CMS Law Firm LLC | DUI Attorneys

One of the most disturbing things about being a DUI attorney is seeing people charged with crimes when all they've really done is fail to use a turn signal, or speed (I had someone come into my office the other day that was pulled over for going 4 mph over the speed limit. 4 mph!) when there are other idiots out there driving like maniacs, distracted by other things that are equally or even more

In many of my posts I talk about the fact that legislators all over the country have done their best to make sure that those accused of driving under the influence are convicted with as little effort as possible. I've also talked about how the courts have cowtowed to organizations such as MADD to back up what legislators have made into law, despite that fact that those laws definitively violate

When you are charged with DUI you immediately face several disadvantages. Here are just a few I could think of off the top of my head:1. You lose the presumption of innocence - the jury is instructed if they believe your breath alcohol concentration was over .08 you are guilty of driving under the influence;2. The breath test is allowed into evidence after meeting only very preliminary

Whenever I meet someone and tell them I'm a Seattle DUI attorney, one of the first questions I usually get is, "should I take the breath test?" When this inevitably happens, I have the same reaction every time - I get a little nervous, I start saying "um" and "uh" a lot, and then I spurt out an answer that usually ends with "it depends."Because this is such an important question, though, I