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After you are arrested for drunk driving, a whole legal process is set in motion. We explain the steps of this process in our video on Criminal Procedure 101, so you can better understand exactly what is going to happen to...

Although most people are generally familiar with the term bail bondsman, the details and mechanics of the process are often misunderstood. After being arrested, a person may be given the option of posting a bail, a set amount

Justin Bieber is in trouble with the law again. According to the Huffington Post, Bieber was arrested in Miami for DUI and drag racing. He was pulled over in a rented yellow Lamborghini after police witnessed him drag racing.

When you are suspected of drunk driving, the police are going to ask you to submit to a breathalyzer test that measures your blood alcohol content (BAC).  For a long time, the standard from a New Orleans criminal defense...

If a police officer suspects that a driver is under the influence of alcohol or drugs, the officer will administer various test, starting with a field sobriety test, and then possibly moving on to a blood, or breath test. A...

In an unrelated search warrant of Justin Bieber’s home, police arrived to find cocaine in plain view and arrested Bieber’s friend and rapper, Lil Za, for possession. It was first believe to have been in...

Saturday night Jessica Kiper, former contestant on ‘Survivor: Gabon’, hit the back of a parked vehicle in Baton Rouge and was arrested on suspicion of DWI. After failing to follow instructions for the...

Check out our new Video Blogs on our BloomLegalTV channel! New topics discussed are: Marijuana Laws No Refusal DWIs License Suspensions and more If you or someone you know gets arrested in the Greater New Orleans area, give...

Driving under the influence is an all encompassing term. Here at Bloom Legal Network, we frequently meet client charged with a DUI, who believe that they have a defense to this charge because they were on prescription...

According to the Huffington Post, Erin Henderson, Vikings Linebacker, was arrested again for driving while intoxicated. He was stopped in a suburb near the Eden Prairie headquarters for the Vikings. He was still in jail as of

Period of Suspension Bloom Legal Network would like to wish everyone a Happy New Year! Please remember to be safe over the holiday. Drinking and driving is a serious offense that carries both criminal and civil charges. As we

Recently, Psych Central reported that a study of 22,000 high school seniors showed an increase in drugged driving even while the number of teens involved in drunk driving incidents has declined. As many as 28 percent of teens

As an ongoing proactive effort to remove impaired drivers from the roadways, the Orleans Parish Police Department will be conducting a DWI Checkpoint, Friday, December 27, at an undisclosed location in Orleans Parish. The...

New Orleans juries seem to be getting tougher on criminal offenders, as data indicates a significant increase in the rate of convictions from 2011 to 2012. When the Times-Picayune reviewed the conviction rate in 2011, 348...

As an ongoing proactive effort to remove impaired drivers from the roadways, the Harahan Police Department will be conducting a DWI Checkpoint, Saturday, December 21, at an undisclosed location in Harahan. The checkpoint will

As an ongoing proactive effort to remove impaired drivers from the roadways, the Orleans Parish Police Department will be conducting a DWI Checkpoint, Friday, December 20, at an undisclosed location in Orleans Parish. The...

Early Sunday morning, a man dressed as Buddy the Elf from the Christmas favorite “Elf” was arrested for drunk driving in Lafayette. Around the holidays checkpoints usually tend to increase as the number of holiday

In Louisiana, the legal drinking age is 21, just as it is in the rest of the United States. Many locals and visitors, however, fail to follow these rules. As our New Orleans DUI law firm mentioned in a recent video on minors