Pat Carey
Top Defense Trial Lawyer and Certified Criminal Specialist
- Biography
Pat is a former Prosecutor for the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office and part of the less than 1% of lawyers in California that are State Bar Board Certified Criminal Law Specialists. He has tried over 65 jury trials for cases ranging from driving under the influence misdemeanors, to gang crimes, to special circumstance murder cases. His most recent Special Circumstance Murder case out of Long Beach Court House resulted in a NOT GUILTY verdict and the client being acquitted of all charges and released from prison.
In his tenure as a Deputy District Attorney, Pat conducted over 1,600 preliminary hearings, and spent an entire year dedicated to a juvenile division where he handled over 75 juvenile adjudication trials. In addition to his jury trial experience, Pat has handled thousands of drug possession and sales cases, sex crimes, domestic violence, robberies, burglaries, fraud, theft and embezzlement cases.
- Practice Areas
- Criminal Law
- Criminal Appeals, Drug Crimes, Fraud, Gun Crimes, Internet Crimes, Sex Crimes, Theft, Violent Crimes
- Domestic Violence
- Domestic Violence Criminal Defense, Domestic Violence Restraining Orders
- DUI & DWI
- Juvenile Law
- White Collar Crime
- Fees
- Credit Cards Accepted
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Rates, Retainers and Additional Information
Free initial consultation.
- Jurisdictions Admitted to Practice
- California
- State Bar of California
- ID Number: 253645
- Since 2007
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- Languages
- English:
Spoken, Written - Spanish:
Spoken
- Professional Experience
- Attorney/Owner
- Law Office of J. Patrick Carey
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Current
- Deputy District Attorney
- Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office
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2006 –
2014
- Education
- Southwestern Law School
- J.D. (2007)
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2004
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2007 - Honors: CALI Excellence for the Future Award, White Collar Crime and Other Aspects of Criminal Law.
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- California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo
- B.A. (2003) | Political Science
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1999
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2003 - Activities: Pi Sigma Alpha Political Science Honor Society.
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- Awards
- Southern California Rising Star
- Super Lawyers
- 2016, 2017, 2018
- Top 40 Under 40
- National Trial Lawyers Association
- 2015, 2016
- Top 100
- National Trial Lawyers Association
- 2018-present
- Professional Associations
- State Bar of California
- Current
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- National Trial Lawyers Association
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2015 –
Current -
- Los Angeles County Bar Association
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2008 –
Current -
- Association of Deputy District Attorneys
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2008 –
2014 -
- California District Attorneys Association
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2008 –
2014 -
- Publications
- Why Families Feel Cheated by the Criminal Justice System
- The Daily Breeze
- 2018
- Judge Strikes Down Class Certification
- The Daily Breeze
- 2017
- Short Term Rental Owners Push Back
- The Daily Breeze
- 2017
- The Battle of the Bay
- Surfer Magazine
- 2017
- Websites & Blogs
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