Mr Daniel M Smith

About Mr Daniel M Smith

<p>I am the founder of San Diego Defenders, the preminent private criminal defense law firm in San Diego. We are a team of lawyers. That means that two lawyers are always working on your case. We offer in-house payment plans in a comfortable boutique law firm setting with free parking and state of the art conference room and digital screens for viewing and listening to evidence such as the important video received almost all cases. We work hard to get the best results and our reviews show that to be true! </p> <p>I began my law career as a trial lawyer for Federal Defenders of San Diego. I am a 3rd generation lawyer beginning with my grandfather R.G. Smith who began his practice in 1916 during the prohibition era and my father, Raph Smith, and 1950 Northwestern Law graduate and former judge in Phoenix, Arizona. I graduated 1987 Arizona State University with a BS in Economics followed by a law degree 1990 California Western School of Law where I received the American Jurisprudence Award in trial practice. My first job was with former Federal Defenders and later hired as a trial lawyer. My father, Hon. Ralph G. Smith, Jr., a former Phoenix Judge, taught me many trial skills and he actually tried a case with a young Chief Justice William Renquist before he was appointed to the United States Supreme Court. Although now dececeased, I hope to carry on the family tradition as a highly respected trial attorney and I in fact secured a rare acquittal in a recent federal jury trial before Hon. Judge Larry Burns in the Southern District of California District Court wherein my client was charged with importation of 20 kilos of methamphetamine in a Blind Mule case. </p> <p>My goal as a lawyer, first and foremost, is to fight for my clients rights and obtain the best result whether a favorable disposition, a dismissal or an aquittal at trial. I want hel get my client's life back to normal as soon as is possible. I practice primarily in Southern California, however, I have litigated many Arizona cases in Phoenix, Tucson, Holbrook and Scottsdale.</p> <p>Call San Diego Defenders 24 hours a day, 7 days a week at (619) 258-8888 to talk to Dan Smith directly!</p> <p> </p>

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• Law School: California Western

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