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January 2, 2024 Jacqueline Sparagna, an attorney for the guard, said Ciego believed the woman was an intruder when he shot her. Ciego thought he was alone at the house and that the property owner was not present when he responded to the alarm, Sparagna said. Read More
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July 18, 2022 WIFE OF EX-UCLA STAR CADE MCNOWN NAILED IN THEFT CASE 500 Hrs Community Service!!! Read More
November 18, 2020 Caleb Mason is representing an LAPD sergeant in a federal lawsuit, claiming that the department and its top commander violated the officer's constitutional rights. Read More
November 17, 2020 A sergeant is filing a lawsuit against the LAPD, saying he was wrongly disciplined for expressing personal opinions on his social media accounts. Read More
April 7, 2020 In a case that garnered international attention, Alan Jackson represented a revered Megachurch leader accused of sex crimes. Read More
April 7, 2020 The case against Naason Joaquin Garcia, leader of La Luz del Mundo, was dismissed. Mr. Garcia was represented by Alan Jackson of Werksman Jackson & Quinn LLP. Read More
April 7, 2020 Alan Jackson represented Naason Joaquin Garcia, a leader of a Mexico-based Megachurch, accused of sex-abuse crimes. The case against Mr. Garcia was dismissed. Read More
April 7, 2020 In a case that garnered international attention, Alan Jackson represented a revered Megachurch leader accused of sex crimes. Mr. Jackson was able to get the case dismissed by the Court of Appeal. Read More
July 17, 2019 A$AP Rocky's Congressman Urges Us State Department to Do More to Get Rapper Released from Swedish Jail Read More
July 9, 2019 The Boston Globe profiled attorney Alan Jackson in a recent article. Read more to see some highlights of Mr. Jackson's career, including his work in the defense of Kevin Spacey. Read More
July 8, 2019 Kevin Spacey's accuser pleaded his Fifth Amendment right partway through questioning by Alan Jackson. Mr. Jackson asked for an immediate dismissal of the felony sexual assault charges brought upon Mr. Spacey. Read More
July 5, 2019 Justin Gimelstob, former ATP Player Council president, is being represented by Alan Jackson following a charge of felony battery. His relationship with current president Novak Djokovic and other players has been causing contention at this year's Wimbledon tournament. Read More
June 10, 2019 A British billionaire, known for involvement in successful retail chains such as TopShop, has recruited Alan Jackson as his defense attorney against allegations of groping a Pilates instructor in 2016 and 2018. Read More
June 5, 2019 British businessman Sir Philip Green has hired Alan Jackson to represent him in the US after being charged with assaulting an Arizona woman. Mr. Green "denies any inappropriate misconduct." Read More
June 3, 2019 Alan Jackson's client, Kevin Spacey, made an appearance at a pretrial hearing in Nantucket, Massachusetts. The actor has pleaded not guilty to a charge of indecent assault and battery from an incident that occurred at a bar in 2016. Read More
June 3, 2019 At a pretrial hearing, Alan Jackson argued that state attorneys have hidden evidence in the groping case against his client, Kevin Spacey. Mr. Jackson has requested to obtain the defendant's cell phone, in order to access allegedly deleted text messages. Read More
March 7, 2019 Mark Werksman is representing a cannabis landlord charged with a felony count of possession for sale of a controlled substance. Read More
March 4, 2019 Attorney Alan Jackson is representing Kevin Spacey, who is accused of sexually assaulting a busboy in 2016. Mr. Jackson was recently granted expanded access to the accuser's cellphone data concerning Mr. Spacey for the time period following the alleged assault. Read More
February 25, 2019 Mark Werksman represented a former Pasadena police lieutenant accused of federal firearms violations. Read More
February 22, 2019 Alan Jackson is defending another prominent man facing accusations due to the #MeToo movement. Dijon Bowden, the son of Lisa Borders, former CEO of Time's Up and the WNBA, is represented by Mr. Jackson. Read More
February 14, 2019 Alan Jackson represented a British soccer player charged with misdemeanor battery after an incident in a Las Vegas nightclub. The case was dismissed. Read More
