Beethoven’s DUI Fifth on the Fourth of July

Beethoven’s DUI Fifth on the Fourth of July   With the Fourth of July 2015 landing on a Saturday this year, Dan Smith and Jon Pettis, the lawyers at San Diego Defenders, are looking forward to a barbeque to celebrate our Country’s Independence Day. We started thinking about how to remind people who are pulled over for…

How Do You Hire a Cheap Lawyer?

How Do You Hire a Cheap Lawyer? Not everyone is rich and can afford thousands and thousands up front to hire a lawyer when they get arrested. Most lawyers want their whole fee upfront. That is impossible for most of us in today’s economy. Other big shot lawyers charge enormous amounts and a lot of…

Justice Department Recommends Changes at SDPD

Justice Department Recommends Changes at SDPD   Yesterday, all of San Diego’s civic and law enforcement leaders held a press conference concerning the results of an audit by the Department of Justice on the San Diego Police Department.  The audit was requested by now retired SDPD Chief William Lansdowne after a couple years of report…