About H. Dean Steward

Dean Steward is a 34 year veteran of the federal court system. For 12 of those years, he was in charge of the Federal Public Defender Office in Orange County. Dean brings a wealth of trial experience to defending his clients. He's tried more than 150 jury trials in federal court.

Over the years, he's trained and taught other lawyers to aggressively defend their federal court clients.

Whether the matter is a grand jury witness, a corporate executive targeted by federal prosecutors, a management employee who has come to the attention of law enforcement or people arrested on federal charges generally...

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News

Informant Scandal Rises Again- June 2013
In a long article in USA Today, the paper reveals that the Drug Enforcement Administration has been using disgraced and fired informant Andrew Chambers for a second time. Dean Steward was instrumental in taking down the informant in the late 1990’s. Steward is quoted extensively.  Read the article

Los Angeles Daily Journal- May, 2013
Steward quoted extensively on Boston bombi...


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Experience

Previously:
Directing Attorney- Federal Public Defenders- 
Orange County- 12 years
Chief Assistant Federal Public Defender-
Honolulu, Hawaii
Chairman- California State Bar Criminal Law Advisory Commission
President- Warren G. Ferguson Inn of Court
National  Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers- Amicus Committee
American Bar Association- Defense Services Committee
Lawyer Delegate- 9th Circuit Judicial Conference