Blog Share Celebrities Arrested For Marijuana Possession

Apr 5, 2019 } in Drugs, Marijuana by Seth Bloom } No Comments »

Celebrities: beneath all the glamor and bankroll, they’re just like everyone else. Right? I don’t know. Probably not. But what I’m trying to say is sometimes they like to relax with a few tokes of […]

Blog Share What Are Some Common DWI Defenses?

Mar 20, 2019 } in DUI/DWI by Seth Bloom } No Comments »

At Bloom Legal, we have been helping clients fight DWI charges for a decade and a half. We understand that everyone makes mistakes, and we don’t think any person’s livelihood or wellbeing should be threatened […]

Blog Share Injured In a Hotel and Other Mardi Gras Accidents

Mar 4, 2019 } in Mardi Gras, Personal Injury by Seth Bloom } No Comments »

The most recent data, per NOLA.com, shows that the New Orleans area boasts nearly 40,000 hotel rooms. Whoa. I’m not going to lie, before I looked up that stat I knew it would be high, […]

Blog Share Not From New Orleans But Need a New Orleans Lawyer?

Jan 21, 2019 } in Criminal Defense, DUI/DWI by Seth Bloom } No Comments »

New Orleans is one of the premiere travel destinations in the world. We get a lot of phone calls from tourists who come to New Orleans to enjoy the food and culture and unfortunately end […]

Blog Share Four of the Craziest Celebrity Arrests

Oct 8, 2018 } in Celebrity Justice, Criminal Defense by Garret Travis } No Comments »

Ah, lifestyles of the rich and the famous. The glitz, the glamor, the… crime? Check out our list below of four of the most outlandish celebrity arrests. 1. Matthew McConaughey Before he was an Oscar-winning […]

Blog Share Black People In Louisiana Almost Three Times More Likely Than Whites To Be Arrested For Marijuana Possession

Sep 24, 2018 } in Drugs, NOPD by Garret Travis } No Comments »

According to a new report, black people are almost three times more likely than white people to be arrested for marijuana possession in Louisiana. The data comes from a report published last Tuesday, September 18, […]

Blog Share A Routine Traffic Stop Nearly Cost This Couple $10,000

Sep 7, 2018 } in Traffic by Seth Bloom } No Comments »

In a story that reads like part nightmare, part Super Troopers outtake, NOLA.com reports on a couple who had over $10,000 of casino winnings confiscated in a routine traffic stop in West Virginia. Dimitrias Patlias […]

Blog Share NOPD Officers Charged With Battery In Wake of Bar Fight

Jul 27, 2018 } in NOPD by Seth Bloom } No Comments »

Two arrests have been made in the wake of a brutal bar fight that left one man hospitalized on Tuesday July 24th. The men in custody are two former New Orleans police department officers, who […]

Blog Share How to Fight a Public Intoxication Charge

Jul 24, 2018 } in Courts, Criminal Defense, NOPD by Seth Bloom } No Comments »

In a city like New Orleans, where the party never seems to stop,  public intoxication is a charge we see all too often. The city has a reputation for being a place where visitors can […]

Blog Share Arrested on Vacation? Here’s What You Need To Know

Jul 12, 2018 } in Courts, Criminal Defense, NOPD by Seth Bloom } No Comments »

New Orleans is one of the most popular tourist destinations in the country. People come from all over to join in the culture and revelry offered by the Crescent City. Sometimes, though, partying goes wrong, […]

Blog Share New Orleans Immigration Protestors Charged With Disturbing the Peace

Jun 22, 2018 } in Disturbing the Peace, Local Issues, NOPD by Seth Bloom } No Comments »

Jeff Sessions was in New Orleans this week to speak in front of the National Sheriffs’ Association. On Monday, June 18th, as Sessions spoke inside, protestors gathered outside the Enerst N. Morial Convention Center to […]

Blog Share What To Do When You Get Pulled Over

Jun 13, 2018 } in Criminal Defense, DUI/DWI, Local Issues, NOPD, Speeding Tickets, Uncategorized by Seth Bloom } No Comments »

You’re driving along minding your own business when you see those red and blue flashing lights pop up in your rearview. For almost anyone, getting pulled over by the police can be an anxiety-inducing situation. […]

Blog Share Protecting Our Teenagers: Raise the Age Law (SB 432)

Jun 9, 2016 } in Courts, Criminal Defense, Domestic Violence, Drugs, Juvenile Justice, Legislation, Local Issues, Speeding Tickets, Traffic by Seth Bloom } No Comments »

Imagine being a 17-year old convicted of a crime in Louisiana and sentenced to jail time. Perhaps this is your first offense, or maybe you’ve been involved is some petty crimes that have not resulted […]

Blog Share DUI Checkpoint in New Orleans on Thursday night, April 14, 2016

Apr 14, 2016 } in Criminal Defense, DUI/DWI, Local Issues, NOPD, Traffic by carly } No Comments »

As an ongoing proactive effort to remove impaired drivers from the roadways, the New Orleans Police Department will be conducting a DUI checkpoint Thursday, April 14, at an undisclosed location in New Orleans. The sobriety checkpoint will begin at 9 […]

Blog Share Backstreet Boys’ Nick Carter arrested in Florida after bar fight

Jan 14, 2016 } in Celebrity Justice, Criminal Defense by carly } No Comments »

Nick Carter, a leading member of the boy band ‘Backstreet Boys’, was arrested Wednesday night at the Hog’s Breath Saloon in Key West after a fight broke out at the bar. Charges were filed against […]

Blog Share Man arrested for DWI, drug possession on boat in Bayou Savage

Jan 14, 2016 } in Drugs, DUI/DWI by carly } No Comments »

A Metairie man was arrested Monday for DWI and drug possession on Bayou Savage. A witness complained they saw a man who they believed to be impaired try to launch a boat into Bayou Savage. […]

Blog Share Michael Weatherly leaving ‘NCIS’ after DUI arrest

Jan 11, 2016 } in Celebrity Justice, DUI/DWI by carly } No Comments »

Michael Weatherly, famous for playing Anthony DiNozzo on the original ‘NCIS’ announced he will be leaving the show after the end of the current season. Weatherly was arrested for two counts of DUI back in […]