October 25, 2018 Actor Marion "Pooch" Hall and his attorney, Alan Jackson, were filmed by TMZ leaving L.A. Superior Court. Mr. Hall faced charges of DUI and child endangerment. Read More
October 25, 2018 Alan Jackson handled the defense of Ray Donovan actor Marion "Pooch" Hall, who was charged with driving under the influence and child endangerment. Mr. Hall pled not guilty to the charges. Read More
September 21, 2018 Mark Werksman defended a former Pasadena police lieutenant who was charged with illegally dealing guns. His client pled guilty, and Mr. Werksman asked for leniency. "He takes responsibility for it and he’s resolved the case in a responsible way." Read More
September 4, 2018 Mark Hathaway spoke to The Atlantic about the Trump Administration’s proposed reforms to Title IX investigations on college campuses. Currently, "Whoever gets to the Title IX office first wins, because the presumption is that any accusation is true." Read More
August 13, 2018 This article discusses one of Mark Hathaway’s cases, in which a UC Santa Barbara student was expelled for "stalking." A superior court judge ultimately held UCSB in contempt for failing to review and revise the original flawed investigation. Read More
June 20, 2018 Mark Hathaway and Jenna Eyrich filed a writ of mandate on behalf of a Cal State Chico student who was expelled for sexual misconduct. The judge found that Chico State "failed to follow fair procedure" and overturned the expulsion. Read More
May 31, 2018 Mark Werksman spoke as an extradition defense lawyer at the Israel Bar Association Conference in Eilat, as reported in The Jerusalem Post. He stressed the need for lawyers to be prepared for extradition for better results. Read More
April 27, 2018 Mark Werksman’s client, a Corona trucking company owner, was charged with conspiracy and illegal welding leading to the death of a worker. Mr. Werksman told the AP that his client denied the charges and responsibility for the accident. Read More
April 27, 2018 A Corona trucking company owner was accused of "recklessly" causing the death of a worker. "[He] absolutely denies that he is responsible for the horrible accident that occurred in this case," attorney Mark Werksman told the Press-Enterprise. Read More
April 27, 2018 Mark Werksman was quoted in the Los Angeles Times defending his client, the owner of a Corona trucking firm, who was accused of conspiracy to make illegal gasoline tank repairs, which led to a fatal explosion. Read More
April 3, 2018 A Pasadena police lieutenant was arrested for allegedly selling more than 100 illegal guns. A continuance was granted during his trial, as the lieutenant switched lawyers from Mark Geragos to Mark Werksman of Werksman Jackson & Quinn LLP. Read More
December 29, 2017 Lainie Kazan of My Big Fat Greek Wedding fame was arrested for allegedly shoplifting on Christmas Eve. Mark Werksman, representing Kazan, spoke to TMZ directly, telling them the store "overreacted and didn’t give her a chance to pay." Read More
December 29, 2017 Mark Werksman spoke to People magazine on behalf of his celebrity client: "Lainie Kazan is not a shoplifter or a thief… We look forward to resolving this case in court where we are confident that she will be exonerated." Read More
November 17, 2017 Alan Jackson represented a woman whose mother was killed in a hit-and-run in Calabasas, lobbying the Los Angeles County district attorney to pursue harsher charges against the driver. Read More
October 30, 2017 This Chinese newspaper reports that Alan Jackson, former L.A. prosecutor and current defense attorney with Werksman Jackson & Quinn LLP, provided legal assistance to a woman seeking justice for her mother, who was killed in a hit-and-run accident. Read More
October 28, 2017 Alan Jackson was approached by a woman whose mother was killed by a driver, yet the LA district attorney declined to file serious charges. Mr. Jackson lobbied the district attorney's office for felony hit-and-run and manslaughter charges. Read More
October 17, 2017 Mark Werksman handled the defense of a woman charged with one felony count and 25 misdemeanors for allegedly helping her cousin, the President of the LAUSD Board of Education, commit campaign fraud. Read More
October 12, 2017 Alan Jackson’s client, a Bakersfield man charged with murder for stabbing his brother, accepted a plea bargain with no time in jail after it came to light that witnesses to his alleged crime were also involved in the altercation. Read More
