Millions of people travel through airports every year. For some the experience can be quite devastating when travel turns into a nightmare following an arrest by airport security. As a result of 9-11, police and law enforcement personnel are at a heightened state of alert and therefore even a simple mistake of bringing a weapon in a checked bag can be followed by a detention, arrest and prosecution. For well over a decade attorney Matthew Ruff has been defending ordinary, good people accused of various criminal offenses inside local airports. Crimes such as: possession of drugs, weapons, and dangerous materials, as well as assault, disturbing the peace, theft, shoplifting, marijuana importation, DUI while driving to or near the LAX airport in El Segundo, among many others.
As a local criminal defense lawyer in Los Angeles, Mr. Ruff has represented hundreds of people charged with all manner of criminal offenses at virtually
all local airports, including: Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) near El Segundo, Burbank Airport, Long Beach Airport, and many others. In most cases a Lawyer can go to Court on your behalf, thereby avoiding the hassle of having to travel back to Los Angeles County and bear the humiliation of appearing before a Judge. Crimes such as drug possession and possessing dangerous weapons such as knives, guns and brass knuckles, DUI in El Segundo near the LAX airport, can often be resolved without the offense showing up on a person's criminal record.
Over the last fifteen years, our Law Firm and lead attorney has defended airport originating cases with some of the best results imaginable. The experience from handling thousands of criminal cases can be put to use when we are retained to represent you and fight on your behalf as an aggressive advocate. With over 500 appearances made at the LAX Los Angeles Airport Court on La Cienega alone, Mr. Ruff has the contacts and
local connections to help end what can probably be described as the most frightening experience a person can go through. Small amounts of marijuana, cocaine, heroin, drug paraphernalia, pipes, bongs, etc. can be found in someone's luggage and this can trigger a full scale prosecution by the City Attorney or Los Angeles County District Attorneys Office. With the help of a seasoned criminal defense lawyer the playing field can be made level and cases can be resolved without the stigma of a conviction. With the use of innovative strategies such as informal office hearings, diversion, conditional dismissals, deferred adjudication, and the like, most criminal charges can be made to all but disappear.
Among the litany of criminal offenses attorney Matthew Ruff fights are DUI or drunk driving citations issued to folks around the Los Angeles International Airport, LAX, near the municipality of El Segundo. There has been ramped up enforcement of driving under the influence arrests in the area from sobriety checkpoints and security checks coming into and around the airport terminal. As a local Law Firm, we can appear in the Criminal Court on behalf of the client and take the important steps to protect the drivers license at the DMV in El Segundo.
If you or a relative, significant other, etc. has been arrested at the airport or given a citation to appear in Court, call Attorney Matthew Ruff directly to speak about how he can help you get through this most difficult time:
Call us Local at 310-527-4100 or Toll free at 1-877-213-4453.
It is extremely important to understand that when specific legal advice is needed, a lawyer should be consulted directly. One should not rely on any advice in any website for legal information on any particular case. Attorney Matthew Ruff practices law in the state of California and has personally defended thousands of individuals in serious criminal matters in many airports, including but not limited to, possession of :
marijuana and concentrated cannabis, guns, switch blade knife, brass knuckles, tonfa baton and asp, ammunition, gun clips, swords, dangerous weapons under 12020 of the Penal Code, cocaine, methamphetamine, heroin, pot, illegal prescription medications, charged both in state court and in federal jurisdictions.
Contact Mr. Ruff for a one-on-one case evaluation today.