My focus is on lewd conduct issues relating to public cruising. I also concentrate on cruising on the internet, and possession of erotic materials including the use of computers.

I am devoted to the legal problems that Gays encounter because of their sexuality.

LAW OFFICE OF
Bruce W. Nickerson

Bruce Nickerson has been serving the gay community for over 20 years. He has made new law three time:

• The first was in 1990 when he persuaded the California Jury Instruction Committee to modify an element on lewd conduct requiring the defendant to know or should know of the presence of persons who are likely to be offended.

• The second was a California Supreme Court ruling in People v. Superior Court (CasweI1), (1988) 48 Cal.3rd. 381 which established that traditional interpretations of California's loitering around a toilet statute were unconstitutional.

• The third, was a unanimous decision by the California Supreme court in Baluyut v. Superior Court (1996) 12 Cal.4th 826, which established discriminatory prosecution as a defense to police sting operations in tearooms and other public places.
 
In addition Mr. Nickerson has available computer experts for computer crimes and pediatricians available to properly interpret the Tanner Study which is the standard for determining ages of persons where there is an accusation that a particular photo or film depicts a minor.

Your Right to Privacy
Double Standards, Falsehoods and Ignorance of the Law Make Lewd Conduct Arrests Questionable
(article by Conlin Wagner, Reprinted from the March 2003 issue of Orange County & Long Beach BLADE Magazine)

High Court Backs Gays Against Police Sting
by Mary ann Swissler