A much anticipated ruling on the legality of California's Proposition 8 and the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) is expected to be handed down by the Supreme Court this month. In March, the Justices considered oral arguments from attorneys representing both sides. Below is a concise summary of some of the more likely outcomes, provided by [...]
FACTS: JORGENSEN & SALBERG client was at The Slidebar in Fullerton. Another patron struck our client in the face and fled the scene. The defendant was apprehended by the police down the street from the bar, and pled guilty to the assault and assaulting the police officers during the arrest. On March 4, 2013, the [...]
Facts Our client and the defendant were both minors at the time of the accident. Our client and the defendant were at an underage nightclub. During the course of the evening, our client and the defendant would periodically go to his car in the parking lot and drink alcohol. Towards the end of the night, [...]
Underlying Charge & Sentence: Possession and under the influence of methamphetamines. New Charges: Burglary, receiving stolen property, and possession of drug paraphernalia (syringes without a prescription & heroine hype kit). Result: Trial judge disregarded DA’s demands, and referred defendant to drug court in lieu of jail or prison. Adult Drug Court: The four-phase Drug Court [...]
During a divorce, a spouse has to be very careful that he or she does not get in trouble with the judge in handling property and accounts. Recently, we handled a divorce where the husband and wife purchased numerous movies, television episodes, songs, books, and apps through iTunes (as a couple). During the divorce, the [...]
When an insurance company is negotiating with its policyholder following an accident, a fairly common scenario involves the insurance company delaying payment of the claim for replacement of the damaged car to gain an unfair advantage in negotiating the value of that car. Typically, the adjuster will not send the claimant a check for the [...]
Plea Deal: Even though the client had a large amount of opiates in her possession (without a valid prescription), was driving with a BAC of nearly twice the legal limit, and had crashed into another vehicle, the DA agreed that the client would only have to pay a fine, attend AA meetings, attend a first-time [...]
FACTS Joseph Khadige leased a property from Jorgensen & Salberg's client for the purpose of operating a medical marijuana dispensary across the street from the Main Place Mall in the City of Santa Ana, California. After Khadige was unable to obtain a license from the city to operate the dispensary, Khadige refused to pay the [...]
SUMMARY OF CASE Our client was arrested for drunk driving on December 4, 2012. On January 18, 2013, our law firm successfully defended our client in a DMV license suspension hearing, based upon the arresting officer’s failure to properly give the statutory warnings during his DUI investigation. STATEMENT OF FACTS According to the arrest report, [...]
By: ADVOCATE author Julie Bolcer New written guidelines from the Obama administration outline the conditions under which binational same-sex couples may be considered to have a “family relationship” for the purposes of immigration officials deciding whether to proceed with deportation actions. The criteria, listed in a memo issued this week by U.S. Immigration & Customs [...]
