Daniel Anthony Murphy

Dan was able to get one felony dropped and another reduced to a misdemeanor within an hour of hiring him. He took care with us. He became a family friend. Spending time helping and counseling us. He really went over and beyond the call of duty. He was very professional and knowledgeable. He worked ...swiftly keeping in close contact with any progress. We will absolutely hire dan again. His staff were very helpful and friendly also. Highly recommend dan as a criminal defense attorney. Excellent lawyer!!

Do not hire Dan, he is a drunk. Unfortunately I have known him since I was a child, as my mother (angela) has worked on and off for him si ce 1992. I hired him on advice from my mother, Angela (yes the same), and I am now ruined. According to my new friends in Santa Barbara County Jail I would hav...e gotten a better deal from the public defender. I will always maintain my innocence in the matter, and I pushed for a trial. He said the exact qrong things, to the point that I now believe he was deliberately harming my character, for no real purpose. At this point I am confident that I will sue him for malpractice and misrepresentation, except that no other lawyers will take the case. He basically took a strait foreward case and dragged it out almost two years, only to force me to accept a lousy plea bargain deal. He yelled at me a number of times, and pushed facts to the judge that were false, to try and establish some sort of false pretense. I witnessed him cohorting with the DA on several occasions, and when I called him out about it he berated me. I firmly believe he has codified some sort of criminal arrangement with the courts to ruin his clients, and basically steal their money. Read any of the other reviews here and you will understand, that he is the real criminal. I sincerly doubt the accuracy of the post giving him 5 stars, especially since every other review I have read seems to agree with me.