Client was falsely accused of child molestation and was arrested by the Los Angeles Police Department for an allegation that he had molested a minor under the age of 14 years of age. At the time, the mother and father had been going thru a bitter child support case with a history of a bitter divorce. Mr. Kita was able to bring in witnesses for the DA to interview as well as evidence for the Senior Sex Crimes Juvenile DA to review. In addition, Mr. Kita participated in a meeting along with his client, and his parents. Mr. Kita was able to convince the DA that there was reasonable doubt as to the allegations. The case was dropped.
Child Custody and Visitation
From 1980-1990, Groman was a sole practitioner specializing in juvenile, child custody, and appellate matters. She worked as a panel attorney in the Juvenile Court system in both the delinquency and dependency divisions.
Adoption
Guardianship
Groman performed pro-bono legal work for the Gay & Lesbian Community Services Center, the Women Lawyers Association of Los Angeles - Jail Project, the Felicia Mahood Senior Citizens' Center, the Los Angeles County Guardianship/Conservator Project, Public Counsel's Children's Rights Project, and several Los Angeles County Bar Association projects, including AIDS Legal Services Project, Barristers Northridge Earthquake Assistance Project and Immigration Legal Assistance Project.
Child Abuse
The Ed Edelman's Childrens Court deals primarily with dependency court cases where children who have experienced neglect and or child abuse. The facility is named after former Los Angeles County Supervisor Ed Edelman. Supervisor Edeleman graduated from UCLA Law School and clerked for U.S. District Court Judge William Byrne, and served as staff counsel to the House Subcommitte on Labor under Congressman James Roosevelt and as special assistant to the general counsel of the National Labor Relations Board under President Kennedy and President Johnson.
Although this criminal defense attorney primarily handles cases in Los Angeles County Orange County, Riverside & San Diego, he is available to handle juvenile cases through out California.
DUI/DWI
George Kita is an experienced and dedicated juvenile trial attorney who has successfully handled more than 1000 juvenile cases. He previously worked as a juvenile deputy district attorney assigned to the District Attorneys Juvenile Branch. He has successfully represented children accused of crimes ranging from hate crimes, assault and battery, car jacking, car theft, armed robbery, drug possession and sales, DUI, rape, robbery, molestation and murder.
Traffic Violations
In 1985,she served as chief negotiator for the faculty union in its contract talks with the district which served as a spring board to a seat on the Los Angeles Community College District in 1989. The Los Angeles Community College faculty union contributed a total of $114,323 to her two campaigns for office. She currently serves as a Traffic Court Referee handling cases involving truancy, possession of less than an ounce of marijuana, possession of alcohol, traffic violations, and vandalism cases. Because she handles juvenile traffic court cases, there are no prosecutors in that courtroom.
Sex Crimes
The must file in adult court on the following types of sex crimes, rape as described in paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) of Section 261 of the Penal Code, Spousal rape, forcible sex offenses in concert with another, forcible lewd and lascivious acts on a child under the age of 14 years of age as described in subdivision (b) of Section 288 of the Penal Code, Sexual penetration as described in subdivision (a) of Section 289 of the Penal Code, Sodomy or Oral Copulation by force, Lewd and Lascivious acts on a child under the age of 14 unless the defendant qualified for probation.
Fraud
Prior to working in the Hardcore Gang Unit, Hall worked in the Auto Insurance Fraud Unit. Among her notable cases she prosecuted was a 44 year old Swedish businessman who crashed a $1 million red Ferari Enzo that split in half in Malibu. The defendant in that case Bo Stefan Ericksson was sentenced to three years in state prison for embezzlement and felon in possession of a gun. The defendant reportedly drove his car in excess of 160 mph and was under the influence of alcohol when he totaled the $1 million dollar Ferari. The vehicle were leased by the defendant from a British financial institution. The defendant had previously served a five year prison sentence in Sweden in 1994. The defendants $5.2 million dollar home was seized and taken over by a court appointed receiver. The case received national attention due to the rarity of the Ferrari Enzo that was involved in the case.
Robbery
He is the only California Juvenile Attorney to get a child facing home invasion robbery with a firearm declared factually innocent.
Burglary
The District Attorney's Office filed a felony charge of burglary against the minor. Minors grand parents are very knowledgable about the juvenile justice system. Minor's grandfather retired as a Long Beach Homicide Detective and his grandmother worked for 35 years as a Orange County Juvenile Probation Officer. They hired Mr. Kita to represent minor. On the first court date, Mr. Kita was able to convince the DA that they could
Theft
Misdemeanors
As a judge, she worked various assignments including handling misdemeanor offenses at the West Covina Court house and the Pomona North Courthouse. She takes over the vacancy created by Judge McCoy's transfer to Department K, a civil mandatory settlement court.
Embezzlement
Drug Crimes
Yes. Most offenses that occur at the juvenile traffic court involve petty theft for less than $50.00 under penal code section 490.1, curfew violations, possession of marijuana pursuant to Health & Safety Code 11357(b), or alcohol, and vandalism cases pursuant to penal code section 594.
Assault
In December 2003, one juvenile suffered multiple puncture wounds to his lower leg when a California Youth Authority guard allowed his dog to attack a juvenile inmate who was following orders and lying on the floor. In an effort to clean up its bad image, the California Youth Authority decided to ask Prosecutors to file criminal assault charges against that officer.
