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DWAILawyer News Blog - Dwai Lawyer, Mesothelioma Lawyer, Divorce Lawyer, Immigration Lawyer, Lawyer Salary, Lawyer News Blog Spliting the differences Posted: Thursday, January 26, 2006 10:41:51 PM by Blog57 Team Category: Divorce Lawyers Breaking up is hard to do. And if you're getting divorced, it can be tough on your finances, too. A marital split is often a long and expensive process, so before anything else, make sure it's really what you want, experts in the financial intricacies of divorce say. Beyond the emotional costs, there are the often-exorbitant legal fees, the added costs of suddenly living single and the trials of untangling your soon-to-be ex-spouse's fortunes from yours. If you find you've reached a point of no return in your marriage, there are some things you should do to help assure you don't lose your shirt when you lose your spouse, financial pros say. One of the most important rules is to be aware of what you've got. "Very often we have one spouse or the other in control of the finances, and then when the divorce comes, the one in the dark is at a real disadvantage, because they just don't know what's there or how to access these things," said Ronald Sharp, a Michigan divorce attorney and author of the book Winning the Divorce War: How To Protect Your Best Interests.... Read more... Comments Trackbacks Permalink Related Blogs Brian Patton » Bristol Herald Endorsement “Factually” Incorrect a relative path: Bush Questioned In Plame Case. Lawyer Present. AHA News Blog: IS THERE A LAWYER IN THE HOUSE? Lawyer lauded for passion to equal justice Posted: Thursday, January 26, 2006 10:07:19 PM by Blog57 Team Category: Probate Lawyer PORTSMOUTH - Charles A. DeGrandpre of Portsmouth has been selected by the N.H. Bar Foundation board of directors as the 2006 Honorary Fellow for his commitment to providing equal access to justice for all New Hampshire residents. For well over two decades, DeGrandpre has served as a member and chairman of the IOLTA grants committee, as a member, vice chairman and chairman of the board of directors, and throughout the years he has championed "equal justice for all" with a contagious, unrelenting passion. DeGrandpre will be the guest of honor at the N.H. Bar Foundation fellows and donors reception at the Radisson Hotel/Center in Manchester on Thursday, Feb. 16, from 5:30 to 7 p.m., in conjunction with the groups mid-year meeting. "I became involved with the N.H. Bar Foundation because I believe in its goals to help the disadvantaged and to educate all our citizens about the law," DeGrandpre said.... Read more... Comments Trackbacks Permalink Moussaoui's lawyers may get pre-9/11 data Posted: Thursday, January 26, 2006 9:38:24 PM by Blog57 Team Category: Lawyers WASHINGTON - A federal judge has ordered the government to turn over to Zacarias Moussaoui's defense lawyers pre-Sept. 11 documents assessing the threat of an al-Qaida attack, calling the material "critical" to his coming trial, it was disclosed Wednesday. It could not immediately be determined whether the ruling by U.S. District Judge Leonie Brinkema of Alexandria, Va., will create a significant, 11th-hour snag over protection of classified data in the only U.S. prosecution to stem from the terrorist attacks. The ruling could create a legal showdown if it requires intelligence agencies to produce classified information that they consider too sensitive to release, even to defense lawyers with government security clearances. Jury selection is set to begin on Feb. 6, with opening statements slated for March 6 in a sentencing trial to determine whether Moussaoui, who pleaded guilty to six conspiracy counts last April, should live or die. Defense lawyers asked the court last week to compel the government to release the intelligence assessments and an array of other documents shedding light about what U.S.... Read more... Comments Trackbacks Permalink IMH board discusses technology business Posted: Thursday, January 26, 2006 9:02:52 PM by Blog57 Team Category: Business Lawyers To offset rising health care costs, the Ivinson Memorial Hospital Board of Directors tentatively approved to move forward yesterday with a plan to create a technology provider in the University of Wyomings new business incubator. With Shelby Bershinksy absent, the remaining board members approved to continue negations with Fortix, a private consulting company, with the intent of creating an Application Service Provider (ASP) that, if successful, could significantly enhance IMHs revenue and health care services. According to Quorum Resources and IMH chief financial officer Paul Zuidema, the ASP (Newcom) would allow regional hospitals to rent servers, storage space and network resources from IMH. Due to the size of IMH, Newcom would provide ASP services on the regional level. IMH officials predict that Newcom could have 13 Health Information System clients from Wyoming, Montana, Utah, Idaho, Colorado, North Dakota, South Dakota and Nebraska by 2010. The majority of Newcoms clients would be small, 10- to 50-bed hospitals, Zuidema said, of which there are about 200 in their target area. Preliminary estimates show that Newcom would create $3.84 million in revenue