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Carin Johnson is a passionate defender of parents' rights and has
practiced dependency and juvenile law for over 15 years. She received
her Bachelor of Arts Degree at Chico
State University and is a graduate of Golden
Gate University, School of Law, 1993.
In September 2010, Carin presented oral argument in the California
First District Court of Appeal, involving a case where the dependency
court denied her client reunification services. Carin fought hard
for the mother, and won a rare REVERSAL,
of the lower court's ruling.
Another one of Carin's cases made national headlines
in 2003 with the infamous "spitball case" where an overzealous DA
prosecuted an eighth grader for shooting spitballs in the hallway
at school. Carin was featured on Greta Van Sustren, "On the
Record" and the Bill O'Reilly show, "The O'Reilly Factor."
Carin is a member of the Contra
Costa County Bar Association, and has taught a class on juvenile
dependency law. She has also presented with a panel of attorneys
at the MCLE Spectacular regarding Juvenile Law and Criminal Law
issues on sex abuse cases, was a presenting speaker in Cross Over
issues in Domestic Violence Cases, and has attended numerous conferences,
including the National
Child Abuse Defense Conference.
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