STANDING UP FOR YOU WITH SKILLED ADVOCACY

Can you be charged with drunk driving when you have a blood alcohol level of lower than 0.08%? Yes, you can in Tennessee and most states. The fact that a law enforcement officer testifies that you were too drunk to drive can be sufficient evidence for a charge — and even a conviction. Conspiracy theorist

In Tennessee and many other states, drunk driving is considered more serious if the drunk driver was transporting a child passenger at the time. The Tennessee Legislature has thus provided greater consequences for this offense. The penalties are a bit higher than for ordinary DUI if a child is in the car, even for a

Many Tennesseans will have plans to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with family and friends. And several of these celebrations will involve copious amounts of green beer, which makes this holiday one of the biggest drinking days of the year. Celebrating with alcohol is by no means bad, but you should arrange a sober ride home

“DUI is epidemic in the state, it takes too many lives – too many innocent lives – and this is going to be a tool to try and address that and stop it,” says State Representative Glen Casada. Casada is sponsoring a bill that would add a new penalty to a second or subsequent DUI

Super Bowl Sunday is a fine time to enjoy a celebration, even if your team is not in the game. All across the nation, people threw Super Bowl parties and hosted their friends, neighbors and relatives. In many cases, alcohol was abundant. If you were arrested for DUI on your way home from a Super

In Tennessee and most states, you are considered “per se” under the influence for driving if your blood-alcohol content is measured at 0.08%. However, the National Transportation Safety Board has issued a recommendation encouraging all states to lower their per se standards to 0.05%. In 2018, the state of Utah became the first to do

If you have been convicted in the past of a Tennessee drunk driving offense, you could be facing much stiffer penalties if you are convicted again. In fact, a fourth DUI is charged as a Class E felony. Earlier this year, the law changed so that a fifth DUI offense is a Class D felony,

On Jan. 13, the Michigan state police announced that they would stop using all 203 breathalyzer machines they operate in stations around the state. The breath testing machines, Datamaster DMT evidential breath-alcohol testing machines, may have been improperly calibrated. The agency said that contract employees of Intoximeters Inc., the state’s Datamaster vendor, may have committed

Being pulled over for a DUI can be terrifying. Whether you’re actually over the limit or not, you should know what your legal rights and options are before you decide what to do. Here is a quick Q&A: What should I do if the police pull me over? Remain calm and do not panic. Pull

If you’re convicted of drunk driving in Tennessee or 33 other states, you could be required to have an ignition interlock device installed on your car. This device is kind of like a breathalyzer. It is hard-wired into your car’s engine — at your expense — and requires you to provide a clean breath sample