Having represented hundreds of NJ residents arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs, I know what drivers accused of DWI are up against. As an experienced New Jersey drunk driving defense lawyer and former municipal prosecutor, I also have the background to understand how to successfully defend…
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Warren County, NJ, Assistant Prosecutor Arrested for Drunk Driving
As a former prosecuting attorney having handled DWI cases for a number of New Jersey municipalities in the past, I am well aware of the professional pressures associated with working in a prosecutor’s office. Furthermore, as a current New Jersey drunk driving defense lawyer, I can sympathize with many of…
New Jersey Drunk Driving Legislation Calls for Mandatory Ignition Interlocks for DWI Offenders
Future convictions for driving under the influence of alcohol could result in the offender’s vehicle being fitted with a type of breathalyzer-ignition interlock device if drunk driving legislation in Trenton continues to move foward. The specter of ignition interlocks for nearly all DWI offenses has been raised this time with the help…
Costs of Driving Drunk in New Jersey
Drunk driving, driving under the influence, or DWI. In New Jersey, and anywhere else for that matter, these simple words represent a range of possible scenarios too numerous to list here. As a New Jersey DWI attorney, my office has represented hundreds of drunk driving cases — many of which…
Drinking and Driving in New Jersey: Consequences of Underage DWI
New Jersey law regarding underage drinking and driving is quite specific. Because you must 21 years or older to buy, possess or drink any alcoholic beverage, underage drinking is by definition illegal. And the consequences for underage drinking are severe under New Jersey law, especially as it pertains to operating…
Alcotest Digital Data – Fact or Fiction?
The New Jersey DWI defense bar has been speculating for some time as to what impact digital data would have on cases. I have spoken to numerous attorneys who hold themselves out as DWI experts and have gotten mixed reports as to the anticipated benefit of digital data. I can tell you…
Intoxicated Teen Arrested for Assault by Auto in Jersey City
A 19-year-old Bayonne man, already up on charges for driving while intoxicated, , has now been slapped with two counts of aggravated assault as a result of an accident last Saturday that left two young girls in critical condition, one of them paralyzed perhaps for life. The teen was arraigned…