Criminal Defense

When a Kentucky police officer pulls you over because they suspect that you were driving under the influence (DUI), they may arrest you. Just spending a night in state custody can seem like an incredible hardship, and you may worry about what the charges could mean...

You got a late-night phone call from the university campus police, where your 18-year-old child is a freshman. They were caught intoxicated and urinating in public — and, in their conservative Kentucky community, this is viewed seriously. Why would your otherwise...

Most people face the same consequences for a criminal charge. They risk incarceration, fines and possibly community service or probation. Certain groups are also at risk of secondary consequences from criminal convictions. College students are one such group, as they...

Having a criminal conviction on your record can have devastating and lasting consequences. It can make it more difficult to find a job, rent a house and more. An expungement of your criminal record can remove the conviction, giving you the opportunity to start fresh –...

A study published by MedPage Today recently discussed how nurses are, unfortunately, not immune to developing substance abuse dependencies. Study authors discovered that as much as 3% of the over 4 million nurses in the U.S. develop such an addiction.  There are a few...

While you may be new to living without parental supervision when you start college, you’re definitely not uninformed: You know that the Fourth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution protects you against unreasonable searches and seizures. If the police ever show up to...

Allegations of driving under the influence (DUI) in Kentucky can derail your life. You may have to go to court, which will make you lose work. If you plead guilty or the courts convict you, you could wind up facing a jail sentence in addition to paying fines because...

When you decided to divorce your spouse, it was because they were continuing to assert that you were not kind to them or your children. That couldn’t have been further from the truth. Every day, you were doing the school runs, making meals, going to work and...

Kentucky has more than one highway that runs from the northern Midwest all the way down to Florida and Alabama. Given that people who are driving so far across the country pass through Kentucky, drug traffickers sometimes use our highways and even surface roads to...

Everyone has made a mistake at some point in life, but all mistakes are not equal. For example, buying the wrong shampoo will not affect your life very much. On the other hand, a conviction for a Kentucky DUI will impact your life in significant but often unexpected...