Attorney Profile                                            

Fredrick M. Ray, Attorney at Law

Education

Bachelor of Arts, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Graduate Scholar, Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia; Juris Doctor, Southwestern University School of Law, Los Angeles. Twice received the “book” award for the highest grade in a class. Winner of Lexus/Nexus Writing Award. Former Rotary Foundation Graduate Scholar.

Memberships

State Bar of California, Orange County Bar Association, North Orange County Criminal Bar Panel, Central Orange County Criminal Bar Panel; Mandatory Fee Arbitrator, Orange County Bar Association.

Special Skills

Fluent in Japanese, conversational in Spanish.

Experience

Thirteen years as a litigator before administrative, civil and criminal.  Mr. Ray has handled hundreds of civil matters, including administrative law hearings, writs and appeals, civil lawsuits, and more than 1,500 criminal matters, from serious felonies to misdemeanors; Mr. Ray has appeared in more than 40 southern California courts and before various administrative law courts. Mr. Ray has been counsel to a variety of licensed professionals from such varied occupations as medicine, nursing, insurance sales, real estate sales, therapy, car sales, accountancy, engineering, elder care and auto repair.
 

Practice Areas

Administrative Law

We handle all types of administrative matters, focusing on license defense and license appeals. We defend individuals and businesses from accusations against their professional licenses, when typically the state government seeks to suspend or revoke a license. Administrative license suspensions often result from allegations of criminal wrongdoing or failure to follow regulatory rules. We also aid clients in applying for licenses, fighting license denials, preventing license suspensions by criminal courts, and advocacy during investigations of wrongdoing before the filing of a formal accusation.

Administrative / Criminal Hybrid Cases

Many of our clients have criminal cases with licensing implications, or license law cases arising from criminal matters.  We work in criminal courts to achieve results beneficial in licensing matters - such as early termination of probation, termination of probation supervision, reduction of felonies to misdemeanors, or expungement of  prior convictions.

Criminal Defense

Our firm defends criminal law cases in Orange County, California. We are a high-quality, professional firm committed to providing excellent legal representation. We aggressively defend all types of criminal matters, including all felonies, all misdemeanors, drunk driving, domestic violence, drug offenses, theft crimes, fraud, white-collar crime, sex offenses, city ordinance violations, criminal zoning violations, environmental law violations, and federal criminal offenses. We also handle probation violations, probation modifications, expungements, writs and appeals. 

Other Areas of Law

If you have a legal problem in another area of law, such as a divorce, civil restraining order, defense of a lawsuit, or estate planning, we may be able to help. For those areas we do not directly handle, we can often provide a referral to a highly qualified attorney who can assist you with your legal matter.

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