LONG BEACH, Calif., Aug. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- In a survey of over 65,000 Southern California attorneys, Los Angeles DUI attorney Lawrence Taylor has been honored by his peers as a "Southern California Super Lawyer".
Conducted jointly each year by Los Angeles and Law and Politics magazines, the survey highlights the most respected attorneys in each of a number of legal specialties. Taylor was one of two chosen by his fellow lawyers in the field of DUI defense, marking the sixth year in a row that he has received this accolade.
Known nationally as "The Dean of DUI Attorneys", Lawrence Taylor is a UCLA Law School graduate, former Los Angeles deputy district attorney and Fulbright Professor of Law who is the author of the standard textbook in the field, Drunk Driving Defense. He has lectured to DUI lawyers in 41 states, and currently heads his law firm of 8 DUI defense lawyers serving clients in Los Angeles, Orange County, Riverside-San Bernardino, San Diego and the San Francisco Bay area.
Taylor has previously been selected for inclusion in the 2009 edition of The Bar Registry of Preeminent Lawyers, and has now received the coveted "AV" rating from the Martindale-Hubbell International Law Directory for the tenth year in a row.
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Monday, September 28, 2009
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
San Diego DUI Lawyers Note Rise in Female Arrests
LONG BEACH, Calif., Aug. 23 /PRNewswire/ -- San Diego DUI attorneys are noticing a steep increase in the number of women seeking legal representation for DUI arrests throughout San Diego County.
Lawrence Taylor, known as "The Dean of DUI Attorneys" and author of the book Drunk Driving Defense, confirms that "Each San Diego DUI attorney in our firm has observed a steadily rising percentage of female San Diego drunk driving clients in recent years." Taylor, who heads a nationally-known firm of California DUI defense attorneys, reports similar trends reported by his Los Angeles DUI lawyers and Orange County DUI lawyers.
Taylor's experiences are not unique. The FBI recently released evidence of this trend - statistics from 1998-2007 indicating an increase of nearly 29 percent for women driving under the influence of alcohol. This can be compared to a 7.5 percent decrease for men.
Further confirmation comes from a recent DUI fatality study by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. The agency looked at the number of female drunk drivers involved in fatal crashes from 2007 to 2008 and found that the female DUI rate increased or remained flat in 15 states, compared to 13 states for male DUI involved fatalities. This is noteworthy, since the overall number of DUI cases decreased 9 percent nationwide. About 2,000 fatalities a year now involve a female driver arrested for DUI.
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Lawrence Taylor, known as "The Dean of DUI Attorneys" and author of the book Drunk Driving Defense, confirms that "Each San Diego DUI attorney in our firm has observed a steadily rising percentage of female San Diego drunk driving clients in recent years." Taylor, who heads a nationally-known firm of California DUI defense attorneys, reports similar trends reported by his Los Angeles DUI lawyers and Orange County DUI lawyers.
Taylor's experiences are not unique. The FBI recently released evidence of this trend - statistics from 1998-2007 indicating an increase of nearly 29 percent for women driving under the influence of alcohol. This can be compared to a 7.5 percent decrease for men.
Further confirmation comes from a recent DUI fatality study by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. The agency looked at the number of female drunk drivers involved in fatal crashes from 2007 to 2008 and found that the female DUI rate increased or remained flat in 15 states, compared to 13 states for male DUI involved fatalities. This is noteworthy, since the overall number of DUI cases decreased 9 percent nationwide. About 2,000 fatalities a year now involve a female driver arrested for DUI.
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Monday, August 10, 2009
Petty Delays DUI Case
Actress Lori Petty has won the right to delay her upcoming driving under the influence case until next month.
The "Tank Girl" star was arrested in Venice, Calif., in May after she allegedly hit a skateboarder with her car.
Cops breath-tested Petty and found she was over the legal limit.
Earlier this month she was charged with DUI with injury, DUI with a blood alcohol level of .08 or higher with injuries, and driving without insurance. She was due back in court to be arraigned on Wednesday.
Her attorney, Blair Berk, attended a Los Angeles court to request a month-long continuance on the case and the request was granted, meaning Petty will now wait until July 28 for her arraignment hearing, according to Radar Online.
If convicted, Petty faces up to a year in county jail.
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The "Tank Girl" star was arrested in Venice, Calif., in May after she allegedly hit a skateboarder with her car.
Cops breath-tested Petty and found she was over the legal limit.
Earlier this month she was charged with DUI with injury, DUI with a blood alcohol level of .08 or higher with injuries, and driving without insurance. She was due back in court to be arraigned on Wednesday.
Her attorney, Blair Berk, attended a Los Angeles court to request a month-long continuance on the case and the request was granted, meaning Petty will now wait until July 28 for her arraignment hearing, according to Radar Online.
If convicted, Petty faces up to a year in county jail.
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Monday, July 20, 2009
Driver in deadly Adenhart crash was DUI
SANTA ANA, Calif., June 11 (UPI) -- The driver of the vehicle carrying Los Angeles Angels pitcher Nick Adenhart the night of his death had an illegal blood alcohol level for her age, prosecutors say.
Prosecutors in Orange County, Calif., said 20-year-old Courtney Frances Stewart had a blood-alcohol level of .06 the night an alleged drunken driver crashed into her vehicle, killing her, Adenhart and law student Henry Nigel Pearson, The Orange County (Calif.) Register said Thursday.
California drivers under the age of 21 cannot operate a vehicle legally if their blood alcohol level is above .01.
Deputy District Attorney Susan Price said Stewart's level was determined by toxicology tests conducted by the Orange County Coroner.
Attorney Randall T. Longwith is representing Andrew Thomas Gallo, the man accused of causing the deadly accident on April 9.
Longwith told the Register the toxicology report on Stewart could come into play in the second-degree murder trial of his client.
"It's a big revelation," said Longwith, whose client also faces other charges including driving under the influence. "In essence, we're talking about two people who were drinking and driving. I think it's definitely something we need to look at and investigate."
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Prosecutors in Orange County, Calif., said 20-year-old Courtney Frances Stewart had a blood-alcohol level of .06 the night an alleged drunken driver crashed into her vehicle, killing her, Adenhart and law student Henry Nigel Pearson, The Orange County (Calif.) Register said Thursday.
California drivers under the age of 21 cannot operate a vehicle legally if their blood alcohol level is above .01.
Deputy District Attorney Susan Price said Stewart's level was determined by toxicology tests conducted by the Orange County Coroner.
Attorney Randall T. Longwith is representing Andrew Thomas Gallo, the man accused of causing the deadly accident on April 9.
Longwith told the Register the toxicology report on Stewart could come into play in the second-degree murder trial of his client.
"It's a big revelation," said Longwith, whose client also faces other charges including driving under the influence. "In essence, we're talking about two people who were drinking and driving. I think it's definitely something we need to look at and investigate."
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