Criminal Defense & Civil Rights
Mr. Lee has robust experience in the criminal justice system. Before opening Brandon Lee Law, Mr. Lee was a prosecutor at two different offices in California and litigated six jury trials to verdict. He is familiar with the cultural differences from region to region and understands how those differences shape plea offers, juries, and sentencing practices across different counties.
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Mr. Lee is also intimately familiar with police behavior. Before ever becoming a lawyer, he was a police officer himself. Mr. Lee attributes the firm's success in representing criminal defendants to his personal experience carrying out thousands of criminal investigations.
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As a defense attorney, Mr. Lee draws on philosophy shaped by a career as an Army officer. In a military context, the fundamental purpose of a defense is to create time and space to develop favorable conditions and launch a counteroffensive. Mr. Lee applies that theory in the courtroom by, instead of leaving the government to meet its burden of proof, chipping away at its case with aggressive motion practice and developing an independent case-in-chief.
Selected Results.
Contra Costa County
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Jury Trial
Client was accused of Domestic Violence. Mr. Lee successfully obtained a "Not Guilty" verdict after a four-day jury trial in Pittsburg, California.
Tulare County
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Dismissal
Client was accused of Vehicular Manslaughter. Mr. Lee and his private investigator followed-up on the California Highway Patrol's threadbare investigation and, after collecting substantial exculpatory evidence and impeachment evidence of the government's key witness, the District Attorney dismissed its case two days before jury trial was set to begin.
Kings County
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Settlement
Client was accused of smuggling narcotics into and conspiracy to smuggle narcotics into Corcoran State Prison. After substantial case development, Mr. Lee successfully negotiated a plea to one misdemeanor count of Unlawful Communications With an Inmate. Client was sentenced to one year of summary probation.
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