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10 Tips To Beating a Ticket in GA
10 Tips To Beating a Ticket in GA Georgia is tough on drivers. If you are stopped for any type of offense, there are things you can do to mitigate your chances of getting a ticket or being arrested or both. Here is a list of things you can do to help if you get...
GA Commercial Driver’s License Violations
GA Commercial Driver’s License Violations Large trucks cause a number of auto accidents on the highways and roads in Georgia. Because of the increased potential of harm, or even death that can result from these accidents, Georgia holds CDL drivers to much higher...
Is fighting a CDL ticket advisable?
Is Fighting A CDL Ticket Advisable? Hiring a traffic attorney to fight for you in against a CDL driving offense in GA is definitely worth the money. To be employed as a CDL driver, most employers will require that you have a clean driving record. Having any type of...
What Happens If You Do Not Pay Your Ticket In Georgia
Georgia has some interesting traffic laws and while you do not need to know everything about them, you should know what happens if you do not pay your ticket in Georgia. Failure to pay your citation will likely get your driving privileges suspended. The Georgia...
Personal Care Home Arrest for False Imprisonment
If you have read the news over the last few days, you may have seen that a metro Atlanta pastor was arrested when a visit to his home uncovered 8 people locked in a basement area. It's not very often that this type of situation makes front page news. This story is...
Question: Do Traffic Lawyers Really Work?
Although the question in the title of this article can have a double meaning, the intent is pretty clear. Someone has received a traffic citation and wants to know if it's worth it to hire a lawyer to represent him/her for that citation. And at any rate, the answer...
COVID is Not An Excuse For Bedsores
COVID has created some challenges in nearly all aspects of our lives. Education and jobs have been put on hold. Healthcare has seen a massive intake of patients due to Covid or the after effects. In spite of these obstacles there is no excuse for our health care...
How Do You Convince A Judge In Traffic Court
As a lawyer, one of the most common questions we get, is how to convince a judge to see the facts our way. Everyone wants to know the answer to that question, including the lawyers! Although there is no magical formula, I wanted to take the time to list the most...
What To Say in Traffic Court
If you are fighting a traffic ticket in court, you may be wondering what to say in traffic court. You definately want to be prepared rather than walking in and winging it. This is one of those times when having a solid plan will come to your advantage. So, how do...
Getting a traffic ticket as an Uber or Lyft driver
I think we all agree that getting a traffic ticket is frustrating. Yet most of us have had one at some point in our lives. We are running late, we go a little fast and just like that, we get a speeding ticket. It's so annoying because we knew better and should have...
Do I Need a Lawyer For Traffic Tickets in Georgia
It is very common for new drivers, especially those in their teens, to get speeding tickets while driving during the first few months. And more often than not, parents want to simply pay the ticket, believing that this will be the end of the ordeal. Sometimes, it...
Jussie Smollett – Pretrial Diversion
Sometimes facts are truly stranger than fiction and the Jussie Smollett case is strange indeed. If you are following the news, you have heard that all charges have been dropped against Smollett without any explanation. How can this be the case, many are wondering....
Failure to Appear
A failure to appear in court in the state of Georgia can get you locked up. That means jail time. When you receive a traffic ticket, you are asked to sign the ticket. Your signature states that you will appear in court unless the ticket is paid before the court...
What is Marsy’s Law?
Marsy's Law became effective in 2019 in Georgia when it was incorporated into Georgia's Crime Victims Bill of Rights. It provides specific rights to the victims of crimes. This article will details the origins of Marsy's Law and how it is helping crime victims in...
How Facebook Posts Can Hurt Your Case
Facebook is still the most popular game in town. Although it began with teens, it has now become the most popular online app across the world with young and old, alike. People use it for a variety of reasons, personal and business. Think about the ways we use...
5 Tips About Your Driving License
Clients often ask about ways to prevent losing their license after being ticketed for speeding. Here are some tips regarding your driving license. If you receive a speeding ticket driving over 85 miles per hour on any road or highway or 75 miles per hour on any two...
It’s Your Right To Ask A Lawyer
Asking for an attorney, If you are being questioned by the police is YOUR right. It does not matter if you have committed a crime or not. You have the right to counsel. It's one of the most basic and fundamental of rights of our justice system - the right to...
You May Need An Investigator If Your Loved One Is In a Nursing Home
It's often very difficult making the decision for our parents to move into a nursing home. Nobody wants to think about their parents being mistreated. Unfortunately, it can and does happen. Consider this scenario: "Jared" goes to visit his mom regularly at the...
Georgia Long Term Care Background Check Program
The State of Georgia is getting tough on elder abuse cases, which have continued to rise significantly across the state. On March 15th, 2018, the House passed what will be known as the Georgia Long Term Care Background Check Program Bill. This, also known as Senate...
Things You Should Know About Tickets in Georgia
Each state has its own set of laws regarding rules of the highways. The State of Georgia is no different in that respect. Some of the laws in Georgia are stricter, while some are not. All states have mandatory seat belt laws, speed restrictions and requirements on...
