Driving under the influence arrests are significantly on the increase during the past year. In this troubled economy city and State budgets are being balanced on the backs of both the young and old who drink and drive. For that reason it is important that the first thing to do…
A Los Angeles judge allowed a Hermosa firefighter to return to work after he reversed a Civil Service Commission ruling. The judge found that Sheldon Osekowsky, a 22 year veteran firefighter, was improperly fired a Southern California DUI. In 2006 he had been arrested and plead guilty to driving under…
The judge in the Lindsay Lohan Southern California DUI case was given incorrect information resulting in an arrest warrant for her arrest. Judge Marsha Revel was not given all of the information when she signed the warrant. The Los Angeles DUI defense attorney immediately went into court and corrected the…
This past Friday the famous former football player-turned-actor Brian Bosworth was arrested for a DUI in Los Angeles. He was charged with two misdemeanors. Each count has a penalty of 6 months in jail and a number of other consequences. It was important that once he was arrested with a…
Super star actor Shia LaBoef was previously arrested for a DUI in Southern California in July of 2008. He immediately hired a pre-filing Los Angeles DUI criminal defense attorney who was able to meet with local law enforcement and prosecutors. These actions by his Southern California criminal defense attorney benefited…
As we see the beginning of a new President and Vice President for the United States, we will most likely see a new beginning for criminal prosecutions for Los Angeles DUIs and Southern California criminal law. Already the new administration has claimed that there will be a clamp down on…
Heather Locklear had her DUI case dismissed after her Southern California DUI attorney was able to have the case reduced to reckless driving. Because her case was reduced from a DUI pursuant to California Vehicle Code Section 23152(a) and 23152(b), to a simple reckless driving, Ms. Locklear will not have…
Basketball great Charles Barkley is going off the air after he is arrested for a DUI. While he was arrested in Scottsdale, Arizona, the legal limit for DUI is the same there as it is for a Los Angeles and Southern California DUI, .08 percent blood alcohol. For personal reasons…
In March of 2008 Thomas Jane, the actor married to “Medium” star Patricia Arquette, was arrested for a DUI in Los Angeles. This news was kept fairly quite because he hired a Los Angeles DUI defense attorney who knew how to manage both the Southern California DUI case, as well…
I want to wish everyone in the Los Angeles and Southern California area who reads or is redirected to this Los Angeles and Southern California Criminal Defense Blog a Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukkah. This blog is now six months old and I am pleased that it seems to have…