Attorney Joel W. Bailey was born and raised in San Diego, California.  He graduated from La Jolla High School, and earned degrees in Psychology, Sociology and Political Science from UC Santa Barbara, as well as completing a semester at the Universidad de Madrid in Spain.

After undergraduate work, Mr. Bailey earned his Juris Doctorate Cum Laude from Western State University, and began practicing criminal defense, aggressively representing clients in San Diego, Orange, Los Angeles, Riverside and San Bernadino Counties.

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Areas of Practice

• 100% Criminal Law
• Divorce
• Traffic Violations

Litigation Percentage

• 95% of Practice Devoted to Litigation

Bar Admissions

• California, 1993

Education

• Western State University College of Law, San Diego, California
  J.D.
  Honors: Cum Laude
  Honors: International Business Transactions and Legal Research
  Honors: American Jurisprudence Awards: Contracts II and Criminal Procedure
  Law Review: Criminal Justice Journal, 1992 - 1993
  
  
• University of California, Santa Barbara, California, 1989
  B.A.
  Honors: With Distinction
  Major: Law & Society
  
  
• University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain
  
  

Past Employment Positions

• Wallin & Klarich, Associate, 1993 - 1996
• California Court of Appeals, Fourth District Div. 1, Judicial Extern, 1992
• San Diego Superior Court, Student Intern,Pre-trial Services, 1991 - 1993
• Malowney, Chialtas & Bishop, Law Clerk, 1991
• Western State University, Teaching Assistant, 1991 - 1992
• Eckert, Smith Tyler & Hoppell, Law Clerk, 1986 - 1989

Pro Bono Activities

• "Stand Down" Program, San Diego Superior Court, 1998 - 1999

Languages

• Spanish

Fraternities/Sororities

• Phi Sigma Kappa

Birth Information

• 1967, San Diego, California, United States of America