I’ve posted long and hard over the years about the inaccuracy and unreliability of breathalyzers.  See How Breathalyzers Work – and Why They Don’t.  But at least you could always refuse to take the test.  You aren’t required to incriminate yourself, right?  I mean, this is America and we have the Constitution to protect us. [...]

A 20-year-old Florida resident was recently sentenced to 10 years in prison for killing two men in a felony DUI accident on New Year’s Day 2010, according to a report from the Orlando Sentinel.
Earlier this year, Nieves pled guilty to two counts of DUI manslaughter and had waited several weeks for the judge to [...]

Michael Floyd, who was drafted last week by the Arizona Cardinals after a successful career as a wide receiver at Notre Dame, recently told reporters that he thought his DUI arrest was a necessary wake-up call that ultimately helped him mature, according to a report from WNDU News.
Floyd’s drunk driving arrest happened late one night [...]

After pleading no contest last week to a misdemeanor DUI charge, singer Bobby Brown was sentenced to three years of probation by a Los Angeles County judge, according to a recent report from the Los Angeles Times.
Brown will not have to spend any time in jail after his arrest last month for drunk driving, [...]

The Oklahoma Highway Patrol has issued a warrant for the arrest of a man who allegedly crashed his car while driving drunk and left his severely injured wife at the scene, according to a shocking report from Oklahoma’s News on 6.
Sources say that Jerry Arthurs is wanted by state police for leaving the scene of [...]

Each year, the Collin County Bench Bar Association awards a Litigator of the Year Award.  This year I was honored to receive the 2012 Litigator of the Year award which was presented at the Bench / Bar Conference.

Two categories of the award are given, County Court Litigator of the Year, and District Court Litigator of the Year.  Each of the local bar association nominates an attorney for the both the District and County awards.  The associations are the Plano Bar Association, Collin County Bar Association, Frisco Bar Association, and Collin County Young Lawyers.

At the conference, when the awards were announced, I was honored to hear that I was the only attorney nominated by each of the four bar associations for County Court Litigator of the Year. 

The award is a great honor and and reminds me how lucky I am to practice law surrounded by such great attorneys and judges.

A special thank you to the Bench / Bar Foundation for putting on such great programming and conferences each year. 

In a story that reads like a piece of bizarre fiction, an Alaska man has been accused of driving and crash his ATV while intoxicated, with his 5-year-old daughter in tow, according to a disturbing report from the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner.
Sources say that 36-year-old Keri Lee Koch has been charged with driving under the influence [...]

I’ve written in the past about the focus on the relative dangers of impaired driving due to alcohol versus impairment from drowsiness, texting or talking on a cell phone.  Thanks to Mothers Against Drunk Driving, DUI has been demonized and the penalties have become Draconian.  But studies show the dangers from distracted driving can be [...]

Angel Salazar, the actor who played Tony Montana’s cocaine-fetching friend Chi Chi in the iconic gangster film, “Scarface,” was reportedly arrested for a DUI last week in Brooklyn, according to a report from TMZ.com.
A police report indicates that Salazar was seen swerving through traffic in his 1999 Volvo just after midnight last Thursday night. When [...]

The following information was released to our Orange County DUI Lawyers by the Buena Park Police Department. Buena Park Police Department Traffic Unit will be conducting a DUI/Drivers License Checkpoint on May 18, 2012, on the 8000 block of La Palma Ave, within the city limits between the hours of 7 p.m. and 2 a.m. [...]