more than 60 jury trials.
The experience that matters
when everything is on the line.

The vast majority of criminal cases — including serious felonies — resolve through negotiation rather than trial. An experienced trial attorney understands that the strength of a negotiated resolution is directly proportional to the credibility of the threat to go to trial.

Prosecutors know which defense attorneys actually try cases. Sam Ahmadpour has tried more than 60 jury trials across a career that includes years as a Los Angeles County prosecutor and decades as a criminal defense attorney. That reputation matters at the negotiating table before any trial begins.

When a case does go to trial — when the charges are serious enough that a plea is not acceptable, or when the facts demand a verdict — Sam has the experience, preparation, and courtroom presence that serious felony cases require.

The prosecution perspective advantage

Sam spent years in the prosecutor's chair deciding which cases to try and how to try them. He knows how the District Attorney evaluates serious felony cases, what evidence prosecutors prioritize, how they prepare witnesses, and where — even in strong-seeming cases — the prosecution's evidence can fail.

That inside knowledge informs every aspect of the defense: from the initial bail hearing to pre-trial motions, jury selection, cross-examination, and closing argument.