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Attorney Donald J. Calabria has handled serious felony state and federal cases for over 40 years. He began his career as a lawyer in the public defender’s office in 1970 and thereafter continued in his own private practice. Now an attorney of counsel with LibertyBell Law Group, he brings and adds to the wealth of experience and knowledge of our criminal lawyers. As a young attorney, he worked under and was mentored by one of the attorneys who represented the notable and sensationalized Manson case. This criminal lawyer’s range of experience includes juvenile and adult crimes, high-profile cases, death penalty cases, and federal cases.
During the course of his career, he has handled in excess of 25 Special Circumstance Murders and has had acquittals on numerous cases, including 3 cases that were Special Circumstance cases in which Prosecution was seeking Death. In 1998, this criminal lawyer received the Jerry Giesler Memorial Award, for being named the Trial Attorney of the Year by the Criminal Courts Bar Association. The attorney is quite proud of this award as it is voted on by peers.
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As a criminal lawyer, he also represented one of the leaders of the Aryan Brotherhood in Federal Court. It was the largest Federal prosecution in history. It was a death case and he was successful in winning the Death issue. In State court, this lawyer represented the leader of the Asian Boys in a Death Penalty case. He was charged with being responsible for 13 Murders and 18 Attempted Murders. Our criminal lawyer was successful in winning the Death issue in this case also. He was charged with 7 Murders and 8 Attempted Murders and District Attorney sought Death. Once again our attorney was successful in getting him a Life sentence. Our criminal lawyer has represented a number of prominent Jockeys, Owners and Trainers in Administrative Law Hearings, and well known people in high publicity cases. He represented movie stars from Gilligans Island, both charged with Possession, Transportation and Sale of Marijuana. Our lawyer had all criminal charges dismissed against each of them.
As a top criminal lawyer, he is well known and respected in the main Courts. He has been a guest speaker on Drugs in Continuing Education of the Bar in both Tuscon, Arizona and in Lexington, Kentucky. Our criminal lawyer has handled 10 Death Penalty cases that have gone to penalty and he is currently engaged in a Death penalty case (in the year 2013).
As a criminal lawyer, he takes the representation of someone charged with a crime very seriously. Our criminal lawyer says, “I care about my clients and try to treat every case and every client as I would if it was one of my family members. When dealing with serious crime you are not only dealing with the impact it has on the Defendant but the impact it has on those around them who love and care about them. Since most charged with serious crime are in custody and unable to have an open line to their loved ones I try to always be available to the family of the Defendants I am representing.”