Arizona Criminal Defense Lawyer
Board-Certified Specialist in Criminal Law
Criminal Defense Resource Center - Sponsored by Lawyer Robert Arentz in Phoenix, Arizona
In the event you or a loved one is charged with a crime, it is imperative that you enlist an experienced, dedicated, and knowledgeable criminal defense lawyer in Phoenix, Arizona to ensure your rights are upheld and you receive a fair trial. Robert Arentz is the supervising attorney for one of the largest and most well established law firms in Arizona - Hock Law Group. Mr. Arentz is also head of the Criminal and DUI Defense Lawyers in Phoenix. Mr. Arentz is a Board-Certified Specialist in Criminal Law, a certification given by the Arizona Board of Legal Specialization.
To qualify for certification, an attorney must:
- Be licensed to practice law for at least five years (seven years for criminal certification)
- Receive favorable peer review from attorneys, judges, or other professionals in the specialty field
- Have four years of practice in the specialty field
- Devote the equivalent of 50 percent of a full-time law practice in the specialty field
- Handle a specific number of cases in the specialty field
- Demonstrate integrity, professionalism and a high degree of competence in the specialty field
- Pass a written examination
In addition to Mr. Arentz' supervisory roll at Hock Law Group, he is also in charge of handling the firm's high profile and multifaceted criminal defense cases, as well as felony criminal cases in Arizona and California. For more than 20 years, Mr. Arentz has successfully navigated clients from all walks of life through a multitude of legal dilemmas. He has litigated numerous criminal trials and post-conviction appeals, including capital punishment cases.
DEFENSE ATTORNEY EDUCATION AND BACKGROUND
Robert Arentz graduated from Michigan State University in 1973 with honors. Following that, Mr. Arentz attended Pepperdine University School of Law in 1978. He is admitted to practice law in the State of Arizona, State of California, and various Federal Courts including the United States Supreme Court. Since 1978 Mr. Arentz has been practicing criminal law as both a prosecutor and as a criminal defense lawyer.
Mr. Arentz assisted in the creation of the Cochise County, Arizona, Public Defender's Office in 1984. He subsequently served as the director of that office for more than five years. Mr. Arentz also served as Chairman of the State Bar of Disciplinary Hearing Committee.
If you or someone you love is facing criminal charges, contact criminal defense lawyer Robert Arentz in Phoenix, Arizona, today.
Cindy Castillo
Cindy Castillo is a trial attorney and a bilingual member of our criminal defense team in the Phoenix office. Ms. Castillo is originally from New Mexico and now makes her home in Arizona. She received her undergraduate degrees in Political Science and Spanish for the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. She earned her law degree at the Arizona State University College of Law, where she graduated with Pro Bono Distinction. Ms. Castillo also served as the Executive Moot Court Board Chairperson.
Ms. Castillo is a member of the State Bar of Arizona and she is admitted to practice in the United States District Court, District of Arizona. Prior to joining Hock Law Group, her background in criminal law included managing a criminal defense law firm in North Carolina, service in the Maricopa County Public Defender’s Clinic, and a position at the Arizona Attorney General’s Office. Ms. Castillo is active in the Los Abogados Hispanic Bar Association, the American Inn of Court, and the Chandler-Ahwatukee Chapter of the Sertoma Club. Prior to practicing criminal defense law, Ms. Castillo practiced in the areas of social security disability and workers’ compensation.
Alan R. Hock
Alan R. Hock is one of our criminal defense attorneys in Phoenix. A trial attorney, he is originally from Tucson, Arizona and his family has lived in Arizona since the 1880's. Mr. Hock graduated from the University of Arizona in 1976 with a Degree in Political Science. After graduation, Mr. Hock made his home in Roanoke, Virginia where he was employed for several years as a stockbroker.
Upon returning to Arizona, Mr. Hock graduated from Arizona State University College of Law. Following admission to the State Bar of Arizona, Mr. Hock served as Assistant City Prosecutor for the City of Phoenix, where he handled only criminal and D.U.I. cases. As an assistant city attorney, Mr. Hock obtained considerable trial experience. Mr. Hock has now limited his practice to D.U.I. and criminal defense cases.
Mr. Hock has recently been certified as a Criminal Law Specialist in the State of Arizona by the Arizona Board of Legal Specialization.
Mr. Hock was a Flight Commander, Squadron Administration Officer and Pilot in the United States Air Force (Reserve). He is currently involved with the Aircraft Owner and Pilot Association.
