Each Courthouse has its own personality

Each courthouse in Los Angeles County has its own personality which means there are differences that can affect your DUI or drunk driving case.

Los Angeles City Attorneys

For the city of Los Angeles, Los Angeles City attorneys handle your DUI if you are arrested within city limits.

So you will have a Los Angeles City Attorney handling your case if your case is in:

• Division 60 1945 S Hill Street, Los Angeles, California (see toughest courthouses below)
• Division 103 14400 Erwin St Mall, Van Nuys Courthouse, California (see toughest courthouses below)
• Division 140 or Division 141 of the Airport Courthouse on La Cienega, Chatsworth (see toughest courthouses below)
• Hollywood Courthouse
• San Pedro Courthouse

Los Angeles City Attorneys tend to be tougher on DUI cases with aggravating circumstances and will usually seek jail time. However, city attorneys are usually more reasonable than Los Angeles County District Attorneys if your BAC is around .08 in reducing or dismissing the DUI charges.

Los Angeles County District Attorney

If your DUI case is in one of the courthouses below you will have a Los Angeles County District Attorney handling your case; District Attorneys (DAs) handle cases that are in the County jurisdiction; District Attorneys handle both felony and misdemeanor DUI cases and are usually nicer than City Attorneys in cases involving aggravating circumstances; they don't seek as much jail time as City Attorneys do; however, District Attorneys are usually tougher than City Attorneys when your BAC is around .08 in reducing or dismissing your DUI charges.

You will most likely have a Los Angeles County District Attorney handling your DUI case if your DUI case is in:

City Prosecutors

If you were arrested for DUI in :

• Pasadena
• Redondo Beach
• Hermosa Beach
• Manhattan Beach
• Santa Monica
• Hawthorne
• or Inglewood

Toughest Courthouses

The following courthouses are the worst courts to be in if you have aggravating circumstances because they are not shy in seeking jail time :

• Division 60 1945 Hill Street, Los Angeles, CA
• Division 103 14400 Erwin St Mall, Van Nuys, CA
• Division 140 and Division 141 at the Airport Courthouse on La Cienega

Lancaster is a tough court and so is Newhall.

We can get your DUI charges dropped in Hill Street or Van Nuys Court

If your DUI Breath Results were .07 or .08 and your case is in Division 60, 1945 S. Hill Street,
Or if your DUI Breath Results were .07 or .08 and your case is in Division 103 of the Van Nuys Court

- then call our office immediately (310) 285-1516 because we have an excellent track record of getting the DUI charges dropped in these cases with these breath results.

Locations

See www.lasuperiorcourt.org for locations of courthouses in Los Angeles (this link will open in a new browser window).

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