The Go-To Guide for DUI - Defense Defending DUIs - in Washington is Updated
April 15th, 2009
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…
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Jon Scott Fox Recognized as Among Top Criminal Defense Lawyers
April 9th, 2009
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…
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Jon Scott Fox Honored as Super Lawyer for 2009
April 6th, 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…
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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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New Ignition Interlock Device DUI Law for 2009
February 11th, 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, (…
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View the New Ignition Interlock License
January 24th, 2009
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 (…
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Clients Review Jon Scott Fox on Avvo
January 23rd, 2009
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…
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Authors Revise the Book "Defending DUIs in Washington State"
January 14th, 2009
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…
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Drugged Driving Driver Can't Get Ignition Interlock License?
January 1st, 2009
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…
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Debunking the DUI "Eye" Test
November 29th, 2008
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…
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