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Criminal Defense Lawyer California - AGGRESSIVE CRIMINAL DEFENSE
Horowitz has never been a prosecutor. His entire 24 year career has been dedicated to fighting for the rights of those crushed and abused by the system. Specialist - Criminal Defense California Criminal Defense Lawyer Daniel A. Horowitz is a Certified Criminal Law Specialist. This is a certification that the California State Bar issues. Any licensed attorney can practice criminal law. In California there is a rigorous testing, peer review and continuing education requirement which allows attorneys to call themselves "Specialists" in criminal defense. While there are excellent defense attorneys who have not sought this certification, Daniel Horowitz is proud to be qualified as a specialist and has held this certification for many years. Caseload The Horowitz office takes very few cases. Horowitz assembles a specialized team of lawyers, investigators and paralegals for each of these select cases. His clients are assured that they will receive cutting edge legal defense and the most aggressive trial representation possible. This means two things. First, that Horowitz has the time to fully prepare your case and he does much of the defense preparation personally! Secondly, we necessarily must charge fees that allow us to focus our attention on your case. AV Rated Horowitz is AV rated by Martindale - Hubbell a leading source of information about attorneys. This is the highest possible rating and it is assigned based upon surveys of other California attorneys who practice in the same area of law. (Criminal Defense) Educator Horowitz has been a law school professor and is a frequent lecturer at continuing education seminars for attorneys. He is a published author on numerous criminal defense topics. Horowitz is a leader and lecturer in technology and document management. These are essential skills for a white collar criminal case. His exposure of the corrupt Oakland Housing Authority police department is legendary and was the subject of a "60 Minutes" episode titled "Bad Cops". Phone: (510) 444-4888 A Culture of Trial Lawyers Jury trial experience is hard to come by. Daniel Horowitz has more jury trial experience than most of the attorneys in the United States. There are several reasons for this. First, criminal defense lawyers usually are in trial more than civil lawyers. This is just the nature of the practice. Daniel Horowitz began practice at a time when more cases went to trial. The courts were less crowded and there was less plea bargaining. Finally, criminal defense in the San Francisco Bay Area has always been trial oriented. There is a tradition in certain counties in California (Alameda and San Francisco) where the bar prides itself on the quality of their trial lawyers and their trial judges. The trial lawyer culture means that instead of spending careers making plea bargains, prosecutors and defense attorneys in the Oakland / San Francisco area frequently take their cases to trial. Contact Information 120 11th Street Telephone: (510) 444-4888 The Oakland, California office is within 20 minutes of the federal courts in San Francisco and Oakland. It is close to California state courts in Contra Costa, San Francisco and Alameda Counties. Personal Representation - Criminal Defense Daniel Horowitz takes only a limited number of cases per year. If you are a client of our office, you can be certain that Daniel Horowitz will personally work on your case. This is not a 1-800 law firm which takes a flat fee and then convinces you to take a plea bargain. Daniel Horowitz files motions and prepares your criminal case for trial - PERSONALLY. In the past ten years, Daniel Horowitz has personally represented defendants in the types of cases listed below:
* In the past eight years, Horowitz has been one of the defense counsel in most of the major narcotics conspiracy cases in the Northern District of California. |
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![]() | California Criminal defense lawyer Daniel Horowitz aggressively fights for your rights in California State and all Federal courts. (510) 444-4888 | ![]() |