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Steve Fabian has always worked hard to get excellent results for his clients.  He will work hard for you to get the best possible outcome for your case.  He has earned the Distingished Attorney, Very High in Legal Ability and Ethical Standards rating from the prestigous Martindale-Hubbell Attorney Rating Service for the past 20 years.. EducationSteve Fabian studied law at the University of San Francisco School of Law, earning a Juris Doctor, Cum Laude (with honors) degree.. He earned a Bachelor of Science with High Honors degree in Multi-Disciplinary Social Science at Michigan State University, where he was inducted into the Honors College and made the Dean’s List.. After passing the California Bar examination on his first attempt, he was sworn in to practice before the California Bar and the Federal District Court of Northern California.. Experience Prior to opening his own law office, Steve Fabian worked for over 30 years at the Law Office of the Public Defender, County of Sonoma, as a Deputy Public Defender and then Chief Deputy Public Defender.  There he mastered criminal law and trial skills as a criminal defense attorney.  His work as a criminal defense lawyer included hundreds of trials, preliminary hearings, appeals and motions.  He was placed in charge of supervising other attorneys and training law clerks in legal research.  He created a legal research database for the office and helped in training attorneys in criminal defense techniques.  Steve Fabian was in court every day, defending both adults and juveniles facing charges ranging from traffic offenses, misdemeanors, to felonies.  His extensive trial experience means you have an attorney who is not afraid to go to court to fight for you.. For 17 years he has taught other attorneys trail techniques and strategies at California Public Defenders Association’s Trial Skills Seminar.

Mr. Figueroa's practice is focused on California cannabis law, specifically licensing, regulatory compliance, and intellectual property. He is a Director of the International Cannabis Bar Association and has been honored with the Distinguished Counsel's Award by NORML. Mr. Figueroa regularly teaches Continuing Legal Education (CLE) seminars to lawyers on cannabis related subjects. He is also the author of several legal reference books designed to give the reader a deep understanding of the laws which govern cannabis and hemp in the Golden State, and is working on an updated edition to be released in early 2020. Mr. Figueroa graduated from Stanford Law School and Yale College.

I care about my clients as people.  Besides aiming to win them an acquittal or the best possible settlement , I work with each client to help minimize the stress one feels when facing criminal charges or having had one's property seized and held by the government.  I hugely respect our Bill of Rights, whose wise principles are reinforced every time I can convince a judge that law enforcement violated the Fourth or Fifth Amendment by unlawfully searching or improperly questioning my clients.. Besides practicing law, I love tennis, hiking and backpacking (preferably in the company of dogs).  Protecting the world's remaining wild places and creatures is a long-standing passion, which has led me to pro bono legal defense of people arrested during environmental protests in Humboldt and Mendocino counties and to serve six years as a Mendocino County planning commissioner.