We have given you extensive information about how being convicted of an OUI can ruin your opportunity to drive for the foreseeable future, but there are other ways that it can change your driving privileges. Even with a valid driver’s license, factors such as the ones we will mention today may prevent you from driving normally. This has a huge impact on your ability to work, go to school, and can even affect your social life and similar relationships…

If you are suspended by The Bureau of Motor Vehicles here in Maine for a first offense OUI, and you hold a CDL, you will be suspended for a period of one year; even if you win the criminal case. It is imperative that you beat both the Bureau of Motor Vehicles suspension hearing and the criminal case in order to continue to drive. Even if you’re not operating a commercial vehicle when you’re pulled over, if you blow a 0.08 or greater, your CDL will still be suspended for a period of a year. That is unless you beat both the Bureau of Motor Vehicles suspension hearing and the criminal case…

Your wallet is one of the more sensitive parts of your anatomy, although you carry it instead of it being attached, and a hit to the wallet hurts worse than most injuries that lead to hospitalization. The difference is that it hurts more than just you.  It hurts your spouse, children, roommate, housemate, and any …Continue Reading →

BMV suspension hearings are very different than a trial for OUI. Once you’ve been arrested, a police report will be generated. That police report will be sent off to two places. First, the Secretary of State will receive a report and then the District Attorney’s Office receives a copy of the same report. The District Attorney’s Office is the organization or the entity that generates the criminal charges in your case. However, we’re not going to be talking about that today. We’re talking about the Administrative License Suspension that is generated by the Secretary of State.

When that license suspension is generated by the Secretary of State, you have an opportunity…

In some cases, getting charged with driving under the influence is the extent of your criminal experience. Once the charges are dealt with and the case is over, you can begin rebuilding your life and getting back to as close as possible to the way things were before the arrest. However, this is not the way it always works, and sometimes other charges accompany the DUI that are very serious and these require just as much attention. The more charges you face, the more serious your situation becomes, and facing the DUI alone is very scary and stressful for everyone in your life…

Today’s topic of discussion concerns blood testing and how they could impact the success or failure of the defense in your case. Blood testing is by far the most accurate method of determining a person’s blood alcohol content. However, as accurate as it is, many problems can arise with the sampling, storage and testing of a blood sample.

Many issues arise during the collection of the client’s blood. For instance…

Today’s topic of discussion concerns out-of-state-drivers and Bureau of Motor Vehicle suspensions. The State of Maine is well known as a vacation area. People from all over the country come here to Maine for vacation. Unfortunately, folks who come here to vacation do occasionally get arrested for OUI.

If you’re from out of state and you are arrested for Operating Under the Influence (it might be called DWI or DUI in your state) in the State of Maine, the Maine Secretary of State will take the following action…

Nobody plans on getting a DUI. Rather, most people head out for a few drinks and before they make it home the blue lights come on. You know the rest of the story. Unfortunately, far too often I have people coming through my office saying it’s much cheaper to plead guilty to a 1st offense …Continue Reading →

During the course of an investigation involving driving under the influence of alcohol and drugs, many factors become critical issues. Even one of these fundamental underlying factors can turn your case into something far beyond your scope of understanding, and it can take the skill of a professional DUI lawyer to get you out of …Continue Reading →

Drunk driving laws vary greatly from state to state. In Maine, an OUI is roughly defined as someone who is operating a motor vehicle under the influence of alcohol, or someone who is operating a motor vehicle with a breath-alcohol content of 0.08 or more…

We hear a lot of information regarding possible sentences and outcomes for someone who is convicted of operating under the influence of drugs or alcohol, but many focus solely on the potential sentence handed down by a judge. Many have no idea that other possible results of an OUI conviction are looming, and these individuals …Continue Reading →