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Category Archives: DUI
DUI Attorney Tip of the Week: Do Not Be a Pinocchio
Here are tips about what works and does not work: What does not work: When you wake up, you are shocked to discover your car windows bashed in. When the police show up, you tell them that you heard the glass breaking at 5:42 in the morning and saw your neighbor running back into his… Read More »
Criminal Background Checks Prone to Errors and Discrimination
A school bus driver with numerous DUI convictions. A nursing home attendant with several arrests for violent assault. An accountant who served time in jail for banking fraud. You are more likely to read a news story about a crime or tragic accident that occurred because an employer failed to do a proper criminal background… Read More »
DUI Attorney Tip of the Week: Do Not Cheat on Your Ignition Interlock Device
Here are tips about what does and doesn’t work in our legal system and why. What doesn’t work: Giving your sober buddy ten bucks to wear a Darth Vader mask and blow into your ignition interlock device (IID) and then try to hold your breath until you make it to the nearest bar. First, you… Read More »
Underage Drinking — One More Time
Drinking and driving is dangerous. You could kill or seriously injure yourself or others driving impaired by alcohol or drugs. Utah has zero tolerance for minors drinking alcohol anywhere. You have heard it all before. You may even have seen information from the National Highway Safety Transportation Administration (NHTSA) about keeping teen and young adult… Read More »
What to Do When Charged with a DUI
What Doesn’t Work: You see the lights flash and hear the siren. As the source of the lights dawns on you, you pull over, trying to get yourself together. And why are those lights so bright? A knock on the window, an unsteady exit from the car, and you hear yourself speaking some angry words… Read More »
