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Law Office Of David Swanson - Newport Beach, CA

4100 Newport Place DriveSuite 550 Newport Beach, CA 92660

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Updated: 06/04/2021

Newport Beach Criminal Defense Law Firm

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The Law Office of David Swanson PLC opened in 1998. This occurred when Attorney David Swanson left a successful career at the Orange County Public Defender's Office. His career as a criminal defense lawyer started as a beginning public defender with the3 goal of becoming an accomplished trial lawyer. He started with misdemeanor cases and progressed to handling felony cases, eventually to trying homicide/murder cases...
The Law Office of David Swanson PLC opened in 1998. This occurred when Attorney David Swanson left a successful career at the Orange County Public Defender's Office. His career as a criminal defense lawyer started as a beginning public defender with the3 goal of becoming an accomplished trial lawyer. He started with misdemeanor cases and progressed to handling felony cases, eventually to trying homicide/murder cases. Attorney David Swanson eventually won a homicide trial against the legendary Honorable Judge and former Orange County District Attorney Carolyn Kirkwood, who had a reputation for having never lost a homicide trial. After accomplishing his goals in the Public Defender's Office, Attorney David Swanson continued his career as a Criminal Defense trial attorney by establishing his own criminal defense law firm, The Law Office of David Swanson PLC. The Law Office of David Swanson is now positioned to defend and represent selected clients who need a strong, creative, sophisticated criminal defense in Orange County California. When you retain the Law Office of David Swanson, you will not be switched to a junior employee attorney, because the Attorney David Swanson handles every case from start to finish. Attorney David Swanson has been named a Southern California Super Lawyer every year since 2005 and Attorney David Swanson has been a California State Bar Certified Specialist in Criminal Law since 2005. The California State Bar requires an attorney to have extensive prior experience in the area of the certification; it requires confirmation and endorsement of a high degree of criminal law competency from your peers who are the prosecutors, fellow criminal defense lawyers, and most importantly the judges in your county or practice area; and lastly, a candidate has to pass a separate bar examine in the area of criminal law before a legal specialization certification would be awarded to the applicant. Attorney David Swanson has tried approximately 100 criminal jury trials in the 30+ years he has been representing clients charged in criminal cases. If a criminal defense attorney hasn't done a significant number of jury trials, that attorney doesn't understand the nuances of criminal law and therefore is not a skilled criminal defense attorney. There is no substitute for experience in the practice of sophisticated criminal defense. Attorney David Swanson of the Law Office of David Swanson has tried and won homicides, child molestation, drug crimes, rapes, assault, domestic violence, theft/fraud, and white-collar crimes. In fact, Attorney David Swanson has never lost a trial in the most difficult of all types of cases, a child molestation trial. Most lawyers have never tried a single child molestation trial, much less obtained a not guilty verdict as Attorney David Swanson has. You can be confident that you are being skillfully represented when you retain the Law Office of David Swanson when you find yourself in the unfortunate position of facing criminal charges. Call the Law Office of David Swanson when your life is on the line and you will not regret that decision.

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  • Criminal Defense
  • Felony Drug crimes
  • Felony Assualt crimes
  • Child molestation and sex crimes including rape
  • Felony theft
  • Domestic vilencea and child abuse
  • Driving under the influence of alcohol and marijuana
  • Auto theft
  • Identity theft
  • Vehicular manslaughter

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4100 Newport Place DriveSuite 550 Newport Beach, CA 92660

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By Frank D. on Jan. 21, 2022

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If you are ever in a jam, call Mr. Swanson. The man is kind, professional, responsive and he really knows and understands the law and legal system. I am glad I found Mr. Swanson, I had met with almost a dozen attorneys and he made me feel the most comfortable in terms of dealing with someone, credibility and know how. Initially what drew me to his office was his many awards and rating on Super Lawyers and his excellent reviews on Avvo. He took care of my case after another attorney had abandoned my case in court and left me with no representation, I did not want to make a mistake and not research who I hired next and I?m very glad I hired David. The first lawyer I hired wanted me to take 6 months in jail, a felony and 2 years of formal probation, David on the other hand got me no jail time and 1 year informal no felony! David always answered all my questions, discussed his strategy with me and all elements of my case, and most importantly he made me feel like a respected human being and the last thing you want to do is deal with anyone who cannot do that. I highly recommend Mr. Swanson to anyone looking for a professional, able and willing criminal law attorney. He provided me with a free consultation also and I highered the man right on the spot!

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