Jesse J. Garcia

For the past 42 years, Jesse Garcia has been a criminal defense attorney practicing in both state and federal courts throughout California, and the West Coast. During law school, Mr. Garcia clerked in the office of the San Francisco Neighborhood Legal Assistance Foundation's Mission District Office. After graduating from the University of San Francisco School of Law in 1974, he received a Regional Herbert Smith Fellowship and practiced law with Legal Services in the San Joaquin Valley. He then joined the Alameda County Public Defender’s Office in 1975. In 1981, Mr. Garcia moved into private practice and formed a partnership focusing exclusively on criminal defense. He has represented defendants charged with every crime imaginable including murder, vehicular homicide, all drug offenses, sex crimes, and violent crimes of all types. Since entering private practice Mr. Garcia has had the opportunity to develop an expertise in white collar crimes, including software piracy and commercial fraud of all types. Mr. Garcia approaches each of his cases as a unique problem and fashions his defense based on each cases special characteristics. When dealing with crimes involving allegations of domestic violence or sexual assault Jesse Garcia aggressively defends his clients. In his juvenile practice Jesse Garcia maintains those same high standards with an eye toward restorative justice, and rehabilitation. His large practice draws from many diverse communities. Mr. Garcia has represented clients with identifiable gang affiliations. The diversity of cases has taken Jesse Garcia into federal courts throughout California and the Pacific Northwest and into state courts throughout Northern, Central, and Southern California. In almost 40 years of practice on the west coast Jesse Garcia has achieved consistent success. Awards and Honors Super Lawyers® Selectees Jesse J. Garcia included in a Super Lawyers® list Honors Reginald Heber Smith Community Law Fellow, 1974 – Present Super Lawyers of Northern California, 2010 – Present Super Lawyers of Northern California, 2011 – Present Other Sources of Feedback About Jesse J. Garcia Included on the 2023Northern California Super Lawyers list Past Lists 2022 Northern California Super Lawyers list 2021 Northern California Super Lawyers list 2020 Northern California Super Lawyers list 2019 Northern California Super Lawyers list 2018 Northern California Super Lawyers list 2017 Northern California Super Lawyers list 2016 Northern California Super Lawyers list 2015 Northern California Super Lawyers list 2014 Northern California Super Lawyers list 2011 Northern California Super Lawyers list 2010 Northern California Super Lawyers list 2009 Northern California Super Lawyers list

• Partner

• San Francisco Neighborhood Legal Assistance Foundation's Mission District Office, Clerk, 1972 - 1974
• San Joaquin County Legal Aid Society, Staff Attorney, 1974 - 1975
• Alameda County Public Defender's Office, Assistant Public Defender, 1975 - 1980
• Languages
• English (Primary)
• Spanish

• California, 1974
• Hawaii, 1979

• California Attorneys for Criminal Justice
• National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
• Alameda County Bar Association