Arizona DUI / Criminal Defense Law Blog

One month into the school year, college students are settling into a routine and getting used to new surroundings, new classes, and new friends.  Many returning students, now sophomores and juniors, choose to leave the campus dorm and find housing off campus with roommates.  Sometimes roommates are good friends, sometimes they are acquaintances found to simply help […]

Music festival arrests A music festival in California suffered a major buzz kill last week when police decided to sweep the venue.  To say they didn’t come out empty handed is an understatement.  Police announced they made over 400 arrests at the three day Nocturnal Wonderland electronic music festival in San Bernardino over Labor Day weekend, a […]

A few months ago, our office was hired by a young man who was charged with a marijuana DUI. He was scared, didn’t know what to do and needed a law firm he could trust. As with most of our clients, he found us online by reading several of our positive reviews from former clients. […]

Is any publicity still good publicity at this point? Chris Brown has made news once again for violent and disruptive behavior. Brown was arrested in LA on Tuesday for assault with a deadly weapon following the victim’s phone call to police.  True to his historically high drama fashion, there was a standoff at his mansion with police where they allegedly […]

Stanford is being criticized this week in their effort to curb the negative behavior that occurs from college drinking, mainly sexual assault and sexual misconduct.  The university announced that it has officially decided to ban hard alcohol in large containers and shots at undergraduate campus parties.  You may be thinking, “I didn’t think any alcohol was allowed on […]

The most common reason that people use fake IDs, by far, is to obtain alcohol or enter bars when under the age of consent. The definition of a fake ID is those that have been altered, forged or are used by someone other than the person named on the ID. There are consequences for using […]

Downtown Phoenix ASU Campus Classes are almost back in session at Arizona State University.  Thousands of students are moving into their new homes, getting acquainted with their roommates, and preparing for the semester to start.  Many of these students are under the age of 21 therefore not legally allowed to drink alcohol.  The law, however, […]

This morning, a fellow attorney called me to ask questions about his friend’s DUI case.  I routinely receive calls like this. It makes me proud knowing that others within the legal community perceive me as an authoritative figure with regard to DUI and criminal defense.  While I am more than happy to answer as many […]

Roadside sobriety tests, by design, allow an officer to determine whether there is probable cause to charge a motorist with Driving under the Influence (DUI). The test results, however, are based on the officer’s personal perception in a lot of cases. For instance, if the officer is convinced that you have been drinking, but you […]

Our office is excited to announce that we are now handling photo radar and traffic tickets. Over the past several months, we have received countless phone calls from potential clients requesting information about photo radar. After giving it considerable thought, we have decided to provide the same level of legal representation to photo radar clients […]