Practices

Assault & Battery

Assault and battery charges range from misdemeanor simple battery to felony assault with deadly weapons, carrying jail time, fines, and permanent criminal records.

Domestic Violence

Domestic violence charges carry mandatory protective orders, batterer's programs, and lifetime gun prohibitions, even for misdemeanor convictions affecting families and Second Amendment rights.

Drug Crimes

Drug charges range from simple possession to sales and trafficking, with penalties including jail, prison, fines, and license suspensions, though diversion programs may allow dismissals.

DUI

DUI convictions carry license suspensions, jail time, fines exceeding $10,000, and consequences affecting employment, insurance, professional licenses, and your ability to drive legally.

Embezzlement

Embezzlement charges involve allegations of misappropriating funds or property entrusted to you, carrying prison time, massive restitution, and permanent professional license revocation for careers.

Expungement

Expungement allows eligible defendants to withdraw guilty pleas and dismiss convictions, removing them from most background checks and restoring employment opportunities and professional licensing eligibility.

Juvenile Crimes

Juvenile charges are handled in delinquency proceedings focusing on rehabilitation rather than punishment, with records that can be sealed upon successful completion of programs.

Probation & Parole Violations

Probation and parole violations can result in jail time, prison sentences, or reinstatement of original suspended sentences without new trials for technical or substantive violations.

Restraining Orders

Restraining orders affect custody, visitation, gun rights, and employment, with violations charged as criminal contempt carrying jail time and additional restrictions on your freedoms.

Sex Crimes

Sex crime convictions require lifetime sex offender registration, severely restrict housing and employment, and carry lengthy prison sentences with devastating personal and professional consequences.

Theft & Burglary

Property crimes include theft, burglary, vandalism, fraud, and trespassing, with penalties ranging from probation to state prison depending on property values and damage amounts.

Theft & Property Crimes

Property crimes include theft, burglary, vandalism, fraud, and trespassing, with penalties ranging from probation to state prison depending on property values and damage amounts.

Violent Crimes

Violent crime convictions carry the longest prison sentences, count as strikes under Three Strikes Law, and prohibit gun ownership for life with mandatory custody time.

Weapons Charges

Weapons charges carry mandatory prison sentences, lifetime gun prohibitions, and potential federal prosecution with decades-long sentences for possession, brandishing, or assault with firearms.

White Collar Crimes

White collar crimes include fraud, embezzlement, tax evasion, and money laundering, carrying federal prison sentences up to 30 years, massive restitution, and professional license revocation.

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” I was charged with DUI so I hired the team at Central Coast Criminal Defense. Although the odds were not on my favor and every piece of evidence was against me, my Attorney, Adrienne Haddad was able to have my DUI reduced to a reckless driving. If I could give them more than 5 stars I would do it. “

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