If you were recently stopped and arrested for driving under the influence in Hollywood at a checkpoint or outside a bar or a club, odds are that you encountered police on one of the following locations: • Alvarado Street and Beverly Boulevard • Roscoe Boulevard and Noble Avenue • 77th…
If you were recently arrested for driving under the influence in downtown Los Angeles or USC, you may relate to the travails of 50-year old Thomas Gibson, a local actor famous for his roles in Dharma & Greg and Criminal Minds. On January 6, Gibson steered his Audi SUV onto…
As someone who’s recently been arrested for driving under the influence in Pasadena, you’re probably worried about being classified with far more aggressive, recidivist offenders in people’s minds. Maybe you’re a student at UCLA who just “did something stupid” after partying with friends out in Old Pasadena or having one…
Many people mistakenly believe that Los Angeles DUI defense attorneys do not care about public safety or have an overly laissez-faire attitude about personal liberties. Perhaps some attorneys hold this attitude. But the reality is that the vast majority of good DUI lawyers in Los Angeles and Southern California have…
Were you recently arrested for driving under the influence in Burbank, after being given a blood test by a police officer? If so, some legal “goings on” at the United States Supreme Court may interest you. Last Wednesday, the court heard arguments regarding a Missouri case. At issue: whether police…
This Beverly Hills DUI blog is not above covering international news, especially news that concerns celebrities like renowned French actor Gérard Depardieu – perhaps the greatest French actor of all time. The 64-year-old Depardieu, however, has also had a colorful, if bizarre, recent history of criminal wrongdoings. Two years ago,…
Some sobering Glendale DUI news out of Chicago: Carlton Fisk, the legendary Hall of Fame catcher, pled guilty to a misdemeanor charge, just two months after Chicago police found him snoozing in his pick-up truck in a cornfield. Officers in Lenox found the baseball legend passed out in his truck…
You’re a concerned parent whose child was recently charged with a DUI in Long Beach or elsewhere in Southern California. You’re likely feeling a destructive cocktail of emotions right now, including anger, confusion, frustration, and helplessness. You worked so hard to raise a child who would abide by the law.…
Tonight is New Year’s Eve. That means that your risk of getting arrested for Los Angeles DUI is at its apogee. More people get arrested for DUI on New Year’s than on any other day of the year. DUI injuries, fatalities, and other “bad stuff” also tend to spike over…
Your Glendale DUI charge is serious, and you may feel deeply ashamed and regretful for what’s happened. But at least (hopefully) you weren’t driving a school bus while DUI, like 67-year-old Ethel Quade Ressler allegedly did. Local authorities say that the St. Mary’s County bus driver was driving recklessly with…