October 12, 2017 Two casting directors were charged by the Los Angeles City Attorney’s office with offering pay-to-play auditions. Mark Werksman guided his clients to plead "no contest" and receive community service, no jail time. Read More
September 14, 2017 Mark Werksman came to the defense of a Partnerships to Uplift Communities administrator who was charged with a felony for helping her cousin, the current LAUSD Board President, allegedly commit campaign fraud two years prior. Read More
September 14, 2017 The president of the Los Angeles Unified School District and his cousin were charged with alleged campaign violations. Mark Werksman argued the case was over "a small amount of money so long ago in a local race." Read More
September 13, 2017 Mark Hathaway was quoted in a Los Angeles Times article about the current administration's intention to review Obama-era guidelines for how colleges handle sexual misconduct. "A system that isn't fair doesn't help the victims or the accused." Read More
August 29, 2017 Alan Jackson defended a former production attorney for MGM studios who was accused of molesting a 14-year-old boy. Mr. Jackson conceded certain facts, but disputed the assault, pointing out the accuser offered "an ever-evolving, changing story." Read More
August 23, 2017 A football player was expelled for an alleged fight with his girlfriend by USC’s Title IX office. Mark Hathaway stepped in to file a petition to have the expulsion overturned. The girlfriend called USC’s investigation "horrible and unjust." Read More
June 14, 2017 Alan Jackson took the case of NBA player Jeff Withey, who was accused by his ex-fiancée of domestic violence. After investigating, police believed Withey’s ex initiated the assault and the district attorney declined to press charges against Withey. Read More
June 12, 2017 A comatose 8-year-old boy was taken off life support and his organs were donated. Mark Werksman later defended the anesthesiologist from charges that she used fentanyl to end the boy’s life instead of ease his suffering. Read More
April 18, 2017 Mark Hathaway assisted a college student in a landmark Title IX case in which a California Superior Court judge overruled a University of California San Diego panel that punished the student for unproven sexual misconduct. Read More
April 13, 2017 Mark Werksman, managing partner of Werksman Jackson & Quinn LLP, got a court to dismiss all felony child molestation charges against his client, a man falsely accused of molesting two children, at a preliminary hearing. Read More
March 20, 2017 Managing partner Mark Werksman was named a top-rated white-collar crimes attorney in Los Angeles, California, by Super Lawyers®, a third-party rating service for outstanding lawyers. Read More
February 5, 2017 A commercial real estate owner was charged with violations of L.A. municipal codes related to a tenant marijuana dispensary, facing jail and tens of thousands of dollars in fines. Alan Jackson and his team got all charges dismissed. Read More
October 7, 2016 A Los Angeles Times photographer was arrested by police for what they claim was a "refusal to cooperate" near the Nancy Reagan funeral motorcade. His attorney, Mark Werksman, strongly disagreed and pledged to fight the charges. Read More
June 15, 2016 Surveillance video and unreliable witnesses helped Alan Jackson prove to a judge that his client, a Venice Beach hotel owner, was wrongly accused of murder. "[H]e’s looking forward to being an integral part of the Venice community again." Read More
May 31, 2016 Title IX defense attorney Mark Hathaway participated in a guest discussion with 89.3 KPCC’s "AirTalk" over whether or not colleges should "flag" the transcripts of students accused of sexual misconduct. Read More
March 22, 2016 Managing partner Mark Werksman represented a former L.A. City Council Aide accused of corruption. After two days of deliberation, jurors found his client "not guilty" of the charges. "He was duped by an admitted thief," Werksman said. Read More
January 29, 2016 A UCLA punter who was accused of sexual assault by two women had all criminal charges dropped by the L.A. district attorney for lack of evidence. Mark Hathaway represented the accused and was glad to see justice done. Read More
October 19, 2015 Alan Jackson tackled a tough case when he defended a Saudi Prince accused of sexual assault by three women. Prosecutors declined to file charges due to insufficient evidence, and a judge later ruled on his client's "factual innocence." Read More
