Donald E. McInnis is a California criminal defense attorney. Early in his career, he was a research attorney for the California Superior Courts. Later, he served as a Deputy District Attorney for two northern California counties and a Deputy Public Defender for a southern California county. During his four-decades-long legal career, Mr. McInnis experienced both the prosecution and defense sides of the law and is thoroughly familiar with all aspects of police and prosecution practices.
Mr. McInnis has also served as a Superior Court Judge Pro Tem, has been an arbitrator for the American Arbitration Association and a referee/arbitrator for the California Superior Courts.
For the past twenty years, Donald McInnis has specialized as a litigator trying criminal and civil cases. His civil trial work has been in business law, personal injury, wrongful death, medical malpractice, and civil rights cases. Mr. McInnis has handled over a hundred jury trials and negotiated hundreds of settlements. He is admitted to try cases before all state and federal courts in California.
In one of his most high-profile cases, Mr. McInnis represented a defendant in the Stephanie Crowe murder case. He recounts the fight to defend those boys in his true-crime book She‘s So Cold. Mr. McInnis is also the author of a fictional series of books, the A. J. Hawke Legal Thrillers.
Mr. McInnis lives in San Diego, California, and presses for reforms within the criminal justice system.
Awards and Recognition
- Who’s Who in American Law
- Who’s Who in California
- Member of the Mexican Academy of International Law, Mexico City, Mexico
- Bachelor of Arts Degree, San Jose State University
- Juris Doctorate Degree, Santa Clara University Law School
- International Diploma, E.U. Integration, Europa Institut, University of Amsterdam and NUFFIC of the Hague, Netherlands