A traffic stop for speeding lead to drug arrest and civil asset forfeiture Mom called the office if not frantic, very upset. Early in 2024, her college aged child, F.D., heading through Georgia to enjoy Spring Break in Florida, had been arrested on felony drug possession charges after being stopped for speeding. It was late…
March 2024 In three different cases ranging from felonies to misdemeanors, we successfully negotiated three offers for diversion which all our clients accepted. Without breaking attorney client privilege, one case involved what could have been serious DUI drugs and felony drug possession convictions, the second case started with a domestic violence arrest, and the third…
September 2023 In a case reported on the local news, on a rainy spring night, a commercial utility truck was cut off by an unknown driver heading south on I-75 in Marietta, Georgia, in Cobb County, thereby forcing the truck driver to take evasive action. The truck then hydroplaned and overturned, forcing our client and…
April 2023 We recently had the opportunity, in Cobb County State Court, to represent a young person with great future prospects. That is, great until they got themselves into a little trouble. Okay, more than a little trouble. Suffice it to say alcohol, even when you’re old enough to drink, is a dangerous substance that…
December 2022 During a search and seizure of a person or their property, often alleged contraband is discovered. And then the police will confiscate other property, like cash, claiming the money is proceeds from a crime. For instance, maybe during a traffic stop, some weed is found in a person’s car. In our client’s Cobb…
August 2022 In a case originating out of Cobb County, Georgia, my client had their license retained by the arresting police officer for allegedly refusing to provide a sample of their breath, blood or urine to the State for use in prosecution against them on a DUI. As my client had retained me right away,…
August 2021 In a case out of Cobb County State Court in Marietta, Georgia, our young college student client made a serious mistake one night. But, we believe a young person’s bad judgement doesn’t have to mean they shouldn’t get a second chance, even while being held accountable. The DUI Per Se law in Georgia for anyone under…
July 2021 In an evidentiary hearing on the admissibility of the Horizontal Gaze Nystagmus (HGN) evaluation, attorney Alan Levine cross-examined the arresting officer up and down, backwards and forwards, and inside and out. After all was said and done, he convinced everyone present – most importantly the Judge – that the performance of the HGN…
May 2021 A predatory car lender went to the Cobb County Magistrate Court in Marietta, Georgia and took our an application for an arrest warrant against her. They alleged she had kept a car on which she had stopped making payments. This lemon of a vehicle, within just a few months of purchase, broke down….
March 2021 This case began nearly twenty years ago, long before I was hired. My client had been convicted for two DUIs down in Dooly County, Georgia. The second of those two DUIs was in the tiny town of Pinehurst, Georgia – also in Dooly County. But, Pinehurst City Court, where our client pled to his second DUI, no longer exists….
