Los Banos is one of the few places in Merced County where your case doesn't have to travel to the county seat. The Robert M. Falasco Justice Center on G Street hears the west side's own calendar, criminal, traffic, civil, and small claims, so an arrest here is filed and handled in Los Banos rather than thirty-five-plus miles east in the city of Merced. That matters. The west side of the valley sits on the far side of Pacheco Pass, closer in some ways to the Bay Area than to its own county seat, and the Falasco Justice Center is the court that serves it.
Karan Saini works out of Modesto and covers Merced County, Los Banos included. Be clear on the honest part: he prosecuted for Stanislaus County, not Merced, so he's not claiming a back channel into the Falasco courthouse or the local DA. What he brings is the prosecutor's eye. He spent years filing cases and trying them in front of juries, and that's the skill that carries across county lines, knowing how the state builds a case so he can find where yours comes apart. He shows up in the Los Banos court and does that work for the defense.
The firm covers both sides of a bad day. On criminal: DUI, domestic violence, theft, drug charges, and the violent felonies that carry prison time. On injury: collisions on Highway 152 through the pass and out on the west-side farm roads, dog bites, slip-and-falls, and wrongful-death claims an insurance company hopes you'll handle alone. Karan speaks English, Hindi, and Punjabi, and the firm offers Spanish, which matters in a city where a lot of families speak it at home.
Consultations are free. If you've been charged or injured in Los Banos, call 209-809-1634 before you talk to police or sign whatever an adjuster puts in front of you.