According to reports in late January, the San Mateo County Superior Court  will cut up to two dozen jobs and suspend the majority of services in the South San Francisco and San Mateo branches.  They will also be closing five courtrooms.  It is assumed that most of the courtrooms being closed will be in the [...]

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San Francisco Courts have recently increased their monitoring of those facing DUI charges.  Those facing felony      DUI charges, or facing misdemeanor DUI charges with very high blood alcohol levels or prior convictions, are           being given extra conditions to stay out of jail after their first court date.
Judges are [...]

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SB 289 has just been introduced, and if passed would create a zero tolerance policy for any drugs found in a drivers blood.  The bill claims that drivers with a prescription for the drugs in their system will be exempt.
This bill is an attempt to make it easier for prosecutors to convict people for driving [...]

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News:  FEB 13, 2012
In most Bay Area counties, if you or your lawyer show up to court for your first DUI court date (arraignment), there are a number of things that can happen.  Usually a not guilty plea is entered and the lawyer fights the case.  However, sometimes the District Attorney’s office has not filed [...]

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Thanksgiving DUI Arrests decrease in 2011

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NEWS: October 27, 2009
What happens when you go to court in San Mateo County on a DUI charge?
This depends on they type of charge.  The most serious charges for DUI are felonies, punishable by years in State Prison.
Most DUI cases involve misdemeanor first offense arrests.  You should get a DUI lawyer to represent you in [...]

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NEWS: October 27, 2009
The question that I get asked over and over by those who know I’m a DUI lawyer in the San Francisco Bay Area is how much alcohol can you drink, and still legally drive home?
This is a good time of the year to remind everyone of those answers.
The holidays bring on increased [...]

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In our best year, 1983, 1.9 million drivers were arrested for driving while impaired (DWI) in the United States. This number represented approximately 1 percent of the Nation’s total licensed drivers.
This was a significant increase over the 197Os, when only about one-half of 1 percent of licensed drivers were arrested for DWI each year.
Still, it [...]

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There were almost 200,000 people arrested for DUI in California alone last year. Out of those numbers there were just over 180,000 were misdemeanor offenses and a large portion of those cases were overturned by DUI lawyers.
DUI is an acronym that stands for ‘Driving Under the Influence’. A person is guilty of a [...]

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