Tough Times Call For Tough Representation

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Criminal Law

Wonderful Christmas Card

i just got a really nice card from a client who had multiple drug and alcohol issues.  His father passed a way a few years ago and he got lost in grief.  It took 2 cases to get him on track.  Here is what he wrote: "Thank you for giving me a second chance to get my...

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Bail in 2017

The criteria for bail has been changed because Attorney General Frosh found that the system of cash bail is unfair to minorities and the poor.  Our Attorney General has been a champion for those in the State who are without power and who areb unfairly targeted, wither...

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My Criminal Defense Practice

Most of my website focuses on my DUI practice.  If you are contacting me for a DUI through the website, you have probably just returned home from the police station and are looking for a lawyer.  I have decided to add some information on the Home Page about my non DUI...

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Handgun Dismissal

If you are convicted of possessing a gun on the streets of Baltimore City, the State is going to ask that you be sentenced to jail.  That is their policy and the judges are not going to be sympathetic to anything other than jail.  That is a dynamic that 300 murders...

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PBT Not Admissible

While sitting in Howard County last week before my trial, a scrum broke out in court over the admissibility of a PBT result during sentencing.  The judge asked my opinion and I explained to her that it is only admissible at the Office of Administrative Hearings on the...

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