Jesse M. Siegel has been a criminal defense attorney since 1986. While attending the University of California at San Francisco, Hastings College of the Law, one of the top law schools in the United States, he worked for reknowned criminal defense attorney Charles R. Garry, who had gained fame representing members of the Blank Panthers Party, including founders Huey Newton and Bobby Seale, and other radicals accused of crimes. Working as Mr. Garry’s right-hand man, Mr. Siegel worked on several high-profile cases, including ones involving famous organized crime figures Joseph and Bill Bonanno, and worked on briefs in several death penalty appeals in the California Supreme Court. This experience helped convince Mr. Siegel that the only job in the legal profession for him was as a criminal defense attorney, which he has made his life’s work; in his 25th year as an attorney, Mr. Siegel has not held any other job in the profession.