by the end of the 2007 fiscal year, with a net income of $571,400. With more and more hospitals buying into the IMH network, revenues and profits would continue to increase through 2008, 2009 and 2010. By 2010, IMH could see $7.69 million in revenue, with a net income of $3.36 million, according to Zuidema. Jon Benson, the Wyoming Technology Business Centers director, welcomed IMHs using the WTBCs resources to create Newcom. Its an idea I find very exciting, he said.... Read more... Comments Trackbacks Permalink Defense lawyers to be honored Posted: Thursday, January 26, 2006 5:41:32 PM by Blog57 Team Category: Criminal Lawyers When Donald Thompson was in law school in 1985, his mother sent him a Democrat and Chronicle article about the work of some of Rochester's best-known criminal defense lawyers. Highlighted was the work of Charles Crimi Sr., who died in 1989 and was well-known for his work on behalf of poor defendants. Today, Thompson is scheduled to receive the Charles F. Crimi Memorial Award from the New York State Bar Association at its annual meeting in New York City. This year he also received the Monroe County Bar Association's Charles F. Crimi Award, which, like its counterpart at the state Bar Association, recognizes those who are willing to aggressively represent the poor. "It's quite a compliment," Thompson said. "He was just finishing his career when I was starting mine." Also scheduled to be recognized today in New York City are Genesee County Public Defender Gary Horton, who will receive the David S.... Read more... Comments Trackbacks Permalink Moussaoui's lawyers still seek testimony that he's schizophrenic Posted: Thursday, January 26, 2006 5:35:37 PM by Blog57 Team Category: Immigration Lawyers Lawyers for admitted terrorist conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui want to call a doctor who will testify he has a major mental disorder, likely schizophrenia, in their bid to save him from the death penalty, according to court filings. Defense lawyers have long indicated they would like to introduce psychological testimony on his behalf, despite his insistence that he's perfectly sane, but their court filings Tuesday contained the most specific claim of illness and the first mention of schizophrenia in the record. A 37-year-old Frenchman of Moroccan descent, Moussaoui is the only person who has been charged in the United States as part of the Sept. 11, 2001 al-Qaida attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. Last April, he pleaded guilty to six conspiracy charges, but insisted he was not part of the Sept.... Read more... Comments Trackbacks Permalink Lawyers: Nothing illegal about phoning in to council meeting Posted: Thursday, January 26, 2006 4:43:58 PM by Blog57 Team Category: Georgia Lawyer The council vice president can participate in meetings via conference when he is deployed as an Air Force reservist to Georgia next month, the lawyer for the state League of Municipalities said Wednesday. Responding to a disagreement at a Parsippany council meeting, the league lawyer and the township's municipal attorney both said there is nothing illegal or unusual about public officials participating in public meetings by telephone. "It's kind of indirectly allowed in the Open Public Meetings Act," league attorney Deborah Kole said in referring to the 1975 state statute commonly known as the Sunshine Law. Parsippany Council President Rosemarie Agostini said Tuesday she would seek a legal interpretation after Council Vice President James Vigilante -- an Air Force reservist who will be deployed to Savannah, Ga., on Feb.... Read more... Comments Trackbacks Permalink Jury Finds Willful Infringement; Awards IMX More Than $5.7 Million ... - ag-IP Posted: Thursday, January 26, 2006 4:26:08 PM by Blog57 Team Category: Patent Lawyer SAN DIEGO, CA - DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary US LLP announced in a Wednesday press release that the firm successfully represented IMX Inc., a leading provider of technology solutions for the mortgage industry, in a patent dispute against LendingTree LLC. On January 23, following a two-week trial in the US District Court of Delaware, a jury rendered a verdict finding willful infringement of IMXs patent (US Patent No. 5,995,947), which provides an Internet-accessible, interactive, real-time network whereby borrowers and lenders exchange information in the pursuit of securing a loan. IMX was awarded $5,794,400 in damages and the company anticipates that the Court will issue an injunction to stop LendingTrees infringement. We are very pleased with the verdict, said Michele Buschman, acting CEO of IMX.... Read more... Comments Trackbacks Permalink Attorneys and Staff From Siket, Solis & Maher Law Firm Join Cohen & Grigsby Posted: Thursday, January 26, 2006 3:38:24 PM by Blog57 Team Category: Bankruptcy Lawyers Cohen & Grigsby P.C. is pleased to announce that the lawyers and staff formerly with Siket, Solis & Maher, P.L. of Naples, Florida have recently joined the firm. Attorneys Andrew G. Siket, Andrew I. Solis, Ellen S. Maher, Maria I. Barbosa, and David T. Lupo, along with their support staff, have all joined Cohen & Grigsby. According to the Firm's president, Jack W. Elliott, "The