not be a bad attorney, he just isn't who I hired.) I expressed concerns of why another attorney that was so involved and he assured me he personally was handling the case and the other guy was just reading transcripts and taking notes for him. He had the other lawyer do the oral argument and said if I wanted to appeal to Supreme Court I had to use him for that too. My brother could have gotten an unknown appointed attorney for free. He said he would send legal doc's to my brother in jail and my brother hasn't received a scrap of anything. He will not return phone calls or emails once the appeal was lost (he informed me via email) After the appeal was over and my brother's life was no longer in his hands, I respectfully let him know that I believed he over charged me. I also let him know some of the good things about how he handled the case. I tried to contact him to find out a little more information to get to the next step and I get no response back. He is the only lawyer that knows the case and I feel it was his responsibility to provide enough information to take it to the next step if we wanted to go that way. Even if he doesn't like me pointing out the good and bad of how he handled the case, I feel he has a responsibility to his client, my brother. As a lawyer, he of all persons should abide by contracts. I think the sub contracted attorney ended up not being too bad, but not an AVVO 10 rated by far. He doesn't return my email either, but since I didn't hire him maybe his responsibility is to respond to Klarich only. ?? Sadly, in my case things didn't work out as we had in writing. I could take a loss and know the chances of winning an appeal are slim, but I would at least like to lose with the lawyer I hired and not feel that I might have lost because I got sold out.