Daniel F. Greene

Attorney Dan Greene is a Criminal Defense Lawyer helping the people of San Diego and all of California. Contact San Diego Criminal Defense Attorney Dan Greene in regards to any of the following:

Sexual Assault / Rape
Child Molestation
Child Pornography
Internet Sex Crimes
False Allegations
Domestic Violence
Drug Crimes/ Drug Possession
Illegal Use of Prescription Drugs  

Dan handles cases throughout all of San Diego County and Southern California, including all of the following areas: South Bay and cities including Chula Vista, East Lake, National City, Mission Valley, El Cajon, La Mesa, Julian, Ramona, Vista, San Marcos, Rancho Santa Fe, Rancho Bernardo, Escondido, Mira Mar, Oceanside, Encinitas, Carlsbad, Solana Beach, Del Mar, Carmel Valley, La Jolla, Cardiff, Pacific Beach, Ocean Beach, Point Loma, Little Italy, Downtown San Diego, Hillcrest, North Park, Bonita, Tierrasanta, Alpine, Jamul, Descanso, Poway, San Ysidro, Linda Vista, Clairemont, and throughout Los Angeles County, Orange County, San Bernardino County, Imperial County, San Diego County and Riverside County.

As the Senior Associate for the Law Offices of Kerry L. Armstrong, A.P.L.C., Dan Greene handles many of the firm’s felony and misdemeanor cases in all of San Diego County, as well as in Los Angeles, San Bernardino, Imperial and Orange counties. He has successfully represented clients on charges ranging from serious/violent offenses (e.g. murder, attempted murder, aggravated robbery, child molest, rape, assault, battery, and domestic violence resulting in great bodily injury) to lower level offenses (e.g. theft-related crimes, narcotics cases, drunk-driving, juvenile crimes, probation violations, and assaults not resulting in great bodily injury). He has aggressively defended clients at trial on serious felony charges (see Highlights below), and has successfully negotiated plea bargains in cases where trial was not in the clients’ best legal interests. Mr. Greene has successfully represented clients prosecuted for murder, attempted murder, "gang" crimes, robbery, assault with a firearm / deadly weapon, inflicting great bodily injury, battery, lewd contact, child molest, rape, sexual assault, residential and commercial burglary, grand theft, embezzlement, prostitution, resisting arrest, aiding & abetting, accessory, reckless driving, evading police, driving under the influence of drugs and alcohol, transportation, sales and possession of narcotics and drug paraphernalia, etc.

In addition to defending against adult prosecutions, Mr. Greene handles both juvenile delinquency and dependency cases. He has also successfully represented clients for felony and misdemeanor expungements, requests for probation modifications, early termination of probation and felony reductions, as well as exclusions/exemptions related to the Department of Justice Sex Offender Website.

Dan Greene received his Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut. After college, Mr. Greene worked as the Director of Business and Marketing for the Southern California offices of a Washington Post subsidiary company focusing on Education, Academics and Test Preparation, A native San Diegan, Mr. Greene left that position to pursue a law degree from California Western School of Law. As a law clerk and student intern, Mr. Greene worked for the Department of Justice, Office of the Attorney General, and for the Federal Defenders of San Diego. After graduating from California Western, where he received the Academic Achievement awards for earning the highest grades in Advanced Criminal Litigation and Trial Practice, Mr. Greene served as a certified law clerk for the San Diego County Public Defender's Office where he assisted in trying more cases than any other law clerk on record. Prior to being selected to join the prestigious Law Offices of Kerry L. Armstrong, A.P.L.C, Mr. Greene was an associate attorney at one of the largest criminal defense law firms in Southern California. There, Mr. Greene was selected to manage the day-to-day operations of the firm’s downtown San Diego branch office.

Mr. Greene is a member of the State Bar of California and the Federal Bars for the Southern and Central Districts of California.

Well regarded as one of the leading young criminal advocates in the San Diego legal community, Dan Greene brings intelligence, hard work, enthusiasm and, most importantly, "results" to the practice of Criminal Defense Law. He is tireless in his efforts to obtain for his clients the best legal results possible on each and every case.

