My primary business as a criminal defense lawyer is defending drunk driving cases, and I am proud of my job and my profession as a whole. So I am happy to discuss my career and my business with anyone.
One of the common comments I get from people who know what I do around holidays or other “big drinking days” or holiday weekends like New Year’s Eve, the Superbowl, St. Patricks’s Day, Memorial day Weekend, the 4th of July, Halloween, Christmas Holiday party season, etc., is “This must be your busy season.”
But it actually doesn’t work that way. The (unfortunate) fact is, there are drunk drivers on the road every night of the week, all the time. The biggest variables are how many cops are on the road, and how aggressive they are at pulling people over. [Read more…]