Allen F. Jacobs
Allen F. Jacobs is a criminal defense attorney in Phoenix. He is originally from Chicago, Illinois. Mr. Jacobs graduated from Drake University in 1965 with a Bachelor of Science. He then continued his studies at the University of Illinois, College of Law, where he graduated in 1968 with his Juris Doctorate in law.
Prior to moving to Phoenix with his family, Mr. Jacobs was a sole practitioner in the Chicago area from 1973 to 1997. He practiced both civil and criminal law. Shortly after his admittance to the State Bar of Arizona and U.S. District Court, District of Arizona in 1997, Mr. Jacobs joined Hock Law Group. Mr. Jacobs has now limited his practice to D.U.I. and criminal defense cases.
Laura Lehan
Laura Lehan is a 1980 graduate of Arizona State University where she received a Bachelor of Science degree. Ms. Lehan later graduated from Law School at Golden Gate University School of Law in San Francisco, California. After an intensive civil litigation internship in the State of California, Ms. Lehan relocated to Maricopa County, Arizona and she was admitted to the State Bar of Arizona in 1988.
Ms. Lehan is a trial attorney in the D.U.I. and criminal defense division of our Phoenix firm. Ms. Lehan also has experience handling accident and injury cases and has trial experience on negligence cases. She has also represented clients in legal proceedings from dissolution of marriage, paternity, and grandparent rights, including extensive trial and appellate litigation. Ms. Lehan is a member of the State Bar of Arizona, admitted to practice in the United States Federal Court for the District of Arizona, and is a member of the Arizona Women Lawyers Association.
Attorney Lehan now limits her practice to consumer bankruptcy.
Larry Magid
Larry Magid is a trial attorney and a member of our team of criminal defense attorneys in our Phoenix office. Mr. Magid was recognized as a Certified Criminal Trial Attorney by the New Jersey Supreme Court in 1982 and has practiced criminal law both as a prosecutor and defense attorney. Mr. Magid has more than thirty years experience in criminal law. He is a graduate of West Virginia University and Seton Hall School of Law. He was admitted to practice law in the State of New Jersey in 1969. He is also admitted to practice in various Federal Courts.
Mr. Magid is a member of the Arizona State Bar and has limited his practice exclusively to criminal defense and D.U.I. cases. Mr. Magid has given specialized courses in various areas of criminal law and investigations for may agencies including the F.B.I. and D.E.A. He has taught criminal law and procedure for several years.
David R. Mika
David R. Mika is a trial attorney and a member of our team of criminal defense attorneys in our Phoenix firm. He has handled numerous felony and misdemeanor criminal defense and D.U.I. cases in his twenty years of practice. He is originally from Chicago, Illinois and graduated from Roosevelt University in 1977 with a degree in Business Administration. He then attended John Marshall Law School in Chicago and received his degree to practice law in 1980. Mr. Mika was admitted to the Illinois Bar in 1980 and to the Arizona bar in 1983.
After relocating to Arizona in 1981, his main practice area was originally civil litigation including personal injury and insurance coverage matters. Since 1992, Attorney Mika has limited his practice to the area of criminal defense and D.U.I. defense and has represented numerous Arizona clients in criminal and D.U.I. jury trials.
Jose A. Montaño
Jose A. Montaño is a trial attorney in the criminal law division of the firm. Mr. Montaño is originally from our sister city, Hermosillo, Sonora, México. Mr. Montaño is a graduate of Arizona State University with honors and Arizona State University College of Law. He is a member of the State Bar of Arizona, admitted to practice in the United States Federal Court of Arizona and also in the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals.
Mr. Montaño has tried numerous felony and misdemeanor cases as both prosecutor and criminal defense attorney. Mr. Montaño has a broad background in Business, Real Estate, Immigration and Criminal law. After joining our firm, Mr. Montaño has limited his practice exclusively to criminal defense and D.U.I. cases.
Mr. Montaño is currently a member of Los Abogados Hispanic Bar Association and numerous other community service organizations.
Jose Antonio Saldivar
Jose Antonio Saldivar is an attorney in the criminal division of Hock Law Group. Mr. Saldivar graduated from Arizona State University with honors and from Arizona State University College of Law with Pro Bono distinction. He is a three-time Valdemar Cordova Scholarship recipient. Mr. Saldivar is a member of the Hispanic National Bar Association, Los Abogados, and was Vice-President of Los Licenciados.
Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Saldivar worked for Community Legal Services and represented migrant farm workers before the Internal Revenue Service and the United States District Court, District of Arizona under the Agricultural Worker Protection Act and Fair Labor Standards Act. Mr. Saldivar also worked for the Yuma County Legal Defender where he limited his practice to criminal defense.
