Current Employment Position(s)

Managing Attorney

Lawyer Overview

An honors graduate of UC-Berkeley and Harvard Law School, Neil Shouse served five years as Deputy District Attorney for Los Angeles County. He prosecuted more than 60 criminal trials, and handled more than 1,000 evidentiary hearings. He earned a reputation as one of the toughest and most successful trial prosecutors, with an astounding 96% success rate in felony criminal jury trials to verdict.

As a trial prosecutor, Mr. Shouse's cases ranged from DUIs and drug charges to complex, high profile murders. He worked in close partnership with police, detectives, the California Highway Patrol, criminalists and fellow prosecutors.

Among his cases was the successful prosecution of Shadae Schmidt, a college student who shot and killed her mother and then staged a fake robbery scene. Shadae Schmidt was defended at the trial by Michael Jackson lawyer Thomas Messereau.

Mr. Shouse frequently speaks as a guest legal commentator on national television. He has appeared on Good Morning America, CNN, Court TV, Fox News Channel and Public Television.

Prior to serving as a trial prosecutor, Mr. Shouse was a litigator for several of the nation's top law firms, including the global law firm Sidley Austin Brown & Wood. In that role, he represented such clients as AT&T, Microsoft, Metropolitan Life, Western Union and KPMG.

Areas of Practice

• Criminal Defense in State, Federal & Juvenile Courts
• DUI
• Appeals
• Writs
• Immigration Defense
• Criminal
• Federal Criminal
• Traffic Violations

West Practice Categories

Criminal Law, DUI/DWI, Federal, Traffic Violations, White Collar Crimes, Immigration & Naturalization Law

Bar Admissions

• California, 1997
• U.S. District Court Central District of California, 1998

Professional Associations and Memberships

• National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
• California Attorneys for Criminal Justice
• California Public Defenders Association
• National College for DUI Defense
• Los Angeles County Bar Association
• Beverly Hills Bar Association

Past Employment Positions

• Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office, Criminal Trial Prosecutor, 1999 - 2004
• Sidley Austin Brown & Wood, Los Angeles, CA, 1997 - 1999

Education

• Harvard Law School, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1997
  J.D.
  Honors: With Honors
• University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, California, 1994
  B.A.
  Honors: summa cum laude
  Honors: Phi Beta Kappa
  Honors: Highest Distinction in General Scholarship
  Major: Philosophy

Offers Free Initial Consultation

Accepts Credit Cards

Published Works

• The Bifurcation Class, 30 Urban Law 195, No. 1, Winter, 1998
• "The Admissibility of Crime Reports as Public Records at Criminal Jury Trials", Forthcoming, 2004
• "Penal Code Section 211: Constructing Theories of Constructive Possession", Prosecutors Brief Vol. XXVI, No. 2, February, 2004
• "Class Polarization and Housing Segregation in the 21st Century Metropolis", 30 Urban Lawyer 145, 1998

Address

5670 Wilshire Blvd.
Suite 1350
Los Angeles, CA 90036-5602

Office Hours

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(888) 327-4652

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