James M. Crawford
Free ConsultationLaw Offices of James M. Crawford
Criminal Defense Lawyers in Orange, CA in Orange, CA
About James M. Crawford
James M. Crawford is a born Criminal Defense litigator, an advocate with over 25 years of experience whose instincts and insights truly come alive at trial. Defendants facing charges of financial crimes or fraud, drug crimes or violent crimes, theft or juvenile crimes, benefit from Mr. Crawford’s rapport with judges and juries. Mr. Crawford is also a skilled Criminal Appeals lawyer. With extreme knowledge of the criminal appeals system, Mr Crawford critically and exhaustively examines the trial records, recognizes and raise the most viable issues, supports these issues with excellent research and writing, and argues them in the best possible way.
Education
Legal Education
- Western State University College of Law, Fullerton, California
- Juris Doctor
- Honors: American Jurisprudence Awards for Civil Procedure II and Corporations
- Honors: Member, Delta Theta Phi
- Honors: Top 20th percentile of his class
Non Legal Education
- University of Irvine
- Bachelor of Arts
- Major: Social Ecology
- Gerry Spence Trial Lawyer's College, 2006
Current Employment Position(s)
- Attorney
- Languages
- English (Primary)
- Spanish
Published Works
Articles
- United States v. Thomson, 233 F. 3d 1117 (9th Cir. 2000) (2000)
- People v. Thomas, (2001) 91 Cal. App. 4th 212 (2001)
- United States v. Mekvichtsang, 167 F. 3d 1267 (9th Cir. 1998) (1998)
- People v. Taulton, 129 Cal. App. 4th 1218 (2005)
- People v. Robinson, (2007) 151 Cal App. 4th 606 (2007)
- In Re James C., (2008) 165 Cal. App. 4th 1198 (2008)
- People v. Hochanedel. et. al., (2009) 176 Cal. App. 4th 997 (2009)
- People v. Morris, (2010) 185 Cal. App. 4th 1147 (2010)
- In re Daniel C., (2011) 195 Cal. App. 4th 1350 (2011)
- People v. Delacy, (2011) 192 Cal. App. 4th 1481 (2011)
- People v. Gonzalez (2012) 211 Cal. App. 4th 132
- City of San Diego v. Boggess (2013) 216 Cal. App. 4th 1494
- In re Oscar A. (2013) 217 Cal App. 4th 750
- People v. White (2014) 230 Cal. App. 4th 305
- People v. Mohamed (2016) 247 Cal. App. 4th 152
- People v. Smith (2016) 1 Cal.App. 5th 266
- People v. Williams, Winbush (2017) Cal.App.5th
- People v. Trujillo (2018) 15 Cal.App.4th 574
- People v. Jones (2018) 26 Cal.App.5th 420
- In re Thomas (2018) 30 Cal.App.5th 744
- People v Ramirez (2019) 35 Cal.App.5th 55
- In re Parrish (2019) 42 Cal.App.5th 788
- In Re Brown (2020) Cal.Rptr.3d
Bar Admissions
- California State Courts and Courts of Appeal, 1994
Other Affiliations
- NACDL (National Association of Criminal Defense Attorneys (Member)
- CACJ (California Attorneys for Criminal Justice) (Member)
- CPDA (California Public Defenders' Association) (Member)
- Orange County Bar Association (Member)
- Federal Bar Association (Member)
Attorney Details
| Full Name | James M. Crawford |
| Firm | Law Offices of James M. Crawford |
| Address | 528 North Glassell St, Orange, CA 92867 |
| Phone | 714-538-0305 |
| Phone | 714-538-0306 |
| Website | crawford.law |
| Website | crawford.law/blog |
| New Clients | ✓ Currently accepting |
| Consultation | ✓ Free initial consultation |