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How to deal with law enforcement during a traffic stop.

Those serving time in connection with cases prosecuted by the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office may be eligible to get their sentences reduced in accordance with new LA DA policy. #theleventhalfirm #criminaldefense #criminaldefenseattorney #criminaldefenselawyer #resentencing #getmeout #changeishere #reevaluate

HOORAY! Another dismissal in furtherance of justice today, for another non-citizen client facing disastrous immigration consequences upon conviction (losing res...idency, possible deportation and a major strain on the client's family). My Partner, Yvonne Rodriguez, was instrumental. Without her, I wouldn't have been able to get this dismissed today. YES!!!! See more

Pretty common vortex situation in my practice. We got hired on a felony probation case where the client had been deported after transfer to the Feds from jail. ...This creates problems, because the client, as always, is ordered to report to probation, but cannot willfully do so in another country. After the "failure to report", the probation department will notify the court and calendar a probation violation. Without any advocacy, the court will issue a bench warrant (client fails to appear because he/she was deported). This warrant (and revocation of probation) creates an impending disaster vortex for the client when he/she returns to the US to their family: Often times, the client is re-arrested on this bench warrant and exposed to years in prison for the "violation." Even if the lawyer can prevent a probation violation, the damage is often already done --- the client, being in custody again, is transferred, again, to the Feds and gets deported, again. ****It's important for defense attorneys to be proactive and prophylactic to try and prevent these vortexes that can have disastrous consequences on clients and their families. So, today, before the court had an opportunity to revoke probation and issue a bench warrant, we proved that our client was deported from custody and that any failure to report was not willful and thus not grounds for a warrant, revocation of probation or any other violation. The case on point for this scenario is: People v. Galvan (2007) 155 Cal.App.4th 978. Court agreed and took no action, which simply means that probation will run its course and my client does not have to face another custody/deportation vortex when he returns home, to Los Angeles. #theleventhalfirm#criminaldefenseattorney#dontwaitadvocate See more

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Often times, I have to litigate criminal protective orders with underlying family law disputes over child-custody. When there is no child custody order/agreemen...t in the underlying family court case, the criminal court will usually keep a full stay away order in place such that our client is precluded from seeing their kid(s). Very difficult to get the criminal court to modify the order allowing contact with the kid(s) when the prosecution objects (routine), and there is no family court order/agreement in place with respect to custody. Today, we managed to convince the criminal court to allow my client to see his kids over the prosecution's objection and without any family court order/agreement in place. This does not happen often, at least in my practice. And, this one is especially important because my client is 70 years old, fighting cancer, and hasn't seen his kids in a year after spending the last 12 years with them. G-d only knows what can happen tomorrow, especially during this Pandemic. Everyday is precious. We are very grateful for the court's compassion today. Thank you for your warm and thoughtful encouragement during these proceedings, Negin Yamini!!! See more

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My badass #lawtina partner, Yvonne Rodriguez, Esq. and I make a great team! ... THE LEVENTHAL FIRM is a powerhouse, boutique law practice dedicated to c...riminal defense in both state and federal court. Lead Trial Attorney, Andrew Leventhal, Esq., and Managing Partner, Yvonne Rodriguez, Esq., are the heart and soul of this Law Firm both trial lawyers have defended more than 15,000 criminal cases combined and have tried almost every criminal case imaginable before a jury. Andrew and Yvonne are incredibly passionate attorneys, both deeply immersed in criminal law they spent a combined 15 years vehemently challenging the criminal justice system as Los Angeles Public Defenders before they left public practice in 2015 to build this Firm. The desire to challenge is the essence of THE LEVENTHAL FIRM, and with that, results are the only thing that matter. See more

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Good result today. Client on probation for DUI, picks up a second DUI with a BAC of .21. Both cases were in warrant status from a few years back. Got warrants c...leared up and kept my client out of jail with no action on the probation case, and a reduction to a reckless driving ("wet") on the open second DUI case --- no jail, just a 12 hour DUI class and community service. Indeed there were legal issues to litigate, but if we lost these issues, the prosecutor would be asking for a lot more jail. And, we did all of this without the client having to set foot in court. See more

Former client wishes to share her experience inside Los Angeles County Jail during April and May of 2020.

Congratulations to my colleagues in the trenches, Diana Weiss Aizman, Meghan Blanco, Hart Levin. I am honored to be associated with you in this cover feature! Full article: https://digital.superlawyers.com//MobilePagedReplica.actio

I have a client that was in custody during March and April in L.A. County Jail. She has a lot of very interesting information to share about how the Jail respon...ded (if at all) to the Virus. I am scheduled to interview her about it on Thursday. She would like to share her experience as much as possible. This should be valuable information for the public as well as for other lawyers trying to get their clients out. Stay tuned. See more

Filing this Writ of Habeas Corpus today. I am trying (very hard as always) to get my COVID vulnerable clients out of custody. #theleventhalfirm #criminaldefense #criminaldefenseattorney ... #writ #habeascorpus #unconstitutional #getmeoutofhere See more