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After spending nearly a decade as a prosecutor for the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office, Pat Carey opened his own crimimal defense practice in 2014 out of Torrance, California serving state and federal criminal defendants. While based in Los Angeles county in Southern California, Attorney Pat Carey has experience in a wide range of cases nationwide.. Pat Carey is a California Board Certified Criminal Law Specialist and has been honored as a Top 100 National Trial Lawyer multiple years running.  As a Criminal Law specialist, he is in an elite group with less than 1% of lawyers in California.  With a vast experience of over 60 criminal jury trials as a prosecutor ranging from DUIs, domestic violence, and murder cases,  Pat also handled 75 juvenile adjucation trials in juvenile court in Los Angeles County.  Pat further has extensive experience conducting over 1,600 felony preliminary hearings.. Pat Carey brings his insider prosecution knowledge and long-standing legal relationships to the defense side of the table to fight relentlessly for his clients.. One of Pat's murder cases while a Deputy District Attorney was featured on NBC's Dateline.  Additionally, Pat was featured on Fox News discussing pertinent criminal defense issues.  He has earned not guilty verdicts for his clients in his last two jury trials, one of which resulted in his client's acquittal and immediate release from prison.

Adnan Fakih is a highly accomplished attorney with expertise in auto accidents,  premises liability and employment law.. During the past seven years, Adnan served as a civil litigation attorney, with hands-on involvement in all phases of pre-trial litigation, including but not limited to drafting pleadings, propounding written discovery, conducting and defending depositions, drafting law and motion documents, and negotiating the terms and conditions of settlement agreements. Adnan also drafted mediation briefs and prepared cases for trial. Upon graduation from Concord Law School in 2011, Adnan received the Kaplan Award for Legal Services, an award given to the law school graduate who demonstrated excellence in professionalism and provided exemplary services to the community. Mr. Fakih received this award for his services to the Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles (LAFLA) in providing legal representation and technical assistance to pro per litigants in family law cases, unlawful detainer and landlord-tenant disputes. Adnan helped litigants prepare restraining orders pertaining to domestic violence and civil harassment cases, and assisted clients in expunging their criminal records.

About the FirmA team with 20+ years of Combined Trial and Litigation Experience. In addition to being fierce advocates in disputed divorce and family law matters, Roxas Law provides conflict resolution services as an alternative to costly court battles. Our philosophy is to work with clients to resolve their disputes in the most organized, timely, cost efficient and effective manner possible. Our Attorney Mediator is committed to helping families facilitate out-of-court agreements mediating issues involving divorce, paternity, child custody and visitation, parenting plan, child support, spousal support, and asset division. We work with low or high conflict clients to resolve their disputes privately and economically. Rather than “airing your dirty laundry” in court, all discussions and communications in mediation are privileged and confidential.. About the PartnerSandy K. Roxas, Esq. is admitted to practice law in California and the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California. Sandy graduated from California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, Cum Laude. She received her law degree from Chapman University School of Law, where she was the Managing Editor of the Chapman Law Journal and the Co-Founding President of the Asian Pacific American Law Student Organization. Sandy was also a scholarship recipient of the Orange County Asian American Bar Association as well as a bar stipend recipient of the Orange County Women Lawyers Association. During law school, Sandy served as a Judicial law clerk for the Honorable Candice Beason of the Los Angeles Superior Court, a law clerk for the Los Angeles District Attorney’s office, and worked as a paralegal in a litigation firm.. Since 2004, Sandy has zealously litigated family law matters, including but not limited to, divorce, legal separation, nullity of marriage, paternity, child custody, child support, spousal support, property division, domestic violence restraining orders, and civil harassment restraining orders. She has also successfully mediated family law cases for low and high conflict clients, defended clients in criminal matters, and represented victims of hate crimes.. Community ServiceSandy remains committed to the community in several ways. In her free time, she mentors college graduates and law students. She has awarded annual financial scholarships to graduating seniors from Carson High School since 2009. She has spoken at numerous Career Nights – at the elementary, middle, and high school levels. She is currently the Chairperson of the Philippine American Bar Association’s non-profit/community outreach arm, The PABA Foundation. She is also a Lifetime Member of the Philippine American Bar Association. Additionally, she is a Mock Trial coach at one of the schools in the Palos Verdes Peninsula United School District. Since 2013, Sandy has sponsored outreach programs such as “Slippers for Kids” and “Apples for Kids,” providing much needed slippers and apples for impoverished children in the Philippines – most whom have never in their lives owned a pair of slippers or tasted an apple. Sandy continues to sponsor international outreach programs by providing water pumps, donating food and school supplies to impoverished families and their children in the Philippines.. MediaSandy has been featured on the Dr. Phil Show, in KTLA 5 News, Fox News, the Daily Breeze, Asian Journal, Tayo News, Weekend Balita, The May Lee Show, Halo Halo with Kat Iniba, and for her pro-bono work against racism and xenophobia. In 2020, Sandy issued a Call For Action to the Mayor of the City of Torrance, the Torrance City Attorney, and Chief of the Torrance Police Department to arrest and prosecute Lena Hernandez for her criminal acts of assault, battery, criminal threats, and child endangerment fueled against Asian-American victims.. LanguagesMembers of Roxas Law speak English, Chinese-Cantonese, and Tagalog.

29 years of experience as a family law attorney has given me the tools and skills necessary to get my clients the results they want. I work with my clients through litigation, mediation, and collaboration.  I have been a Certified Family Law Specialist since 2010.  I have the support of my friendly and knowledgeable staff.  My goal is to provide my clients with effective and efficient legal services.