Domestic Violence

If granted, a temporary protection order is issued for 14 days until a hearing is held. At that hearing, a judge will determine whether to extend the protection order for another 90 days. A civil protection order (sometimes called a restraining order) is usually done...

Holiday DUI

“DUI patrols” tend to increase during this time of year, especially whenever an event occurs that in the popular mind tends to be associated with excessive alcohol consumption. New Year’s Eve and the Super Bowl are obvious examples, but a purely local event (in this...

DUI/DWI

“Time is of the essence” is especially apt regarding any contract or criminal defense. If you are arrested on a DUI charge, whether you refused to take or failed a breathalyzer test, you have only seven days to request a hearing to contest the administrative...

Assault and Battery

Technically, a “battery” is the act that involves physical contact, sometimes violent but at least unwanted. An “assault” is conduct that falls short of actual physical contact but which is either a credible threat of a battery or an attempt to commit a battery....