Reviews

He helped with two cases. One closed with a great outcome and he's working on the second. Would highly recommend.

I can absolutely recommend Mr. Oberstsein and office for their exceptional legal expertise, dedication, and strong communication skills. Chance provided invaluable assistance, ensuring a favorable outcome for my case. I greatly appreciated their professionalism and highly recommend Mr. Chance Oberstein and team.

Thanks to him my case didn't get prolonged needed than it needed to. Knew what he was talking about, overcame some flags from the court and we got the best case scenario (even better really). Would recommend to anyone who wants someone who knows their stuff and is easy to communicate with along the way.

My experience with Mr. Oberstein has been exceptional. After an initial consultation about my case, he was able to help me not only achieve my goal but caught and fixed issues related from clerical errors with my case I was not even aware of. Extremely knowledgeable, compassionate, honest AND handles himself in a courtroom with clear confidence and poise. Would not hesitate to recommend and would retain again.

Chance is an expert in his field and I highly recommend his services. If you are in need of representation in one of Chance’s areas of specialty, then by hiring him you will be hiring one of the greatest experts in this area of the law in California. In my case, Chance built bridges with the police, DA, CADOJ and judge and was able to achieve a decision favorable for me that was truly life-changing. There can be so many nuances and gotchas in criminal cases and Chance knows how to handle them. He also has a calm demeanor that is reassuring and puts you at ease.

Mr. Oberstein saved my life. Although my case was difficult, and my previous attorney made a mess of it, Mr. Oberstein stepped in with grace, compassion, and authority. I'm not necessarily an overly religious person, but I believe that a higher power put him in my life for a reason. His demeanor and candor, as well as his knowledge in the area of criminal defense is invaluable. Consults with other attorneys to ensure the best outcome for the client. I have rarely seen a man silence his opponent with intelligence. I saw it in person -- when Mr. Oberstein silenced the Deputy DA and his arguments. Its rare to see a DDA look overmatched. In this case I can say firsthand thats what I saw multiple times. Mr. Oberstein uses every legal tool available to ensure your rights aren't violated and that the justice system is equitable. It's often said, you get what you pay for. In this case -- thats not true. We got far more than what we paid for, and if we (god forbid) ever had to go through that ordeal again, we would hire him without a second guess.

I hired Chance Oberstein to file my petition to be removed from the registry. He did a lot of work and spent many hours in order to file the petition with my small, rural county. It was a long process but in the end, he was successful and my petition was granted. I spent nearly three decades on the registry and now there is hope at the end of the tunnel.

Mr Oberstein represented me in a legal matter and was very knowledgeable about how to demonstrate our case to the judge, even when the DA opposed everything. I would highly recommend him.

I've been fighting my 290 registration for the last 30 years . I hired several attorneys throughout the years that lied to me and took thousands of $$$ from me and accomplished nothing but,wasting my time and draining my bank accounts . I found an article in the paper about Janice and called her office she referred me to Chance. I called and met with him and soon as possible . He is very professional and is straight forward with everything regarding your case. He follows through on every aspect of your case and is always positive . Thanks, to Chance and his tenacity we won my case and I have been removed from the registry.

I am compelled to share my experience with Chance Oberstein. A friend of mine is unfairly on the registry for a situation that happened 34 years ago. He has experienced many of the unjust things that most of those on the registry experience. The situation had become so intolerable that he finally decided to do something about it and asked me for help. By profession, I handle the legal litigation of Intellectual Property infringement. I manage individual attorneys and teams of attorneys. Our company is not litigious, but when there is a strong need for justice we will litigate. While every case is different, what remains constant is the importance of attorney selection. We have learned to always hire what we call the “best-in-class” attorney. Thus, we usually prevail. Having 40+ years’ experience selecting the right attorney for the case, I approached this situation in the same way. First I put a list together of all potential attorneys that I found from my dozens of hours of research. I ranked the order of the list with my best choices at the top. Chance’s name came up early in my research; therefore I was keenly interested in him as a possible attorney for our case. He was the first attorney on the list and the last attorney that I called. Instead of first reaching out to the top attorneys on my list, I worked my list from the bottom up. I did this so that I could get some experience before calling my best choices. I vetted my entire list of 30+ attorneys. Primarily I wanted to understand the attorney’s success rate in regard to the specific issues of our situation. I also wanted to know about the attorney’s belief system, core competency and caseload. I had many more questions such as whether or not they were connected to the correct people in the judicial system that would be helpful to our case. I learned how to hone my questions by first calling the attorneys who were at the bottom of my list. By the time I was ready to call Chance I knew, because of my interviews, the exact key questions to ask. We had many conversations. In fact, he gave me a to-do list before he would even allow my friend to hire him. It gave my friend a high level of confidence that he interviewed my friend as much as I interviewed him. In every case that I have won in my past, the attorney or the firm also had a selection process. If they did not, that was definitely a red flag. My friend ended up hiring Chance and we could not be happier. Chance has already helped him navigate through this crazy system. If one does something wrong, such as not following a process correctly, the case can be compromised negatively. Chance has already “saved” my friend from doing that many times over. Chance is thoughtful, compassionate, intelligent, a great listener and well connected in his ability to navigate the judicial system. He was the most knowledgeable attorney in the arena of sex offense that I interviewed and knowledge is power. The fact that he has personal experience in this area gives him a better understanding of what a person goes through and that was a big plus in my evaluation process. I feel my friend has a good case now because of the positioning Chance has done for him.

Over 11 years ago, I made a huge mistake, one that landed me in the registry. I was made aware by the court I would have to carry this stigma for the rest of my life because at the time, any sex offense conviction in California, carried a life-long registration requirement. Thankfully, after Mr. Oberstein's hard work advocacy towards registry reform, a tiered system was created, and I was assigned to Tier-1. Which allowed me to petition for removal after 10 years of maintaining a conviction-free record. I chose Mr. Oberstein to represent me during the removal petition process, due to his extensive professional qualifications and absolutely reasonable pricing. Needless to say, I'm now off the registry and I'm writing this review to highly recommend Mr. Oberstein as an excellent choice of an attorney.

I retained Mr. Oberstein for a petition for removal from the state registry, and his fee was lower than I had anticipated. His pre-filing requests were on point, and he assisted me in obtaining all the necessary documentation for my filing. He filed the petition, followed through with the courts, and got my petition approved and granted. He knows what he is doing, and did exactly what what he promised to do. Thank you, Chance!