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After meeting in her office, I was impressed with Nicole Enyart and decided to hire her and her team for my felony domestic violence case. After reviewing the details, Nicole explained what she would do and how she was likely to fight the charge. She was very professional and easy to talk with. She also was familiar with the Santa Barbara DA likely to handle my case. I was pleasantly surprised when she was able to convince the prosecutor to dismiss the case pretty quickly based on a variety of...Read the full review
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