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Posted by Ben Sessions | Jun 1, 2020 | DUI / DWI
Georgia Supreme Court Justice Harold Melton recently extended the statewide judicial emergency through June 12, 2020. Despite many businesses in Georgia reopening after the shelter-in-place restrictions were widely lifted, Georgia courts will remain closed to...
Continue Reading ≫Posted by Ben Sessions | May 15, 2020 | DUI / DWI
Since the outbreak of COVID-19, businesses, schools and restaurants have closed down to slow the spread of the virus. This also includes the judicial system. While Georgia is beginning to reopen its economy, the backlog...
Continue Reading ≫Posted by Ben Sessions | Apr 17, 2020 | DUI / DWI
These are links to a transcript for an appeal from a trial court’s ruling in our favor on a motion issue. The is whether a urine test is covered by the Self-Incrimination Clause of the...
Continue Reading ≫Posted by Ben Sessions | Jan 27, 2020 | DUI / DWI
One common question I receive is “when will we be able to review evidence from my DUI arrest?” For many of my clients that have been charged with a DUI, the one thing they want...
Continue Reading ≫Posted by Ben Sessions | Jan 17, 2020 | DUI / DWI
Today, I had a client with a very difficult set of facts. She blew, she was under 21 she blew about six times like the limit, a little more than six times. Legal limit legal...
Continue Reading ≫Posted by Ben Sessions | Jan 16, 2020 | DUI / DWI
As a DUI lawyer, I often attend pretrial conferences and negotiations with prosecutors where the arresting officer is present. If that is the case for you, there are a few things you can do to...
Continue Reading ≫Posted by Ben Sessions | Jan 15, 2020 | DUI / DWI
If you’ve been charged with a DUI, this what you need to know about your driver’s license. There are 2 cases that you will face: the criminal DUI case and the administrative license suspension. The...
Continue Reading ≫Posted by Ben Sessions | Jan 15, 2020 | DUI / DWI
Are you in the U.S. on a work VISA and charged with a DUI? This is one of the most common and very difficult situations that I deal with in the context of DUI cases....
Continue Reading ≫Posted by Ben Sessions | Jan 9, 2020 | DUI / DWI
If you have been charged with a DUI, there are so many unknowns, and coping with the uncertainty of a DUI charge is one of the most difficult aspects of the case. One of the...
Continue Reading ≫Posted by Ben Sessions | Oct 24, 2019 | DUI / DWI
In Georgia, we continue to see a growth in the number of DUI blood test cases in response to Elliot versus state. The state obviously recognized that there were potential problems associated with trying to...
Continue Reading ≫Posted by Ben Sessions | Oct 18, 2019 | Criminal Defense, DUI / DWI
What do you do when a prosecutor in a case makes a recommendation to resolve the case that you believe to be unfair? One that doesn’t really fit the crime that you’re accused of at...
Continue Reading ≫Posted by Ben Sessions | Sep 10, 2019 | DUI / DWI
Yes, she looks hammered. Yes, the former MADD President’s DUI arrest report shows that she allegedly had a breath-alcohol concentration approximately 3 times the legal limit. And, yes, she forgot one of my favorite sayings when...
Continue Reading ≫Posted by Ben Sessions | Mar 30, 2019 | DUI / DWI
How do you effectively negotiate a DUI case, and does it make a real difference? Most of our clients do not want their case to go to trial. They want their case to be negotiated...
Continue Reading ≫Posted by Ben Sessions | Mar 27, 2019 | DUI / DWI
If you’re facing a DUI charge that involves an accident, I would strongly implore you to speak with a lawyer who actually understands how to defend a DUI, particularly if the case involves a person...
Continue Reading ≫Posted by Ben Sessions | Mar 24, 2019 | DUI / DWI
What I would like to do in this video is discuss with you the process that most cases take in the Alpharetta Municipal Court. If you’ve been arrested on DUI in Alpharetta, most likely your...
Continue Reading ≫Posted by Ben Sessions | Mar 23, 2019 | DUI / DWI
The DUI Per Se charge on your citation simply means that you registered above the legal limit on the breath or the blood or in the case of some drug cases, a urine sample. And...
Continue Reading ≫Posted by Ben Sessions | Mar 22, 2019 | DUI / DWI
One of the questions that I’m commonly asked is where it is you can be charged for DUI here in the State of Georgia, that is can you be charged with a DUI when you’re...
Continue Reading ≫Posted by Ben Sessions | Mar 22, 2019 | DUI / DWI
One of the most common questions I’m asked by lawyers is: how it is that I deal with the horizontal gaze nystagmus test evidence of a testimony at a motions hearing or in a trial in...
Continue Reading ≫Posted by Ben Sessions | Mar 21, 2019 | DUI / DWI
In this video, board-certified DUI attorney Ben Sessions discusses how to properly address prior DUI convictions. My name is Ben Sessions. I do these videos as an informal chance to talk to you about issues...
Continue Reading ≫Posted by Ben Sessions | Mar 21, 2019 | DUI / DWI
In this video, Georgia Board-Certified DUI Defense Attorney Ben Sessions of The Sessions Law Firm discuss the impact of a Georgia DUI Drugs Conviction upon your Driver’s License. This is a crucial issue if you...
Continue Reading ≫Posted by Ben Sessions | Mar 20, 2019 | DUI / DWI
One of the things that we’re looking at in the aftermath of the Elliott case in Georgia is how it is that it will affect other parts of the DUI case. So, there’s a case...
Continue Reading ≫Posted by Ben Sessions | Jan 9, 2019 | DUI / DWI
If you are considering an ignition interlock permit to avoid the ALS process, it is critical that you understand the conditions of the ignition interlock permit. You are not permitted to drive whenever and where...
Continue Reading ≫Posted by Ben Sessions | Aug 14, 2018 | DUI / DWI
If you were arrested for DUI in Georgia and you submitted to a blood test in response to the reading of the implied consent warning, you will not face a pre-trial suspension of a your...
Continue Reading ≫Posted by Ben Sessions | Mar 2, 2018 | DUI / DWI
Most of my clients want to do everything possible to avoid having to go to court. I can’t blame them. If you have a DUI charge pending, going to court feels like another opportunity for something...
Continue Reading ≫Posted by Ben Sessions | Feb 24, 2018 | DUI / DWI
If someone that you care about has been arrested for DUI in Macon-Bibb County and you need some basic information about their case, this page is intended to provide information about the Macon-Bibb County Jail. ...
Continue Reading ≫Posted by Ben Sessions | Feb 8, 2018 | DUI / DWI
Almost every client or potential client that I consult with regarding a DUI charge wants to know if I know the prosecutor and the judge that will be presiding over the case. There is a...
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