Jerald Schreck is an award-winning criminal defense attorney in private practice in Phoenix, Arizona. Prior to entering private practice, he was the supervisor of the Sex Crimes Trial Team at the Maricopa County Public Defender's Office where he practiced for approximately twenty-four years. He has concentrated on the defense of persons charged with sex crimes for over twenty years. During that time he has been involved in the defense of college students, teachers, medical professionals, law enforcement officers, corrections officers, attorneys, parents, juveniles, group home workers, coaches, religious leaders, athletes, day care workers and corporate executives on a wide variety of sex crimes allegations and cases ranging from child molestation to sexual exploitation of a minor to child sex trafficking. Based on his experience defending sex crimes charges, Jerald has been recruited to teach sex crimes law and practice trainings to lawyers and law students throughout the state of Arizona. His trainings have been presented to many different legal organizations in Arizona, including Arizona Attorneys for Criminal Justice, the Arizona Public Defender's Association, the Mojave County Bar Association, the Maricopa County Adult Probation Department, the Maricopa County Public Defender's Office, and ASU's Sandra Day O'Connor School of Law. The sex crimes trainings Jerald has conducted include Sex Crimes 101, the Sex Crimes Defense Conference, Schreck on Rape Shield, Sex Crimes and Punishments, Registration or Regret for Juvenile Sex Crimes Practitioners, the Good, the Bad, the Ugly: What's New in Sex Crimes Law and Legislation, Let's Talk About Sex Crimes, You Do The Math - Calculating the Sentence in a Sex Crimes Case, Chicken Soup For the Sex Crimes Litigator's Soul, and Latest Developments in Defending Sex Crimes. Given his experience, Jerald is the sex crimes litigator you need if you are facing sex crimes allegations in Arizona.
- Criminal Law
- Criminal Appeals, Drug Crimes, Expungement, Fraud, Gun Crimes, Internet Crimes, Sex Crimes, Theft, Violent Crimes
- Domestic Violence
- Domestic Violence Criminal Defense, Domestic Violence Restraining Orders
- DUI & DWI
- Juvenile Law
- White Collar Crime
- Sex Crimes Defense
- Juvenile Sex Crimes Defense
- Sex Offender Probation Modification Requests
- Sex Offender Registratin Advice & Representation
- Defending Against False Allegations of Child Sex Trafficking
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Rates, Retainers and Additional Information
I charge a flat fee or an hourly rate depending on the complexity of your case. You will know exactly what your cost will be when you hire the Schreck Law Firm.
- Arizona
- State Bar of Arizona
- ID Number: 016006
- United States District Court District of Arizona
- English
- Owner-operator
- The Schreck Law Firm
- Current
- Southwestern Law School
- J.D. (1994) | Law
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- University of California - Los Angeles
- B.A. (1992) | Political Science
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- The Sixteenth Annual Joseph P. Shaw Award
- M.C.P.D.
- In recognition and appreciation of extraordinary dedication and efforts on behalf of his clients.
- Outstanding Performance Award
- A.P.D.A.
- In recognition and appreciation of his commitment to excellence and the provision of high quality legal representation.
- American Bar Association
- Member
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- Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers
- Allied Professional Member
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- Arizona Attorneys for Criminal Justice
- Member
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- Natonal Association of Criminal Defense Laweyers
- Member
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- Arizona State Bar
- Member
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- The Arizona Sex Crimes Sentencing & Registration Chart
- The Schreck Law Firm
- Miranda Land - An interactive presentation about Miranda Rights Law and Voluntariness Law, Gideon Day Celebration, Florence Arizona
- Pinal County Public Defenders' Office
- Taught an update version of Mirada Land to the Pinal County Public Defenders' Office as part of their Gideon Day Celebration. Miranda Land is an interactive board game that helps presentation participants learn about Miranda Rights and Voluntariness Law while competing in a fun game.
- Giveing Your Client A Road Map To Sucess On Sex Offender Probation, 16th Annual APDA Statewide Conference, Tempe, Arizona
- Maricopa County Office of the Public Defender
- This course was a panel discussion with Mr. Schreck and a former sex crimes probation officer about how to prepare your clients for sex offender probation.
- Mirandaland - An interactive presentation about Miranda Rights Law and Volunariness Law, 16th Annual APDA Statewide Conference, Tempe, Arizona
- APDA
- This interactive presentation utilized a gameboard and game cards akin to Monopoly and Trivial Pursuit to teach the attendees about Miranda Rights Law and Voluntariness Law.
- The Good, The Bad, The Ugly - What's New in Sex Crimes Law & Legislation, 16th Annual APDA Statewide Conference, Tempe, Arizona
- APDA
- " #MeToo Effects Your Sex Case Too" was the theme of this presentation that explored how the "Me Too" movement has impacted sex crimes judicial decisions and legislation since October 15, 2017 when Alyssa Milano tweeted about sexual harassment and sexual assault awareness giving a deserved voice to survivors of sexual abuse. The presentation explored everything from the how the evolution of propensity evidence in the Coby trials to sentencing in the Larry Nassar case to the future of jury selection in sex cases in new the post #MeToo world, and how we as defense attorneys will need to adjust to a new normal in defending against sex crimes allegations.
- Introduction to Sex Crimes, Sex Crimes Defesne Conference, Phoenix, Arizona
- Maricopa County Office of the Public Defender
- This course was an introduction to Arizona sex crimes defense practice with a special emphasis on sex crimes being a specialized area of practice that lawyers need to understand in order to ethically represent a client facing sex crimes and punishments.
- Certificate of Completion of Adult Assessment Track
- National Associtation for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers
- Certificate of Completion of the Intervention, Treatment, Managment of Youth who Engage in Sexually Abusive Behavior Track
- National Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers
- Completion of the Defender Impact Leadership Conference
- National Legal Aide & Defender Association
- Diploma in Advocacy Skills
- National Institute for Trial Advocacy
- Completion of the Trial Practice Institute
- National Criminal Defense College
- Certificate of Completion of DWI Detection and Standarized Field Sobriety Training Program
- National Highway Safety Administration Approved Program
- Q. I was on an adult only website and came across a minor. What do I do?
- A: This is a fairly common situation people run into in the internet age. Sometimes it is an actual minor on an adult web site, other times is a fraudster attempting to extort money from site visitors and frequently it is a police officer posing as a minor working on an undercover task force. As a protective measure, my general suggestion is that you cease visiting all dating websites and chat rooms. I know this sounds extreme, but I am a criminal defense lawyer in Arizona and have had countless clients, many of them very good people, who have lost their liberty, property and careers after becoming entangled in a situation like yours.
In Arizona, we often see people that come across minors on ... Read More
- Q. Does sexual abuse include a male making a minor strip naked?
- A: The elements of the crime of Sexual Abuse in Arizona (A.R.S 13-1404), regarding minors, depends on the age of the particular minor. If the minor is fifteen or more years of age, then sexual abuse is committed when the accused, without consent engages in sexual contact with the minor. Sexual contact is defined as "any direct or indirect touching, fondling, or manipulating of any part of the genitals, anus or female breast by any part of the body or by any object or by causing a person to engage in such conduct." However, if the minor is under fifteen years of age, the illegal behavior is limited to sexual contact with the female breast, consent is not an element, and sexual contact with ... Read More