California Professional Licensing Attorneys
At the law offices of Spital & Associates in San Diego, California, we have handled professional licensing and administrative law issues since our founding in 1978. When you have been accused of wrongdoing, trust our experience and skill to protect your rights, your career and your future.
Contact us today to schedule a consultation and to learn how our lawyers can help you keep your professional license.
Understanding the Administrative Law Settlement Process
Are you facing the loss of your professional license do to criminal action or other professional wrongdoing?
As experienced California administrative law attorneys, we at Spital & Associates advance cases in the most aggressive, but economically efficient way possible. As a result, we use all use all of our resources and, in an appropriate situation as desired by our client, seek to negotiate a settlement without the necessity of a formal administrative hearing.
Our primary goal is to determine whether the matter can be dismissed without any disciplinary action imposed. If so, we develop a plan of action and strategy towards that purpose. We will seek a "Stipulated Settlement," but only if it is a "win-win" situation for our client.
The Stipulated Settlement involves a multitudinous variety of terms and conditions, including:
- A waiver of the right to an administrative hearing
- The right to testify and produce evidence and witnesses
- The right to cross-examine the state's witnesses and object to evidence they might seek to introduce
- The right to seek reconsideration and/or file an appeal
- A whole panoply of due process protections
In those cases where our client prefers to obtain an early resolution and not a full hearing or trial, here is what we will do: Our goal is to craft a specialized settlement that is unique to our client, one that provides a less severe punishment and/or more favorable resolution than going to hearing or trial and one that achieves an early and less costly disposition of the case. Avoiding the additional time, inconvenience , expense, uncertainty of result and possible adverse media attention are some of the considerations we will share with our client.
Skilled Negotiators Working for You
Settlements are the result of skilled and relentless negotiation between our experienced licensing lawyers and the Attorney General's Office or the lawyer representing the agency (e.g. The Department of Real Estate has its own legal counsel assigned to these cases).
Having a highly experienced attorney-negotiator on your team can influence and make a substantial difference in the nature and extent of each of the terms and conditions of the settlement. As a former Deputy Attorney General (since 1971 as a prosecutor) representing the various boards and agencies statewide, Sam Spital brings to the table the knowledge, insight and experience you need. Regardless of whether one desires an early resolution or prefers a hearing or trial, Sam and his team of experienced California State Board License Attorneys work relentlessly to achieve a favorable result for each client.
Our role in the evaluation and analysis of the facts and law, as well as the negotiation and settlement of your case is to positively influence both the nature and extent of the penalty as well as the fines imposed upon the licensee. When you hire us, you will benefit from:
- A proven results-oriented system that is a product of more than 38 years of handling these cases as a former Deputy Attorney General and Licensing Law Defense Attorney;
- Decades of experience working with prosecutors from the Attorney General's Office as well as Legal Counsel from the Department of Real Estate, Secretary of State, Department of Consumer Affairs to name a few;
- Unstoppable advocates that do not accept "no" in negotiating a settlement that is best for you, including negotiating down any fines that are being assessed;
- Successful results that lead to reduced fine - enough that the savings may even offset the attorney's fees our client has paid to us
Probation May Be the Best Possible Option
Rather than having your license revoked or suspended for a lengthy and/or indefinite period of time, Spital & Associates seeks to obtain the most desirable disposition of your case. This may result in a period of probation - possibly three to five years.
During probation, there may be a suspended or stayed penalty, which might in some instances include supervision or monitoring by the agency. However, the terms and conditions can vary widely and certainly can make a substantial difference in the outcome. For example, enforcement fines can vary tremendously between agencies and within the same agency.
When you are on probation, you are vulnerable to a new license violation and, if this occurs, you face the consequences of an actual suspension or revocation of your license. Hence, when retained by clients, we will prepare a comprehensive and compelling Petition to the Board to reduce or terminate probation as early as possible.
Contact Us
When you face license revocation or suspension, you need a highly skilled and knowledgeable California professional licensing attorney on your side. Contact the lawyers at Spital & Associates, in San Diego, California, today.
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