If you are ever stopped for a speeding ticket or other moving violation, you do have due process rights, even more than a murder trial. First, sign and return the back of your ticket within 10 (but do it within 2-6) days and ask for a clerk magistrate's hearing. Then hire a lawyer (like me). [...]

A criminal charge of operating a motor vehicle with a suspended license is a relatively minor misdemeanor offense, unless you have two or more of them from past history. If such a charge is your first offense, the best thing to do is to visit the Registry of Motor Vehicles and determine the source of [...]

If you are stopped for suspected OUI, brought to the police station, submit to a breath test and score a number of .08 or higher, there are legal motions that may cause a judge to throw out evidence of that test, either before trial or before the jury hears the evidence. First, we may learn [...]

We live in a hybrid "no-fault" state. Under the Massachusetts statutory scheme, minor accidents are expected to be resolved between insurance companies. However, if any of us sustain a) a broken bone b) loss of an organ c) permanent disfigurement d) equivalent physical impairment or e) $2000 or more in medical bills, then we may [...]

Depending on a person's size/weight, humans are fairly consistent as to what degree their alcohol content registers on a breathalyzer machine. Generally, every 12 ounce beer, 4 ounces of wine or 1.5 ounces of alcohol registers a .02. That number is naturally eliminated from our body every hour i.e. we drop back to zero. Therefore, [...]