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Alison Triessl

Criminal defense lawyer; 2009 President of the Los Angeles County Criminal Courts Bar Association

Alison Triessl, 2009 President of the Los Angeles County Criminal Courts Bar Association, exclusively practices criminal defense law specializing in third strike, drug and assault cases. In addition to being one of the top attorney's in Los Angeles, Alison is the co-founder and CEO of the Pasadena Recovery Center, a 98 bed drug and alcohol treatment center which she co-founded in 2000 with her father, the renowned psychiatrist Dr. Lee Bloom. Vh1's "Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew," "Sex Rehab with Dr. Drew" and several episodes of A&E's Intervention were all filmed on site at Pasadena Recovery Center. Alison is the creator of the app Wild About Trial™ which covers between 15 and 20 of the juiciest criminal court cases nationwide and provides up to the minute reports from local reporters in the courtroom and gives you access to court documents and legal commentary. In 2006 Alison was honored as Woman of the Year for Los Angeles County and in the same year received a commendation for Outstanding Community Service from both the Lieutenant Governor and City Attorney.

Alison has appeared on all three national morning shows: The Today Show, Good Morning America and The Early Show. Alison has appeared on all Los Angeles news stations including KTLA, NBC, CBS, ABC, FOX, and KCAL, and Dr. Phil. She has provided legal commentary numerous times for CNN-HLN, and appeared on Nancy Grace, Dr. Drew, and Jane Velez-Mitchell. She has also provided commentary to the nationally syndicated show Inside Edition. Alison was a primary legal commentator for the Conrad Murray trial for KTLA Channel 5. At present, Alison’s legal commentary can be watched on a nearly weekly basis on CBS’ The Insider'.

Alison Triessl is the creator of the new innovative app and website, Wild About Trial which is available for Androids, iPhones, iPads, and iPods. The app covers trials in a fresh way by tweeting, and live streaming the nations most riveting and controversial trials right from the courthouse. Wild About Trial is changing the way that trials are being covered. In addition to her professional accomplishments, Alison is a devoted wife and mother.

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