Why choose Sentencing Investigations?
Lawrence Wong and his highly-skilled team provide specialized, innovative and leading-edge creative work in Alternative Sentencing, Criminal Defense Investigations and Court Reports for Criminal Defense, Judges, law practices, and public defenders, and defendants and their families. Sentencing Investigations offers you or your client the highest standard of legal representation by developing Sentencing Options for the judge’s consideration while providing quality service and caring support beyond the court room. |
Founded in 1999 by Lawrence S. Wong, Sentencing Investigations is backed with extensive industry experience working with law practices and clients. Lawrence Wong spent 32 years as a Deputy Probation Officer with the County of Orange in California. His philosophy is simple yet compassionate; if you, your client, or someone you love has criminal charges pending against them, we may help minimize incarceration exposure while presenting options for appropriate behavioral and health treatment for criminal rehabilitation.
Lawrence S. Wong – Experienced To Help Your Defense Strategy!
- Field supervision officer managing caseloads working with law enforcement agencies, gang suppression, coordination and execution of interagency search orders, certified as a drug evaluation expert, POST handgun qualified for concealed weapons permit.
- State of California licensed Private Investigator with 70,000 hours of related qualifying experience.
- Court officer conducting juvenile investigations and reports involving pre-plea, pre-sentence, 707 WIC, placement suitability and 241.1 WIC.
- Court officer conducting adult investigations and reports involving pre-plea, pre-sentence, PC 1385 (Romero Discussions).
- Training Officer teaching Juvenile and Adult Court Report methods to Probation Officers.
- Possesses an intricate knowledge as to sentencing procedures.
- Member of the Asian Gang Members Association taskforce.
- Specialized training in drug identification/evaluation, sexual offender supervision, stalking and predation of victims, search and seizure, evidence and psychological assessment as related to the criminal justice system.
- Tough-Love Coordinator for Central Orange County for three years.
- Presenter on Alternative Sentencing at several colleges and universities.
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Jail-time for criminal sentencing is not the only option!
| Lawrence Wong being interviewed on Little Saigon TV, |
by moderator, Hue Pham, Ph.D., Dean of Counseling, Orange Coast College, Costa Mesa, California (center) and Hannah-Hanh Nguyen, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology at California State University, Long Beach;
On how the profession of Sentencing Consulting positively impacts and can affect outcomes for those at sentencing."
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"Lawrence Wong discusses the process of 'putting a face to a case' on a very high profile case in the media for the past two years.
This process potentially creates a significant change in the way the Court sees the defendant at sentencing."
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Professional Memberships/Associations
- National Association of Sentencing Advocates
- National Alliance of Sentencing Advocates and Mitigation Specialists and National Legal Aid and Defender Association
- Sentencing Project
- Professional Investigators of California
- Defense Investigators Association
- PACT (Parole and Community Team)
“I truly believe that without Sentencing Investigations, I never would have gotten into a drug program. Prior to having Mr. Wong work with my lawyer, and 4 judges, 3 district attorneys, and 4 public defenders, they all flat-out said that I would never get any type
of drug program help. So, I am a firm believer of Sentencing Investigations.” - Defendant
“If I had a friend or anyone in need of professional advice or investigation,
I would recommend Sentencing Investigations. Not only because of
the great work he does, but also the feeling you get on how sincere he is about us as human beings. He truly believes that we deserve the opportunity to change.”
- Defendant
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