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Posted on Feb 7, 2012 By Brad Koffel
DUI convictions and Canada If you have a DUI/OVI conviction and attempt to enter Canada you may be in for a rude awakening. Under Canadian law, a non-citizen cannot enter the country unless you have ...
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Posted on Dec 20, 2011 By Brad Koffel
We are a nation of criminals. We lock up more of our own citizens than any other country in the world except China. A recent study in Pediatrics reports that 1/3 of our kids will be arrested before ...
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Posted on Nov 28, 2011 By Brad Koffel
In our firm, there are 2 types of DUI clients. The "I Can't Have a DUI on My Record" and the "I Don't Want a DUI on My Record". Which are you and why do we ask this ...
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Posted on Sep 27, 2011 By Brad Koffel
I just finished reading an excellent article by Columbus, Ohio Psychologist, David Lowenstein, Ph.D., titled "Creating a Strong, Supportive Family". As a father of 4 young children, this ...
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Posted on Sep 24, 2011 By Brad Koffel
Ohio was the first state in the country to require public shaming for a non-sex offense when it passed the law for yellow DUI plates. Public humiliation was common in the "mob justice" eras ...
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Posted on Sep 13, 2011 By Brad Koffel
There is much confusion among defense lawyers, prosecutors and judges as to the laws regulating the evidence in the coutroom where a defendant wishes to try a breath test to a judge or jury. In 1984, ...
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Posted on Sep 12, 2011 By Brad Koffel
HB 86 also touches (albeit briefly) on the DUI / OVI code. Ohio's jails are chockful of non-violent offenders who can be punished without sitting in a jail cell. For the first time, Ohio is ...
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Posted on Sep 9, 2011 By Brad Koffel
Yesterday I had a client in my conference room discussing his 3rd DUI arrest in less than 5 years. Under Ohio law and the circumstances of his case, he's facing a mandatory minimum 60 day jail ...
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Posted on Sep 3, 2011 By Brad Koffel
Let's say your son is a 19 year old sophomore in college. They are on their way back to their dorm with a few friends, all of whom have been drinking and all of whom are under 21. Campus police ...
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Posted on Jun 27, 2011 By Bradley P. Koffel
This morning the United States Supreme Court released a decision that levels the playing field for defendant's being prosecuted with lab evidence. The case, Bullcoming v. New Mexico , was issued ...
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Posted on Apr 26, 2011 By Brad Koffel
by Brad Koffel We recently learned that OSU has a new self-disclosure of criminal convictions for employees. Here is the memo: From he Ohio State University Office of Human Resources information: ...
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Posted on Feb 1, 2011 By Brad Koffel
Aggravated Vehicular Homicide (AVH) cases in Ohio come in two primary types -- deaths as the proximate result of DUI / OVI and deaths as the proximate result of Reckless Operation of a Vehicle. The ...
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Posted on Dec 7, 2010 By Brad Koffel
For our clients struggling with the disease of addiction, we will intervene and introduce them to the best of the best treatment providers in the world. Depending upon a client's budget, we can ...
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Posted on Nov 1, 2006 By Brad Koffel
I have represented dozens of lawyers in Ohio charged with Ohio DUI / Ohio OVI. In fact, we always seem to have several lawyers as clients at any given time. Which begs the question -- why would these ...
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Posted on Jun 2, 2006 By Brad Koffel
In 1982, Ohio's legal limit was reduced from .150% to .100%. Neither alcohol-related traffic deaths nor DUI arrests abated. Nearly 20 years later, in 2003, the legal limit was further reduced to ...
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Posted on Jun 1, 2006 By Brad Koffel
Based upon past experience, we expect to see significantly increased DUI enforcement in the 5 mile radius surrounding Muirfield Village Golf Club. Clearly, this is one of Central Ohio's largest ...
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