Defenses Against Domestic Violence Charges

At Okabe & Haushalter, our knowledge allows us to carefully construct a strong defense. We can review the evidence of the prosecution for errors or information that may be used in your favor. We also interview witnesses as part of our thorough preparation to aggressively defend you.

In many cases, defenses may include the following:

• False Accusation: It often happens that in cases of divorce, fabricated domestic violence allegations are used in order to give the accuser an advantage in child custody proceedings. Other motives for someone making a false accusation may also be found.
• Self-Defense: Unfortunately, in some cases, the actual aggressor twists the facts of the case when police arrive on the scene to make it seem like the victim was the one guilty.
• Accident: There are cases where this was a genuine accident with no intentional use of unlawful force, in which case this does not constitute domestic violence.