STANDING UP FOR YOU WITH SKILLED ADVOCACY

According to the U.S. Department of Transportation, drunk driving accounts for almost a third of U.S. traffic fatalities each year. DUI can also get you arrested, and a Tennessee DUI conviction is a very serious matter. During the 2017 St. Patrick’s Day enforcement push, 103 people were arrested on suspicion of DUI. Make a plan to

There’s an easy way to comply with Canada’s new impaired driving law for marijuana: Don’t use marijuana at all. Considering that marijuana is now legal for recreational purposes in Canada, however, you ideally wouldn’t have to avoid marijuana completely in order to be legal to drive. The effects of THC, the psychoactive component of cannabis,

What good are DUI checkpoints if people can find out in advance where they are? Surely, if the Google Waze app points out where the checkpoints are, drunk drivers will use the app simply to avoid them, right? That’s the argument being made by the New York Police Department over Google’s Waze app. Although the app

Since a first-offense DUI is a misdemeanor in Tennessee and elsewhere, it may surprise you to learn that some DUI offenses can have immigration consequences. Generally, a misdemeanor DUI conviction does not result in deportation, but multiple misdemeanor DUI convictions can, under certain circumstances. And, felony DUI offenses can sometimes result in deportation — even

There is a certain amount of panic that comes with seeing police lights flashing in your mirrors. There is the hope that the officer is after someone else. Once you realize you are getting pulled over, the process is fast and slow at the same time. On one hand, the time the officer spends in

Tennessee has some of the toughest DUI laws in the nation — but other states are working to crack down on drunk driving, too. This could affect you when you travel to other states, and it potentially could indicate how Tennessee may deal with the issue in the future. Changes to DUI laws are often

According to recent research by the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety, almost half of older adults remain active drivers while using seven or more prescription medications. More disturbing is the fact that almost 20 percent of those drivers may be using medications that are considered potentially inappropriate, meaning that their risks generally outweigh their benefits.

In Tennessee, the penalties for DUI can be harsh, even for first-time offenders. As we’ve discussed before, jail time, fines and a suspended license are just the beginning. You could miss work or even lose your job. You could lose your professional license or CDL. There are fees for testing your blood alcohol content and for

The holidays are a time when families come together – and when impaired drivers hit the road. Tragically, countless drivers and passengers lose their lives every year between Christmas and New Year’s. From 2012 to 2017, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration attributed an average of 300 fatalities to drunk driving. If you anticipate drinking this season,

A drunk driving case recently made its way to the U.S. Supreme Court. At issue was whether the defendant’s right to confront witnesses was violated when a blood-alcohol test was presented as evidence without the testimony of the analyst who performed the test. The Supreme Court declined to hear the case, but a pair of