Wesley J. Schroeder, Attorney

While I was always interested in a legal career as I grew up and went through my years of education, it was not until I became quite involved in the civil rights movement during the 1960s that I really began to understand how absolutely vital it was to protect the individual rights of citizens. This is especially true for persons charged with a criminal offense.

People ask how I can represent people, or those persons accused of serious crimes. The fact is I am proud and honored to do so because I deeply believe in the principles of the United States Constitution. Specifically, the Bill of Rights with its Sixth Amendment provides that all accused persons are to have the assistance of counsel for their defense. The role of a criminal defense attorney was actually deemed so important by the Founding Fathers that it was written into the guarantees of the United States Constitution. Few people can say that their job is a requirement of the basic law of our land.

That spirit and zeal are central to the ideas that drew me to becoming a criminal defense lawyer and have propelled me along this career for the past forty years.

Position	Organization	Location	Duration
Attorney / Owner	Wesley Schroeder, Attorney at Law	San Jose, California	1981

School	Degree	Major	Graduation
University of California, Davis School of Law	J.D.	Law School	1971
Whitman College	BA	English	1969

State / Court	Date
California	1974

• Board of Directors, Santa Clara County Sentencing Alternative Program
  Santa Clara University, Instructor in Criminal Law for Paralegal Program
  Stanford Law School Moot Court Judge
  Member, California Attorneys for Criminal Justice
  Member, California Public Defenders Association
  Santa Clara County Bar Association, Judiciary and Criminal Justice Committees
  Served as Judge Pro Team for Santa Clara County Court Small Claims and Traffic

• Top 100 National Trial Lawyers
  Avvo 10.0 Criminal Lawyers

• Triple Murder case
  Not guilty verdict in second trial after a hung jury on first trial.

• Molest charges requiring life imprisonment
  Not guilty of life charges and guilty of lesser charges, resulting in a greatly reduced sentence.

• Child abuse
  Criminal charges on the Dependency Court case above. Prosecutor wanted 10 year prison term. Case settled with no prison after our medical investigation showed alternative explanation for injuries.

• Vehicular manslaughter
  Case dismissed after hung jury.

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