Melina Shalysse Benninghoff

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.

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!

We hired Ms Benninghoff a year ago initially she showed great interest in the case and the client but eventually all that dissipated. She never made an effort to communicate and would send her "step in" Daniel Baldridge who had no idea what the case was all about and go to court unprepared. Ms. Be...nninghoff only showed up a couple of times for the court dates. Never discuss or sit down in person with the client of how the case was going. She made a lot of promises but never kept any. From the start she said she will deal with it when she was ready, its absurd over a year she is was still not ready or shown interest. We basically did all the foot work in gathering all documents to help out in the case but it was still not appreciated.