Highlights include:

• VEHICULAR MANSLAUGHTER - 11:1 for NOT GUILTY; CASE DISMISSED
• KIDNAPPING/SEXUAL ASSAULT/RAPE/FORCED ORAL COPULATION/MULTIPLE VICTIMS -- DISMISSED ON DAY OF TRIAL
• FELONY ASSAULT/BATTERY IN GREAT BODILY INJURY -- NOT GUILTY BY REASON OF SELF-DEFENSE
• ATTEMPTED MURDER (SHOOTING/GANG CASE) -- DISMISSED ON DAY OF TRIAL
• DOMESTIC VIOLENCE RESULTING IN GREAT BODILY INJURY (2 STRIKES CASE) -- NOT GUILTY
• PREMEDITATED ATTEMPTED MURDER/ASSAULT W/ FIREARM/VEHICLE CHASE (LIFE CASE) -- HUNG JURY
• ASSAULT WITH A SEMI-AUTO WEAPON -- HUNG JURY
• TRESSPASSING - DISMISSED BY JUDGE DURING TRIAL BASED ON INSUFFICIENT EVIDENCE
• FELON IN POSSESSION OF FIREARM -- DISMISSED ON DAY OF TRIAL
• IDENTITY THEFT / FRAUDULENT USE OF CREDIT CARD --DISMISSED PRE-TRIAL
• RESIDENTIAL BURGLARY -- DISMISSED AT MOTION HEARING FOLLOWING PRELIMINARY HEARING
• DOMESTIC VIOLENCE BY SHERIFF’S DEPUTY (DEFENSE OF INTOXICATION) -- DISMISSED DURING TRIAL
• ATTEMPTED LEWD CONDUCT WITH A MINOR -- NOT GUILTY
• MULTIPLE ASSAULT & BATTERY CASES RESULTING IN GREAT BODILY INJURY -- DISMISSED AT PRELIMINARY HEARINGS
• GRAND THEFT BY EMPLOYEE -- DISMISSED AFTER REVERSAL ON APPEAL
• POSSESSION/UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE -- DISMISSED FOLLOWING SUCCESSFUL MOTION TO SUPPRESS EVIDENCE
• MANY SUCCESFUL PETITIONS TO TERMINATE PROBATION EARLY/MODIFY PROBATION TERMS/CONVERT PROBATION FROM FORMAL TO SUMMARY/REDUCE FELONY OFFENSE TO MISDEMEANOR/EXPUNGE CONVICTIONS

Mr. Greene uses his experience and legal negotiating skills on each and every case to get the best results for his clients. Sometimes this means negotiating a beneficial plea bargain and not going to trial.

Non-trial Highlights include:

• Successfully negotiating "No Registration" requirement in variety of sex offense cases.
• "Probation and Time-Served" plea bargain for a client facing 200-years-to-Life if convicted at trial of two separate incidents of rape, kidnapping for rape, and sexual assault offenses.
• Misdemeanor assault plea and no jail time where client had been charged with multiple counts of felony assault & battery resulting in great bodily injury (which has a maximum possible sentence of seven years in state prison.
• Six-year prison term for voluntary manslaughter where client had been charged with second-degree murder.
• Five-year prison term (to be served at "half-time") for pre-meditated attempted murder, assault w/ semi-automatic weapon case that carried "life" if convicted at trial.
• Obtaining dismissal from the court on torture and aggravated mayhem charges (which result in "life" sentences) paving the way to a very reasonable plea-agreement on the remaining charges involving premeditated attempted murder, assault with a knife, and personal infliction of great bodily injury. Client will be released from custody in less than ten years.
• Successfully negotiating with the court and/or prosecution reductions to misdemeanors in felony theft-related case (where losses exceeded $60,000) and assault cases, including one case where client admitted to assaulting police officers in the commission of his offense.
• Negotiating a probation sentence for client charged with a gang-enhanced attempted murder/stabbing case. Client served only 180 days of custody in the county jail pending the disposition.
• Negotiating a "wet-reckless" charge where client was charged with a DUI and a blood-alcohol concentration of .19% (almost two and a half times the legal limit).
• Negotiating probation and one-year in county jail for client who stabbed an unarmed man during a street fight. The prosecution had argued for five years in state prison, but this request was denied.
• Negotiating one reducible felony count of theft where client was charged with twenty-three felony counts of multiple acts of first-degree burglary, elder-theft and conspiracy. Client was sentenced to "summary probation" for only eighteen-months and did not serve one day in jail.
• Negotiating a five-year prison term where client was facing twenty-five-years-to-life on a "three-strikes" case where the most recent charges involved vehicular assault on a police officer.
• Obtaining a dismissal on charges of assault and battery with a knife (stabbing case) based on a factual finding of innocence.
• Misdemeanor plea for client charged with felony perjury and insurance fraud. Summary probation and no jail time.
• Despite strong opposition from the prosecution, argued for probation and no jail time following a conviction at trial for lewd and lascivious conduct (oral copulation) with a minor under sixteen years of age. Judge agreed and granted defense request.
• No jail time for client who pled guilty to possessing more than thirty pounds of cocaine for purposes of sales.
• On separate occasions, successfully convinced judges to stay or impose Work Furlough in lieu of the mandatory minimum ninety-day jail requirement for a person convicted of failing to register as a sex offender. At the respective times, it was believed to be the first time either result has occurred in San Diego County.