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15+ YearsIn Practice
LA County Superior CourtAll DistrictsTrial Ready
PracticeCriminal DefenseExclusively
Super Lawyers®Selected 2025Rising Stars 2017–2024
Avvo Rating10.0 — SuperbTop Score
State Bar of CaliforniaAdmittedIn Good Standing
15+ YearsIn Practice
LA County Superior CourtAll DistrictsTrial Ready
PracticeCriminal DefenseExclusively
Who you are hiring
The lawyers you speak to on the phone are the lawyers who stand up in court. No intake center, no unknown associate you have never met. Over 15 years experience in Los Angeles County courtrooms. Criminal defense exclusively.
Our team
Four people, and you will know all of them by name. There is no intake center between you and your representation.
15+ years in Los Angeles County courtrooms. Criminal defense exclusively. He reads every case review himself.
Admitted · State Bar of California
Senior attorney handling criminal matters across Los Angeles County — early case assessment, motions, hearings, and trial preparation.
Admitted · State Bar of California
Carries a file from intake through disposition. Helps with records, discovery and mitigation packages — she gathers and prepares key information to pursue a favorable outcome with the prosecutor and the courts.
Not a licensed California attorney; does not give legal advice
The first voice potential clients will hear to submit their case for free review. Gathers key details about backgrounds, upcoming court dates, and details of the incident — a calm, patient presence during a stressful time.
Paralegal · not a licensed California attorney; does not give legal advice
Every case differs, but the process does not. From the first review to the last hearing you always know what is happening, why, and exactly where you stand.
Send the case review or call the line. The team who will argue your case is the team you speak to — not an intake service.
The charge is assessed, your exposure explained plainly and every option set out — including the ones that need no lawyer at all.
Reports, body-cam, priors and procedure read in full. Strategy and a flat fee confirmed in writing before anything is filed.
Motions, negotiation or trial — whichever the record supports. Nothing is agreed on your behalf without your say-so first.
Attorney–client privilege attaches before you have hired anyone.
No hand-off to an unknown associate once the retainer is signed.
Every position, plea and motion is explained and agreed first.
What we handle
From prefile investigation to trial, every matter is handled to the same standard of care and the same strategic rigor.
Practice / 01A first offense and a fourth are not the same case. The defense starts at the stop itself and runs on two clocks — the criminal case, and the ten days you have to demand a DMV hearing.
Practice / 02These cases move fast and reach further than the courtroom — protective orders, housing, custody, firearms, immigration. The most valuable work often happens before a charge is filed at all.
Practice / 03
Where a strike is on the table the preliminary hearing is not a formality — it is the first real chance to test whether the case should exist. Every felony here is worked as though it is going to trial.
Practice / 04Possession and sales are separated by inference, and inference can be challenged. Where the facts allow, diversion keeps the conviction off the record entirely — and the case ends in a dismissal rather than a plea.
Also handling
Representative matters
Recent case results for clients who retained our office at an early stage of the proceedings — drawn from the firm's published Avvo results. Past results do not guarantee a similar outcome.
Charged with four strikes and ten felonies and facing 21 years in state prison, the client left with no jail and no prison time — probation and community labor. June 2026.
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Four separate felony domestic-violence matters between December 2025 and July 2026 ended the same way: a mitigation package before the filing deputy, and the case rejected on the first scheduled court date.
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Two felony criminal-threats counts — both strikes — reduced to misdemeanors at the preliminary hearing, with judicial diversion granted and dismissal in twelve months. March 2026.
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Two matters in July 2026, six counts between them — judicial diversion granted on every count, with all charges to be dismissed in one year.
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A felony assault case rejected by the District Attorney on the first scheduled court date — July 2026. A battery matter was likewise rejected pre-arraignment after a mitigation package.
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A misdemeanor theft case dismissed on completing a theft class and community service — and a felony welfare-fraud matter reduced to a misdemeanor, then dismissed. December 2025.
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One Team, One Goal: Protecting You
Most people who call have never been arrested before. The charge is rarely the whole of it — the job, the license, the visa and the family are usually what is actually at stake.
Attorney McAllister goes above and beyond. It is clear he is very passionate about his work and getting justice and the most favorable outcome for his clients. I have hired him personally and referred him to family and friends.
Attorney McAllister exudes Professionalism and I felt as though I knew him personally starting on Day One. He listened intently and came up with a strategy to move forward and address our case.
Not only did he take me under his wing IMMEDIATELY and without hesitation after hearing my situation, he didn't judge me, he was quick, and was the 1st attorney out of dozens whom I called, that didn't interrupt me nor put me on the backburner.
Aaron was outstanding in working with our family on a Juvenile issue. He helped us make a tough decision to choose a diversion program… and he was absolutely right in advising us to choose diversion. In the end our son and his friend were cleared of the accusations made against them.
You can tell Aaron cares about his clients and will fight tooth and nail to get the best result. He explores every avenue in a defense looking for motions to file to ultimately get the charges dismissed. I'm an attorney myself, Los Angeles native, and if any of my family members need help, I would trust them in Aaron's hands.
This testimonial or endorsement does not constitute a guarantee, warranty, or prediction regarding the outcome of your legal matter. Reviews excerpted from the firm’s public Avvo profile; the peer endorsement is by a fellow attorney, as published on Avvo.
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