Morgantown Criminal and DUI Lawyer

As a criminal defense lawyer, sometimes you have to give prospective clients a little tough love. I’ve had to tell people, “Ignorance of the law is not a viable defense.” Didn’t know the speed limit was only 35 miles per hour and you were driving 60? That won’t stop a cop from giving you a ticket.…

In the hierarchy of drugs, many might say that heroin is at the top, followed by substances such as cocaine, crack, and Oxycodone (as well as other addictive prescription pills). Marijuana? Not so much? Criminal defense lawyers like myself, though, might disagree. Over the years, I have had myriad people come into my office for a…

I’m sure at one point or another, every West Virginia parent has pulled their kid aside and given them a This is What Happens If You Don’t Do Well in High School lecture. The lecture includes but is not limited to the threat of not getting into a good college and the threat of not…

Here’s a bit of good news out of West Virginia University: The school has partially lifted its ban on sorority and fraternity activity. This Morgantown criminal defense lawyer received his law degree from West Virginia University, so I followed the headlines. First, several members of one of WVU’s fraternities were arrested following an alcohol-fueled, boisterous…

A firefighter in Huntington, West Virginia, was suspended without pay this month after allegedly being charged with a DUI offense. Not a first-time DUI. Not a second-time DUI. Not even a third-time DUI. According to a media report, the DUI charge was the gentleman’s fourth. While I could expound on my experience as a West…

I’ve been following the high-profile, alcohol-related headlines at West Virginia University as both an alum and a Morgantown criminal defense lawyer who handles a high volume of DUI defense, public intoxication, and underage drinking cases (and yes, many of those clients are or were current WVU students when I represented them). When news broke that a…

My alma mater, West Virginia University, has been in the news enough for a bunch of bad stuff lately. Yesterday, for example, news broke that the freshmen who died in November following a night of drinking at a frat house had a blood-alcohol content that was six times the legal limit. Before that, several members…

Take it from this Morgantown criminal defense lawyer who deals with a lot of DUI defense: There is indeed such a thing as “kids being kids.” But that also means kids will take things too far. As an attorney who graduated from West Virginia University, and one who now routinely represents WVU students for college…

West Virginia state police recently charged a Gilmer County commissioner with DUI, according to the West Virginia Metro News.

The driver of a pickup involved in a crash that killed his friend has been released from the hospital and charged with felony DUI causing death, WSAZ.com reported.