Jeremy Ian Lessem

Jeremy Lessem grew up around a courtroom. At a very young age, Jeremy was watching trials and meeting influential judges, prosecutors and defense attorneys while following around his father, highly respected Los Angeles criminal defense attorney Mark D. Lessem. After he graduated from the top-tier University of Michigan Law School, Jeremy began his career practicing civil litigation. After three years of being a civil litigator, he decided to follow in his father’s footsteps and began practicing criminal law in 2004. Jeremy quickly forged a reputation for being a skilled, dedicated and aggressive criminal defense attorney who had inherited his father’s passion for protecting the rights of the accused. “I love being able to look into somebody’s eye and let them know that I’m the one who’s fighting for them, and that nobody is going to work harder for them than me,” Jeremy says. As a co-founding partner of the law firm of Lessem, Newstat & Tooson, LLP, Jeremy currently practices both criminal defense and civil litigation.

University of Michigan Law School

J.D. (2000)

University of California - Santa Barbara

B.A. (1997)

Activities: with honors

Attorney

Lessem, Newstat & Tooson, LLP

2010 - Current

Adjunct Professor

Alliant International University

2011 - 2012

Jury Selection, L.A. County Public Defender training seminar

2010

Certified Criminal Law Specialist

State Bar

Preeminent 5.0 out of 5

Martindale-Hubbell

2011

Superlawyer

SuperLawyers Magazine

2014-2018

Los Angeles County Bar Association

Current

National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers

Current

California Attorneys for Criminal Justice

Current

San Fernando Valley Bar Association

Current

Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles

Current

California

Since 2001

9th Circuit

U.S. District Court, California

U.S. Supreme Court