Jon Woods was charged with workers’ compensation claims fraud in 2017 along with several other applicants’ attorneys by the Orange County District Attorney.  He was tried in 2019 and got a mistrial on April 17, 2019.  He was tried again in July of 2022 after a long delay due to the Covid-19 pandemic; he then got a conviction by that jury on 37 counts of conspiracy and insurance fraud related charges on August 1st 2022. 

Jon went to jail and then to Wasco State Prison for a total of ten months. He received a four-year sentence from Judge Patrick Donahue in the Santa Ana Superior Court.  He was released early due to many credits including work credits.  He worked in the jail’s kitchen.  He was happy to be working, he said, during a conversation with this writer while in the Santa Ana central men’s jail. It helped him to pass the time. 

Now, on March 18^th 2025, he received a ruling from the California Court of Appeal, Fourth Appellate District, Division Three in Santa Ana.  He got 33 counts, which were counts 5 through 37, overturned by this appeals court.  Now only counts 1 through 4 remain.

Count 1 is for conspiracy.  Woods conspired with Carlos Arguello to refer workers’ compensation clients for compensation in violation of Labor Code section 3215 and... Read More

The trial picks up again tomorrow morning after being in recess since March 7^th, Friday, 2025.   But what happened to open the case on Tuesday, March 4^th? 

Here’s some... Read More