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How Long Does a Felony Stay on Your Record?

Rabin Nabizadeh
February 8, 2022
In the United States, felonies are considered serious crimes and have harsher punishments. A felony conviction can have lasting consequences for an individual's life, including being unable to obtain employment in particular fields or obtaining a professional license. This article discusses how long a felony conviction stays on your record and what necessary steps you [...]

Escorting vs. Prostitution: What’s The Difference?

Rabin Nabizadeh
December 10, 2021
Escort service and prostitution are often used interchangeably, but they have differences. Escorting is legal in some places and illegal in others. But, it's hard to know where you stand in a legal sense when offering these services. It can be even more difficult if your business spans many jurisdictions. On the other hand, prostitution [...]

What Happens To Your Possessions When You Go To Jail?

Rabin Nabizadeh
October 14, 2021

It’s tough to go to prison or be put to jail. The hassle and everything in between can shred significant amounts of time outside preparing for what will happen to your money, bills, possessions, and other concerns. However, even though you are inside the prison, your financial obligations won’t go away. On top of that, […]

How Long After An Accident Can I Be Charged With A DUI?

Rabin Nabizadeh
October 14, 2021

Find out how long after an accident you can be charged with a DUI. Are there time limits on when a person can be charged with the crime of Driving Under the Influence? Time moves fast when you are having fun. One after another, you take shots trying to catch up with the euphoria in […]

White Collar Crime in Cities Across the U.S.

Rabin Nabizadeh
November 18, 2019

White-collar crimes, or business crimes, are one of the many categories of crime that we defend at Summit Defense. The FBI characterizes white-collar crime as crimes committed by business and government professionals. The motivation behind these crimes is financial, specifically to obtain or avoid losing money, property, or services or to secure a personal or […]

A Look at the Number of Private Prisons Across the U.S.

Rabin Nabizadeh
September 9, 2019
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The existence of private prisons is a highly debated subject in the U.S. today. And while we are not going to get into the specifics of the debate, we did want to provide more insight into the presence of private prisons around the country. To do that, we conducted research to learn where the highest […]

Sentencing Disparities in Bay Area Counties

Rabin Nabizadeh
February 11, 2019

Major sentencing disparities can occur in different Bay Area Counties. What a judge sentences an individual to in one county could be vastly different than from what a judge sentences an individual to in another county. The differences in sentencing have a vast monetary effect on both county and California state resources. Whatever affects county […]

FOSTA – A Quagmire of Denial of Freedom of Speech

Rabin Nabizadeh
March 27, 2018

In an almost unanimous passage, the Senate Bill titled, “Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act,” has provided law enforcement with power which will undermine the rights of individuals to speak out. While it may sound very politically and socially correct, Craigslist has already removed its Personal Ad section, and so have other social media sights. In […]

Flaws in Forensic Evidence

Rabin Nabizadeh
March 26, 2018

The office of the Santa Clara District Attorney’s “Conviction Integrity Unit” is going through the arduous effort of scanning previously sentenced individuals for details where microscopic hairs have been utilized in a guilty verdict. These tiny pieces have been used to convict persons from everything including rapes, child molestations, kidnappings, and murders. What has prompted […]

Santa Clara County’s Collateral Consequences Policy and Avoiding Dual Prosecution (CA Penal Code 242)

Rabin Nabizadeh
June 14, 2017

Last month’s issue of The National Review featured an article by Pete Hutchison, lambasting Santa Clara County District Attorney Jeffrey Rosen’s “Collateral Consequences” memo and practice[1]. Hutchison seems to attribute all of the woes of most victims to Rosen’s directive to his office to consider the collateral immigration consequences for cases prosecuted by his office […]