Southern California Criminal Defense Attorney

Welcome to the website for the Law Office of Brian Michaels, a full service, Los Angeles based Criminal and DUI Defense firm. With our main offices in Century City and Encino, California our practice is based in Los Angeles with the vast majority of our cases coming from the Los Angeles Superior Courts where Attorney Michaels has practiced for 18 years.

Our firm is dedicated to the defense of clients throughout Southern California and we have handled cases in many surrounding counties including Orange, Ventura, Santa Barbara, Riverside, San Diego and the San Gabriel Valley. We have handled cases as far north as Fresno and Sacramento and as far east as Kern County.

We pride ourselves in our fairness to clients and their families in setting reasonable fees in these difficult economic times, while being able to bring the full range of resources a criminal defense law firm has at its disposal.

The ability of your lawyer to win your trial is your greatest asset. The most important question, we believe, in hiring an attorney is to find out how many criminal trials and hearings that attorney has personally handled, and how successful they have been. Many private lawyers who have not had the benefit of Government work never truly get the trial experience that's often the difference between a good lawyer and a great one.

Our Firm's Mission

Criminal prosecution is an overwhelming and intimidating experience. We pride ourselves on being totally available to our clients night and day. We find that communication with our clients is paramount to maintaining good relations and contributes to the clients well being as he or she goes through this process.

We advocate early intervention in criminal cases and believe that maintaining good relations with the courts and the prosecutors we interact with on a daily basis is in the client's continued best interest. We bolster this approach with a wealth of trial experience that is nearly unparalleled.

Attorney Michaels has litigated nearly 100 jury trials to full verdict as both a Prosecutor and a Defense Attorney. If your case goes to trial, the most important asset you can have on your side is an attorney with vast trial experience, as Mr. Michaels does.

This is not a law firm where you will meet the senior partner and then be passed onto to an untrained case manager or paralegal. Mr. Michaels is available to his clients day and night and tries all of his cases personally.

In addition to bringing outstanding legal representation, our firm has an outstanding Personal Investigative Team that becomes your personal Detective in any defense of your case we believe paramount in obtaining a good result. All of our investigators have law enforcement backgrounds and many cases have been solved and dismissed through early intervention and a thorough defense investigation.

We are aggressive, experienced, compassionate and fair. We believe we can serve the interests of clients charged with crimes with unparalleled excellence, compassion, and care. The most important thing, once you believe that you may be charged with a crime or have already been arrested is to hire counsel immediately. We offer free initial consultations and payment plans for qualified clients.

Mr. Michaels has personally tried every type of criminal offense from Murder and Manslaughter to simple DUI's and petty misdemeanors. Regardless of the severity of the case attorney Michaels is dedicated to winning, no matter what the charge or the penalty.

Some of the cities we work in include, but are not limited to, cities in Los Angeles County, Orange County & Ventura County including Alhambra, Arcadia, Azusa, Baldwin Park, Bell Gardens, Bellflower, Beverly Hills, Burbank, Calabasas, Carson, Cerritos, Compton, Covina, Culver City, Diamond Bar, Downey, El Monte, Encino, Gardena, Glendale, Hawthorne, Hermosa Beach, Hollywood, Inglewood, Irvine, Lakewood, Lancaster, Long Beach, Los Angeles, Malibu, Manhattan Beach, Montebello, Newport Beach, Norwalk, Palmdale, Pasadena, Pomona, Redondo Beach, Santa Ana, Santa Barbara, Santa Clarita, Santa Monica, South Gate, Torrance, Venice Beach, Ventura, West Los Angeles, West Covina, West Hollywood & Whittier.