2nd Amendment attorney in San Jose

[Lupara]

I was hoping to have a sit-down with an attorney familiar with 2nd Amendment issues here in the San Jose area. I tried the "Search" function but was unable to find anything. Question: does anybody here know of a good attorney as described in San Jose?

Any help with this would be much appreciated.

[Librarian]

Used to be Don Kilmer, http://www.dkgunlaw.com/contact, but he moved to Idaho a couple years ago. Don't know how much of his practice is still in CA.

[moleculo]

Used to be Don Kilmer, http://www.dkgunlaw.com/contact, but he moved to Idaho a couple years ago. Don't know how much of his practice is still in CA.

Not sure he qualified as a "good" 2A attorney. As I recall, he was a family law attorney and gun enthusiast who tried his hand at 2A cases and lost pretty much every suit related to the latter.

Why does counsel need to be in San Jose? Go straight to Chuck Michel.

[ronlglock]

Michel?s office has at least one attorney in the bay area.

[Lupara]

Thank you gents.

I'm older and more inclined to want to meet and talk to people face to face, in addition I, and two other individuals with me, have questions that concern local laws and politics as well as those that are State wide. That said, if there are no experienced 2A attorneys in my area, I would be be fine doing a Zoom with one who is more experienced.

Please, would you contribute names of attorneys outside my area if you have some.

Thank you for your help with this request.

[SpudmanWP]

Have you checked with various 2A attorney orgs like USCCA, US LawShield, etc to see who they have in your area?

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I found 3 on this page.

https://amgoa.org/California-Firearm-Law-Attorneys

The first does not mention 2A on their site and the 3rd is AFK (404 error).

The 2nd has a dedicated firearms site.

https://dkgunlaw.com/

--Edit 2..

Krap, the 2nd was Don Kilmer from above.
odd that the site is still active if he moved.

[Lupara]

I'm a member of CCW Safe, I can check with them, thanks.

[BAJ475]

Have you checked with various 2A attorney orgs like USCCA, US LawShield, etc to see who they have in your area?

---edit

I found 3 on this page.

https://amgoa.org/California-Firearm-Law-Attorneys

The first does not mention 2A on their site and the 3rd is AFK (404 error).

The 2nd has a dedicated firearms site.

https://dkgunlaw.com/

--Edit 2..

Krap, the 2nd was Don Kilmer from above.
odd that the site is still active if he moved.

Work from home and appear by ZOOM or Court Call.

[bwiese]

Not sure he qualified as a "good" 2A attorney. As I recall, he was a family law attorney and gun enthusiast who tried his hand at 2A cases and lost pretty much every suit related to the latter.

Why does counsel need to be in San Jose? Go straight to Chuck Michel.

Everybody was losing back then

[BearCreekRoad]

Not sure he qualified as a "good" 2A attorney. As I recall, he was a family law attorney and gun enthusiast who tried his hand at 2A cases and lost pretty much every suit related to the latter.

He got closer than most others. For example, in the Nordyke case he got the 9th to rule that the 2A is incorporated (applies to the states), even before the Supreme Court did so. Matter-of-fact, he got very close to winning that case outright, so close that the defendant (the county) fundamentally caved to avoid defeat.

On the other hand, if you are currently involved in a criminal defense matter, then you really don't need a good 2A and civil rights attorney so much; instead a regular criminal one would probably work better.

[bwiese]

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On the other hand, if you are currently involved in a criminal defense
matter, then you really don't need a good 2A and civil rights attorney
so much; instead a regular criminal one would probably work better.

Bingo. If you're not popped for having an XYZ on your PDQ, but
instead for SD-related issues, a good criminal lawyer familiar w
local courts/DAs is what you need

[M1NM]

I, and two other individuals with me, have questions that concern local laws and politics as well as those that are State wide.

Check with the CRPA https://crpa.org/about-crpa/

Through its legal team, CRPA fights in the courts to challenge unconstitutional and illegal gun bans and ill-conceived gun control laws, and provides guidance to California gun owners regarding their legal rights and responsibilities. Our legal team has the expertise and decades of fighting for 2A rights which set our legal challenges apart from others. Our members support those legal challenges and get us across the finish line.

[AlmostHeaven]

A person needing to rely on constitutional claims to avoid conviction is in a terrible legal situation. Criminal defense is always the first line.

[cz74]

I believe an attorney from Michel gave a talk as part of CRPA at the Los Altos Rod and Gun earlier this year, you might want to reach out to CRPA, hope that helps.

[curtisfong]

A person needing to rely on constitutional claims to avoid conviction is in a terrible legal situation. Criminal defense is always the first line.

Which means bad law rarely gets challenged due to lack of standing by anyone except those criminally charged *and* guilty. Am I the the only one seeing the problem here?