Some time ago I get a call from a prospective client referred to me by a friend who is a prosecutor. So I come well recommended and presumably knowledgeable in the DUI field. The person calling is an educator who has zillions of meetings to attend. The educator...
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2016 The Best Lawyers In America
I have received this honor as well. I get a lot of membership requests for Best Lawyer type organizations, but I turn them down. Super Lawyers and this are the two I respect the most and think give my potential clients a basis for trusting me to review their cases.
2016 Maryland Super Lawyer Criminal Defense: DUI/DWI
Only lawyer in Maryland named for all 10 years.
LISTEN TO THE TESTIMONY
I tried a case a few weeks ago where the issue was going to be the officer inducing my client not to take the test. He had an accident avoiding a deer and as a result did poorly on the SFSTs. I had a witness to the inducement. However, during his direct exam the...
Part 3- I Can Beat You With 25% of One Eye Closed
Last Tuesday I had a case I was really looking forward to on the Eastern Shore. I had another relatively new officer, this one a Maryland State Trooper, and a video. Interesting that they have videos in the cars everywhere but the Baltimore metropolitan area. My...
PART 2- I Can Beat You With One Eye Closed
When I was postponing my Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday cases last week, I emailed the Baltimore County State's Attorney's District Court supervisors to let them know that I was requesting postponements. I ended with: "I expect to be back BETTER THAN EVER in Towson...
PART 1- I Can Beat You With One Eye Closed
Two weeks ago today my right eye gets bleary. I figure it is a cataract and I don't think they are a big deal. I go to my internist for a flu shot and that is what he sees. Meanwhile I squeezed in an appointment with my opthomologist for last Monday. I see him at...
Teaching CLE
I received a request today from a Baltimore County judge to do a DUI Seminar one morning. In Baltimore County we have Continuing Legal Education Program each month at 8:00 AM. The last one I did was on Sentencing. This one will be on the SFSTs and Sentencing. I...
2nd of 2 Video Victories
The trial was today and I received the video Friday. I watch the video and the first thing I see is that the officer could have done the SFSTs between his car and the client's car because a second officer had pulled up behind him, allowing for protection from a rear...
1st of 2 Video Victories in the Past Week
MDTA Officer stops my client for a stop sign violation. The client is asked to exit the car for SFTSs. The client categorically refuses to do them. The clients told unless the client does the SFSTs, the client will be arrested based on the observations that...
