Criminal Attorney Alan Fenster has been practicing criminal defense in Los Angeles for over thirty years. In that time he has successfully represented thousands of individuals. Below are some examples of cases Alan Fenster has recently handled.
- Client was charged with sale and possession for sale of 5 pounds of methamphetamine, thus facing a potential 19 years in prison because of the weight enhancement. Case was resolved with probation and one year in the county jail [see copy minute order].
- Client, a medical doctor, was charged with bribery of a police officer. The charge was dismissed after five days of community service. Doctor kept his medical license. [Copy of the minute order]
- Defendant, a successful businessman and a non-citizen, arrested with four ounces of cocaine in the center console of his car, along with a scale. If convicted of possession for sale of cocaine he would be deported, plus the prosecutor wanted two years in state prison. After over a year of negotiations, prosecutor agreed to let defendant plead guilty to transportation of cocaine, which avoids deportation, plus spend a few nights in a private jail.
- Non-citizen client convicted of Assault with a Deadly Weapon in 1982. Married with two children and living a quiet, law-abiding life, INS discovered the conviction and sought to deport him as an Aggravated Felon. Mr. Fenster successfully vacated the conviction, and INS is now history.
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- Defendant charged with felon in possession of a gun. Probation had terminated on the prior felony in 2006. After defendant's arrest on the gun charge, Mr. Fenster went to the judge on the prior felony and had the felony reduced to a misdemeanor, effective 2006. The district attorney on the new charge was very upset, but who cares...since the prior felony was now reduced to a misdemeanor effective before the new case, the new case was dismissed.
» Copy of the minute order
- A successful Iranian businessman, with an American wife and child, was convicted of three felony charges for credit card forgery in 1995. He successfully completed probation, but he could not obtain his U.S. citizenship because of the convictions. He was worried sick about being deported, because his green card was expiring, and could not be renewed. Mr. Fenster filed a motion to vacate his conviction in its entirety, and despite the vigorous opposition of the district attorney's office all charges were vacated, thus allowing the client to now obtain U.S. citizenship.
» Copy of the minute order
- Client was charged along with many other co-defendants with three counts of Grand Theft and one count of Conspiracy to Commit Grand Theft. The loss was alleged to be in the millions. All the other Defendants pled guilty. After several days of trial, the D.A. agreed to accept $20,000 as restitution and all the counts were dismissed, without any conviction at all.
» Copy of the minute order
- Represented a client facing deportation based on 3 separate criminal convictions. All 3 convictions were vacated - eliminating client deportation problems.
» Copy of the minute orders
Successfully defended a client with four felony robbery counts - all Acquitted by jury.


