Traffic ticket defense anchors this Santa Monica Avenue practice, focused exclusively on California Vehicle Code infractions filed in San Diego County — Kearny Mesa, Chula Vista, El Cajon, and Vista traffic divisions — with trial-de-novo strategy instead of simple fine-payment plea deals. Post-conviction insurance impact is where most OB drivers feel the real cost, which is why SR-22 filings and rate-remediation work are routed through agents like Luis Quintero - State Farm Insurance Agent once a disposition clears the DMV. Not-guilty pleas under CVC § 40500 force the citing officer's trial appearance and shift the evidentiary burden onto the prosecution, where officer-absence dismissals, calibration challenges on radar and lidar units, and pacing-distance arguments become the defense playbook. Commercial drivers holding Class A or B licenses face CVC § 15300 masking restrictions that block routine traffic-school remedies, and coordination with commercial-auto carriers such as Ives Insurance Services keeps CSA scores and FMCSA-related underwriting impacts contained during the case pendency. The most demanding work here involves multi-count citations combining moving violations with misdemeanor charges — reckless driving under CVC § 23103, suspended-license driving under § 14601, or exhibition of speed under § 23109(c) — where a single trial date determines both DMV point consequences and potential jail exposure.