Almost every serious criminal case in Stanislaus County ends up in the same place: the Stanislaus County Superior Court in Modesto. It doesn't matter much whether you were stopped in Turlock, booked in Ceres, or arrested in Oakdale. Felonies and misdemeanors are heard at the Main Courthouse on 11th Street downtown, and DUI and traffic citations route through the Traffic Court on Floyd Avenue. The county is also building a new courthouse downtown, a 27-courtroom building bounded by 9th and 10th between G and H, set to fold the old Modesto, Ceres, and Turlock courthouses into one location. When it opens, where your case is heard changes for most of the county at once.
Karan Saini grew up in this county. He was born in Modesto, earned his Criminal Justice degree at CSU Stanislaus in Turlock, and started his legal career across town at the Stanislaus County District Attorney's Office, where he filed and tried felony cases before opening a defense practice. This is the one county where he worked as a prosecutor, in the same courthouses he now walks into for the defense. He reads a charging decision the way the DA does because for years that was his decision to make.
The firm covers the whole county, not just the county seat. Modesto, Turlock, Ceres, Oakdale, Riverbank, Patterson, Newman, Hughson, Salida, Waterford. A case from any of those towns lands in Modesto, so Karan handles it where it actually gets decided, and he tells clients up front where that is. On the criminal side: DUI, domestic violence, theft, drug charges, and violent felonies that carry real prison time. On the injury side: car wrecks on the 99 corridor, dog bites, slip-and-falls, and the wrongful-death claims an insurer would rather pay nothing on.
Karan speaks English, Hindi, and Punjabi, and the firm offers services in Spanish, so you can explain what happened in your own words instead of a rough translation of them. Consultations are free. If you've been charged with a crime or injured by someone else's carelessness anywhere in Stanislaus County, call 209-809-1634 before you talk to police or sign whatever an adjuster puts in front of you.