Top Criminal Defense Lawyers in SOUTH PASADENA | 6 available

Firm: Aquino & Loew, A Professional Law Corporation

625 Fair Oaks Avenue , South Pasadena , California 91030

Practice Areas: Immigration, Family, Criminal Defense

Allison Aquino-Silva was born in the Philippines and immigrated with her family to Los Angeles when she was three years old.  Raised in the San Gabriel valley, she graduated as Valedictorian from San Gabriel Mission High School.  She then went on to the University of California, Irvine, where she earned a Bachelor of Arts in Social Ecology, specializing in Crime, Law, and Society, and a minor in Business Management in just three years.  While attending UC Irvine, Atty. Aquino-Silva gained practical experience through her employment with the Law Offices of Russell J. Thomas, Jr., where she assisted in cases primarily involving labor law issues.  Atty. Aquino-Silva also interned as a law clerk at the Legal Aid Society of Orange County, where she dealt with various issues related to the indigent community.. Immediately after graduating from UC Irvine, Atty. Aquino-Silva pursued her law degree at Loyola Law School in Los Angeles.  Atty. Aquino-Silva was a member of the Phi Delta Honor Society, as well as a Staff Member and Editor of the Loyola Law Review.  While pursuing her legal studies, she worked as a legal research aide for Westlaw Corporation and as a legal intern for the Special Enforcement Unit of the Los Angeles City Attorney’s Office.  Atty. Aquino-Silva also attended the Dickinson School of Law in Florence, Italy, studying courses in international law and comparative civil and criminal law.. Upon her admission to the California State Bar in 1996, Atty. Aquino-Silva joined forces with her father, Atty. Paul Aquino, as a partner in the Aquino & Aquino law firm.  In 2001, Atty. Aquino-Silva obtained certification from the State Bar of California, Board of Legal Specialization, as an Immigration & Nationality Law Specialist, a prestigious recognition currently held by only approximately 190 attorneys throughout the state of California.  At that time, Atty. Aquino-Silva was the only board certified specialist in the entire state of California under the age of thirty.  Atty. Aquino-Silva is believed to be the first Filipino-American to become a certified immigration law specialist in California.. Atty. Aquino-Silva authors an immigration law column in several publications and appears regularly as an immigration expert on the television program Kababayan Today.  Atty. Aquino-Silva currently serves as Vice-Chairman of the Filipino American Service Group Inc. (FASGI).  She is a former President and current Advisory Board Member for the Philippine American Bar Association.  Atty. Aquino-Silva is a Member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association and former Commissioner for the City of Pasadena.

Firm: Law Offices of Adam M. Leach, APLC

1445 Huntington Dr Ste 260 , South Pasadena , California 91030

Practice Areas: Business, Litigation, Real Estate, Copyright, Entertainment, Criminal Defense

An entrepreneur himself, "Scotty" designed and marketed a strategy-meets-trivia board game that was named a Top 100 Board Game by GAMES Magazine, along with teacher Kris Harter, attorney Alicia Vaz, and graphic designer Roy Ice.  He is currently working on a book, tentatively titled “Prefix”. When he is not working, Scot enjoys travelling (especially to Sedona, Arizona), reading, football, military history, cooking, and gardening.

Firm: The Joseph A. Tang Law Firm, PC

1445 Huntington Dr. , South Pasadena , California 91030

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense

Joseph A. Tang is an experienced trial attorney who will relentlessly advocate and fight for your rights. Joseph’s reputation and track record of proven results in court has resulted in The Joseph A. Tang Law Firm being known as one of the most trusted and reliable law firms in Southern California. Consistently rated a Top 100 criminal defense trial attorney by The National Trial Lawyers on a yearly basis, Joseph is ready to use his legal experience, knowledge, and reputation to assist you and your family.

Firm: Aquino & Loew

625 Fair Oaks Ave., Suite 101 , South Pasadena , California 91030

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense , Family , Immigration

Firm: The Law Offices of Steven C. Valerio

1107 Fair Oaks Avenue , South Pasadena , California 91030

Practice Areas: Civil , Criminal Defense, Criminal Defense

My legal practice focuses on providing high quality, personalized criminal defense representation to each of my clients. In each case, I rely on my 14 years of experience as a criminal defense lawyer, trial attorney and a civil rights attorney as I look for every opportunity to undermine the prosecutor's theory both legally and factually. As a supplement to my legal experience, I also draw on the skills I developed as a public school teacher before law school and as a father of two after.  The philosophy underlying my approach to every case is to persude and achieve my client's goal by  "educating" the judge, the prosecutor and/or the jury in a way such that they open up to understanding the case from my perspective. The reality is that trial is a very high stakes risk that defendants are unwilling -- and often should not --- take.  So, it is imperative to me that I use my skills, working closely with my clients, their families, experts, employers, clergymen or anyone else that can help, to redefine the case and the defendant in ways that will impact the prosecutor or judge positively.  In that way, I work to connect a real person to each case for the prosecutor and position my client's apart from the stack of faceless files on the prosecutor's desk so that a better, more appropriate, and more just result is possible instead being locked into the prosecutor's default "standard" deal. And the results I have produced for my clients through my unique, personal approach have been consistently excellent

1605 Hope St Ste 360 , South Pasadena , California 91030

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense