Category Archives: DUI/DWI
DWI Pretrial Limited Driving Privileges
If you are charged with DWI and you provide a breath sample which registers an alcohol concentration of 0.08 or more, or you refuse to provide a breath sample, your license will be revoked under a “Civil Revocation” for typically 30 days. While your license is technically revoked under this civil revocation, you may be […]
High Alcohol Levels and Driving Privileges
The charge of Driving While Impaired is complex. Likewise, so are the consequences of the charge if a Defendant is convicted and not properly prepared. There are potential consequences that one may expect, such as alcohol treatment, fines, probation, or even jail time. These may be imposed as part of a DWI judgment- meaning the […]
3 Roads to DWI
What does it mean to “drive while impaired” in North Carolina? In Wake, Durham and Franklin Counties, many people know the legal limit of alcohol when driving is a 0.08. However, there are other ways that you can be found guilty of Driving While Impaired in North Carolina. In fact, if the State is able […]
Driving While Impaired, Even When You’re Not.
Many times clients ask us, “How can I be arrested for DWI? I wasn’t even drunk!” What they’re referring to is the fact that they felt perfectly fine while they were driving. They had no doubt in their mind that they were safely within the legal limit and yet they were still charged with Driving […]
Going to Canada with a DWI Conviction?
Are you planning a trip to Canada anytime soon? If so, and you have a prior conviction for DWI, there are additional steps you may need to take to prepare for your trip. As always, the following is a general synopsis that is not meant as legal advice. Everyone’s circumstances are fact specific and vary. […]
SOCCER MOMS (and Dads) BEWARE
Imagine yourself on any given Saturday morning driving your soccer star back and forth to their morning match. After the game, you and the other soccer moms (dads too) decide to take the kids for a bite to eat and, as you unwind together, you have a large glass of wine. You don’t feel impaired […]
