Criminal Defense & Personal Injury Attorneys For The Tacoma Area
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Criminal Defense & Personal Injury Attorneys
For The Tacoma Area
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2A Rights and Lautenberg The Lautenberg Amendment to the Federal Gun Control Act of 1968 became effective in 1996, and makes it a felony for anyone convicted of a “misdemeanor crime of domestic violence” (DV) to ship, transport, possess, or receive firearms or...
Medical Special Damages Medical special damages are a key component of almost every personal injury claim. “Specials” as they are commonly called refers to the total expenses of diagnosis and medical treatment. Injury attorneys, judges, juries, arbitrators and...
Call today for your free consultation. For many people, a first time DUI raises a lot of questions. What does “under the influence mean”? What happens to my license? What happens in court? What is “Mandatory Minimums Jail Time” (Man Mins)? What is EHM? What is an...
Eyewitnesses often help convict innocent people. Eyewitnesses suck. They suck so much because they are the single largest reason why innocent people get convicted of crimes they didn’t commit. According to the Innocence Project, Eyewitness misidentification played a...
Cops jumping to conclusions? What could go wrong with that? Gustave Flaubert said that “Stupidity lies in wanting to draw conclusions.” I just finished a criminal trial for my client in which the cops and “victims” couldn’t wait to jump to conclusions. The basic facts...
If you haven’t met with an accident attorney, you may be wondering how much your case is worth. The value of your Personal Injury case generally depends on the following factors: Total Medical Bills Lost Wages General Damages By adding these four factors together, you...
You owe us that money, say cops. Attorney General Eric Holder’s January 16th order modifying the DOJ’s civil asset forfeiture policy is a step in the right direction, but does not go far enough. Civil asset forfeiture laws empower law enforcement agencies to seize...
Don’t use those graphics in your PowerPoint closing argument…in some courts. Prosecutors in Pierce County have gotten the absolute beat down for using inflamatory PowerPoint closes recently. Stamping “GUILTY” across the face of a defendant’s picture is bad. If you...
DUI Stop Guess what? If you’re on the road after 10p, the average cop or trooper thinks you’re probably drunk. That means that he’s going to look for any possible reason, real or otherwise, to pull you over. That’s why every DUI we analyze starts with the question of...
DUI Investigation If a cop thinks you’ve broken the law, he can pull you over. Once he pulls you over, he can demand your license, registration, and proof of insurance. He can also run your name to find any outstanding warrants, and to see if your license is current....