If you're arrested in Manteca, your case can land at the Manteca branch courthouse at 315 E. Center Street rather than getting hauled up to Stockton. The Manteca branch hears felony and misdemeanor cases along with traffic, so a DUI or a fight that started downtown often stays close to home. That matters for planning. A branch calendar runs differently than the main Stockton courthouse, and the first thing to nail down is exactly where your appearance is set.
Karan Saini comes to the defense table from the prosecution side. His early career was at the Stanislaus County District Attorney's Office, where he filed and tried felony cases before opening his own practice. He hasn't prosecuted in San Joaquin County, and he's straight about that. What carries over is how he reads a file: he knows the way a DA's office builds a charge, where the proof gets thin, and what a filing deputy will actually negotiate. Manteca sits at the junction of Highway 99 and Highway 120, right where the valley funnels traffic toward the Bay Area, and Karan's Modesto office is a short drive down 99.
The firm handles both the criminal and the injury side of trouble. Criminal: DUI, domestic violence, drug charges, theft, and the violent felonies that carry prison exposure. Injury: car and truck crashes on the 99 and the 120 bypass, dog bites, slip-and-falls, and wrongful-death claims an insurer would rather not pay in full. Karan speaks English, Hindi, and Punjabi, and the firm works cases in Spanish.
Consultations are free. If you're facing charges or were hurt by someone else's carelessness in Manteca, call 209-809-1634 before you talk to police or sign anything an adjuster puts in front of you.