Cancellation of Ignition Interlock License?
October 5th, 2009
The new ignition interlock license is taking some of the sting of the lengthy license suspensions that the Department of Licensing issues upon a DUI arrest or conviction. The ignition interlock license permits an individual to drive anywhere, anytime…
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Seattle DUI - Refuse a Breath Test at your Peril
September 10th, 2009
Our Implied Consent Law states that an individual under arrest for a misdemeanor DUI in Washington state has the “right” to refuse to submit to a breath test. Most citizens know this, and, on average, probably less than 20% of those arres…
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DUI Breath Test - Two Hour Limit?
June 5th, 2009
Diana Lundin of our office focuses her practice upon representation of our clients at Department of License suspension proceedings and also, where necessary, on the appeal of suspension orders. A recent case of Diana’s illustrates the challenge…
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Categories: DUI Arrests
How To Get Into Trouble With Your License
April 4th, 2009
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…
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A Slight Omission Leads to Injustice
November 29th, 2008
There are those who call it nitpicking when DUI defense attorneys ask judges to throw a breath test out of court for what looks like a trivial error in approved scientific protocol and procedure. Preventing injustice is not nitpicking. When scientifi…
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Driver's License Death Spiral
November 29th, 2008
I think it was Steve Miller who famously stated, “My Mazerati does 185, I lost my license, now I don’t drive…” While Steve Miller was correct that speeding is one way to lose your license, there are other ways as well. Consider a…
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Is the .08 Law a Half Truth?
November 29th, 2008
Washington State has done a good job of publicizing that if you drive at .08 or higher, you will be prosecuted. What the average driver does not know is that Washington has in fact abandoned the concept of a “legal limit” in favor of prosecuting…
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Categories: DUI Arrests
1999 Washington State DUI Law Changes Explained
November 26th, 2008
1999 Washington State DUI Law Changes Explained In January of 1999, changes in Washington state DUI laws made it a lot easier to turn law-abiding citizens into serious criminals in the State of Washington. Most lawyers had dire predictions of the eff…
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