On behalf of The Figueroa Law Firm, P.A. | Nov 30, 2012 | Firm News
While my advice here is absolutely not to get behind the wheel if you’ve been drinking, the reality is people do drive after they have been drinking. (I don’t say this in a judgmental way, it’s just I see how unfair the system is in the sense...
On behalf of The Figueroa Law Firm, P.A. | Nov 27, 2012 | Firm News
It’s always so astonishing to me when I get a client who has had a driver’s license for over 50 years and until just recently, had never gotten a ticket in all of that time. More often than not, people unfortunately do have run-ins with the police...
On behalf of The Figueroa Law Firm, P.A. | Nov 16, 2012 | Firm News
It is an unfortunate fact of the times we’re living, but more often than not, we see spikes in the number of crimes committed and reported during the holiday season. Though it is supposed to be a time of sharing, caring and spending quality time with loved ones,...
On behalf of The Figueroa Law Firm, P.A. | Nov 15, 2012 | Firm News
Did you know you could lose your license for a drug conviction? How about for shoplifting? Did you know that you could lose your license more than 2 times as long for a marijuana possession conviction that you would for driving under the influence?!Well it...
On behalf of The Figueroa Law Firm, P.A. | Nov 6, 2012 | Firm News
So many times people don’t realize that once an arrest is made, unless you seal or expunge it, that arrest will ALWAYS show up on a background check EVEN if the case was ultimately dropped, dismissed, No Info’d (No Information Notice meaning not suitable...
On behalf of The Figueroa Law Firm, P.A. | Nov 5, 2012 | Firm News
I have lost count of the hundreds of times clients, or even people I deal with on the ball fields or school functions in my personal life, that ask me, “What does it mean if the cops didn’t read me my rights?” Well, that’s a great...