ATTORNEY PROFILE
Matthew Kaestner
Long Beach attorney Matthew G. Kaestner brings over 25 years of experience to the aggressive defense of every criminal law case. Mr. Kaestner graduated law school in 1985 with "High Honors" in trial practice. Mr. Kaestner's first attempt at the bar exam was successful. Only 33% of those taking the test passed the bar exam during the summer of 1985. Mr. Kaestner then obtained a position with the Los Angeles District Attorney. After three years as a prosecutor, Mr. Kaestner began his career as a criminal defense attorney.
During his career, Mr. Kaestner has developed expert skills as a trial lawyer while specializing in all aspects of criminal law. He has defended thousands of clients. Their cases have included hundreds of "strike" cases, multi-kilo drug seizures, wiretaps, search warrants, white collar crime, and special circumstance murder.
Mr. Kaestner was one of the first lawyers to successfully seek a reversal of a criminal conviction in the Rampart scandal. Mr. Kaestner has, in the last two years, obtained the outright dismissal of murder charges, domestic violence charges, third strike charges, and many others. Other recent acquittals or dismissals have included charges of DUI, resisting arrest, battery, drug possession, embezzlement and many others.
After 15 years of criminal law experience, Mr. Kaestner obtained certification as a criminal law specialist in California in 1999. As of January, 2010, only 357 of the the over 150,000 active California lawyers are certified criminal law specialists. Mr. Kaestner believes that no criminal law case is too large or too small to receive aggressive, intelligent and complete defense.
His credentials are:
- Over 25 years of experience handling criminal law cases
- Certified Specialist, Criminal Law, State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization (since 1999)
- Member, State Bar of California (admitted January 1986)
- Member, Long Beach Bar Association
- For additional information contact Long Beach Criminal Law Specialist Matthew Kaestner directly at (562) 437-0200
