Law Office of Ali Ziai

09/01/2023

Good result today after being retained about two months ago - 4 counts of 273.6 (violation of a domestic violence restraining order) dismissed in furtherance of justice.

08/29/2023

Good result today for client in misdemeanor hit-and-run case (on felony probation).

08/24/2023

Last year, we filed a civil suit for invasion of privacy/ IIED on behalf of a recent law school grad after attempts at settling a DVRO on fair terms made no headway. The case finally settled two months ago, protecting my client’s future in the process and getting her compensated for her ordeal.

08/17/2023

Three day restraining order hearing over several months at Stanley Mosk where I represented Respondent, and easily one of the most interesting fact patterns I’ve dealt with (the judge, right before ruling, says “Well this was an interesting one” 😂). Both parties lived out of state and attended hearing remotely the entire time, and the opposing side even had a handwriting expert they brought in that had been featured in her capacity as an expert on an FX documentary about the Zodiac Killer. Petitioner’s final offer to us to settle was a little shy of $200k. Glad we didn’t accept.

08/04/2023

“An Orange County Superior Court judge was arrested on suspicion of murder late Thursday after his wife was fatally shot in their Anaheim Hills home, according to law enforcement sources.

Anaheim police arrived at a home in the 8500 block of East Canyon Vista Drive shortly after 8 p.m. after reports of a shooting. Law enforcement sources said officers made an emergency entry and found Sheryl Ferguson, 65, inside the residence suffering from at least one gunshot wound. She was pronounced dead at the scene, police said in a statement. Authorities have not disclosed any other details.

Officers arrested Jeffrey Ferguson, an Orange County Superior Court judge, without incident at the home, authorities said. He was booked into an Orange County jail in lieu of $1 million bail, according to police reports.”

Orange County Superior Court Judge Jeffrey Ferguson is in jail in lieu of $1-million bail after police found his wife shot to death in their Anaheim Hills home.

06/01/2023

Good result for a client out of Inglewood Courthouse yesterday.

05/16/2023

“When I was 22 years old, I committed robbery and murder. I pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 45 years, of which I have so far served two decades. During that time, I’ve experienced the squalor and dangerous conditions of various state prisons. I’ve lived in a crumbling penitentiary built in the 1800s. I’ve been put in isolation for weeks on end because of Covid exposure and infection. Still, I was not prepared for what I found when I was transferred to a county jail for two weeks last December.”

Most incarcerated people will eventually return to their communities. The trauma they suffer on the inside comes with them.

04/20/2023

Client facing five serious DV-related charges with an initial offer of three years probation and substantial jail. We secured a plea to misdemeanor disturbing the peace with no jail or work, with probation to terminate after one year. Client’s high-profile job unaffected.

02/20/2023

“An Orange County man who fraudulently obtained $5 million in pandemic relief loans and then spent the money on lavish vacations, luxury sports cars and his own personal expenses was sentenced Friday to 4½ years in prison, federal prosecutors said.

Mustafa Qadiri, 42, of Irvine, had obtained the funds by submitting loan applications to the federal Paycheck Protection Program, which Congress created in March 2020 to provide emergency aid to small businesses struggling to survive amid COVID-19 related shutdowns and other business interruptions.”

Orange County man who bought luxury cars with COVID relief funds is sentenced to prison.

02/17/2023

Two great reviews in the same week! Client appreciation is always nice.