A Guide to Expungement Under the New Hope Act The New Hope Act, enacted in 2019, brought significant changes to expungement laws in Washington State, ...
Restore Your Firearm Rights in Washington State Washington is one of the few states that allows individuals to restore their firearm rights after a co...
Where the Expungement Process Begins Washington State radically changed the rules for expunging convictions in 2019. There is a problem, however, many...
The Lifecycle of a Criminal Case However cliché it sounds, no two cases are alike. Many factors affect what happens in a case, the judicial path it fo...
Well, Not Really . . . and Definitely Not in Washington Like the Ninth Circuit ruling a little over two weeks ago about non-violent felons being allow...
What Makes A Self-Defense Claim Successful? We hear about self-defense claims all the time - in high-profile court cases, across social media, and in ...
. . .Maybe, It’s Not That Simple The news blew up news feeds last week: NINTH CIRCUIT PANEL RULES NON-VIOLENT FELONS CAN OWN GUNS That headline is fro...
Understanding the Impact of HB 1600 on Sealed Juvenile Records and Firearm Rights In the state of Washington, juvenile court records are often sealed ...
Are You Affected? We Can Help Significant changes to Washington's firearms laws are already in effect. If you've lost your gun rights, understanding t...
A Plea Negotiation is Not the Same as a Plea Agreement We need to talk about plea negotiations. It’s not a popular subject on most criminal defense at...
A Breathalyzer Below .08 is Not a DUI Defense When There’s an Alleged ‘Totality of Circumstances’ We get this a lot: a DUI defendant headed into an ar...
How A Washington Expungement Can Work for You I just heard from a former client who received an expungement last summer. His original case - we did no...
You may not recognize the name - Dr. Henry Lee - but you have almost definitely run across his work, probably frequently. Dr. Henry Lee is a forensic ...
It seems like the last few months have been a long, continuous slog of various people in the media, hundreds of politicians, and millions of social me...
We have a lawyer friend in New England who coined the term “Backstairs Justice System” a few years ago. It’s a highly descriptive term to those of us ...
Despite what 30 years of Law & Order has taught us, serious criminal charges are almost never brought overnight. The police, FBI, prosecutors, and...
I just heard a story from a friend, it went like this: a newly graduated law student was arrested in California by the FBI on a mortgage fraud charge....
The final season of Billions just started. It reminds us of a scene in the first season which was, criminal law wise, dead on: Quick review: When it s...
A true story: Three years ago Mark went out with friends to a bar a few miles from his home. Mark was two years removed from playing football for pere...
There are many, many myths floating around about the criminal justice system with more seemingly piling up every week, myths that seem to get more ing...
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