Michael J. Sheldon has operated a full-time law office since November of 1977. He limits his practice to the defense of criminal charges ranging from relatively minor traffic offenses to the most serious felony cases such as murder and manslaughter. While his office is located in central Orange County, California in which he regularly appears in all of the courts, he will also travel north to Los Angeles County and south to San Diego County. He is very well known to the prosecutors and judges in all of those courts. Mr. Sheldon graduated from a local high school in 1969. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree from California State University Fullerton in 1973. He received his Juris Doctor degree from Western State University in the spring of 1977 and passed the California State Bar exam on his first attempt. Mr. Sheldon became a member of the State Bar in November 1977. He has also been admitted to practice in Federal Court.