Mr. Saldivar resides in Maricopa, Arizona and Ensenada Baja California, Mexico.
Gordon Thompson
Gordon Thompson is a trial attorney in the criminal defense division of our Phoenix firm. He has more than twenty years of legal experience and limits his practice to D.U.I. and criminal cases. He is originally from New York, where he graduated from Harper College with a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Syracuse University College of Law. He was admitted to the New York Bar in 1979. From 1979 through 1981 he was an associate to a sole practitioner with a criminal defense and civil trial practice in upstate New York.
In 1982, Mr. Thompson was admitted to the Arizona Bar. From 1982 through 1989 he engaged primarily in the practice of criminal defense law, working successively in La Paz County, the Phoenix Municipal Court, and Maricopa County. He also handled civil and criminal defense matters for individual members of the Colorado River Indian Tribes.
From 1989 through 1993, Mr. Thompson lived in New York City where he was employed as an Associate General Counsel with the New York City Department of Probation. His duties there included supervision of the prosecution of probation violation proceedings in Queens, as well as representing the Department on civil and criminal motions and appeals in various courts located throughout the city.
Upon returning to Arizona in 1994, Mr. Thompson has joined the law firm of Hock Law Group and since that time has focused his practice on D.U.I. and criminal defense law. Attorney Thompson has presented numerous criminal cases to juries in Arizona over the years.
David R. Wroblewski
David R. Wroblewski is a trial attorney and a member of our team of criminal defense attorneys at our Phoenix law firm. Mr. Wroblewski attended the University of Wisconsin in Milwaukee, where he earned a B.A. in Economics in 1994 and graduated Magna Cum Laude with Commencement Honors. Mr. Wroblewski is a member of Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Kappa Phi, and Golden Key National Honor Societies.
Mr. Wroblewski earned his law degree from DePaul University College of Law in Chicago, Illinois in 1998, where he was a member of the Latino Law Student Association and was inducted into the Phi Alpha Delta International Law Fraternity. While in law school, Mr. Wroblewski worked for and held a litigation internship with two prominent Chicago law firms.
Before joining the firm, Mr. Wroblewski had practiced law in Chicago, Illinois and had maintained his own law practice in the East Valley of Maricopa County, Arizona. Mr. Wroblewski is licensed to practice in the States of Arizona and Illinois and is licensed to practice in the United States District Court for the District of the State of Arizona.
Mr. Wroblewski has lived, worked, and studied in Mexico City, Mexico and is fluent in Spanish. During one of his numerous stays in Mexico City, Mr. Wroblewski held an international trade internship with the Department of Commerce for the State of Wisconsin International Trade Office of Mexico City, Mexico. Mr. Wroblewski has also lived and studied in Tres Coracoes, Brazil as an international exchange student.
Mr. Wroblewski currently limits his practice to the area of criminal defense and only represents clients facing serious felony and misdemeanor charges.
Michael S. Yucevicius
Michael Yucevicius is a trial attorney in the Firm’s Criminal Division. Mr. Yucevicius is originally from Chicago, Illinois. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in management from Purdue University in 1977 and subsequently worked as an auditor for the accounting firm of Coopers & Lybrand, prior to enrolling in law school. Mr. Yucevicius graduated with honors from Chicago Kent College of Law in 1984.
After graduating from law school, Mr. Yucevicius practiced as a criminal defense attorney in the state and federal trial and appellate courts of New York City until relocating to Arizona in 2002. As an attorney in New York, Mr. Yucevicius tried more than seventy-five criminal matters, ranging from misdemeanors to murder cases. Among the trials in which Mr. Yucevicius was involved were several high profile cases. In one such trial, Mr. Yucevicius achieved an acquittal in a murder case in which his client made a videotaped confession to the crime. In addition to numerous accomplishments as a criminal defense attorney in New York, Mr. Yucevicius also successfully represented several clients there in civil lawsuits involving claims of police misconduct and civil rights violations.
Mr. Yucevicius joined the Firm in 2004. His initial primary duties were to represent clients who were under investigation by law enforcement authorities, but not yet charged with crimes. Mr. Yucevicius has helped many clients avoid criminal charges altogether through aggressive representation. He now represents clients in serious felony trial matters in the state and federal courts of Arizona and has continued to achieve good results.
Mr. Yucevicius is a Board Certified Specialist in Criminal Law, certified by the Arizona Board of Legal Specialization. He is admitted to the State Bars of Arizona and New York, the United States Supreme Court, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second and Ninth Circuits and the United Stated District Courts for the Districts of Arizona, the Southern District of New York, and the Eastern District of New York.