I was honored to be a guest on Louis Goodman’s Love Thy Lawyer Podcast recently. Take a listen here. Louis is a veteran in the Alameda County Courts and we talk about a wide range of topics related to my practice and background.
I’m excited to announce that I have moved from Jack London Square, where I have been located since 2013, to the Grand Lake neighborhood. My new office is located at 3640 Grand Avenue, Suite 211, Oakland, California 94610. I look forward to seeing you there.
On June 6, 2020, three CHP officers shot and killed Erik Salgado and wounded his pregnant girlfriend Brianna Colombo. In a statement released late Tuesday, OPD said the officers opened fire after Salgado rammed his car into CHP vehicles.Neighbors reported that over 30 shots were fired, from assault rifles. CHP seized video of the shooting […]
In May 2020, the court dismissed a soliciting prostitution case against my client. Disclaimer: Each individual case is unique and prior results are not a guarantee of future success.
On March 4, 2020, Bob Egelko of the San Francisco Chronicle published an article about this local appellate division case. The appellate division is a division of local courts that handle appeals of misdemeanors. Felony appeals are handled by the Courts of Appeal. Anyhow, the appellant in this case was stopped for driving without […]
On November 3, 2019, the New York Times ran a piece about the unreliable nature of alcohol breath testing machines. The results these machines generate are routinely admitted into evidence in California, even when the individual who administered the test is no longer employed by the testing agency, and is unavailable for cross-examination. Here is […]
In August 2019, the District Attorney dismissed a felony unlawful firearm activity case, 2 months ahead of our scheduled jury trial. My client was accused of illegally possessing a firearm, but our position from the outset of this case was that he did so in self-defense. We filed a discovery motion after some key items […]