Criminal Lawyer

Criminal Defense Attorney — Summit Defense Group

Los Angeles, CA | August 2023 – Present

• Litigated 65+ felony and misdemeanor cases annually in municipal and federal courts, using Clio to manage case files, coordinate witness schedules, and streamline client communications with 98% on-time filings.
• Secured dismissals or pre-trial reductions in 42% of assigned felony cases by analyzing police reports and digital evidence using Casefleet to identify procedural errors and civil rights violations.
• Researched complex statutory and constitutional issues using Westlaw Precision to draft 50+ successful motions to suppress, reducing client sentencing exposure by an average of 30% across 2 years.
• Negotiated plea agreements with 5 different municipal and county prosecutor offices to reduce incarceration sentences by 45% for 80+ clients, utilizing PracticePanther to track negotiations.

Associate Attorney (Criminal Defense) — Kincaid & Sterling LLP

San Francisco, CA | September 2021 – July 2023

• Managed a caseload of 45+ active felony matters concurrently, utilizing MyCase to organize discovery, track statutory deadlines, and share document updates with clients to achieve 95% client satisfaction.
• Conducted 15 jury trials and 40 preliminary hearings as lead counsel, utilizing legal research databases like LexisNexis to support courtroom arguments and achieving a 73% favorable verdict or plea rate.
• Evaluated 200+ police dashcam and bodycam videos during discovery preparation, deploying Relativity to tag critical timeline inconsistencies and secure dismissal of charges in 18% of those cases.
• Coordinated with 4 independent private investigators to gather exculpatory evidence, improving defense theory prep times by 25% through standardized interview workflows developed in Evernote Business.

Trial litigation, Constitutional defense, Motion practice, Plea negotiation, Case management, Legal research, Client advisory, Discovery review, Westlaw Precision, LexisNexis, Clio, Casefleet, PracticePanther, Relativity, MyCase, LegalFly

Federal Conspiracy Defense Initiative

Role: Lead Defense Counsel

Tools: Casefleet, Relativity, Westlaw Precision

Defended 3 key clients in a multi-defendant federal conspiracy trial over 6 months, securing complete acquittal for 1 client and a 60% sentence reduction for the others.

Digital Discovery Migration

Role: Legal Tech Coordinator

Tools: Clio, PracticePanther, Dropbox Business

Led the 3-month migration of 1,200 archived case files to a secure cloud platform, reducing file retrieval latency by 55% and saving 12 hours of administrative work weekly.

• Board Certified in Criminal Trial Advocacy – National Board of Trial Advocacy (2025)
• Active Member – State Bar of California (2021)

• Languages: English (Native), Spanish (Bilingual)
• Professional Memberships: National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL), Los Angeles County Bar Association
• Pro Bono: Represented 10+ indigent clients annually through regional legal aid clinics (2022-present)