Traffic Stop in Georgia
Seeing blue lights behind you often brings on feelings of panic even when you have done nothing wrong. This shouldn't be the case but we have conditioned ourselves to the thought that if the police are pulling us over, we must have done something wrong. A traffic...
Georgia’s Super Speeder Law
Imagine you are driving your regular business route from Alabama to South Carolina. It's a beautiful day as you travel along I-75 through Atlanta, Georgia. As you sing along to songs from the radio, traffic is light and you are making excellent time for a mid-Monday...
Hands Free Driving Law
It's hard to think back to a time when we did not have a phone in our cars and trucks. We have become so accustomed to being available 24 hours of the day to family, friends, work and social media. However, an alarming statistic showed that most accidents were the...
Ten Reasons to Hire a Lawyer (rather than represent yourself)
Lawyers are often asked about whether someone should represent themselves. This type of question comes up at parties, reunions and even family dinners. It goes something like this: "I have a friend (it's ALWAYS a friend), who was arrested, given a ticket, is being...
Tips for Attending Court
If you have never been to court before, you may no idea on how you should conduct yourself or how to dress. Here are some helpful tips for attending court . Location Matters Every court room is different. Judges have personalities too, and they have their own way of...
Hiring An Attorney Can Save You Money
If you are facing criminal charges, you may think hiring an attorney is a waste of money. You may be concerned that it will just cost too much. In fact, even if you plan to plead "guilty" for your charges, having your own attorney is critical. For one thing,...
Georgia Bail Bond Process
Georgia Bail Bond Process The bonding process in Georgia can be confusing. The purpose of a "bond" is to provide a financial guarantee that you will return to court for all of your appearances until your case is completed or dismissed. You, or a family member, pays...
Why You Should Check For Nursing Home Abuse
You may hear stories of nursing home abuse every day in the news. You may have followed some of the recent celebrity stories or even seen local stories of nursing home abuse on the Atlanta news. It's hard to believe these things can happen here, so close to home. In...
Georgia’s Traffic Citation
Imagine this scenario: Katie is driving to work early one morning. She's tired from having too little sleep. She's running late, knowing that one more time she will be fired. Losing her job will mean she loses her apartment. She's nearly to the parking lot with 5...
Without a Single Drop to Drink, You Can Still Get a DUI
Imagine the following: You are driving home late one evening. Maybe you worked late. Maybe you are a college student and you met a study group to prepare for upcoming finals. When you are about half the way home, you see blue lights in your rear view mirror. You...
Be Aware of Silent Elder Abuse: Dehydration and Malnutrition
Elder abuse and neglect are serious issues facing many elderly people in the Atlanta area as they live out their remaining years. While our senior citizens enter nursing homes, assisted living facilities or even stay in their own homes looking for the support and...
Elder Abuse: Are You Safe At Home?
Are you safe at home? It’s a simple question that family members, social workers, nurses, occupational therapists, physical therapists need to ask their older patients every time they visit. Why? Because that simple question could open the door toward identifying...
Bedsores and Other Signs of Elder Abuse
If you have entrusted an elderly loved one's care to professionals at a nursing home, you likely did so based on the assumption that a facility would be able to provide better care than you could. Imagine the horror if you were to find out that your loved one had been...
Who Pays for Never Events?
Have you ever missed a doctor's appointment only to find that you have been billed for not cancelling within a period of time prior to the appointment? This is a charge that your insurance company will not pay but you are expected to pay. The theory behind this is...
Bedsore Pressure Sore Fact Sheet
What is a Bed Sore or Pressure Sore? Bedsores (also known as Pressure Sores) are areas of damage to the skin and underlying tissue which develops due to prolonged pressure or friction on vulnerable areas of the body. Typical areas include, the tail bone, sacrum,...
Can You Sue for Bedsores or Pressure Sores?
Bedsores and pressure sores should never happen while in a hospital, nursing home or other facility. The bedsore develops due to prolonged pressure or friction on vulnerable areas of the body. Typical areas include, the tail bone, sacrum, hips, heels and elbows. ...
Understanding and Recognizing Elder Abuse
In general, elder abuse is a term referring to any knowing, intentional, or negligent acts or omissions by a caregiver or any other person that causes harm or a serious risk of harm to a vulnerable adult. Federal and State surveys in the mid-‘80s determined that the...
Frequently Asked Questions During a Civil Deposition
Under the GA Civil Practice Act, opposing counsel has the right to take your deposition upon proper notice. As a party to civil litigation you may be required to appear at a specific time and place to give your oral testimony under oath and taken down by a court...
Key Deposition Pointers
Key Deposition Pointers A discovery deposition is the oral testimony of a witness taken down under oath and typed in a booklet format. Depositions are often taken in personal injury cases seeking money damages. Your attitude, truthfulness and appearance at the...
You Have Rights in Criminal and Civil Cases
You have Constitutional and Statutory Rights in Criminal and Civil Cases (Georgia) The U.S. Constitution, Constitution of the State of GA, and GA Statutes provide a basis for your rights to a Trial by Jury and access to the courts. This is a non-exhaustive...