Updates

After a short jury-waived trial in Orleans District Court, my client was found not guilty of Operating Under the Influence. Bench Trial: Week of April 13, 2018 If you're charged with drunk driving, don't give up the ship. Be prepared to fight back and assert your rights.

2018 has been a busy year for us. Now, to help our busy clients who may live closer to Hyannis, we've added a new location! 100 Independence Dr.Suite 7Hyannis, MA 02601 We're happy to meet clients in our new location or our old, main location of: 9 Old Main St.West Dennis, MA 02670 Give us ...

1. A drunk driving defense attorney can see things you can't. No, it's not that we have a better vision than you. Instead, a drunk driving defense attorney knows what to look for in a case. A drunk driving defense attorney in Massachusetts knows to check and make sure that you were observed fo...

No less than the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA - the same organization that created the DWI Detection ) has come out saying distracted driving is actually more dangerous than drunken driving: In 2014, 3,179 people were killed and an additional 431,000 were injured in coll...

http://features.necir.org/prosecutorial-misconduct-1 A sobering look at some worrying statistics on the lack of accountability for prosecutorial misconduct. This article also shows some terrifying individual instances of wrongdoing by those sworn to uphold the law. Here's hoping that the most r...

This post is a compilation of helpful resources. It's really geared more toward practicing attorneys, but that is not to discourage anyone from reading it. Just remember that a little bit of knowledge can be a dangerous thing. Also, I apologize, as I've also had to remove many of the paid resourc...

One of the most commonly asked questions I hear is “should I take the breathalyzer?” This question comes up everywhere - from parties to lock-up. Some people tell me, “my lawyer told me to never take the test.” Well, that's one way to do it, but that advice has been around since before “Melanie's...

Answering a previously open question in Massachusetts (after Cruz), the SJC ruled in Commonwealth v. Overmeyer that the smell of unburnt marijuana would not be sufficient to search a vehicle in the search of criminal amounts of marijuana. As the Court ruled, “In sum, we are not confident, at leas...