The Go-To Guide for DUI - Defense Defending DUIs - in Washington is Updated

For over ten years, Jon Scott Fox has co-authored Defending DUIs in Washington, the definitive and highly acclaimed treatise of DUI defense in Washington state that is used as a reference by other DUI defense attorneys. This year’s edition, whi… Read More
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Jon Scott Fox Recognized as Among Top Criminal Defense Lawyers

Jon Scott Fox has been recognized by Washington Law & Politics magazine as among the “Top 25” criminal defense attorneys in Washington state. The result is based on extensive surveys of the state’s attorneys and independent rese… Read More
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Jon Scott Fox Honored as Super Lawyer for 2009

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
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How To Get Into Trouble With Your License

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
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New Ignition Interlock Device DUI Law for 2009

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
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View the New Ignition Interlock License

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
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Clients Review Jon Scott Fox on Avvo

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
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Authors Revise the Book "Defending DUIs in Washington State"

The latest revision to the lawyer's manual "Defending DUis In Washington" is to be released in February 2009. The revision contains textbook-like treatment of the law and science of breath testing and also examines the procedure known as Drug Reco… Read More
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Drugged Driving Driver Can't Get Ignition Interlock License?

Effective January 1, 2009, the Washington State Legislature passed a new law which provides a certain amount of relief for a driver who has been arrested for DUI and whose license is suspended because of a conviction for DUI. Whereas previously, such… Read More
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Debunking the DUI "Eye" Test

In February of this year, the long anticipated decision in State v. Baity, 140 Wn.2d 1 (2000) was published and the battle over the admissibility of Horizontal Gaze Nystagmus (HGN) was thrust to the forefront. HGN is the side to side jerking of the e… Read More
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