Morgantown Criminal and DUI Lawyer

It happens in the legal system all the time (trust me, I’m a Morgantown criminal defense lawyer): Charges look good on paper, but not so much when one considers the totality of evidence and circumstance. That’s part of what criminal defense lawyers like me do: We negotiate with prosecutors to make sure that everything that should be…

Pittsburgh’s own Randy Pausch (author of “The Last Lecture”) famously said, “No matter how bad things are, you can always make things worse.” While it is great advice for life in general, it’s something this Morgantown criminal defense lawyer believes is equally fitting for DUI defense. I’ve handled hundreds of DUI defense cases in Morgantown…

Robert Frost once famously said, “I always entertain great hopes.” I agree with Mr. Frost, and I think West Virginia University needs to, as well – one great hope in particular, which was articulated well in an op-ed piece published recently by WVU’s student newspaper, “The Daily Athenaeum.” Here is what is at issue: It…

There is some good news on the horizon for folks in Morgantown, West Virginia – news that this criminal defense lawyer who handles a ton of DUI defense thinks will go a long way in preventing DUI arrests in the city. Dub V Safe Ride, a Morgantown-based designated driver service, announced this week that it…

The headline made this criminal defense lawyer who handles a ton of DUI defense in Morgantown pay attention: “An Average 2 People Arrested for DUI Per Night in Monongalia County.” Two. Per. Night. The rest of the read was fascinating, too. Police in Morgantown lamented that, despite the weather being so bad that drivers were…

I wanted to give a shout-out today to my alma mater, West Virginia University College of Law, which was recently (and again) recognized by U.S. News & World Report as one of the top-100 law schools in the country. West Virginia University College of Law was ranked 94 (out of 198 accredited schools) in the…

Pittsburgh’s St. Patrick’s Day festivities have come and gone, but the fun is just getting geared up in Morgantown, West Virginia. Those who live and work in the city should be aware that Morgantown is prepping for more than just a spate of arrests for DUI, public drunkenness, public urination, underage drinking, and marijuana possession.…

The headline was enough to cause this West Virginia criminal defense attorney to stop in his tracks. It read, “Judge Regrets Harsh Human Toll of Minimum Mandatory Sentencing.” He had me at “harsh human toll.” Seriously. The story, published by West Virginia Public Broadcasting, provides great background information about how minimum mandatory sentencing came to…

It has long been considered one of America’s “party schools,” and West Virginia University (of which I am an alum) has recently been in the news a great deal because of alcohol-related controversies. First, there were the riots after the October football game against Baylor University, and then came news that 19 members of WVU…

This Pittsburgh and Morgantown criminal defense lawyer who focuses on DUI defense has represented hundreds of men and women who’ve been charged with driving under the influence of alcohol and drugs – but stories like the one I read recently out of Williamson, West Virginia, still surprise me. Why? Because what happened to Jessica Fish,…