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I am a public interest attorney who fights for the rights of prisoners in California. I practice law with passion and intellect, and I never give up fighting for my clients.
I was raised in California and New York.
Throughout law school, I taught and directed a legal research and writing program to prisoners in maximum and medium-security prisons in New York State, including Attica, Clinton, and Wyoming prisons. Inside these institutions, I saw first-hand how the criminal justice system applied to indigent persons with a disregard for the rights of the accused and the convicted that offended the most basic constitutional protections. While a law student, I researched a published law review article with Professor George Kannar titled "Federalizing Death" that examined the impact of the Omnibus Crime Bill of 1994 and the reintroduction of the federal death penalty.
After law school where I graduated cum laude, I brought the only successful lawsuit to date in the U.S. against MCI/Worldcom for the outrageous cost of prison collect calls. The case settled for half a million dollars, and drew the attention of California's legislature resulting in passage of a bill vetoed by Governor Gray Davis that would have fundamentally changed the rate structure for collect calls from prisons.
Earlier in my legal career, I was Special Assistant to Professor Robert Fellmeth of the University of San Diego School of Law and the Economic Fraud Unit of the District Attorney of San Diego in the areas of antitrust enforcement and medical fraud. And I worked closely and directly with Ralph Nader as his Research Analyst on antitrust and white-collar crime in the Summer of 1995. For three months, I assisted Mr. Nader at his focal public policy institute, and was required to quickly research, comprehend and communicate to Mr. Nader on topics ranging from government agriculture programs to sentencing guidelines for business crimes.
In the early 2000s, I was an associate attorney with Girard & Green, LLP. At this respected plaintiff's firm, I litigated primarily in federal court, and was responsible for the "heavy-lifting" of research and writing briefs to the federal bench on topics ranging from arbitration to reconsideration. The work was labor intensive and required an extraordinary commitment to the integrity of the brief writing process. My contributions included successful outcomes in some of the largest consumer class actions in the nation against Fortune 500 companies.
Prior to Girard & Green, LLP, I was Associate Director for the non-profit consumer advocacy organization UCAN where I litigated on behalf of 40,000 residential consumers on matters involving public utilities, broadband technologies, consumer rights, and telecommunications. My responsibilities included all stages of litigation, legislative drafting and testifying, media relations, and consumer education. I also won some of the largest judgments against utility companies ever awarded before the California Public Utilities Commission.
I was also the Director of the Litigation In Prison (LIP) Project for California Prison Focus, and I regularly supervised legal investigative visits to the security housing unit (SHU) at Pelican Bay State Prison, Corcoran State Prison, and Tehachapi. I have visited numerous prisons throughout the state including San Quentin, New and Old Folsom, Avenal, CMF-Vacaville, CSP-Solano, SCC, CTF, Donovan, and too many others to mention. In fact, I have visited more prisons than any other attorney in California. Through this work, I am an often featured prisoner rights expert on radio, television, and in newsprint. Moreover, I have litigated numerous state and federal prisoner rights law suits in the area of excessive force, parole, medical neglect, and policies regarding SHUs or prisoners forced to live in solitary confinement in super-maximum security prisons. And I am proud to say that I have won the release of countless "lifer" inmates in California who have returned to their families and who have never returned to prison. Recently, I founded the only nationwide school of rehabilitation for prisoners.
From these experiences and others, I've learned that abuses of power and inequality threaten the advancement of human rights. Whether economic or criminal justice, I've seen that abuses of power and inequality are the seeds of violence; and I've learned that violence is an iterative process that is only cured through a commitment to fairness, justice, and equality.
In my legal pursuits, I have litigated against the largest and arguably best private law firms in California, thereby requiring the highest standards of effective advocacy. I have superior oral advocacy skills as I remain a frequent authority on law and policy in the media having appeared repeatedly in the Los Angeles Times, the Wall Street Journal, The NY Times, the San Francisco Chronicle and National Public Radio, as well as countless television news reports.
In sum, my legal experience is driven by my commitment to the highest standards of the practice of law and the public interest.
My legal philosophy is to understand and serve the needs of my clients - pure and simple. I fight for prisoners without compromise.
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PO Box 2809, San Francisco, CA, 94126
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Posted by Fara | July 09, 2015 | Criminal Defense
Truly God Sent. Guardian Angel. I cant even describe how amazing Mr. Carbone truly is.
When my brother was incarcerated 7 years ago for Premeditated murder ( facing a 7 to Life sentence), my family and I had lost all hope. After a couple of difficult years, we decided to begin preparing for my brother's parole hearing. Although it was early and the chances of him not being able to paro...
Posted by Luz | March 18, 2015 | Criminal Defense
A MILLION THANKS!
Approximately 5 years ago, my family was searching for an attorney that could represent my brother in an en banc hearing. After speaking with Mr. Charles Carbone, we were convinced that we had hired the right attorney. This hearing was very important, because my brother was a lifer and his freedom wa...
Posted by Eddie Guerrero | January 13, 2015 | Criminal Defense
Thank's to The Lord for leading me to Charles
I found Mr. Carbone around 5 years ago when the level 2 prison my brother was in decided to move him back up to a level 4 prison do to a escape from a juvenile facility when he was 13 yrs old. After 2 months in solitary confinement, I decided to find a prisoners rights attorney. I hired Mr. Carbon...
Posted by Aida | October 19, 2014 | Criminal Defense
LIFE SAVER
And I mean real life saver. I had given up hope for my bother to ever come out from prison. Then one day someone recommended Mr. Carbone I spoke to him and hired him . He worked very hard on his case always courteous and would always called me back on timely matter. Long story short we couldn't have ...
Posted by Merle | October 15, 2014 | Criminal Defense
Help Is On The Way
Carbone was a huge help in my parole suitability hearing. As a life term inmate, I did the bulk of the work for my preparation but Carbone helped me to make all the critical adjustments I needed in my presentation in order to represent myself in an appropriate fashion. He helped me to fine tune my o...
"I absolutely endorse Mr. Carbone for his excellent work representing a family member who achieved a parole grant at his initial lifer hearing. Mr. Carbone is an outstanding advocate for his clients and clearly demonstrates his passion for what he does. He definitely sets the bar for other lawyers in our community."
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