California Professional License Attorneys
Administrative Law Attorneys - California
California Professional License Lawyers
At the law offices of Spital & Associates in San Diego, California, we have handled professional licensing, state Board cases and administrative law issues in Southern California and Northern California (Statewide) since our founding in 1978. When you suspect there will be or you are under investigation, apply for licensure or have been accused of wrongdoing, trust our experience and skill to protect your rights, your career and your future. We are tough, smart and know the law. We have the highest rating as statewide California professional license defense lawyers.
Contact us today to schedule a free consultation and to learn how our lawyers can help you obtain a professional license if that is your desire or if you face an investigation &/or Accusation, we will fight for you to keep your professional license.
Understanding the Administrative Law Settlement Process
Are you aware of possible grounds for an investigation, have been contacted and you believe you are under investigation, applying for licensure or facing the loss of your professional license due to criminal action or other professional wrongdoing?
As experienced and highest rated statewide California Professional License Attorneys, at Spital & Associates we advance cases in the most aggressive, but economically efficient way possible. As a result, we use all of our resources and, in an appropriate situation as desired by our client, will seek to negotiate a resolution without the necessity of a formal Administrative Hearing.
Our primary goal is to determine whether the matter can be dismissed without any formal Disciplinary Action imposed. We have successfully obtained withdrawals of State Board License Accusations and Professional License investigations have been closed without any disciplinary action (although attorneys cannot use previous cases to predict future results). We painstakingly develop a plan of action and strategy to accomplish the goals and expectation of our clients. We will seek the most favorable terms and conditions of a "Stipulated Settlement," but only if it is a "win-win" situation for our client.
The Stipulated Settlement in a State Professional License case involves a multitudinous variety of "soft" and "hard" Terms and Conditions, each of which involve serious and potentially protracted negotiation by our top California Administrative Law Attorneys and highest rated statewide California License Defense Lawyers. We will only entertain this objective after our client understands and fully agrees in order to thereby give up their constitutionally guaranteed rights and protections, including:
- A waiver of the right to an administrative hearing
- The right to testify and produce evidence and witnesses at an administrative hearing
- The right to cross-examine the state's witnesses and object to evidence they might seek to introduce at the State Board license hearing
- The right to seek reconsideration and/or file an appeal of the Decision
- A whole panoply of due process protections in your administrative law case
In those Professional State Board cases where our client prefers to obtain an early resolution and not a full Administrative Hearing or trial, here is what we will do: Our goal is to craft a comprehensive specialized settlement with the most favorable terms and conditions that is unique to our client, only after countless hours of review and analysis, research, preparing a powerful legal brief citing statutes, case law, and fully strategizing by a team of skilled, experienced and highly credentialed Professional License Defense Attorneys. Ultimately, as your highest rated California State Board License Defense Attorneys, we want a resolution that provides a less severe punishment and/or more favorable Decision than going to a time consuming and public Administrative Hearing or trial and one that achieves an early and less costly disposition of the case. Avoiding the additional time, inconvenience, expense, uncertainty of result and possible adverse media attention are some of the considerations we will share with our client.
Visit our License Defense Website to learn more about how we defend people facing licensing law issues.
Highest Rated Skilled Masters of Negotiation Working for You
Settlements are the result of skilled and relentless negotiation between our experienced Professional License Lawyers and the Attorney General's Office; on the other hand, we will seek the same favorable resolution with the lawyer representing the agency (e.g. The Department of Real Estate, Department of Social Services, Department of Consumer Affairs, Secretary of State, etc. have their own legal counsel assigned to these cases).
Having a master of persuasion and highly experienced attorney-negotiator on your team can influence and make a substantial difference in the nature and extent of each of the terms and conditions of a settlement. As a former Deputy Attorney General (since 1971 as a prosecutor) representing the various boards and agencies statewide, Sam Spital brings to the table the unique knowledge, insight and experience you need. Regardless of whether one desires an early resolution or prefers an Administrative Hearing or trial, Sam and his team of skilled, experienced and highly distinguished California State Board License Attorneys work seven days a week relentlessly to achieve a favorable result for each administrative law, professional state board license client.
Our role in administrative law, state board and professional license cases entails both the evaluation and analysis of the facts and law, potential negotiation and settlement, and preparation and presentation of your defense case is to positively influence both the nature and extent of the penalty as well as the fines imposed upon the licensee.
When you hire us, you will benefit from :
- A proven results-oriented powerful system that is a product of more than 39 years of handling these cases as a former Deputy Attorney General and Professional License Law Defense Attorney;
- Unstoppable team of advocates that do not accept "no" in negotiating a settlement that is best for you, including negotiating down any fines that are being assessed;
- Decades of experience working with prosecutors from the Attorney General’s Office as well as Legal Counsel from the Department of Real Estate, Secretary of State, Department of Consumer Affairs, Department of Social Services to name a few;
- Maintain long hours, averaging 14 per day, seven days a week (available 7am to 9pm daily);
- Successful results that lead to reduced fines — enough that the savings may even offset the attorney's fees our client has paid to us
Probation May Be the Best Possible Option
Rather than having your license revoked (outright termination) or suspended for a lengthy and/or indefinite period of time, Spital & Associates seeks to obtain the most desirable disposition of your case. This may result in a period of probation — possibly three to five years.
During probation in a state board license case, there may be a suspended or stayed penalty, which might in some instances include supervision or monitoring by the state board. However, the Terms and Conditions of an administrative law matter can vary widely and certainly can make a substantial difference in the outcome. For example, enforcement fines can vary tremendously between agencies and within the same agency. Having over 39 years of experience as a former Deputy Attorney General and Defense Counsel in private practice along with our superb and relentless negotiation skills, we know what Terms and Conditions as well as fines are reasonable and appropriate and not excessive; your team of highly credentialed California Professional License Attorneys are thereby able to obtain a result our clients can be confident is not only fair but "win-win" for them.
When you are the subject of disciplinary action, you are vulnerable to a license violation and, if this occurs, you face the consequences of an actual suspension or revocation of your professional license. Hence, when retained by clients, we will prepare and present the most comprehensive and compelling written arguments to the Board seeking to obtain licensure for applicants, to dismiss claims that are baseless, and to minimize any penalty being sought by the State. For those individuals that have been the subject of a prior disciplinary action, we will reduce or terminate probation as early as possible.
Contact Us
When you face license revocation or suspension, you need a skilled and knowledgeable California professional licensing attorney on your side. Contact the lawyers at Spital & Associates, in San Diego, California, today.
