Melina Shalysse Benninghoff

Ms. Benninghoff was appointed to represent my grandson who is presently incarcerated in Corcoran on a in-custody offense of conspiring to receive controlled substances in prison and an additional possession of an inmate manufactured weapon that was previously dropped by the institution. She has fail...ed to communicate with her client and was recently informed that she was being fired by her client, after which she responded. My grandson's mother as well as myself have reached out to her office with no response. Would not recommend this lawyer. Dr. Guy Washington, Forensic Psychologist

I saw Mrs. Benninghoff for two years represent our family. Never have I been more impressed with the professionalism and tenacity that she took towards representing us. She was always prepared, new our case inside-and-out, and after 5 weeks of trial it took the jury less than an hour to determine not...-guilty on multiple felony counts. I even heard one of the opposing lawyers say that 'Mrs. Benninghoff was one of the best defense attorneys she had seen in years.' I could not agree more.

My family retained Ms. Benninghoff to represent my sister who was facing felony charges in Fresno County. Ms. Benninghoff worked hard on the case and produced a result of no jail time...informal probation and some community service. She worked hard at mitigating the situation and we were impressed wi...th her knowledge and dedication.

I hired Ms. Benninghoff about a year after being charged with 3 felonies. She took over my case, which was a very large case, and caught up fairly quickly. My case was a very publicized case in San Luis Obispo County and she handled everything amazingly! She is a very knowledgeable attorney and goes ...above and beyond for your clients. When we went to jury trial, she was amazing! She did not let the DAs Office mess around with my case and violate my rights which allowed me to get a fair trial. Due to her knowledge and skills, I was acquitted of ALL of my charges. She is amazing! I would recommend her to anyone! She is a very busy attorney because she is very good at her job and cares about her cases. A busy attorney is a good attorney. Slow attorneys, probably aren’t that good. The money I spent for her to represent me was beyond worth it. I can’t say it enough, her and her team are AMAZING! I recommend them over and over again. Ms. Benninghoff is the best around!