TLDR: Field sobriety tests are one of the most commonly challenged pieces of evidence in DUI cases, and for good reason. They’re subjective, officer-administered, and easy to fail even when
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I’ve spent the better part of 15 years watching people age 10 years in just 6 months of building litigation. It’s a sobering sight. Really. People walk into my office
What questions should I ask a construction law attorney at our first meeting?What questions should I ask a construction law attorney at our first meeting?
The controversial truth is that most construction lawyers have never spent a single day wearing a hard hat, yet they’ll gladly charge you five hundred dollars an hour to tell
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Can a will be changed after death? It sounds like a trick question, or perhaps the plot of a particularly dramatic legal thriller. Usually, we think of a last will
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