An arrest in Lodi often stays in Lodi. The branch keeps criminal matters at 217 W. Elm Street, with the criminal department on the second floor, while traffic and the limited-civil calendar run a block over at 315 W. Elm. That split trips people up, because a traffic citation and a misdemeanor from the same night can be set in two different buildings. Figuring out where each piece of your case is headed is the first practical step, and it's easy to lose a date in the shuffle.
Karan Saini reads these cases the way the prosecution does, because that's where he started. At the Stanislaus County District Attorney's Office he filed and tried felony cases before he ever opened a defense practice. He hasn't prosecuted in San Joaquin County, and he won't suggest he has. What carries is the instinct for a charging decision: he knows how a DA's office weighs evidence, where a case is thin, and what a deputy will actually deal on. Lodi sits in the north end of the county, wine-grape country along Highway 99, with Karan's Modesto office a straight shot down the 99.
The firm takes both sides of the work. Criminal: DUI, domestic violence, drug charges, theft, and violent felonies that put years on the line. Injury: car and truck crashes, the farm-equipment and harvest-traffic wrecks that come with an ag town, dog bites, falls, and wrongful-death claims insurers slow-walk. Karan speaks English, Hindi, and Punjabi, and the firm handles cases in Spanish.
Consultations are free. If you're facing charges or were hurt by someone else's negligence in Lodi, call 209-809-1634 before you talk to police or sign anything an adjuster slides your way.