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It's that time of the year again and arrests and enforcement for the Coachella Music Festival have begun in earnest. For the last five years the Law Office of Brian Michaels has been representing dozens of individuals annually who have the misfortune of being arrested or cited for a criminal offe...

Re: Sealing Arrest Records in California Just Becamse Easier! Today, Attorney Brian Michaels became one of the first to file a Motion to Seal the Arrest Record of a client under newly enacted statutes that makes it significantly easier for qualified individuals to seal their arrest records perman...

Former top Los Angeles Prosecutor Brian Michaels is proud to finally announce the opening of his Downtown Santa Barbara Office to service the needs of that community. Mr.Michaels is a 1988 graduate of the University of California, Santa Barbara and is a proud Gaucho alum. Our office will be handl...

In response to our offices Coachella task force for the 2017 Coachella Music Festival we are seeing a significant upturn in possession related arrests. The bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms ran undercover task forces at the venue resulting in what appears to me more arrests this year for po...

Southern California Criminal Defense Attorney Brian Michaels will be opening a Coachella Valley Music Festival legal task force to aid people caught up in the criminal justice system while attending the Coachella Music Festival or Stagecoach Music Festival through May of 2017. Every spring the Co...

The Law Office of Attorney Brian Michaels is pleased to announce the opening of a Branch Office serving the Coachella Valley and greater Riverside County. Former Prosecutor Michaels has over 20 years of experience in the Criminal Courts of Southern California. Our office has served the needs of c...

Recently my office has handled a slew of post conviction proceedings for people that were arrested and convicted of crimes as long as 20 years ago. While we are not sure if this shows an upward trend in enforcement by INS, but it's important a client, who, even with residency status, can be depor...

Mr. Furlong was arraigned today on a new Domestic Violence case involving a former girlfriend. Based on information that was known to us prior to this recent arrest, Mr. Furlong recently learned that the District Attorney had purportedly filed a case against him in December. Contrary to press rep...

Status of Edward Furlong Arrest My office was retained in 2012 to represent Edward Furlong in a pending Probation Violation hearing at the Van Nuys Branch of the Los Angeles Superior Court. He had been placed on Probation as a result of a family law dispute that resulted in an unfortunate plea b...

Unfortunately there is just no clear cut answer as to if or when the City is going to enforce the recently enacted ordinance effectively banning all dispensaries in the City limits. For now, The Los Angeles City Attorney Carmen Trutanich has issued a statement that enforcement is frozen until all...

PREV Next Article NEXT LOCAL 23 Print Comments 3 REUTERS FILE PHOTO The death penalty in California would be abolished if voters approve Proposition 34 on the November ballot. Lorrain Taylor was sitting in her home in February 2000 when she received a devastating phone call that would ...

On the eve of the so called Sunset Ban on all Medical Marijuana clinics in the City of Los Angeles, the presiding Los Angeles City Attorney Carmen Trutanich issue a letter indicating City enforcement is suspended. According to the Los Angeles Times: "Los Angeles city officials say they will not e...

Last month the Los Angeles City Council voted to severely restrict the number of dispensaries in the City to pre-2008 levels. Continue to check back here for updates on what is going on with enforcement. There are many reports that indicate that the City Council ban has been over turned by the re...

There have been many conflicting reports about what the City of Los Angeles intended to do to enforce it's recently enacted ordinance effectively banning Medical Marijuana Disensaries in the City of Los Angeles. City Attorney Carmen Trutanich yesterday released a formal letter indicating the City...

Posted on April 13, 2012 Every year California adds new penalties for Drunk Driving convictions. The following is a summary of the most common punishments set forth in the CA Judge's Benchguide. It is important to understand that these sentencing guidelines can be imposed, however, there are way...

Medical marijuana patients in Los Angeles can exhale a sigh of relief. At least for now. LA's marijuana dispensary ban, which was set to go into effect in one week, has been temporarily suspended after patients and supporters delivered 50,000 signatures to force a referendum on the ban, the city ...

Los Angeles Sheriff's Department's DUi Checkpoints for Labor Day Weekend. DUI Task Force Set for Crackdown on Impaired Driving, Los Angeles County PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 15, 2012 Contact: CSO Wendy Brewer (626) 241-0605 [email protected] Los Angele...

We have already seen several of the City Attorney's enforcement letters from our clients. As of September 6th, 2012 it could cost dispensries $2500.00 per day to remain open. If you plan on staying open here is the latest on what's going on. We do not expect the civil suits to have any success in...

Law Office of Brian Michaels launches the 420 Law Group to Fight the Los Angeles City Ban on Marijuana Dispensaries August 16, 2012 Re: Pending City of Los Angeles Enforcement In a historic vote last month the Los Angeles City Council, as you all must know by now, took the drastic measure of voti...

Breathalyzers, Field Sobriety Tests Can Be Inaccurate POSTED: 2:06 pm PST January 4, 2012 BAKERSFIELD, Calif. -- By Ed Greenberger, THELAW.TV With the holidays come and gone, thousands of Americans are facing an unwanted byproduct of the festive season – a drunk driving charge. Driving under th...

2011: The Year In Review – NORML's Top 10 Events That Shaped Marijuana Policy by Paul Armentano, NORML Deputy DirectorDecember 29, 2011 #1 NORML Sues to Halt Government's Prosecution of Medical Cannabis Providers In October, the United States Deputy Attorney General, along with the four US...

Earlier this year, Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. signed Assembly Bill (AB) 109 and AB 117, historic legislation that will enable California to close the revolving door of low-level inmates cycling in and out of state prisons. It is the cornerstone of California's solution for reducing the number o...

Attorney Michaels Casey Anthony Article: http://thelosangelesbeat.com/2011/07/casey-anthony-verdict-not-a-shock-to-this-attorney/ CASEY ANTHONY ANALYSIS The only thing I find shocking about the result of the Casey Anthony verdict is that so many people were shocked. This happens time and again in...

It's the Holiday season and once again it is also high season for Driving Under The Influence cases in the Los Angeles area. Driving Under The Influence cases make up a solid majority of criminal cases in the Los Angeles area and are one of the most common crimes that attorneys are faced with in ...