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Bryant Street Law Offices is a collective of solo practitioners dedicated to criminal defense and the protection of civil rights in San Francisco, the Bay Area, and throughout California. We represent clients in cases coming before California state and federal courts, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, and even the U.S. Supreme Court. The work of each of our attorneys has garnered significant press attention, including:

Valerio Romano:

Bail Still $5 Million for Accused SF Hacker, CBS 5 Crime Watch, May 28, 2009:
http://cbs5.com/local/san.francisco.hacker.2.1023232.html?detectflash=false

Valerio Romano represented Terry Childs, who was accused of tampering with San Francisco's main computer network, FiberWAN. San Francisco officials accused Mr. Childs of using his own network devices and passwords, which allegedly could have shut down the system, and claimed $200,000 in losses. Mr. Romano argued that the system was not vulnerable as charged because the Department of Technology was able to secure it, a change of circumstances that should allow bail to be reduced from $5 million. He said there was no evidence that Mr. Childs had done anything negative to the network, and that he was being held in custody over minor infractions.

"Terry Childs, 44, Accused Network Tamperer A former Department of Technology Network Engineer for San Francisco Bail Reduction Denied," Bay City News, May 29, 2009:
http://fugitive.com/archives/6757

Terry Childs was denied a reduction in bail, which was set at $5 million. Mr. Childs' attorney, Valerio Romano, argued that accusations that Mr. Childs ever had any "nefarious intentions" for San Francisco's network were "purely speculative." He argued that Mr. Childs may not have followed protocols, but had no intent to harm the system. Despite the allegations of network tampering, the Department of Technology was able to secure the network.  Mr. Romano argued that as there was no ongoing threat to the system, bail should be reduced.

"San Diego Hacker Sentenced to 6 Months of Home Detention," Sign On San Diego, Dec. 21, 2006:
http://lists.jammed.com/ISN/2006/12/0100.html

Valerio Romano represented Eric McCarty, a 25-year-old who hacked into the University of Southern California's application system. Mr. Romano argued that Mr. McCarty gained nothing financially from hacking into the system, accessing information on only seven applicants out of the 275,000 available to him. His actions drew attention to USC's flimsy security and brought attention to the fact that UCLA's system had been hacked into twice the year before.

"ExampleMotion.com, New File Sharing Website for the Legal Industry Launches in California," Business Wire, Sept. 02, 2009:
http://www.businesswire.com/portal/site/home/permalink/?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20090902005868&newsLang=en

ExampleMotion.com is a new file sharing website founded by Valerio Romano that enables attorneys throughout California to share their pleadings and motions online. Attorneys can store and organize motions for free, upload preciously filed motions, and download relevant samples that other attorneys have uploaded. Attorneys who have never filed a certain document before can access samples that other attorneys have written, while avoiding expensive and time-consuming research websites.

"Marijuana Debate," Not Picture Perfect Radio, Nov. 4, 2009:
http://www.nppradio.com/Past_Events___Guests.html

Criminal defense attorney Valerio Romano participated in an on-air marijuana debate on the radio show Not Picture Perfect Radio.

 

Robert Amparán:

"Robert Amparán," Wikipedia:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Amparan
Robert Marlowe Amparán became famous for successfully defending John Mark Karr, a murder suspect in the JonBenét Ramsey case, against the state of California on child pornography charges. Mr. Amparán also represented Ed Rosenthal in a federal court retrial on charges of distributing marijuana, despite the fact that the City of Oakland had deputized him to administer medical marijuana under California law.

"Robert M. Amparán," ZoomInfo:
http://www.zoominfo.com/people/Amparan_Robert_1086677324.aspx

Robert Amparán defended Ed Rosenthal in federal court against charges of distributing marijuana despite California's legalization of medical marijuana. Mr. Amparán likened Mr. Rosenthal's situation to past injustices which were once legal under federal law, such as slavery, the Japanese-American internment, and other government mistakes. He also discredited witnesses against Mr. Rosenthal.

Mr. Amparán also defended Edwin Ramos against charges of killing a man and his two sons. Mr. Amparán stated that Mr. Ramos was not the killer, not an illegal alien, and not a gang member, but that prosecutors were attempting to taint the jury pool.

See additional news stories by clicking the link above.

Information on Robert Amparán's client, John Mark Karr, the man arrested in the 2006 JonBenét Ramsey case:

Robert Amparán's client, John Mark Karr, was accused in 2001 of possession of child pornography. He left the U.S. soon after to teach English in Central America and Asia. He was arrested Thailand in 2006 in connected with the murder of JonBenét Ramsey and released two weeks later when there was no DNA evidence linking him to the murder and police discovered he had an alibi.

"John Mark Karr," Answers.com:
http://www.answers.com/topic/john-mark-karr-1

"John Mark Karr," Trip Atlas, 2009: http://www.tripatlas.com/John_Mark_Karr

John Mark Karr Goes 'On the Record,' Fox News, October 17, 2006:
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,221517,00.html

John Mark Karr was charged with possessing child pornography and released when prosecutors admitted they had lost the evidence of Mr. Karr's computer, which allegedly contained child porn. Mr. Karr went on-air with Robert Amparán to discuss what occurred after the case ended and the news stories and interviews continued. The interview can be found on the link above.