Murder
Second District California Court of Appeals agreed with Mr. Kita and ordered a juvenile court judge to release a minor on a overdetained case even though the charge was quite serious - (Attempted Murder ).
Juvenile Crimes
If you would like to retain a private juvenile defense lawyer, call our Juvenile Law offices for a free consultation at 626-232-0970.
Probation Violation
Joe DeBaca is the school liason at Inglewood Juvenile Court. His telephone number is (310) 671-1122. Mr. DeBaca's job is to help the Inglewood Juvenile Court Judges verify attendance and school grades for children appearing before the court. For students with unexcused absences and excessive tardies, the Inglewood Juvenile Deputy District Attorney can decide to set a probation violation hearing. The Inglewood Juvenile Court Judges and Inglewood Juvenile Court Commissioners and Referees place a very high importance on children attending school. For many children with delinquent cases, it possibly means the only way a child can feel hope to succeed in life. For children with very poor grades, the parents should consider hiring a private tutor three times a week, and to write to their child's school principal requesting an IEP assessment be done. More often than not, many students have a learning disability that will affect the childs grades. If your child has a learning disability, your child should not be punished for not getting the help he needs in school thru an Individualized Education Plan. The burden, however, rests with the parents to requests the IEP assessment be done in writing to the principal.
Homicide
Justice Kennedy stated, "The constitution prohibits the imposition of a life without parole sentence on a juvenile offender who did not commit a homicide.
Arson
Mr. Kita was retained to represent one of the top 13 year softball pitchers in the United States. Unfortunatley minor was arrested for arson due to some burning of 2 acres of brush. Mr. Kita was able to set up a meeting with the District Attorney's Office and resolved the case without any charges being filed.
Forgery
On May 16, 2014, Robyn Palmer was arrested on 14 felony counts of insurance fraud, forgery, wire fraud and grand theft. She filed a claim and received disabilty insurance benefits for a shoulder injury she said occurred in July 2013 while restraining a minor in juvenile hall. Because there was no employee record of a work related injury, an investigation ensued. She is currently in custody at the Lynwood jail with bail set at $100,000.00. She received $29,122.00 in workers comp payments. Her booking number is #3972463 Her case number is BA42471301
Kidnapping
Kidnapping to commit another crime, Gun Shots fired, Gang Allegation, Robbery, Kidnapping - Juvenile Fitness hearing - Fitness Petition withdrawn, Resolved for Home on Probation
Manslaughter
In 2003, there were 4,534 CYA cases. There were 73 California Department of Correction Cases. There were also 4,120 children on parole at the time. There were six children 13 years of age and under housed at CYA.There were 20 children 14 and under housed there.There were 89 children 15 years of age housed there. There were 299 children 16 years of age housed there. There were 642 children 17 years of age housed there. There were 1,033 young men 18 years of age housed there. There were 931 young men 19 years of age housed there. There were 693 young men age 20 years of age housed there. There were 293 young men 21 years of age housed there. There were 528 young men 22 years of age and older housed there. In 2003, there were 10 insitituions, 4 conservation camps, and 16 Parole Offices. The highest commiting counties that sent children to CYA were Los Angeles County with 25% followed by Alameda County 5%, San Diego 5%, Santa Clara 4%, Sacramento 4%, Kern County 2% and San Francisco County 1%. The average length of stay of for children who were paroled in 2003 were 34.9 months. The average length of stay for children first paroled for serious felonies were as follows: 87.2 months for murder in the first degree, 94.7 months for murder in the second degree, 51.1 months for manslaughter, 40.6 months for enhanced robbery, felony assault 63.6 months, 59.5 months for forcible rape. By race, 49% of the children housed at CYA were Hispanic, followed by 30% for African American, and 16% were white, 3% for Asian, and 2% for others.
Even though she ran a financially successful law practice, she devoted hundreds of hours of probono work for prominent nonprofit groups including the California Women's Law Center and Public Counsel.
Employment Litigation
She worked as In House Counsel for Toyota Motor Sales USA in Torrance, from 1979 to 1984. She was a partner with a Century City Employent Litigation law firm of Rosner, Owens, Nunziato & Henry in Los Angeles from 1984 to 1992. She was a partner with the law firm of Henry & Tenner in Los Angles from 1992 to 1996. She was a sole practitioner in Santa Monica from 1996 to 2001 handling plaintiffs cases in Employment Litigation.
Sexual Harassment
Student, a ten year old, faced a school expulsion hearing for sexual assault, sexual battery and sexual harassment in violation of California Education Code section 48900. The Los Angeles Unified School District attempted to expel student based on the complaining witness alleging that student made her take her clothes off, touched her private parts, told her to put an object in her private area, and pretending to have sex with her.
Judge Brown, earned her law degree from the University of San Francisco School of Law and Bachelor of Arts degree from Mills College. She worked as a legal editor for Matthew Bender Legal Publishers from 1979 to 1980. From 1980 to 1984 she worked as a deputy disrict attorney from Marin County District Attorney's Office where she prosecuted a various felony and misdemeanor cases. From 1984 to 1989, she was in private practice handling personal injury and land use cases.
Commissioner Losnick graduated from UCLA with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Politcal Science in 1983 and her law degree from Southernwestern Univiersity School of Law in 1985. She worked from 1985 to 1986 with a tax litigation firm Gunther, Knox & Elliott and as a Deputy County Counsel from 1986 to 1990. From 1990 to 1996 she was appointed as a Juvenile Court Referee where she worked primarily in dependency court.