joining of Siket, Solis & Maher's attorneys and staff is a key component of our strategic plan for Southwest Florida. Since opening its first Florida office in 2001, the firm has experienced exponential growth, particularly in the Naples area," said Elliott. "We are pleased that expanding our core group of legal services will enable us to better serve our clients in the area. Of course, our firm's fundamental commitment will continue to drive all of our Florida operations: understanding the business, mission and goals of each of our clients, and, consequently, providing our clients with high-quality legal services to assist in meeting those goals." Andrew G.... Read more... Comments Trackbacks Permalink High Court to Hear Lethal-Injection Case Posted: Thursday, January 26, 2006 3:05:46 PM by Blog57 Team Category: Florida Lawyers The Supreme Court agreed yesterday to decide when death row inmates may challenge lethal injection as a method of capital punishment, in a surprise decision issued after the justices dramatically stopped the execution of a Florida prisoner who was already strapped to a gurney preparing to die. Clarence E. Hill, 48, convicted of murdering a Pensacola police officer in 1982, had refused a final meal and needles had punctured his arm when the Supreme Court stayed his execution. The court said it would hear his claim that he should have an opportunity to argue that his civil rights would be violated because the chemicals used to execute him would cause excessive pain. .... Read more... Comments Trackbacks Permalink More posts from the past 7 days Thursday, January 26, 2006 Calif. 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Intoxicated DrivingeMedicine Health - Alcohol Intoxication, Driving While Intoxicated: The Facts Search January 26, 2006 Registration Healthcare Professionals You are in: Substance Abuse > Alcohol Intoxication Alcohol Intoxication Driving While Intoxicated: The Facts FACT: In 2000, some 16,653 people were killed in vehicle crashes involving alcohol. This represents 40% of all people killed in traffic accidents that year. (See the US map of all deaths related to intoxication .) FACT: At present, there are 17 states with laws making it illegal to drive at a blood alcohol concentration (BAC) over 100 mg/dL (0.1%); 32 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico have a lower cutoff point, which is 80 mg/dL. In October 2000, the federal government passed a law mandating that all states enact laws lowering the legal driving BAC to 80 mg/dL by October 2003 or face the penalty of withholding 2% of their federal highway construction funds. These cutoff points establish the level below which driving is per se illegal in and of itself. Per se means that the only factor considered is the BAC. Whether the person actually is intoxicated, behaves as if he or she is intoxicated, or appears to be intoxicated does not count. Numerous studies demonstrate that almost all drivers are impaired at a level of 80 mg/dL with respect to critical driving skills such as braking, steering, and changing lanes. Impairment begins as low as 20 mg/dL and is common at 50 mg/dL. Most significant is that impairment of skills begins at a much lower level than required to exhibit obvious signs of being drunk. The per se level mandated by the federal government for drivers of commercial vehicles is a mere 40 mg/dL (0.04%). This applies to all 50 states. In 1992, the National Highway Transportation and Safety Administration recommended that all states lower their illegal per se levels to 80 mg/dL (0.08%). Only 19 states have done so. A strong lobby representing sellers of alcoholic beverages has been instrumental in preventing adoption of the recommended levels by all states. Also, the expense of enforcing the lower limits is a significant issue. All countries in Europe are below the 100 mg/dL cutoff common in the US. Countries with a cutoff of 80 mg/dL include Austria, Britain, Denmark, Germany, Italy, Ireland, Luxembourg, Spain, Switzerland, and Canada. Countries with a cutoff of 50 mg/dL include Belgium, Finland, France, Greece, Netherlands, and Portugal. Sweden and Norway have a 20 mg/dL cutoff. American society continues to be complacent about drunk drivers. Even when a person who is drunk kills someone in a motor vehicle accident, the sentence tends to be extremely light, if imposed at all. Defending drunk drivers is a huge legal business. Over the years, numerous creative defenses have been successfully employed. Some of the popular ones include these: Driver claims to have consumed the alcohol after the accident to calm nerves. Driver claims that he or she only had a soft drink at the party, but someone else laced it with alcohol. Driver claims to have medical conditions that impede the normal metabolism of alcohol. Driver says the alcohol swab used to clean the skin before the blood sample was drawn contaminated the skin. (Such swabs contain isopropyl alcohol, not ethanol, and do not register on the ethanol test.) Specimen was mixed with another in the lab. 