California charges these cases along a spectrum, and where yours lands changes everything about the exposure:
Criminal Defense Attorney in South Pasadena, CA
An assault charge usually starts with a chaotic moment: an argument, a shove, a fight someone else started. The police arrive after the fact and pick a side, and the report rarely tells the whole story. My job is to build the full picture before that one-sided version becomes a conviction.
California charges these cases along a spectrum, and where yours lands changes everything about the exposure:
Assault cases turn on context, and context is exactly what a police report leaves out. I develop the defenses the facts support and hold the prosecution to its burden:
A conviction can carry consequences well beyond the sentence:
Not every case belongs in front of a jury. Where the evidence is weak or the story doesn't hold together, I press for a reduction or a dismissal before trial. Where a resolution makes sense, I negotiate outcomes, including reductions to non-violent charges, designed to protect your record and your future. And where a case should be fought, I try it.