You Need a Criminal Defense Lawyer Who Works in San Diego: Part I

If you are facing criminal charges in San Diego County, you may have already spent countless hours on the internet looking for advice and help on what to do. You may have looked at profiles of dozens of criminal defense lawyers, only to be left still confused and not knowing how to proceed or who to hire. How do we know this? Because we see it all the time. Having defended persons facing criminal charges in San Diego for many years, we can offer you some very solid advice. Here is just one very important bit of information you should consider before making your decision on whom to hire to help you.

When you are facing a criminal charge in San Diego County, and you are about to hire a criminal defense lawyer to represent you, make sure you hire a San Diego criminal defense lawyer—one who works day in and day out only in the San Diego courts. You need a lawyer who knows the San Diego courts, knows the San Diego judges, and knows the San Diego prosecutors. You even need a lawyer who knows the various San Diego police agencies and police officers.

The lawyers who work in our San Diego office work exclusively in San Diego. They know the local courts and the best judges or prosecutors to talk to about your case. They know how to get criminal charges dropped and serious charges resolved without jail time being imposed. Here is what our San Diego lawyers have seen over the years:

• On multiple occasions, judges have treated out-of-town lawyers worse than they would normally treat hometown San Diego criminal defense lawyers
• On many occasions, prosecutors would not give to out-of-town lawyers the great deals that the prosecutors would have otherwise given if the lawyer were a hometown San Diego lawyer
• A judge, who absolutely loves the San Diego Chargers (and has posters of the San Diego Chargers in the courtroom) was less than friendly with an attorney who dared mention the New England Patriots in open court

Another important thing to remember is you want to hire a local San Diego lawyer who limits his legal practice to defending persons accused of crimes. You would likely be making a mistake to hire a local San Diego lawyer who one day will be handling a civil case or a medical malpractice case and the next day attempt to represent a criminal client. So, while you want to hire a lawyer who works in San Diego, you don’t want to hire just any old San Diego lawyer. You want a lawyer who handles criminal cases every day.

If you have a question about your criminal case in San Diego County, contact us as soon as possible via phone at 1-877-230-1529 or fill out our consultation form for a free evaluation of your San Diego County case.

Read our next post to find out more information about hiring a San Diego criminal defense attorney.