About Seth Paul
Seth Paul Chazin is a criminal defense attorney admitted to practice law in California in 1988, holding. He is the principal attorney at the Law Offices of Seth P. Chazin, with offices located in San Francisco, Berkeley, and Walnut Creek, California. Mr. Chazin has been practicing law for over 30 years, representing clients throughout the San Francisco Bay Area and other regions in California.
Mr. Chazin earned his Juris Doctor degree from Golden Gate University School of Law in San Francisco in 1984. Prior to law school, he completed his undergraduate studies at the University of Florida in Gainesville, obtaining a Bachelor of Science degree in Journalism and Broadcasting in 1979.
Mr. Chazin's practice focuses on criminal defense, including white-collar crimes, DUI/DWI, domestic violence, drug crimes, fraud, embezzlement, computer crimes, expungements, appeals, certificates of rehabilitation and pardons, sex crimes, child molestation, assault, battery, violent crimes, murder, robbery, civil rights, constitutional law, personal injury, science and technology law, and transportation law. He has extensive experience representing clients in both federal and state courts, handling all stages of litigation, including hearings, appeals, negotiations, and trials.
Throughout his career, Mr. Chazin has been admitted to practice before several courts, including the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California in 1988, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California in 1997, and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in 1988. He has represented clients in numerous high-profile cases, achieving favorable outcomes such as acquittals and dismissals. Notably, he successfully defended a client in one of the first MS-13 gang cases to go to trial on the West Coast, resulting in an acquittal based on an entrapment defense.
Mr. Chazin is an active member of several professional organizations, including the Federal Bar Association, the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, the Meiklejohn Civil Liberties Institute (Board of Directors), the California Public Defenders Association, and the San Francisco County Bar Association. He is also a certified Criminal Law Specialist, a designation he has held since 2003. Additionally, he is fluent in Spanish, enabling him to effectively serve a diverse clientele.
