STANDING UP FOR YOU WITH SKILLED ADVOCACY

The system is tough on drunk driving, even on first-time offenders. Add subsequent DUI arrests to a person’s record, and he has some extremely serious consequences potentially before him. A repeat drunk driving offense doesn’t automatically lead to a felony-status charge. It takes four Tennessee DUI arrests for someone to be charged with felony DUI

Mothers Against Drunk Driving (“MADD”) was created with a noble purpose “to reduce the number of deaths, injuries and accidents caused by drunk drivers”. No one could or can argue against that objective and MADD has evolved into a strong force in Congress and state legislature so that every politician is afraid to deny their

What is in your glove compartment? Perhaps you have a pack of gum in there. Maybe you have some gloves, a checkbook, a pair of sunglasses and various writing utensils. If you are like a growing number of motorists, you might have something a bit more interesting: a breathalyzer test. When an officer makes a

There are certain circumstances that lead to more severe DUI-related charges. A crash can make a charge more serious. And so can a pregnancy, according to a recent Tennessee DUI arrest. On Sunday morning a woman got into a single-car accident. When authorities arrived to the scene, they learned some information that apparently upped the ante

Many drivers erroneously believe that an out-of-state D.U.I. conviction will not adversely affect their driving privileges in Tennessee. This unfortunately is incorrect for several reasons. For one, Tennessee has a statute which states that conviction in another state for D.U.I. which has a ‘similar’ D.U.I. statute can be used to revoke driving privileges in Tennessee.

The NTSB recently studied what are some of the nation’s most dangerous accidents: wrong-way crashes. Research shows that sort of accident is the most likely to be fatal. Also, wrong-way accidents are often the result of drunk drivers. Specifically, the NTSB reports that almost 70 percent of such accidents are DUI-related. Combating the trend of

Whether you love it or hate it, President Obama is still in office. And one thing he has done during his continued presidency is addressed drunk driving. MADD reports that Obama has officially declared December national Drunk and Drugged Driving Prevention Month. Being that it is already common for police to target DUI suspects in

In a recent meeting, Tennessee’s Commissioner of Safety and Homeland Security Bill Gibbons discussed some of his predictions about state arrests during 2012. In the state, drunk driving is already taken seriously and law enforcement focus reflects that. The reflection of how seriously the state takes DUI cases has supposedly intensified in 2012. According to

For those who are no longer college students, they might not be so well-versed in the drinking traditions of partiers these days. Do you recognize the term “pre-funking?” If not, then you likely don’t participate in the norm of getting drunk before heading out to a bar for the night. A Swiss study looked into

Getting pulled over and arrested for driving under the influence in Tennessee is stressful enough. A person can immediately feel ashamed for being suspected of DUI, even if he knows that he is innocent of the offense. A recent incident in Tennessee likely felt a bit more shameful for one particular DUI drugs suspect. Not only was