Arizona DUI / Criminal Defense Law Blog

As with most weeks at my law firm, this week was exceptionally busy. I have been in and out of court all week providing my clients with great results. This morning I was in Tempe Municipal Court at 8:30 and had to be in Lake Havasu Court at 1:30. When I was in Tempe Court, […]

Assault Case Dismissed at Lake Havasu Court Clients hire my office to travel throughout the entire State of Arizona for one reason, we truly provide clients with incredible case results. Today was no exception. I travelled from Phoenix to Lake Havasu this morning to resolve a client’s Assault case. Client was charged with Assault and […]

As a private criminal defense attorney, it is fairly common for our office to be hired after our client has fired their original attorney because they were dissatisfied with their original attorney. The basis of their dissatisfaction could be for a number of reasons. The most common reasons are the attorney doesn’t return phone calls, […]

Getting arrested with a prostitute cannot only be incredibly embarrassing, you are facing a very serious criminal charge. You have enough going on in your person life concerning the way it may affect your marriage or relationship with significant other, the last thing you want to do is deal with your court case. This may especially be […]

Arizona has a zero tolerance policy when it comes to people under 21 who are caught driving after consuming alcohol. The general DUI law of being over a .08 does not apply to people who are under 21. If you are under the legal drinking age, you cannot have any alcohol in your system when […]

If you are going tubing down the Salt River and you are under 21, please make sure you do not drink. If you do decide to drink at the River, you are making a very big mistake. Hundreds of people will be cited, and some will be arrested, this year for minor in consumption of […]

Although Arizona DUI penalties are strict, second time DUI penalties can be astonishing. Under Arizona law, if a person receives a second DUI within a seven year period, they could be facing as much as 180 days in jail. The seven year period begins from the date of the first arrest, not the conviction.   It does not […]

It’s very common for my office to receive calls from people who really had no idea they had a warrant for their arrest until they were applying for a job, promotion or trying to get admitted to a university. Chances are, they were living or vacationing in Scottsdale, had a court case but forgot about […]

There has been a recent increase in the amount of shoplifting cases out of the Saks Fifth Avenue in Chandler, Arizona. This location has a security guard who is on the prowl to catch anyone and everyone who shoplifts at the store.   People arrested at this Saks Fifth Avenue are assigned to the Kyrene Justice […]

I had a hearing at the Tempe Municipal Court this morning for a client who was charged with hit and run. Because this is a criminal charge and my client has a very good job, he hired our office to help beat his case. Even though this case is on the smaller end of the […]