July 10, 2008 (by Otto Smyth)

According to reports by Los Angeles criminal defense attorneys, the latest legal news indicates that a player that formerly played on the Los Angeles Rams has been arrested on rape charges and has been identified as Tony Zendejas.

Zendejas age 48 was arrested on Thursday July 10th for allegedly drugging and raping a woman who was at his sports bar, San Dimas Sports Bar; this is according to statements from the Los Angeles District Attorneys Office. The charges that he is facing are rape with the use of drugs, sodomy by a controlled substance, sodomy of an unconscious person, and also rape of an unconscious person. Each of these charges are a felony in the state of California.

In a statement from Zendejas attorney, Timothy Younger, Zendejas was released the same afternoon on $260,000 bail. Attorney Younger went onto say that his client is both taken aback as well as astonished at the accusations against him and he wants to clear his name.

The charges these charges come from an incident that occurred January 26th of this year when he served a woman a drink at Zendejas Mexican Restaurant, which he owns. The woman claims she became sleepy and later woke at a motel near the vicinity of the restaurant and contacted the police that she had been raped.

The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s detectives investigated the allegations of the woman’s claims.

According to reports the former Ram’s kicker was arrested at his home in Yorba Linda without incident. If you were arrested for a crime, there are California criminal defense attorneys who want to help at 888-400-9721. Address 633 W. Fifth St., 28th Fl. Los Angeles, CA 90071; 1875 Century Park East Suite 700 Los Angeles, CA 90067; 14003 Palawan Way Marina del Rey, CA 90292; 620 Newport Center Drive Newport Beach, CA 92660.

LOS ANGELES, July 10, 2008 – LAWFUEL – Kaye Scholer LLP announced today that G. Thomas Stromberg will join the firm’s Corporate & Finance Department, as Partner in its Los Angeles office, effective today.

Mr. Stromberg concentrates his practice in mergers and acquisitions, private equity, corporate finance transactions, joint ventures, corporate governance issues and general corporate matters.

His mergers and acquisitions and joint venture experience include transactions in a broad range of industries, including energy and environmental technology and infrastructure, health care, information technology, telecommunications, chemical, manufacturing, business services, agribusiness, retail, and biotechnology. In the finance area, Mr. Stromberg has experience with mezzanine and junior capital financings, public offerings, private equity, venture capital, spin-offs, asset-based financings, leveraged acquisitions, leveraged lease transactions, convertible debt finance, multibank credits, underwriting facilities, project financings, credit enhancements, and debt restructurings and workouts.

Barry Dastin, head of Kaye Scholer’s Corporate & Finance Department in Los Angeles, stated, “We are thrilled that Tom is joining us. Tom’s diverse experience will further strengthen our ability to service our clients in the areas of private equity, corporate finance and M&A, and he will be an integral link to our private equity lawyers based in New York and Chicago.” Tom joins a core group of more than 25 transactional lawyers at Kaye Scholer’s Los Angeles office, practicing across a broad range of areas including mergers & acquisitions, capital markets transactions and securities law compliance, commercial and project finance, entertainment transactions, tax and real estate finance.

Tom Stromberg stated, “I am excited to be joining Kaye Scholer and I look forward to providing my clients with a full complement of corporate services. This is a top firm with outstanding lawyers and there is no doubt that Kaye Scholer is a great fit for me and my practice.”

Mr. Stromberg is on the Board of Directors of the Constitutional Rights Foundation, a member of the Board of Advisors of the Mezzanine Finance Symposium, on the Board of Governors of the Financial Lawyers Conference and on the advisory board of the USC Institute for Corporate Counsel. Mr. Stromberg received a B.A., with honors, from Harvard College in 1979 and a J.D. from the University of Utah College of Law in 1982.

Mr. Stromberg joins Kaye Scholer from Winston & Strawn LLP, where he was a partner in the firm’s Corporate Department and head of its private equity practice on the West Coast.

About Kaye Scholer
Kaye Scholer refers to Kaye Scholer LLP and its affiliates, with offices in Chicago, Frankfurt, London, Los Angeles, New York, Shanghai, Washington, DC, and West Palm Beach. Founded in New York City in 1917, Kaye Scholer now includes more than 500 lawyers and represents public and private companies, governmental entities, financial institutions, and other organizations in matters around the world.

Additional information is available on the firm’s website: www.kayescholer.com.