DUI convictions in Georgia already cary severe penalties, but if you were involved in an alcohol-related accident and subsequently arrested for DUI, the consequences may increase significantly. This is especially true if the accident resulted in serious injuries. Implied consent laws state that a...

Have you been arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs? A driver facing arrest for DUI has a number of rights before the law, and if these rights are violated, the charges and evidence obtained during the arrest may be deemed invalid before the court. If you were arrested for ...

When you've been arrested for drunk driving in Atlanta, you likely have a number of questions. One of the most common concerns is, "What happens next and what are my chances?" If you are facing DUI charges, it is important that you retain the services of an experienced defense attorney who can gu...

Both the Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution and the Georgia Constitution prohibit unreasonable searches and seizures. You have a constitutionally protected expectation of privacy that prevents law enforcement officers from searching you or your vehicle without probable cause or a ...

Conviction for drunk driving stems from a long process and understanding the steps of the proceedings can be enormously beneficial if you are facing DUI charges. Arrest for someone to be arrested for DUI, the police must first have a legitimate reason for stopping their vehicle. At this first ti...

Roadblocks and sobriety checkpoints have been a heavily used tool of law enforcement in order to detect and apprehend DUI offenders. If you have been charged with DUI after being pulled over at one of these roadside checkpoints, you need to contact an experienced attorney to evaluate your case an...

How do you really prepare for a DUI trial? While your attorney is doing everything possible to ensure that the trial proceeds as smoothly as possible, there will be things that you can control that your attorney cannot without your help - how you are perceived. From the moment you step out your ...

Being stopped by a police officer in Atlanta can be one of the most stressful events you will experience, especially if the officer suspects you of driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs. It is important to hire a DUI lawyer if you are arrested.No matter the reason for the initial stop, ...

If you are arrested for DUI in Atlanta you may be facing the Georgia administrative penalty, separate from the criminal proceedings. In Georgia, you license can be suspended if you refused to take the breath test or your breath test shows that your blood alcohol concentration was 0.08 grams perce...

If you've been convicted of impaired driving more than once, you know that the only thing worse than your first DUI arrest is your second one. Courts and judges want to crack down on repeat DUI offenders. This can mean big penalties and multiple charges, especially when the DUIs are close togethe...

It looks as though a Colorado marijuana blood standard for drivers appears to have approval looming. Colorado lawmakers voted in favor of the DUI law that considers drivers impaired if they test positive for 5 nanograms or more of THC, the psychoactive ingredient contained in marijuana, per milli...

A Myrtle Beach news story has been gaining national press after officers reported that, as of April 2012, 159 DUI arrests had been made since the beginning of the year. As of the same time in 2011, the same officers made less than 50 arrests for driving under the influence. Is drunk driving on th...

DUI is often a person's first and only experience with being arrested and taken to jail. For extra fun, someone's Fulton County jail mughot can linger on in cyberspace indefinitely. It is expensive and embarrassing. That is why I was surprised when I saw that a member of the popular music group, ...

Early in the morning on April 27, 2012 Roswell police pulled over a man who was speeding; he was clocked in at 91 mph. The 39-year-old temporary resident was then asked to submit to a blood-alcohol level test and was found to have a level of 0.126%. The legal level of blood-alcohol in Fulton Co. ...

DUI arrests are not always alcohol-related. At the Law Offices of Richard S. Lawson, we have seen a growing number of drug related DUI arrests in Atlanta. For example, Alpharetta police stopped a man for reckless driving in northern Fulton County. The man was observed driving a Dodge Charger 120 ...

There are two different ways your license can become suspended following an Atlanta DUI arrest. The first is via the Department of Driver Services or DDS. DDS can invoke an administrative suspension of your Georgia drivers license if you are arrested by an Atlanta officer for DUI and either (1) r...

A 22 year old Stone Mountain resident has been accused of driving under the influence ( DUI ) and felony first degree vehicular homicide after a January 2012 incident in which she struck and killed an Atlanta police officer. A Fulton County Magistrate Court Judge set a bond for $15,000 on two of ...

A 34 year old Roswell woman is facing DUI child endangerment charges after crashing her motor vehicle earlier this week. Her young son was in the backseat. Roswell police officer Lisa Holland stated that the mother was reportedly driving wildly down Old Alabama Rd. Witnesses reported that the mot...

Judge Amanda F. Williams of the Brunswick, GA judicial circuit announced recently that she will resign as judge. Judge Williams runs the Drug Court program for her judicial circuit. Typically, Georgia jurisdictions that have a drug court or DUI court use them in cases where a Defendant is a repea...

Republican State Representative Kip Smith was arrested early Friday morning, according to reports, for driving under the influence (DUI) in Fulton County, GA. Smith, the 29 year old from Columbus, GA was driving in Peachtree Road when he was stopped by police for running a red light. Smith allege...

An assistant principal at Atlanta's Booker T. Washington High School has been arrested and charged with drunk driving and related offenses. The asst. principal was, according to reports, pulled over by a Georgia State Patrol officer on the morning of December 21, 2011 for DUI and allegedly causin...

In June 2011, Judge Jeffery Davis, chief judge of the Monroe County Magistrate Court and also a judge for the Forsyth Municipal Court was arrested for drunk driving in Bibb County GA. Shortly thereafter, Judge Davis entered a guilty plea in the State Court of Bibb County to the charge of driving ...

All eyes are on field sobriety tests this week as their validty ( or lack of validty ) has been called to question by the mainstream Atlanta media. Atlanta news station WSB has shed some light on the challenges Atlanta drivers face when a DUI officer asks them to step out of their vehicle and per...

Local news stations have been reporting that a Doraville police officer was fired from his position as a DUI officer for the City of Doraville after being charges himself with a DUI. According to reports, last weekend the officer had left a Doraville strip club and rear ended a vehicle driven by ...

Last week in California, Griffin O'Neal, son of actor Ryan O'Neal, entered a not guilty plea to DUI charges and drug possession and firearm charges. Two months ago, O'Neal was arrested for DUI following an accident in which there was a head on traffic motor vehicle accident that injured another d...