As drunken driving defense attorneys here in the Garden State, we have litigated a great number of DWI cases throughout our many decades of collective trial experience. One could say that I and my colleagues have probably seen it all when it comes to defending nearly every manner of drunk…
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Some New Jersey Drunk Drivers Go Out of Their Way to Advertise Their Apparent Intoxication
Many of our clients and potential clients express concern about a police officer’s justification for making a drunk driving stop. And rightly so, since portions of both the U.S. Constitution and that of the State of New Jersey have been written with the intent of protecting individuals from, among other…
NJ Drunk Driving News: Three Garden State Drivers Compound DWI with Additional Offenses in Middlesex County
In Atlantic, Ocean, Monmouth, Middlesex, Passaic, and Morris County, not to mention the dozen-plus other counties around the Garden State, it is not appropriate to operate a motor vehicle while legally intoxicated as provided in the New Jersey legal statutes. If you or someone you know have been arrested and…
Hudson County DWI News: Bayonne Fire Department Captain Suspended after Multiple DWI-related Collisions
Not long ago we addressed the pitfalls and potentially life-changing consequences for professional drivers who are facing a possible conviction for drunken driving. As many readers will recall, my law firm understands how the threat of losing one’s commercial driver’s license (CDL) due to a drinking and driving charge can…
Police Charge Handful of Motorists with DWI Following Arrests in Warren and Hunterdon Counties
Being in the legal profession gives me and my colleagues an advantage over the average person when it comes to understanding the possible consequences of many different civil and criminal offenses. For motorists here in the Garden State, one of the most serious — and the most potentially costly —…
New Jersey Resident Charged with DWI after Alleged Out-of-State Drunk Driving Accident
As with many drunk driving scenarios, the beginning of the ordeal for any motorist is usually when he notices a police car behind him with lights on and siren blasting. Unnerving as that initial moment may be for most, for those individuals who may have had a drink or two…
Hazlet, NJ, Police Officer Hit with DWI after Union Beach Traffic Accident
Here at the law offices of Jonathan F. Marshall, we have several former DWI prosecutors on our legal team. As such, I can say that we all have a healthy respect for the efforts and sacrifices made every day by city and county police officers and state troopers all across…
Backlog of Bergen County Drunken Driving Cases Illustrates Volume of DWI Arrests in New Jersey
Reading about drunk driving arrests here and there in the news is obviously one way of gauging the number of intoxicated driving incidents that occur throughout the Garden State. But until one actually sees the extensive number of active and pending DWI court cases on the docket at courthouses throughout…
New Jersey Sobriety Checkpoints: Drunk Driving Roadblocks Are Just Another Tool in DWI Traffic Enforcement
There is a good chance that as a motorist here in the Garden State, you or someone you know may have either seen or been subject to one of the many drunken driving roadblocks that pop up here and there across the state every month. For those who are unfamiliar…
Ocean County, NJ, Police Blotter: Motorists Arrested for Intoxicated Driving, Others Charged with CDS Possession
As Garden State DWI defense attorneys, my aim and that of my team of skilled trial lawyers is to provide legal assistance to motorists who are unjustly accused of driving under the influence of beer, wine, hard liquor, doctor-prescribed medications or even illicit drugs. Whether the charge is simple in-car…