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MICHAEL ROSS (415) 345-1335
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LEGAL EXPERIENCE 
 

Over 20 Years as a Criminal Defense Attorney

 

Over 3,500 criminal cases handled (both felonies & misdemeanors)

 

Former Deputy Attorney General  (Criminal Division) and Special Prosecutor

 

Member of The Bar in Good Standing:
Bar Association of San Francisco

The State Bar of California

United States Federal District Courts, Northern, Central, Eastern, and Southern Districts of California
United States Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
United States Tax Court

Supreme Court of the United States

 

 


Former Judge (Pro Tem) for the City & County of San Francisco

 


CASES

 

 

Acquittal (Not Guilty) at jury trial on a "Life Without Possibility of Parole" case (People v. Darrell Van Shumpert)

 

Over 1,000 DUI (Driving Under the Influence) cases, including multiple offenders and vehicular homicide cases.  

 

Over 550 Department of Motor Vehicle Hearings (DUI Drivers License Suspensions)  

 

Successfully handled a Kidnapping case where a potential sentence of life imprisonment was reduced to "time already served" of only ninety days (People v. Shakira Roberts, et al.)

 

Death penalty case (People v. Jesse Bishop), successfully handling several post-conviction writs, appeals, and a Pardon-Commutation hearing

 

Over fifty "Three Strikes" cases with excellent results in obtaining the dismissal of one or more 'strikes" resulting in the dramatic reduction of jail time 

 

Hundreds of Domestic Violence cases, including many where the charges were either dismissed or discharged

 

Bail reductions obtained in nearly all cases (where the client is neither a flight risk and is not considered dangerous), most recently:  the reduction of a million dollar bail to only forty-five thousand dollars (San Francisco Superior Court)

 

Over 1,000 felony cases (drugs, grand theft, assault, kidnapping, murder) 

 

Over 2,500 misdemeanor cases (shoplifting, solicitation for prostitution, petty theft, and DUIs). 

 

Over 300 Juvenile offense cases

 

Hundreds of successful Probation Violation hearings 

 

Numerous successful Parole Violation hearings 

 

Handled the "Last Defector" (In re Sergei Ukanov) case from the former Soviet Union (USSR)

 

Pro Bono representation for selected indigent clients (People v. June Fairchild, People v. Valerie Hunt)

 

Founder and CEO of a 501(c)(3) nonprofit public benefit corporation, including the obtaining of the tax-exempt status from the IRS

 

 

EDUCATION

 

Degree of Juris Doctor, Southwestern University School of Law, Los Angeles, California

 

Bachelor of Arts Degree in Political Science, California State University, Long Beach, California

                           

          

 

 

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