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New Pretrial Diversion In California Mental Health Cases: Expectations vs. Reality
Blog, Criminal Defense
Jail diversion initiatives have gathered much interest as a strategy for reducing the presence of people with mental illness in the criminal justice system. Under penal code 1001.36, California now offers “Mental Health Diversion” programs...
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Michael Thorman Represents Remorseful Driver Charged In Fatal Crash
Michael Thorman Represents Remorseful Driver Charged In Fatal Crash
Blog, Criminal Defense
DUBLIN, Calif. (KTVU) – The daredevil biker facing charges in a crash that killed his friend sat down with KTVU for an exclusive jailhouse interview. Corey McDonah said he’s a completely different person more than...
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Jules Bonjour Honored With the Jensen Public Service Award at Boalt Hall
Jules Bonjour Honored With the Jensen Public Service Award at Boalt Hall
Blog, General News
UC Berkeley Law School recently honored alumnus, Jules Bonjour ’66, with the prestigious Judge D. Lowell and Barbara Jensen Public Service Award. The award was bestowed in recognition of Mr. Bonjour’s distinguished career as a...
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Michael Thorman Teaches Aspiring Lawyers the Art of the Closing Argument
Michael Thorman Teaches Aspiring Lawyers the Art of the Closing Argument
Blog, General News, Personal Injury
Michael Thorman has established himself as one of the top litigators in the Bay Area and in Northern California. He is also a distinguished alumnus of Stanford Law School, Class of 1974. He recently participated...
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Michael Thorman Saves Client from Life in Prison
Michael Thorman Saves Client from Life in Prison
Blog, Criminal Defense
Michael Thorman recently represented a client charged as one of six defendants in a gang-related shooting occurring in front of a public school in Union City, California. While in custody on the murder charge, the...
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Megan Burns Recently Sworn In on the Board of Directors for the Alameda County Bar Association
Megan Burns Recently Sworn In on the Board of Directors for the Alameda County Bar Association
Blog, General News, Personal Injury
Mirador Law values giving back to our community by being actively involved in numerous organizations, including the Alameda County Bar Association. Megan Burns was recently sworn in as a member of the Board of Directors...
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Megan Burns Wins New Trial Motion Based on Juror Misconduct
Megan Burns Wins New Trial Motion Based on Juror Misconduct
Blog, Criminal Defense, General News
San Francisco, Calif. (San Francisco Chronicle) – A man convicted of robbing three people in San Francisco last spring was granted a new trial after a Superior Court judge ruled that a juror’s statements about...
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Megan Burns Secures Not Guilty Verdicts in Robbery Caught on Video
Megan Burns Secures Not Guilty Verdicts in Robbery Caught on Video
Blog, Criminal Defense, General News
San Francisco, Calif. (SF Public Defender Press Release) – A borderline mentally disabled man charged with robbing an elderly woman in 2011 was acquitted after evidence showed he was confused and manipulated by police investigators’...
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Jules Bonjour Defends Woman Charged with Having Sex with Teenage Boys
Jules Bonjour Defends Woman Charged with Having Sex with Teenage Boys
Blog, Criminal Defense, General News
Livermore, Calif. (San Francisco Chronicle) – The 42-year-old Livermore mother accused of sexually assaulting two teenage boys first made an advance at one of them when he was 14 and was dating her daughter of...
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Jury Deadlocks in Michael Thorman’s Transgender Murder Trial
Jury Deadlocks in Michael Thorman’s Transgender Murder Trial
Blog, Criminal Defense, General News
Three men will be tried again for first-degree murder in the slaying of transgender teen Gwen Araujo, a prosecutor announced Tuesday, after a judge declared a mistrial in a case in which activists had hoped...
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