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Sue Haveruk, M.A., CATC, EAP II
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World champion pro surfer, Sunny Garcia, left, walks with Sentencing Consultant, Sue Haveruk, as he enters his sentencing hearing in San Diego. One provision is to work with O.C. high school surfers. Sunny Garcia was sentenced by a San Diego federal judge Wednesday to three months in prison and seven months home detention for tax fraud. |
Sue began her career in a very specific area of criminal defense in
1989 , as a Sentencing Consultant, and now is a leading expert in Sentencting Advocacy. Today her office is well respected
by the Courts and continues to provide services in the form of Private
Sentencing Reports in both State and Federal cases. Sentencing Services
is the link between crime and the opportunity for change.
- Researched, prepared and presented
more than five hundred sentencing reports and/or mitigation studies to include misdemeanor/felony and federal casework beginning
August 1989.
- Orange County Public Defenders Office, Juvenile Division. Case developer, interviewer.
- Orange
County Public Defenders Office, Alternative Disposition Program. Case developer/research of resources/file construction
and organization.
- Honored by Saddleback College for providing internships to Criminal Justice students
at Sentencing Services.
- Guest speaker at Saddleback College/Criminal Justice program/for Dr.
Michael Schumacher, Chief Probation Officer, and Professor Richard Goodman on Alternative Sentencing.
- Guest
speaker at Cal State Fullerton, Criminal Justice Department on ‘Race and Class in Sentencing.’
- Shortstop
Juvenile Crime Diversion and Youthful Offender Program - Past Instructor
- Instructor - Northern California
County Probation Department’s - Alternative Sentencing - ‘Standards in Training and Corrections’ as required
by the State of California - Provider/William Shear & Associates
- Court Appointment Panel - Los
Angeles County Public Defenders Office - Three Strike Sentencing Reports
- National Association of Sentencing
Advocates - Past Board Member
- Expert Witness - Orange County Superior Court
- Part-time professor
at Saddleback College - Human Services Department
- EAP II Certified (Equine Assisted Psychotherapy)
- C.A.T.C
Credential - California State Licensed - Certified Addiction Treatment Specialist
PROFESSIONAL
NETWORK
National Association of Sentencing Advocates & Mitigation Specialists - Past Board Member
National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers - Member California Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
- Member National Legal Aid Defenders Association - Member
The National Honor Society in Psychology
- Psi Chi Member
California Association for Alcohol/Drug Educators (CAADE) - Member California Association
of Alcohol and Drug Abuse Counselors (CAADAC) - Member Equine Assisted Growth And Learning Association -
Member
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Criminal
Defense - Sentencing Expert - 1989 to Present National University,
M.A., Human Behavior Post-graduate Certificate: Equine Assisted Psychotherapy
Sue@SentencingServices.net
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Scott Whyte, Licensed Private Investigator California License # 26354
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| | Scott worked in a number of policing interests inclusive of uniformed patrol, plain-clothes investigation - fraud, sexual offenses, drugs, vice, marine patrol and he even did a term of service in the high arctic. He finished his career investigating homicides. Throughout those adventuresome years, Scott gained a unique perspective into the human condition. He has developed a passion for working with those who find themselves before the criminal courts battling not only the concepts of guilt and innocence, but having to wrestle with addiction and/or mental illness as well. His goal is to provide a conduit for better systemic understanding, creating opportunities to redirect our clientele into more effective sentencing options. Community-based alternatives are now capable of addressing more rehabilitative issues than an over-burdened prison system can handle. We have an over-burdened prison system. Scott believes that empathy is a gift - it's an ability to really understand a problem from a number of angles, without a bias or pre-judgment getting in the way.
"In walking with so many people along so many pathways; I have discovered each trail is a new and exciting exploration of everyone's potential for growth, including my own. I know STIGMA suffocates EMPATHY and must be first self-recognized and then removed before any true understanding can be attained."
Scott
is an investigator and a report writer by trade. Scott states, “My
pledge is to you. I will present the real 'You' (not a docket number and a listing of the evidence) - we use our comprehensive, defense-based, bio-psycho-social
reporting system. Sentencing Services strives to attain the 'win-win' result
on our client’s behalf and to seek a court disposition that has been based upon a fully informed decision-making process."
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Business Certificate Criminal Justice Certificate Royal Canadian Mounted
Police Officer (Retired)
- Homicide Investigations
- Traffic Accident Investigator
- Narcotics Investigations Licensed
- Private Investigator (California #26354)
scott@sentencingservices.net
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