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California DUI attorney Darren Kavinoky is a nationally known lawyer and media commentator who is equally at ease in the courtroom and in front of a television camera. As the founder of The Kavinoky Law Firm, California’s leading law firm devoted to alcohol- and drug-related offenses, Darren has earned a reputation as a fierce advocate for the rights of criminal defendants.
Darren has been honored many times for his dedication and skill as a defense lawyer. Los Angeles Magazine named him a “Super Lawyer Rising Star” in 2005 and 2006, and he enjoys a coveted “AV” rating from the Martindale-Hubbell Registry, which is granted by peers only to attorneys with the highest levels of skill and integrity.
As part of The Kavinoky Law Firm’s mission to help individuals who have problems with alcohol or drugs turn the worst events in their lives into a catalyst for change, Darren donates countless hours to treatment facilities that include Liberty House, Genesis House and Herbert House. He also volunteers in sober living environments to help men obtain expungements and other forms of post-conviction relief.
Kavinoky began his career as a criminal defense attorney in 1994 as an associate with Floyd, Skeren & Kelly where he focused on all facets of criminal defense law. By 2001, Darren was the Managing Attorney of the Criminal Law Section of that firm, and in 2004 he became a named partner and supervised more than 30 attorneys. He left there to found The Kavinoky Law Firm. Darren earned his law degree from the University of La Verne College of Law.
California DUI Lawyer Craig Sturm is of counsel to The Kavinoky Law Firm. Craig has won many significant victories for clients facing serious California DUI charges, and is a formidable trial lawyer.
Craig recently achieved a stunning court victory for a client charged with second-degree murder stemming from a wrong-way freeway crash. Because of Craig’s aggressive representation, the client was convicted of manslaughter instead of murder and avoided a sentence of life in prison.
He has achieved many other substantial trial victories recently, including a felony DUI with injury charge that was reduced to a misdemeanor, and a fourth-time drunk driver with a BAC of .26 percent who avoided five years in prison and instead received nine months of house arrest.
Craig earned his law degree from Glendale University College of Law and served with the Los Angeles County Public Defender’s Office for five years before coming to work for The Kavinoky Law firm.
Craig is an active member of the bar associations of Orange, Riverside, and San Bernardino counties, the State Bar of California, the American Bar Association, California Defense Lawyers, the National College of DUI Defense, and the California Public Defenders’ Association.
He has attended numerous DUI seminars, including CDL’s “Rules of the Road,” the Lorman DUI Seminar and the California Attorneys for Criminal Justice DUI Seminar. Craig is also certified in standardized field sobriety tests by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and PAS breath-test operation.
California DUI lawyer Amy Hoffman has extensive experience working with both defense lawyers and prosecutors, which gives her a leading edge when fighting your drunk driving charge.
Amy earned her law degree from Northeastern University School of Law in Boston, and received her bachelor’s degree from the University of Minnesota. She started her legal career as an intern with the Office of the Attorney General in Boston, where she was assigned to the Narcotics and Special Investigation Unit. California DUI lawyer Amy Hoffman was also the lead law clerk at the Hennepin County Attorney’s Office in Minneapolis.
California DUI lawyer Cynthia D. Fisher is The Kavinoky Law Firm’s intake coordinator, so she is often the first attorney to speak with a prospective client. Cynthia has the ability to quickly assess your case and help you understand your options.
Cynthia earned her bachelor’s degree from Antioch University and received her law degree from the University of La Verne, San Fernando Valley College of Law. While in law school, she was the vice president of the Student Bar Association and supervising editor and staff writer for the Journal of Legal Advocacy and Practice.
She teaches a drivers’ safety awareness program in Los Angeles, and is the author of the Law Review article The Genie is Out of the Bottle: Consumers Demand Labeling of GE Foods.
Cynthia is an active member of the State Bar of California, the American Bar Association, the Los Angeles County Bar Association, the San Fernando Valley Bar Association, and the Association of DUI Lawyers.
