Legal Services

Law Offices of Areeg Akel - Legal Services

The Law Offices of Areeg Akel specializes in the following legal services:

Criminal Law

- Driving Under the Influence / DUI Defense
- Drug Defense
- Weapons Crimes
- Drug Crimes Defense
- Jail Release
- Domestic Violence
- Assault & Battery

Personal Injury

Immigration Law

Wrongful Death

Civil Litigation

Our practice specializes in criminal defense, including both State and Federal Crimes for all felony and misdemeanor charges including but not limited to Assault and Battery, DUI, Drug Crimes, Weapons Crimes, Theft Crimes, White Color Crimes, and Domestic Violence.

Areeg Akel is a successful, aggressive attorney who focuses her full, personal attention on every case. When you call The Law Offices of Areeg Akel, we will respond immediately to attend to your personal needs and concerns. Our goal is to resolve your case quickly while achieving the best possible results, with no unnecessary delays. Our clients are fully informed of the legal procedures and available options pertaining to each specific case. We will only settle a case when it's in the client's best interest and wellbeing.

• ASSAULT WITH A DEADLY WEAPON (FELONY)-NO FILING
• ASSAULT WITH A DEADLY WEAPON (FELONY) - REDUCED TO A MISDEMEANOR PC 415 (C) using foul language in a public place, NO JAIL
• 5 Counts of serious Felony charges with residential burglary as a strike. Case settled to a simple misdemeanor, No Jail time & all Felony charges & strike were dismissed
• Sex crime: Dismissal
• 5 counts of deportable criminal offenses: Drug charges, child endangerment, and domestic violence with a weapon: all charges dismissed. Plead to a Misdemeanor that is a non-deportable offense. Such success saved a non-permanent resident (a client without legal status in the U.S.) from Deportation and from spending thousands of dollars on attorneys' fees defending the deportation/ removal proceedings.
• Domestic Violence- NO FILING
• 3rd DUI- no charges filed,
• domestic violence no charges filed,
• Assault with a deadly weapon no charges filed,
• Assault with a deadly weapon and immigration issues dropped to using foul language in public with no jail time and only 6 month of summary probation.
• 4th offense DUI - Plead to DUI with one prior kept it a misdemeanor
• 3rd offense DUI- no charges filed
• Four charges of 1. 1st offense DUI, VC 23152 (a) 2. DUI, VC 23152 (b) 3. Driving with a suspended Driver's License and 4. Hit and Run with an accident damaging two cars - with Immigration Hold: reduced to one count of first time DUI, no jail time and INS hold removed.
• 3rd offense DUI, BAC .24 - reduced to DUI with BAC .11 and 5 days of public work program, no jail.
• 2nd Offense DUI, BAC .36- No public work service
• Charged with VC 23101 Reckless Driving - REDUCED TO SPEEDING INFRACTION, NO POINTS ON RECORD allowed to take traffic school
• Misdemeanor RECKLESS DRIVING AND DRIVING WITHOUT A LICENSE- CASE DISMISSED
• 2nd Offense DUI - dismissed
• Sex Offense: Dismissed
• 5 counts of deportable criminal offenses: Drug charges, child endangerment, and domestic violence with a weapon: all charges dismissed. Plead to a Misdemeanor that is a non-deportable offense. Such success saved a non-permanent resident (a client without legal status in the U.S.) from Deportation and from spending thousands of dollars on attorneys' fees defending the deportation/ Removal proceedings.
• 3rd DUI- no charges filed
• Domestic violence: no charges filed
• Assault with a deadly weapon no charges filed
• Assault with a deadly weapon and immigration deportation issues- charges dropped to PC 415 "using foul language in public- with no jail time and only 6 months of summary probation and case to be dismissed after successful completion of probation.