Service Area · Los Angeles County

Brentwood attorney for the moments that threaten your family

An affluent Westside community of canyon estates and established families near San Vicente Boulevard. A child-welfare investigation, a criminal charge, or a serious accident rarely stays contained to a single courtroom — and the consequences reach custody, reputation, and livelihood. We serve Brentwood and Los Angeles County from our Beverly Hills office.

Where Brentwood cases are heard

Los Angeles County has its own agency and courts

Child-welfare matters in Brentwood are handled by the county Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) — not the agency you may know from another county. Juvenile dependency cases are heard at the Edmund D. Edelman Children's Court in Monterey Park. Knowing how DCFS builds a detention report, and how the County Counsel who represents it argues a case, is specific to Los Angeles County practice, and it matters from the first contact.

Criminal matters arising in Brentwood are prosecuted through the Los Angeles County District Attorney in the Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles. Coordinating a criminal defense with any parallel DCFS matter is often what protects a parent's custody, not just their record.