About Brian Berson

Brian has tried dozens of cases and most of his clients in those trials have been found Not Guilty of all charges. Brian’s last eight out of 12 jury trials have resulted in acquittals (Not Guilty verdicts) on all charges for his clients. Those cases included charges of attempted murder, drug conspiracy and distribution with mandatory minimum prison terms if the clients had been convicted, false statements to a state agency, fraud, criminal threats, unlawful firearms, driving under the influence of alcohol (DUI) and criminal contempt of court.

In 2016, Marin County charges of assault with a firearm, a strike, with personal use of a firearm and mandatory state prison enhancements in People v. V….., were dismissed after the judge presiding over the preliminary hearing found the evidence insufficient to sustain them.In 2013, Alameda charges of elder rape and rape with a foreign object in People v. E……. were dismissed after Brian’s cross examination of the alleged victim/accuser during the preliminary hearing. Also in 2013, major federal fraud charges were dismissed against Brian’s client in U.S. v. H….., a Ponzi scheme prosecution involving more than $100 million, in response to Brian’s pretrial motion work.