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If no settlement is achieved, your case will be referred to a formal administrative hearing in the Office of Administrative Hearings (OAH). You must realize that this is no hasty conference room meeting, but a complete evidentiary trial. An Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) presides over the proceedings, and they are recorded. Witnesses are also sworn…

If the investigation provides sufficient evidence, the board will refer the case to the California Attorney General’s Office, and a formal document called an Accusation will be filed against you. Being accused is a traumatic experience because the document is a public one that enumerates the specific statutes that you are charged with having broken…

The investigation stage is the most crucial step in any license defense case. Still, it is also the point at which unrepresented professionals often do the most damage to their own cases. An investigator may send you a letter or make a phone call, asking you to participate in an informal interview or provide a…