Drivers arrested for DUI in Los Angeles (and elsewhere) often engage in bizarre actions that make them fodder for mockery in the blogosphere and, occasionally, the late night talk shows. To wit, consider a rather bizarre case out of Chicago, where 26-year-old Maria E. Segura was arrested for two DUI,…
As someone who’s been arrested for the crime of driving under the influence in Los Angeles, you’ve already spent a quite a lot of mental energy figuring out how you’re “going to deal with this” in a constructive fashion. You’ve potentially imagined worst case scenarios – i.e. massive jail sentences,…
You can be the most famous, revered person in America… and still face substantial Los Angeles DUI penalties. No one is above the law. Case in point: consider that the fate of 37-year-old ex-NFL quarterback, Donovan McNabb, who recently completed a one-day jail sentence in Arizona for a 2013 DUI…
We live in a world that, through no fault of any one person, has created stiff and unfair challenges for DUI defendants in Los Angeles. Why? Because we are all totally blitzed with marketing messages about DUI defense (and everything else under the sun). We have limited, attention and skills…
Most Los Angeles DUI incidences don’t make the news because they are mundane and commonplace. Cases involving celebrities, politicians, athletes, etc., do get media attention, but some of the most interesting cases are also the most bizarre events. Today, we’re going to look at two such “wild DUI” crashes. The…
As you research prospective Los Angeles DUI attorneys, you’re bound to stumble across many, many different blogs and websites of potentially viable candidates. Some sites may look austere, dry and professional. Others may be far more involved and feature lots of multimedia whiz-bang business – video tutorials, white papers, in-depth…
It hasn’t exactly been the best of times, since your Los Angeles DUI stop. But at the very least, you survived the stop and/or accident. Now you’re trying to figure out what you need to do to protect your rights and minimize the collateral damage to your life and freedom.…
Some really sad Los Angeles DUI news out of Sun Valley — a veteran LAPD officer suffered massive injuries following a weekend crash. He is reported to be in “very critical condition” at the Providence Holy Cross Medical Center, and 100 police officers and members of the community have donated…
It’s a case that bares eerie and unsettling parallels with 20 year-old Oliver Culbreath’s recent fatal Los Angeles DUI crash on the 60 freeway. 21 year-old Kayla Mendoza faces an array of charges, pursuant to a fatal accident that rocked Florida 5 months ago on the Sawgrass Expressway. Prior to…
Last Monday, actor David Cassidy pled no contest to charges that he had driven DUI in Los Angeles back in January near LAX. The former teen star was sentenced to 60 months’ probation and 90 days live-in rehabilitation. The 63-year-old actor will also have to pay fines and attend a…