We are criminal defense attorneys who help adults accused of crimes in San Luis Obispo County protect themselves and their futures.

We balance our “big city” experience with an understanding and respect for small town dynamics.

Relationships are key in the practice of law, and it’s even more crucial in the tight knit community of San Luis Obispo County. 

We have deep roots in SLO, and are respected by the local prosecuting attorneys, judges, and court staff.

Having attorneys who have a complete understanding of the San Luis Obispo court system, and its ins and outs, is invaluable.

The foundation of our legal experience was built in big city courtrooms in Southern California, spanning from downtown Los Angeles to Compton to San Bernardino.

Our careers started on these aggressive training grounds where we served as deputy public defenders.

We learned to craft creative defense strategies for a wide variety of case types and effectively deal with an assortment of prosecuting attorneys.

We can defend you aggressively to optimize the outcome of your case.

Our extensive jury trial experience makes it possible for us to understand how the nuances of your case could play out in a trial. We understand the ins and outs of how evidence can impact a judge and jury.

As a result, based on your goals for the case, we will strongly defend you whether that be through skillful negotiations or battling it out in the court room.

This experience and knowledge is critical to your case and can greatly enhance your result.

Many of our clients come to us after spending some time in jail, even if just for a few hours, and more than anything else, want to make sure they never go back to jail.

Figuring out creative resolutions to cases where our clients do not end up going back to jail is something that is very important to us and that we are very good at.

Over the many years that we have practiced law in San Luis Obispo County, we can tell you that most of our clients never go back to jail.

Our approach to your case, which is described in the sections above, is designed to keep you from having to go back to jail. Even in cases where you think that jail will be required, we often times come up with creative solutions to find alternatives to jail.

We have vast knowledge of the jail alternatives that exist like the alternative work program and electronic monitoring options.

Given this, very few of our clients ever end up spending time in jail.

One element which sets us apart is our holistic approach to your legal matter.

In addition to focusing on optimizing the outcome of your case, we also aim to support you through this difficult time in your life. The support begins when you call our office and speak with one of our friendly staff members to schedule a free case evaluation, and it continues to grow over the life of the case.

Our clients deeply value this unique aspect of our practice. It’s quite common for our former clients to stop us to chat when they see us around town.

In our opinion this supportive quality is something that cannot be learned from a legal text book or business seminar. This is simply who we are. It’s in our DNA.