Background on Robert Amparán, Omar Figueroa, and Shari Greenberger

ROBERT AMPARÁN

An American criminal defense attorney currently based in San Francisco, California. He became notable for successfully defending former JonBenet Ramsey murder suspect John Mark Karr, along with attorneys Gayle Gutekunst and Ben Prince, in the legal battle with the State of California on child pornography charges. After a series of defense motions, the case was eventually dismissed.

Amparán attended University of California, Berkeley as an undergraduate majoring in Political Science. He received his J.D. from Golden Gate University School of Law in San Francisco. On December 1, 1994, he was admitted to the California State Bar.

He is a former member of the San Francisco Public Defender's Office and focuses mainly on criminal defense. He has practiced law in both California State and Federal Courts. Mr. Amparán currently practices in the same office as famed defense attorney J. Tony Serra and has garnered local attention in San Francisco for his aggressive defense style.

Amparán currently represents Ed Rosenthal who is facing criminal prosecution in Federal Court for allegedly distributing marijuana despite the fact that he was deputized by the City of Oakland to help administer medical marijuana under California's medical marijuana law. Amparán will represent Mr. Rosenthal in his retrial after his successful appeal.

See www.robamparan.com for more information.

OMAR FIGUEROA

My passion is defending human beings facing criminal charges in federal, state and juvenile courts, specializing in cannabis, medical marijuana, and cybercrime cases.

I have been a criminal defense lawyer with an office in San Francisco since 1998, and have represented criminal defendants in Superior Courts all over the State of California. I have also represented defendants in numerous federal courts, such as the Northern District of California (San Francisco and Oakland), the Eastern District of California (Sacramento and Fresno), the Central District of California (Los Angeles), and the District of Wyoming (Casper).

I have been trained by renowned criminal defense lawyer and jury trial expert J. Tony Serra of San Francisco, and share office space with other lawyers at Pier 5 Law Offices, a community of independent sole practitioners specializing in aggressive criminal defense.

Member of the California State Bar, California Attorneys for Criminal Justice, the Bar Association of San Francisco, California NORML, NORML Legal Committee, Cannabis Action Network, Americans for Safe Access and the Stanford Alumni Association.

Graduate of Gerry Spence's Trial Lawyers College, which is considered the most prestigious and selective trial advocacy college in America. Graduated from Stanford Law School, where I concentrated in the field of criminal defense, and completed advanced courses such as White Collar Crime in Silicon Valley, High Tech Crime, Advanced Criminal Procedure, and Cyberspace Law. I also have an undergraduate degree from Yale College in 1992, a B.A. in Philosophy.

SHARI L. GREENBERGER

I've devoted my entire career to criminal defense, specializing in state and federal drug conspiracy cases, fighting the war on drugs, and handling complex murder cases. I have a passion for defending justice, protecting the citizens and representing the wrongfully accused.

Graduate Michigan State University, Business (1992). Graduate University of San Francisco School of Law (1995). and have been admitted to practice pro hac vice before the following courts: Middle District of Florida, Tampa Division (2005), District of Massachusetts 2005, District of Wyoming 2005, Southern District of Ohio (2003), State of Nevada (2002), Eastern District of Pennsylvania (2001), District of South Carolina (1998), District of Nebraska (1997), Northern District of California (1995), Eastern District of California (1995).

The past 12 years I've been practicing criminal defense at Pier 5 Law Offices in San Francisco under tutelage of legendary warrior J. Tony Serra, who has spent 40+ years practicing criminal defense, specializing in jury trials, battling for freedom for the people through the law.

I have been licensed to practice in the State of California since December 1, 1995, and am currently an active status member of the State Bar of California.

Noteworthy cases include: acquittal in the high profile Las Vegas murder retrial involving casino heir Lonnie Ted Binion of the Binion Horseshoe (2004), acquittal on murder charges for drowning case in Santa Clara County with Shanghai connection (2005), and most recently federal retrial for Medical Marijuana Advocate Ed Rosenthal (2007).

For more about the attorneys at Pier Five, see their website at www.pier5law.com.