Harry J. Traback Jr., Attorney

CRIMINAL LAW - Mr. Traback has worked for over 30 years exclusively in the Criminal Justice System in Northern California Ten years as a Criminal Prosecutor for the Alameda County District Attorney's Office (1971-1982) and twenty-two years as a Criminal Defense Attorney. Handling all criminal cases: death penalty murder, murder, assault, sexual assault and molest, domestic violence, elder abuse, theft, embezzlement, insurance fraud, white collar crime, drug sale, manufacturing and possession, traffic offenses, including vehicular manslaughter, drunk driving, DMV hearings, drivers license, probation violations, bail hearings, OR release, school disciplinary and expulsion hearings.

Professional: California Attorneys for Criminal Justice, California Public
Defenders Association, Alameda County Court Appointed
Attorneys Program member of Supervisory Committee

Named one of the TOP SIX CRIMINAL DEFENSE ATTORNEYS in Northern California's East Bay (This was done on a basis of interviews with Judges, District Attorneys and other lawyers who worked within the criminal law arena.)

Harry Traback worked as a law clerk for the Alameda County District Attorney's Office while attending law school. He passed the bar and in 1973 worked as a prosecutor in Oakland for eight years. Recognized for his acumen and trial skills he was assigned to a special trial team handling the most serious publicized, and complex cases in Alameda County. He also did supervision of younger deputies handling felonies and was assigned to investigate police shootings. As a District Attorney he prosecuted murders and handled death penalty cases from investigation through trial, He also did fourth amendment search and seizure suppression motions for the District Attorney.

In 1982 he began criminal defense with an office in the Tri Valley area of Livermore, Pleasanton and Dublin. He practices extensively in Alameda County and Contra Costa County. He also has appeared from Solana County down to Santa Cruz County, and San Francisco County to Stanislaus County. He has extensive trial experience since 1973. He has successfully defended cases resulting in acquittals and mistrials and has negotiated favorable dispositions in thousands of cases. In 1999 he won acquittal of a special circumstance in an Asian Gang murder, this entire case was then reversed on appeal. In 2003 he won acquittal of a special circumstance in the murder of a police officer during a robbery. Mr. Traback has also appeared on A& B City Confidential representing a fugitive that was profiled on the television show America's Most Wanted.

He is highly respected in the practice of criminal law and those within the system (who should know who to go to) have chosen him to represent them or their family members, This includes judges; district attorneys; police chiefs; police officers; sheriff officers; FBI agents; District Attorney investigators and lawyers. He currently is on call to represent the Alameda County District Attorneys Inspector's Division if they become involved in a shooting related incident.