Jon Scott Fox has been named a 2009 Super Lawyer in Washington state by Washington Law & Politics magazine. Each year the magazine honors the top attorneys in the state based on extensive surveys and independent research. Fewer than five percent… Read More

They say that every citizen is presumed to know the law. That is, of course, impossible. Nobody can know all the laws. Everybody knows that a DUI arrest and conviction, for instance, will result in driver’s license suspension. However, there is… Read More

A good defense attorney not only prepares for trial, he or she also negotiates with the prosecution in order to persuade the prosecutor to offer a reduced charge. The question that the client must then answer is: Do I accept a plea to the reduced cha… Read More

A citizen arrested for DUI might have his first court within one judicial day of the arrest, or his first court appearance might be six weeks later. It all depends upon how the police officer chooses to process the case. Read More

Believe it or not, Judges are ordering citizens who are charged with DUI into “probation” before there is even a conviction. Most people find this puzzling, since probation should come AFTER a conviction, not before. Traditionally, probation is a… Read More

The New Year has brought significant changes to the Washington State DUI law. This year such a change is in the form of the new “Ignition Interlock License” Law. Our firm is finding answers to the questions raised by the Ignition Interlock Law, (… Read More

New as of January 1, 2009, is the Ignition Interlock License (ILL). This is a brand-new type of a license, never before seen in our state. Recall that an individual arrested for a DUI in Washington state may lose his license either administratively (… Read More

It use to be that a person looking for legal counsel had little or no way to find out one of the most important criterion for evaluating an attorney: what former clients had to say. Not anymore. Avvo, the Seattle-based company that rates and profiles… Read More