Current Employment Position(s)

Attorney

Lawyer Overview

John Tello specializes in the areas of criminal law, personal injury and social security. Formerly a partner with the Law Firm of Chain, Younger, Cohn and Stiles, John formed his own law firm in January of 2005 emphasizing personal one-on-one representation of his clients in Kern, Tulare and Fresno Counties.  Mr. Tello was a former Deputy District Attorney in Ventura County and Deputy Public Defender in Kern County. In 1990, Mr. Tello served as appellate counsel before the Fifth District Court of Appeals, State of California in the matter of Jackson v. Pierce (1990) 224 Cal. App. 3d 954 which established the proposition that proof of actual driving (not just proof of the police officer's belief) was needed in order to invoke the operation of the implied consent laws and as a statutory prerequisite to driver's license suspension at a DMV Administrative Hearing.

John received his B.A. Cum Laude from California State University Dominguez Hills in 1975. He received his Juris Doctor Degree from UCLA in 1978 and was admitted to the California State Bar in 1979. He also served in the United States Air Force from 1965 through 1969 as a B-58 Flight Simulator Repairman and High Frequency Communications Repairman.

John is a member of the California Attorneys for Criminal Justice, the California Public Defenders Association, the Consumer Attorneys of California, the American Trial lawyers Association, Kern County Bar Association, and the American Bar Association. He has served on the Board of Directors of Greater Bakersfield Legal Assistance, the Kern County Bar Association and the Mexican American Opportunity Foundation. He is a founding member of the Kern County Probation Department Mentor Program. He has served as Judge Pro Tem in the North Division of the Kern County Superior Court (Delano) as well as Kern County Traffic Court.

Outside of Chain-Younger, John is a lector and eucharistic minister at St. Joseph's Church, as well as a youth minister in their High School Youth Program. An avid tennis and basketball player, John belongs to the Bakersfield Racquet Club  and the S.F.O.M.B.A. (Slow, Fat, Old, Men's Basketball Association). John is married to Patricia and has three children--Sean, Amy & Alicia.
 

Areas of Practice

Criminal Law
DUI/DWI
Motor Vehicle Accidents -- Plaintiff
Personal Injury -- Plaintiff
White Collar Crimes

Representative Cases

Jackson v. Pierce, 224 Cal. App. 3d 954 (1990)

West Practice Categories

Criminal Law, DUI/DWI, White Collar Crimes, Personal Injury -- Plaintiff, Motor Vehicle Accidents -- Plaintiff

Bar Admissions

California, 1979
U.S. District Court Eastern District of California, 1984

Professional Associations and Memberships

California Attorneys for Criminal Justice (Member)
California Public Defenders Association (Member)
Consumer Attorneys of California (Member)
American Trial Lawyers Association
Kern County Bar Association (Member)
American Bar Association (Member)
Greater Bakersfield Legal Assistance (Board of Directors)
Kern County Bar Association (Board of Directors)
Mexican American Opportunity Foundation (Board of Directors)
Kern County Probation Department Mentor Program (Founding Member)
St. Joseph's Church (Lector, Eucharistic Minister, Youth Minister)
Bakersfield Racquet Club
KERO Channel 23 Local Expert
S.F.O.M.B.A. (Slow, Fat, Old, Men's Basketball Association)

Past Employment Positions

Ventura County, Deputy District Attorney
Kern County, Deputy Public Defender
United States Air Force, B-58 Flight Simulator Repairman and High Frequency Communications Repairman, 1965 - 1969
North Division, Kern County Superior Court (Delano), Judge Pro Tem
Kern County Traffic Court, Judge Pro Tem

Education

University of California at Los Angeles School of Law, Los Angeles, California, 1978
J.D.
California State University, Dominguez Hills, California, 1975
B.A.

Address

432 Truxtun Avenue
Bakersfield, CA 93301

Phones

(661) 323-8700

Faxes

(661) 323-8710

Emails

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Websites

http://www.johntellolaw.com