Motolaw.com Jeff Carver Attorney At Law

Experience

Mr. Carver has been in practice since 1976. He has tried criminal matters in numerous California courts, including the Superior Courts of San Diego, Los Angeles, Orange, San Bernardino, and Riverside County, as well as abroad, in places such as Guam and Australia.

Mr. Carver received a commission to the United States Navy Judge Advocate General’s Corps in 1979, and served as a Navy JAG, both on active duty and as a Reserve, until he retired in 2003. For approximately the last ten years of his career, he served as the Military Magistrate at the Navy-Marine Corps Consolidated Brig, MCAS Miramar. Mr. Carver is admitted to practice before the Navy-Marine Corps Court of Criminal Appeals as well as before the Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces. He is well-versed in the practice of military justice defense, the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ), the Manual for Courts-Martial (MCM), and the related military instructions and regulations. He has handled several hundred courts-martial and administrative discharge board proceedings. He has taken appeals to the California Supreme Court, the federal Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, and the Court of Military Appeals.

He has taught law with the University of San Diego, the University of California at San Diego, and the University of Maryland.

In addition to defending individuals, Mr. Carver has represented and defended the United States Government and various businesses, including a major international oil producer.

Mr. Carver has written several published pieces and is an I. H. Prinzmetal award winner.

Biography

Jeff "J. W." Carver was born and raised in East Los Angeles. He attended California State Polytechnic University, Pomona on an academic scholarship.

He graduated "with honors" and went on to study law at Pepperdine University, School of Law, where he also received a scholarship for excellence in the study of criminal law. He was admitted to the California State Bar in 1976 and has provided representation on behalf of defendants ever since.

J. W. is an avid motorcycle enthusiast. He regularly races in vintage motocross events and is the 2002 Number #1 plate holder for vintage motorcycle racing in the Southwest Region. He is a member of the American Historic Racing Motorcycle Association (A.H.R.M.A.), the Southwest Vintage Racing Group, Inc., (past President, 1998 and 1999) and California Vintage Motocross, Inc.

J. W. is also an experienced musician. He has played drums, harmonica and bass guitar with such bands as 'Spectrum,' 'Alter Ego,' 'Doubleshot,' 'Eve and The Bad Apples', and 'Dusty and The Love Notes''. These bands have played rock & roll and blues at various venues in Southern California, like The House Of Blues. J.W.'s bands have annually been featured at the Del Mar Fair as well as at his epic, annual Motolaw Rock and Roll Rodeo Party and Blues Jam.