defense attorney mark rosenfeld here i want to talk about domestic violence cases and a couple of successful outcomes i've recently had domestic violence cases come with restraining orders and if you were to violate a domestic violence restraining order it is actually a new charge i recently had two cases where this happened where i've got a client who was charged with violating a domestic violence restraining order one of them my client was in physical contact there was actually an injury that was sustained in addition to this violation of the restraining order my client fled the scene and was later apprehended we worked with the los angeles county district attorney as well as the complaining witness the victim and worked out a resolution where my client was to receive some treatment some programs uh do a period of time where he was to stay out of trouble and work to patch up and and recover from the situation we were able to do that it did take some time my client did have to do some work but what we were able to do in the end is actually get the case dismissed so what started out as a very very serious case with a violation of a domestic violence restraining order we were able to get that case dismissed the whole process took us about six or nine months but earning that dismissal in the end was a great success the other domestic violence restraining order violation didn't include any physical contact but was a harassing and threatening behavior that was done over the phone over the internet cell phone and had some very serious allegations regarding gun and violence allegations what we were able to do in this case was to show the prosecutor that what the complaining witness was saying was not accurate was not complete was not truthful and what my client did although he did technically violate the restraining order was not the same thing that was being alleged we were able to work out a dismissal of those allegations as well it did take some time this case took about a year actually maybe a year and a half to work through all of the issues get all of the evidence we needed but in the end we got the result that we needed and the charges were dismissed so if you've got a domestic violence case domestic violence restraining order case and would like to discuss what can be done you can reach me at four two 310-424 three one four five i handle cases in southern california once again mark rosenfeld stay safe everyone