Los Angeles Dependency Lawyers
Dennis Smeal is the Executive Director at Los Angeles Dependency Lawyers, Inc. overseeing a team of 25 attorneys in a public interest, non-profit organization. Prior to this role, Dennis served as the Literary Manager at Arden Theatre Company. Dennis holds a B.A. in Political Science and English Literature from Claremont McKenna College and attended USC Gould School of Law.
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Los Angeles Dependency Lawyers
Los Angeles Dependency Lawyers, Inc. (LADL) is a public defense firm representing parents in juvenile dependency court in Los Angeles County. Our executive office and five law firms allow us to represent all parents on most cases - currently, 18,935 of the most vulnerable parents in L.A. County. LADL assure parents receive their substantive and procedural rights as well as a fair opportunity to reunify their family using innovative, effective, affirmative, and ethical legal principles. Our staff include some of the best trained and most experienced dependency lawyers in the country, constantly updating their skills and knowledge of the rapidly changing Appellate arena. In addition, LADL provides its clients with an interdisciplinary team consisting of the staff attorney, a supervising attorney, LADL social workers and investigators, paralegals, and parent partners, all supported by a top notch secretarial and clerical staff.