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DWI Employment Law Entertainment QUICK FACTS CENTER - LEGAL - DWI New York, NY Auto Accidents Bail Bonds Bankruptcy Business Law Class Action Criminal Law Debt Management/Relief DWI Employment Law Entertainment & Sport Law Family Law General Info Immigration Law Insurance Law Medical Malpractice Nursing Homes Personal Injury Pharmaceutical Litigation Products Liability Real Estate Law Social Security Stock Misrepresentation Tax Relief Wills and Estates Workman's Comp Health Home Improv. Financial Legal Autos Motorcycles Pets Want to sponsor this page? Contact us here . DWI Law Why was I charged with three violations for one DWI? Over the years drunk driving statutes have evolved not only to increasepenalties for repeat offenders but to add additional charges. Theseadditional charges increase theDWI conviction rate and make it more difficult for persons arrested ondrunk driving charges to defend against the charges. Initially anyone arrested for drunk driving was charged with "operating" or "driving" a motor vehicle while "under the influence of alcohol" (OUI or DUI) or "while intoxicated" (OWI or DWI). In each, the influence of alcohol on driving conduct had to be shown to support a conviction. This was an important issue from a defense attorney's point of view. The construction of the law required a prosecutor to demonstrate the individual's alcohol consumption, no matter how great, affected driving conduct. In short, if the individual's intoicication was not apparent from driving conduct, an acquittal was likely. Responding to public pressure for harsher drunk driving penalties, state legislators went straight to work to simplify the prosecutor's burden. A second offense was added to state statutes which is charged "IN ADDITION" to the DWI. This second charge makes it illegal to operate a motor vehicle with a blood alcohol concentration (BAC) greater than a specified statutory limit. In most states, including Minnesota, the BAC limit is 10. Many states have lowered this limit in recent years to .08. Tactical defense attorneys' challenged prosecutors in court arguing that urine, blood or breath tests to determine a driver's BAC were not tested at the time of the "driving conduct" but at some point after the driver had been arrested. As a result, the driver's BAC may not have been beyond the legal limit at the time the driving conduct. With this defense, Prosecutor's were tasked to find qualified medical experts totestify regarding the absorption rate of alcohol in each individual driver in order to prove the driver's BAC would have exceeded the legal limit at the time the motor vehicle was being operated. In response, State legislators again went to work to simplify the prosecutor's burden. A third statutory offense was added which makes it illegal to test with a blood alcohol concentration of .10 or more within two hours of operating a motor vehicle. No longer is it necessary for the prosecutor to call an expert regarding absorption rates and weight ratio's if a driver tested with a BAC of .10 or more within two hours of being stopped. This offense is charged IN ADDITION to DWI and operating a motor vehicle with a BAC above the legal limit. Good defense attorneys act swiftly when a driver charged with an alcohol related offense comes to their office. Vigilant attorneys analyze policereports to determine whether officers followed proper procedures while stopping or arresting DWI suspects. Police reports of the arrest arereviewed to find deviations from which might impair testing accuracy. Weather and road conditions, as well as the attire and medical condition of the driver at the time of arrest are also noted. After all of the evidence and each element of the case has been reviewed, effectivedefenses are discussed and devised. Today, more than ever, with changing laws and increasing penalties for alcohol related driving offenses, it is important to discuss your casewith an experienced DWI attorney. Getting a clean slate Jeff Burns (not his real name) is a reputable engineer. He is married and lives with his wife and three children in their comfortable home inthe suburbs. Things for Jeff were not always so nice. When Jeff was 21 years old, he was arrested for stealing money from hisemployer to finance his then out of control drug habit. In court, anagreement was reached to temporarily stay the court proceedings. Inessence, jeff was given another chance. He was placed on probation for aperiod of two years conditioned on his repayment of the money he hadstolen and further conditioned on remaining law biding. Well, Jeffcleaned up his act, attending treatment and repaying the money. Now, seven years later, Jeff is applying for a position in management.His employer wants him to sign a routine approval to obtain his criminalrecord. Jeff knows that ifhis employer learns about the theft, he won't get the job. What can he do? One answer may be an expungement. Minnesota allows all records relatingto an arrest, indictment or information, trial, or verdict to be sealedso that they are inaccessible except by a court order. Expungements areavailable in only a limited number of situations. Under MinnesotaStatutes Section 609A, an expungement may be available for certaincontrolled substance offenses, juveniles prosecuted as adults, orcriminal proceedings not resulting in a conviction. In Jeff's case, prosecution was stayed