Charge: Penal Code Section 273a(b) —cruelty to child by inflicting injury—following Mom seizing child by the throat and choking her

Result: suspended sentence with community service in lieu of jail; Alameda Superior Court case/docket number 455142

Charge: Penal Code Section 245(a)(1) —aggravated assault—following client assaulting doorman (off duty SF cop) at a South of Market gay club

Result: charge reduced to public disturbance with community service in lieu of jail; San Francisco Superior Court case/docket number 070183636

Charge: Penal Code Section 342(1) —spousal battery—client threw chair at wife

Result: charge dismissed (after another lawyer had advised client to plea); San Francisco Superior Court case/docket number 072302964

Charge: Penal Code Section 245(a)(1)—assault with deadly weapon by means likely to produce great bodily injury—following client hitting someone with a pistol in an alcohol-fueled argument

Result: reduced to misdemeanor with no jail time, 6 months of community service, and alcohol program; Alameda Superior Court case/docket number 07-042684

Charge: Penal Code Sections 653.22 & 647 (b)—solicitation to engage in prostitution—following client being set up by amateurish cop sting

Result: charge dismissed for lack of evidence; San Francisco Superior Court case/docket number 07-499-477

Charge: Penal Code Section 647(b) —soliciting for prostitution—following sting operation.

Result: charge reduced to infraction with community service; Santa Clare Superior Court case/docket number 07-100-0335

Charge: Penal Code 3691 violation—railroad trespass—following drinking episode;

Result: charge dismissed; Alameda Superior Court case/docket number case/docket number 29185629

Charge: Penal Code Section 1054.3—battery—following fisticuffs at a Starbucks

Result: charge dismissed; Alameda case/docket number 519928

Charge: Penal Code Sections 211, 664, 667.5(c) violations—robbery, fraudulent use of credit card; endangering an elder—following fight and threats to an elder, with misuse of credit card domestic

Result: sentence suspended with community service and alcohol program requirements; Marin Superior Court case/docket number SC 154366

Charge: Penal Code Sections 372(a) and 23152(a)—oral sex in public park with keys in ignition while drunk—following assistant professor picking up homeless man for the above purpose

Result: charges dropped to infraction with community service with no public notice and no jail time; Alameda Superior Court case/docket number 07-17889

Charge: Penal Code Sections 12031(a) and 12025(a)(1)—concealed firearm in automobile—following discovery of gun in car driven by absent-minded client

Result: charges dismissed; Marin Superior Court case/docket number CR 154088

Charge: Penal Code Sections 311.3(a) and 311.10 —downloading child pornography—following FBI "cookie sting" (repeat offender)

Result: client has avoided jail to date—ongoing in Alameda Superior Court

Charge: Penal Code Section 12022(a)(1) —armed robbery with firearm by minor—following 16 year-old client using pistol to hold up another student

Result: 6 months in juvenile home; Alameda Superior Court case

Charge: Health & Safety Code Section 12702—possession of explosives—following sale of firearms to undercover police

Result: reduced to an infraction with community service

Parole Hearings: Writ of Mandamus: Successfuly argued defendant must be granted access to a computer in a parole revocation hearing in order to successfuly defend against charges of child pornography. View the Writ here.