Orange County Criminal Defense Lawyers
The Law Offices of Simons and Castillo is a full service, professional Criminal Defense Law Firm. Our firm is dedicated to the aggressive representation and defense of all individual citizens accused of crimes in the California Superior Court system. Our mission is to provide highly competent and professional criminal defense legal services.
We will not rest until we have aggressively analyzed, reviewed, and addressed the particular legal, factual, and scientific issues and defenses that may arise in your matter.
Our firm has a staff of four dedicated, competent, and professional criminal defense lawyers. Our staff consists of highly competent paralegals, legal secretaries, and research assistants all dedicated and committed to the aggressive representation and defense of citizens accused of crimes in the state of California.
Barry T. Simons is a founding Regent and recognized expert in the area of DUI defense law in the state of California and nationwide. The firm’s managing partner, Alan Castillo, is an aggressive criminal defense litigator with approximately thirteen years of experience. Mr. Castillo is a former Deputy Public Defender for the County of Orange where he spent three years aggressively representing all types of criminal defendants accused of misdemeanor and felony crimes Approximately eight years ago, Mr. Castillo joined with the Law Offices of Barry T. Simons to form the Law Offices of Simons and Castillo.
Our firm aggressively handles all types of criminal defense matters; specifically, misdemeanors and felonies including:
- Domestic Violence
- Possession of Drugs
- Possession of Drugs for Sales
- Assaults
- Batteries
- Possession of Weapons
- Possession of Controlled Substances
- Fraud
- Embezzlement
- Sex Crimes
- Drunk Driving/ DUI
- White Collar Crimes
- Traffic Offenses
- Violent Crimes
- Homicide
- Internet Crimes
- Investigations
- Juvenile Matters
- Expungement Motions
Our office is located in Laguna Beach, California and services all five of the Orange County Superior Court courthouses in the County of Orange. In addition, our firm aggressively represents individuals accused of crimes in the County of San Diego Superior Court system as well as in and through all Courts in the County of Los Angeles.
Our firm will personally meet with you in our office and review each and every document, report, video, audio, printout, log, dispatch tape, and/or any other documentary evidence in the possession of the prosecuting agency in your matter. We never negotiate a potential plea bargain or settlement offer on behalf of any client without demanding that all available discovery in the possession of the prosecuting agency and/or arresting agency be provided to our office.
As skilled Laguna Beach Criminal Attorneys, we strongly believe that settlement negotiations conducted without the accompanying leverage of discovery are pointless and a major disservice to the client. It is this central belief that is a guiding principle in the manner in which we represent our clients in criminal defense matters. Specifically, this office aggressively litigates the issue of criminal discovery during the pendency of your matter. What this means is that you are entitled legally to any and all evidence that is in the possession of the prosecuting agency, whether it be the City Attorney for your respective city, or the District Attorney for the respective county in which you reside.
Many other law firms and criminal defense lawyers fail to adequately exercise the leverage they can obtain through the Criminal Court discovery process. In the game of poker, a poker player would never begin to bet on his hand if he was able to view the cards of the other players at the table. Although this is a crude analogy, the guiding principle is simply that under California Penal Code §1054, the prosecuting agency is required by law to provide the defense with all available discovery in the matter. It is our firm belief that settlement negotiations, if necessary, require that we obtain any and all discovery before engaging in any attempts to reach a plea bargain in your matter.
As experienced Laguna Beach Criminal Attorneys, we have aggressively represented thousands of residents of the County of Orange and throughout the state of California as well as the 50 states of the United States. We routinely represent athletes, actors, and various other celebrity-types who make their way through Laguna Beach during the summer months. In addition, we represent numerous legal, medical, and business professionals who either through work or vacation find themselves in or about the general area of Laguna Beach, and unfortunately fall into a criminal defense problem.
Our office is highly dedicated to the representation of any and all working professionals including: doctors, lawyers, loan agents, business consultants, stock brokers, security brokers, nurses, realtors, teachers, and many other working professionals throughout our nation. We have a vast collection of Thank You letters from all different types of individuals available for review in our office.
If you or someone you know in Orange County or anywhere in Southern California needs the assistance of an experienced Laguna Beach Criminal Law Attorney, call the Law Offices of Simons and Castillo today at 866-271-0912, or complete the contact form provided on this site to schedule your free consultation.
