There’s been a lot going on lately, so the posts to this blog have been fewer and more spaced out. Part of the reason is that I have been spending a lot of my time working on my national DUI blog, which was launched several months ago. Another reason is that we are working on a complete redesign of the main domain of this blog and turning it into the largest public library of DUI information that we are aware of on the internet.
I have joined forces with Aaron Wolff, a well recognized lawyer in Washington State. Aaron will be providing the Washington State DUI law information and monitoring a new DUI chat-board that we have planned.
The scheduled launch of the new site is January 25, 2009, but could be sooner or later as we work through some bugs and hosting issues.
Also of note, Lindsay Berman, a recent law school graduate and bar passer in Florida has moved to Arizona and joined my team. Lindsay is planning on taking the summer bar exam here in Arizona, and in the meantime is working on research and drafting for my firm and my website. Although she has only recently graduated from law school, Lindsay brings several years of DUI law experience, as she worked for well known and respected DUI attorney and author Robert Reiff, where she played a significant role in authoring the supplement to the fourth edition of his DUI treatise ‘Drunk Driving and Related Vehicular Offenses.’
In other news, 2009 appears to be a busy DUI year in Arizona so far, as the Arizona DUI Task Force has relentlessly stopped and arrested hundreds of people with each major sweep. Busy arrest seasons translate to more cases maturing towards resolution or trial in the spring and early summer, so I expect to be busy in May and June of 2009, although remain optimistic that the streak of worthwhile deals that we have been receiving from prosecutors’ offices will continue, saving our clients the stress and financial burden of litigating their DUI cases.
As usual, with the new year comes tougher DUI laws, at least in Arizona. Although some states, such as Washington State, have actually relaxed some of the license suspension requirements for DUI cases, most states continue the legislative and judicial push to tougher DUI laws and penalties. One good example is the push that South Dakota DUI Law is making towarda a time-limited per se DUI law.
Start checking back again, as we are up and rolling, and plan to give this blog more attention in 2009.
Happy New Year.
Dan
