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| Stephen K. Dunkle is a graduate of Pomona College, receiving his
B.A. in 2000 with a major in Politics. He received his law degree from
the University of Southern California Law School in 2003. He is a
member of the California State Bar and has been admitted to the Federal
District Courts. Mr. Dunkle was a Public Interest Law Foundation Grant
recipient and a member of the California Review of Law and Women's Studies
at USC. He has clerked and served as a volunteer attorney at the Santa
Barbara Public Defender's Office before joining Sanger & Swysen.
Mr. Dunkle is a member of the California Public Defender's Association,
California Attorneys for Criminal Justice, the Santa Barbara Inns of
Court and a Director of the Santa Barbara Barristers. |
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| Mr. Dunkle defends persons accused of crimes up to and through trial,
felonies as well as misdemeanors. Such offenses include driving under
the influence (DUI or DWI), domestic violence, sexual offenses,
embezzlement, theft, drunk in public, minor in possession of alcohol,
vehicular manslaughter and homicide. He has also been involved in
preparing complex criminal and civil litigation matters and avoiding
indictment for clients in potential federal criminal investigations. |
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| Mr. Dunkle also has extensive experience in appellate work, including
pre-trial writs and appeals before the California Court of Appeal and the
California Supreme Court. He was the lawyer at Sanger & Swysen
primarily responsible for the Law and Motion work prior to and during the
trial of Michael Jackson and assisted in witness and evidence preparation in
that case. He is also involved in death penalty defense litigation in
matters before the Supreme Court. |
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