Peter Tak-Wai Chiang
Redwood City, CA
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Law Degree
Awards
Primary Practice Area
Criminal Defense
Language
English
About
I was born in Hong Kong and caught the flying bug early as a child. Got my private pilot's license in high school and commericial license in college. After graduating from college with a degree in mechanical engineering, I worked as an aeronautical & flight test engineer. I then joined the U.S. Air Force, trained as a pilot and flew C-141's out of Travis Air Force Base. I am a United States Veteran, having served in Operation Desert Storm, or Gulf War I, in 1991. I have flown commerically as a pilot and hold type ratings in A-320, B757, B767 and B747 aircraft. Inspired by my desire to help people in our society, especially the less privileged and the lower income folks, I enrolled in law school during the 1990's, sat for and passed the Califonia Bar on my first try. Since becoming a lawyer in 1997, I have practiced law in a variety of areas, employment law, civil litigation immigration, and have performed many pro bono representations thorugh various organizations including the Legal Aid Society. I am now concentrating my practice to handling nothing but DUI and other criminal cases in the San Francisco Bay Area and the surrounding counties. My office is in Redwood City, centrally located and half way between San Francisco and San Jose. I was motivated by my desire to help people when I attended law school. That desire holds true today as I help people from all walks of life who are charged with a DUI or other criminal offenses, perhaps wrongfully or perhaps rightfully so due to making bad decisions and/or a lapse in judgement. My job is to help the accused in navigating through a complex and biased legal system, getting them the best results possible. I also speak fluent Chinese Mandarin & Cantonese for those clients who are more comfortable conversing in their native tongue. I am also learnig how to speak conversational Spanish in order to more effectively represent my spanish speaking clients. My clients are always able to get a hold of me as I always return their phone calls or e-mails the same business day and usually within a couple of hours. My fees are very reasonable because I handle the same cases all the time, mostly 1st and 2nd DUI's, in the San Francisco Bay Area and the surrounding counties. I don't have a high volume practice so I spend a lot of time on each client's case to obtain the best possible results.
Practices Areas
Criminal Defense
DUI and DWI
Language
English
Contact
Reviews
I am extremely pleased with the outcome of my case as well as with my experience working with Mr. Chiang. First, he explained all the options and possible outcomes of my case to me in some detail before I hired him. I found him very straightforward and honest and I ultimately went with him because he gave me the best understanding of my situation over the other lawyers I spoke to and I trusted him. During the 4 months Mr. Chiang represented me I always felt well informed, knew what would come next and felt confident he was doing everything possible to provide the best outcome for me. Mr. Chiang, with my approval hired an excellent expert witness for the DMV hearing. The expert witness testimony along with Mr. Chiang's detailed attack of the sobriety checkpoint procedures resulted in a successful set-aside so that I avoided license suspension. Mr. Chiang then filed a motion to suppress evidence with the court based on the same procedural irregularities he noted from the sobriety checkpoint discovery. This placed the burden of proof for the legality of the checkpoint on the DA and through negotiation based on this challenge a plea bargain agreement was achieved with my approval reducing my charges from a DUI to a dry wreckless. This was quite acceptable to me. I also know that if the plea bargain deal had not been reached that Mr. Chiang was well prepared to really fight for me in the courtroom. He was confident and aggressive. I would hire Mr. Chiang in an instant if another need presented itself. I highly recommend him and I am fortunate to have had him represent me.
Peter is a great lawyer. He helped my dad out in a DUI and would not give up fighting the DMV Administrative Per Se suspension. In court, he was able to set the case for trial and all ready to go. The persecutor offered a dry and also avoided the DMV suspension. My dad told Peter he'd take it and not take a chance with 12 clowns deciding his fate. I'd recommend Peter to anybody who gets in trouble with the law. My dad loves him. You won't be disappointed. Thanks, Peter.
I am extremely pleased with the outcome of my case as well as with my experience working with Mr. Chiang. First, he explained all the options and possible outcomes of my case to me in some detail before I hired him. I found him very straightforward and honest and I ultimately went with him because he gave me the best understanding of my situation over the other lawyers I spoke to and I trusted him. During the 4 months Mr. Chiang represented me I always felt well informed, knew what would come next and felt confident he was doing everything possible to provide the best outcome for me. Mr. Chiang, with my approval hired an excellent expert witness for the DMV hearing. The expert witness testimony along with Mr. Chiang's detailed attack of the sobriety checkpoint procedures resulted in a successful set-aside so that I avoided license suspension. Mr. Chiang then filed a motion to suppress evidence with the court based on the same procedural irregularities he noted from the sobriety checkpoint discovery. This placed the burden of proof for the legality of the checkpoint on the DA and through negotiation based on this challenge a plea bargain agreement was achieved with my approval reducing my charges from a DUI to a dry wreckless. This was quite acceptable to me. I also know that if the plea bargain deal had not been reached that Mr. Chiang was well prepared to really fight for me in the courtroom. He was confident and aggressive. I would hire Mr. Chiang in an instant if another need presented itself. I highly recommend him and I am fortunate to have had him represent me.
Peter is a great lawyer. He helped my dad out in a DUI and would not give up fighting the DMV Administrative Per Se suspension. In court, he was able to set the case for trial and all ready to go. The persecutor offered a dry and also avoided the DMV suspension. My dad told Peter he'd take it and not take a chance with 12 clowns deciding his fate. I'd recommend Peter to anybody who gets in trouble with the law. My dad loves him. You won't be disappointed. Thanks, Peter.