Newman sits at the far southwest edge of Stanislaus County, an agricultural town on State Route 33 about 30 miles from Modesto and a few miles east of Interstate 5. It's one of the more remote cities the firm serves, which makes one fact especially worth knowing: a Newman criminal case is not handled in Newman. It goes to the Stanislaus County Superior Court in Modesto. Misdemeanors and felonies are heard at the Main Courthouse on 11th Street; DUI and traffic citations run through the Traffic Court on Floyd Avenue.
That's a real drive from Newman, and it's a drive you shouldn't make unprepared. Karan Saini grew up in the Central Valley and prosecuted felony cases for the Stanislaus County District Attorney's Office before he began defending people. He knows how the DA in this county thinks, because he was that DA. He puts that experience to work pulling apart the case the prosecution wants to build.
The firm covers criminal matters from DUI and domestic violence to drug crimes, theft, on up to violent felonies. It also handles injury claims, and in a farming community that can mean a farm-equipment accident, a crash out on 33 or the I-5 frontage, a dog bite, or a wrongful death the responsible party would rather not pay for.
Karan speaks English, Hindi, and Punjabi, and the firm offers services in Spanish. Consultations are free. If you were arrested or hurt in Newman, call 209-809-1634 before you talk to police or settle with an adjuster.