conditioned on repayment of themoney he took and that he remain law abiding. Jeff qualified for anexpungement when hecompleted the conditions of his probation. A petition was filed to sealall arrest records prior to Jeff s job interview. By the time his jobapplication was processed, hiscriminal records were sealed. Jeff received the management position. Even if an expungement is not available initially, a person convicted ofa criminal offense may consider other options including reopening thecriminal case or apetition for a pardon. Automobile Insurance What will happen to my automobile insurance? If you received a DWI or other ticket, insurance companies are notautomatically notified of the offense. They must run a driving recordcheck to become awareof the ticket. Insurance companies generally do not check drivingrecords on a regularbasis. Instead, random driving record checks are performed. Moreover,when a new client is seeking insurance or when an old client request achange in their policy, a driving record review may be performed. If the insurance company discovers a DWI conviction, insurance ratesskyrocket. Oftendrivers with DWI convictions will be placed on "risk" insurance wherethe rates may be as steep as $600 per month. In some cases, theinsurance company will drop the driver as an insured on the firstrenewal date. In order to keep your insurance rates down, it is important to keep yourdriving record as clean as possible. Different insurance companies offerdifferent rates. In fact, there are some insurance companies thatspecialize in "risk" insurance. As a result, it is important to shoparound to determine the best rates and coverage possible. Drivingwithout proper insurance is an offense in itself and may result in thesuspension of your drivers license. If you recently received a DWI or other traffic ticket, you may decreasethe likelihood ofincreased insurance rates by keeping a low profile with the insurancecompany: * DO NOT buy a new car DO NOT change insurance coverage; DO NOT change insurance companies. Though taking these steps is not a guarantee, it may help to prevent theinsurance company from reviewing your driving record. In some cases,your rates may be lowered again if you complete a required amount oftime with no further traffic violations. Ten things to do in the ten days after your arrest. Ten. If you need to save your driver's license you or your attorney mustusuallynotify the drivers license bureau immediately! Nine. You must notify the licensing bureau in writing and have a receipt ofdelivery, even by fax if necessary. If time is running or you are late,contactattorney ASAP! Eight. Don't rely on a telephone call alone. It is well known that when theemployeetells "you'll be contacted later" something will go wrong. Seven Even if you did not receive a temporary license paper from the officer,thelicensing bureau will take action against your driving privilegesimmediately. Six Even if you have a license from another state, and even if the officerdid nottake your license, your state may also take action against your drivingprivileges. Five TEMPORARY DRIVERLICENSES are only valid for seven days after your arrest. Four Do not confuse this page's license issue with your criminal court date!Minnesota punishes you both by taking your license in a civil proceedingandthen punishing you again in court on criminal charges. Three. There are three (3) issues at most hearings if you completed a chemicaltest.(Stop, Charge, Test). If you refused, this fact will be used against youto showyour guilt. Usually you must explain refusals completely to win. Two. The government has the burden of proof to prevail on all DWI issues, orrefusalmatters. If the government meets the burden of proof on only part of theissues,you win. It's the law! One All your attorney has to do is knock out one issue to save your licenseand you avoid the harsh civil and criminal penalties! DWI Charges A DWI first offense with a Blood alcohol content less than .20 is amisdemeanor punishable by a $700 fine and/or up to 90 days in jail. A DWI is a gross misdemeanor if you have two offenses within 5 years orthree offenses in ten years or if your blood alcohol content is .20 orgreater. It is also a gross misdemeanor if you receive a DWI with achild under the age of 16 in the vehicle if the child is also more than36 months younger than the driver. A gross misdemeanor ispunishable by a $3000 fine and/or up to one year in jail. Under Minnesota Statutes 169.129, Aggravated DWI-related violations areIt is a gross misdemeanor for any person to drive, operate, or be inphysical controlof a motor vehicle, the operation of which requires a driver's license,within this state or upon the ice of any boundary water of this state inviolation of section 169.121 (DWI statute) or an ordinance in conformitywith it before the person's driver'slicense or driving privilege has been reinstated following itscancellation, suspension, revocation, disqualification. www.dwicounsel.com Service Directory Segments are written by area legal professionals and are paid features. Want to sponsor this page? Contact us here . Health Home Improv. Financial Legal Autos Motorcycles Pets
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