Current Employment Position(s)

Partner, since 1973

Year Joined Organization: 1973

Lawyer Overview

Areas of Practice

• Criminal Defense
• State and Federal
• Business and Securities Offenses
• Complex Civil Litigation
• Homicide

West Practice Categories

Criminal Law, Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Securities Law, White Collar Crimes, Employment Law -- Employee, Employment Law -- Employer, Labor Law

Bar Admissions

• California, 1973
• U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit, 1981
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of California
• U.S. District Court Northern District of California
• U.S. District Court Southern District of California
• U.S. Federal Court, 1974
• U.S. Supreme Court, 1979
• U.S. Tax Court, 1975

Certification/Specialties

• Criminal Law, California Board of Legal Specialization, 1982

Professional Associations and Memberships

• California Attorneys for Criminal Justice, 1976 - Present (Member)
• California Public Defenders Association, 1977 - Present (Member)
• Santa Barbara County Bar, 1977 - Present (Chair/Member, Criminal Law Section)
• American Civil Liberties Union, Santa Barbara (President, 1984-1987, 1993-1994)
• Santa Barbara County Bar Association, 1977 - 1979 (Member, Board of Directors)
• National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (Member)
• Santa Barbara Criminal Defense Bar Association (Co-Chair, 1993-1994)
• Criminal Courts Association (Member)
• Federal Bar Association (Member)

Honors and Awards

• Bill of Rights Award, A.C.L.U., Santa Barbara Chapter, 1994
• Order of the Reasonable Doubt, Santa Barbara Criminal Defense Bar Association, 1993
• Board of Governors' Award for Pro Bono Services, State Bar of California, 1982

Classes and Seminars

• Adjunct Professor of Law, Civil Practice, Santa Barbara College of Law, 1975 - 1976
• Homicide Seminar, Public Defenders Association, Napa, California
• Death Penalty Seminar, California Attorneys for Criminal Justice, Berkeley, California
• Grand Jury Practice Seminar, Santa Barbara Criminal Defense Bar Association, 1994

Education

• University of California at Los Angeles School of Law, Los Angeles, California, 1973
  J.D., Doctor of Jurisprudence
• University of California, Santa Barbara, California, 1970
  B.A., Bachelor of Arts

Published Works

• Chinese Encounters American Bar Association Journal, April, 1981
• Confessions of a Criminal Lawyer American Bar Association Journal, October, 1982
• The Execution Protocol, Federal Bar News and Journal, June, 1993
• Dead Man Walking Federal Bar and News Journal, June, 1994
• Defending the Devil Federal Bar and News Journal, September, 1994
• Three Strikes, Santa Barbara County Bar Association, 1994
• And Then There Were Seven, (The OJ Simpson Trial) Legal Times, March 27, 1995
• The Truth School's Curriculum, (The OJ Simpson Trial) Legal Times, April 3, 1995
• Will Loose Lips Sink Simpson Jury?, (The OJ Simpson Trial) Legal Times, April 10, 1995
• The Best Justice Money Can Buy, (The OJ Simpson Trial) Legal Times, April 17, 1995
• Among the Lowest of the Dead: The Culture of Death Row, Federal Lawyer, July, 1995
• Jury Reform: Is It About Time? The American Lawyer, September 1995
• Making Sense of the OJ Verdict, The American Lawyer, November 1995
• Race for Justice: Mumia Abu-Jamal's Fight Against the Death Penalty/ Live From Death Row,by Mumia Abu-Jamal, Federal Lawyer, May 1996
• Basic Concepts of Legal Thought, Federal Lawyers, September, 1996

Address

233 East Carrillo Street
Suite C
Santa Barbara, CA 93101

Phones

(805) 962-4887

Faxes

(805) 963-7311

Emails

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Websites

http://www.sangerswysen.com