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A horrible incident happened in Greenbrier County of West Virginia today. News agencies have reported that a teenager has been charged with a DUI leading to severe injuries after he plowed into a school bus full of children on Monday. According to what he told the police, Eighteen-year-old Andrew Thomas Davis was apparently distracted by…

Even if this is not listed on your desk calendar, today is a national holiday for many Americans. For those who are unaware of April 20th, more commonly known as 4/20, let me tell you this is a marijuana enthusiast’s holiday. Except for Denver, where smoking pot is still considered to be legal, there is…

It feels like it was just yesterday when the year had begun and now it is already April. And do you know what April reminds me of? April means it is time for all the senior years of college are coming close to their commencement day and prepare for their lives post-graduation. Now that could…

As a criminal defense lawyer who represents clients in West Virginia and Pennsylvania, I am on the road constantly – and some of the things you see are truly frightening. Picture, if you will: A woman on the highway plucking her eyebrows, a man using his steering wheel as a perch for a spread-out newspaper,…

I know you’ve heard this Morgantown criminal defense lawyer say it before: More enforcement = less DUIs and traffic infractions, an opinion backed up by a recent study. Now, at least in Farmington, West Virginia, there has been an enforcement blitz thanks to a cash infusion from the Governor’s Highway Safety Program in the form…

I don’t know that it would be considered irony as much as juxtaposition but: On my news feeds today I saw stories about news items that piqued the interest of this Morgantown criminal defense attorney: One post talked about how it is National Beer Day (yes, thanks to the Internet, that is now a seemingly…

It’s April, which means that college seniors staring down commencement day are preparing for their post-collegiate lives, whether that means deciding on which grad school to attend, where to apply for – or accept – a job, and where to set down roots. I know these seniors are getting advice from everyone right now: Parents,…

It might not be listed on your desk calendar, but for many in America, today is a national holiday. For those unfamiliar: It’s April 20 – 4/20 – which has long been a marijuana enthusiast’s holiday. I’ve read the news out of Denver (where pot is legal), and law enforcement officials there are warning what…

Horrible story out of Greenbrier County, West Virginia today: News agencies are reporting that a teenager there has been charged with DUI causing injury after police say he plowed into a school bus full of children Monday. According to the news report, the teen, 18-year-old Andrew Thomas Davis, told police that he had been distracted…

As a West Virginia criminal defense lawyer who handles myriad DUI cases, it’s not lost on me that alcohol and drug-fueled driving is a problem throughout the state. I personally have written many blogs about the dangers of drinking and driving, as well as the dangers of smoking marijuana and getting behind the wheel. I’ve…