September 2, 2015 A Venice Beach hotel owner was involved in a dispute with group of homeless men when another man started shooting. Police arrested the hotel owner. Alan Jackson argued that the gunman killed a man, not his client. Read More
September 2, 2015 Alan Jackson defended a Venice hotel owner charged with the murder of a homeless man. "Someone else walked up and shot someone. [My client] did not have a gun. He did not shoot a gun." Read More
July 27, 2015 After taking a case for a young man accused of sexual assault at Occidental College, Mark Hathaway penned a column for the Metropolitan News-Enterprise discussing how the current system discriminates against men in sexual misconduct cases. Read More
July 15, 2015 U.S. News covers a recent victory for Mark Hathaway, in which a superior court judge ruled that his client, a college student accused of sexual assault, was not given a fair hearing and was unfairly punished. Read More
July 13, 2015 Mark Hathaway represented a 20-year-old UCSD student who was accused of sexual assault. After presenting the evidence, a superior court judge ruled that the school administrators were unfair and the allegations unsubstantiated. Read More
July 13, 2015 An L.A. Superior Court judge ruled that Mark Hathaway’s client, a male student at the University of California San Diego, was not giving a fair hearing, resulting in unfair punishment after an allegation of sexual assault. Read More
April 1, 2015 In 2011, the Office for Civil Rights changed how colleges handle sexual assault claims. This came to haunt one student at Occidental College. Family friend Mark Hathaway stepped in, and began his Title IX defense that day. Read More
October 2, 2014 "No person should have to give up his or her right to a fair and equitable process," reads this open letter to the U.S. Senate written by twenty prominent attorneys, including Mark Hathaway. Read More
September 18, 2014 A task force at the University of California revealed a set of new guidelines for campuses to fight sexual misconduct. But, asks Mark Hathaway, are the rights of the accused being tossed out in the process? Read More
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Werksman, Jackson & Quinn obtains acquittal in federal case alleging drug trafficking conspiracy.
On April 23, 2020, Werksman, Jackson & Quinn partner Caleb Mason obtained an acquittal for our client, a private charter pilot, on all charges in a federal criminal trial on drug trafficking charges in the US District Court in Lexington, Kentucky. Our firm represented a private jet charter pilot who was charged by the U.S. Attorney's Office in Kentucky after one of his former charter clients was caught smuggling drugs on a private plane in Lexington, Kentucky. Our client had nothing to do with that flight, but the government charged him, and the owner of the charter company he flew for, on conspiracy charges, claiming that all of this charter client's prior flights had been drug flights, and the pilot and company owner must have known about it. A second pilot, and a business associate of the drug smuggler were also charged. The government claimed that the defendants were part of a massive multi-year conspiracy to smuggle huge quantities of drugs around the country using private planes. The trial lasted seven weeks, continuing all through the coronavirus lockdown, with more than 50 witnesses. The jury deliberated for eight days, and then acquitted our client of all charges. He is now free to return home to his wife and young daughter.
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April 7, 2020
Re: The Apostle - Naason Joaquin Garcia
On April 7, 2020, the Court of Appeal struck a major blow for justice in a case that never should have been brought by ordering the sex-abuse case against the leader of Mexican megachurch La Luz del Mundo dismissed. This is a long overdue recognition that the government has violated Mr. Garcia’s constitutional right to a speedy trial and reasonable bond. In their zeal to secure a conviction at any cost, the Attorney General has sought to strip Mr. Garcia of his freedom without due process by locking him up without bail on the basis of unsubstantiated accusations by unnamed accusers and by denying him his day in court. We are thrilled that the Court of Appeal saw and corrected the unfairness. This is a good day for justice.
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