Law Offices of Daniel I. Kapelovitz

Specialties

Criminal Defense

Meet the Business Owner

Daniel K.

Business Owner

Dan Kapelovitz graduated from UCLA Law School in the top ten of his class. He was the President of the Animal Law Society, on the the UCLA Law Review, and volunteered for the Innocence Project and the Prisoner Re-​Entry Project, and worked on special circumstances murder cases and other criminal matters for the Los Angeles County Public Defender as part of UCLA’s Capital Punishment Clinic.

During law school, Dan externed at the Working People’s Law Center, where he helped overturn a conviction in a murder case. He also served as a law clerk for the Animal Protection Unit, working on animal abuse and neglect cases.

After law school, Dan worked at a large law firm, then clerked for a federal judge for the United States District Court of the Central District of California. Dan went on to try cases for the Los Angeles City Attorney.

Dan left the City Attorney to help those who have found themselves unjustly caught up in the criminal justice system.