Darren Chaker

Practice/Organization Description

Occupation:

Enjoying Life...

Interests:

I litigated a cutting edge First Amendment case for 7 of its 10 year lifespan. Chaker v. Crogan, 428 F.3d 1215 C.A.9 (Cal.),2005, Cert. denied, 547 U.S. 1128, 126 S.Ct. 2023, invalidated a statute on First Amendment grounds and overruled the California Supreme Court‘s unanimous decision in People v. Stanistreet, 127 Cal.Rptr.2d 633. Soon after Chaker v. Crogan, it was also used to strike down Nevada's analogous statute forcing the legislature to rewrite the law, but also nullified a similar Washington statute as well. (De La O v. Arnold-Williams, 2006 WL 2781278)

In my free time, I enjoy reading caselaw updates, roller blading, and developing a new website-- CounterForensics.com . The "Areas of Practice" are merely my "areas of interest".

Last, I love life and truly live unlike so many who merely exist...when it's my time, I can say I've repeatedly visited each corner of the world, and not spent my life in a cubicle.

Bar Admissions

none

Education

Computer Security Related:

* Security Operating system security and hardening (Linux, Windows, Solaris), Firewalls, Intrusion detection systems, malware analysis, hacker, counter-hack methods, encryption, forensics, web application security.

Physical Security Related [Mid-East Operations]:

* Protection of high risk personnel from terrorist or criminal attack

* Provide Personnel Security Detail, encompassing overt high threat environments

* Rapid mission mobilization and deployment

* Anti-terrorism Force Protection assessment / analysis and security Information

Specialized Training:

* 2,400 Hours Law Enforcement Academy and Specialized Training • Tactical Policing (weaponry, survival, procedures, management)

* Close Protection and Contact Readiness (hand to hand combat)

* Advance Weapons Training (foreign weapons and explosives)

* Rural / Urban warfare