As a State College criminal defense attorney, I have represented countless individuals who were charged with crimes here in Centre County, PA and in many other counties throughout the Commonwealth. The crimes charged have ranged from minor summary offenses to DUI’s, major drug cases, and violent felonies. Every case presents unique challenges both in terms of the legal and factual questions involved
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DID YOU KNOW? DRIVER LIMITED TORT SELECTION AFFECTS PASENGERS IN AUTO ACCIDENT
Often personal injury client’s contact our law firm who believe that they are covered by their full tort selection on their own auto insurance policy only to come to find out that they are bound by the limited tort selection of the driver of the vehicle they were a passenger in. For an in depth
DO YOU KNOW THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN FULL COMPREHENSIVE CAR INSURANCE COVERAGE AND FULL TORT CAR INSURANCE COVERAGE?
When I ask the majority of my clients if they have full tort insurance coverage, the number one I answer I receive is, “yes, I full coverage car insurance.” Later, when I look at the client’s car insurance policy, I find at that they have full comprehensive auto insurance coverage but are not fully insured. Full comprehensive
ALCOHOL POISONING
A time-honored tradition among college students is the frat party where students gather to drink, play games, and make friends at a university fraternity house. While frat parties are great places to enjoy cheap (or even free) drinks and hang out with friends, the potential for consuming too much alcohol is great, especially for incoming
FAKE IDS
In most college campuses, the kid with the fake ID is the hero of the underclassmen-a fake ID can get you a case of beer while you’re still a minor, and depending on how good a forgery the card is, can get you into bars and age-restricted clubs. While flashing a fake ID here and
Mythbusting #3- Just Say “No”: You Do Not Have To Consent To A Search
When the police ask me if they can search my person/bag/car/home, do I have to let them? Absolutely not. As a criminal defense attorney here in State College, Pennsylvania, I have represented countless individuals who have been charged with the possession of illegal items found on their person, in bags they were carrying, in their
Heroin On The Rise In Pennsylvania
As a criminal defense attorney working in mostly rural Central Pennsylvania, I am constantly face-to-face with the heroin epidemic that is affecting both cities and small communities around the country. Recently, I was speaking to a Pennsylvania State Police officer about a case in which my client had been charged with the possession of heroin
Mythbusting #2- You Do Not Have To Stop For Police “Just To Talk”
Do I have to stop and talk to police when they ask me to? Yes and no (but often the answer is no) To answer this question, one must be familiar with some basic legal concepts related to the law of “seizure,” a concept derived directly from the text of the Fourth Amendment to the
Police Are Solving Crimes Using Status Updates
Teens and young adults today document every aspect of their lives in selfies and social media posts. Tweets and Facebook statuses update you on where your friends are and how they’re feeling, or how they’re reacting to the events around them, and Instagram shows you your friends at their best-or worst-depending on their mood. Our
The Social Media Age: How Facebook, Twitter, Instagram And Social Media Affect Your Personal Injury Lawsuit
In the age of sharing everything is caring, we have come to incorrectly believe that everything that we put out on the Internet is not available for all to see. Unfortunately, as the recently settled Federal Trade Commission Lawsuit against Snapchat and its founders have shown, your photographs and videos may still exist, in spite