Monterey Park Criminal Lawyers

I mostly concentrate on two fields of endeavor, either of which could be all-consuming: Personal Injury and Criminal Defense. Although I worked at the District Attorney’s Office for 18 years and had a pretty good handle on the criminal justice system, I resisted at first representing criminal defendants. I naturally fell into the personal injury field and have done well. I recently represented a young guy who was seriously injured when his Chevy Silverado became an ‘L” shape after colliding with a telephone pole. His previous attorney was going to settle his case for the other driver’s policy limits. We...

Originally from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Joseph Land received his Bachelor’s Degree in Government and Politics at the University of Maryland. He later attended Roger Williams School of Law in Bristol, Rhode Island where he volunteered in a community justice clinic, gaining hands on experience in family law matters and domestic violence, and helped at a legal clinic benefiting the homeless population of Providence, Rhode Island. Upon graduation and relocation to California, Mr. Land served as a volunteer prosecutor for the Los Angeles City Attorney’s Office prosecuting DUI’s and Assault and Battery cases before the bench and the jury. Mr. Land...

Gary Casselman has been a licensed California attorney since 1978. His practice includes personal injury, criminal defense and police misconduct including excessive force, shootings, false arrest. He has appeared in Internet interviews and LA Times articles about his cases. He won the first million dollar verdict in federal court in Los Angeles against a police officer in a shooting death case, Covin v. City of Inglewood, et al. and has tried or settled many such cases since. He has been co-counsel on civil cases with both legendary civil rights attorney Johnny Cochran and separately with Christopher...