by lisaspitzer | Oct 29, 2012 | Fort Lauderdale Criminal Defense Blog
Fort Lauderdale criminal lawyer with over 3 decades experience in criminal defense, DUI defense, suspended licenses,criminal appeals, and drivers license reinstatement is available 24/7 to help college students arrested. Down in Broward for school? Away from home and ready to party? A little too much fun in the sun and now you are apart of the Broward County Corrections rooster? Well, perhaps I can help. My experience and skills as a criminal lawyer is helpling first time offenders. DUI charges, misdemaenors, and suspended licenses are all arrests I have seen over and over and defended for college students having too much fun in Broward county. I know this is frightening for you and I know you really do not want to be calling the folks back home for help. Let me try to make it a bit easier on you. PRLog (Press Release) – Oct 26, 2012 – The season is here again and college in the sunshine state is in full swing. With that comes students from different states here in Fort Lauderdale. Many are in Broward County attending college for the first time. Fort Lauderdale is the party town for students attending college and visiting on school breaks. They are away from their home with a new found freedom and according to Seligman, "Unfortunately they sometimes go a little overboard and get arrested. These are good young adults who are now worried and frightened especially about being thrown out of school. They have serious career goals and serious dreams and need some guidance and help fast. That is why we have launched a special 24hr hotline for...
by lisaspitzer | Oct 29, 2012 | Criminal Defense Legal News
The Florida criminal appellate lawyer Guy Seligman announces he is reviewing criminal cases where blood evidence against a citizen relied on the Broward Medical Examiner's lab work. FORT LAUDERDALE (CBSMiami) – Drug toxicology tests taken by the former Broward Medical Examiner are now under fire and it may lead to new trials for defendants involved in DUI cases involved alleged drug use. “This could be a very big deal,” said Broward’s Public Defender Howard Finkelstein. “It certainly seems to me that someone was not doing the job that was supposed to be done.” Broward’s new Medical Examiner Craig Mallack discovered under the former ME, the office didn’t follow proper scientific procedures to validate thousands of drug toxicology tests prior to August 24, 2012. Mallack told State Attorney Mike Satz on Tuesday that he immediately shut down his lab and referred new cases to an independent lab. You need to download the latest version of flash player to use this player Need Help? In a news release, the Medical Examiner’s Office said 3600 drug screen tests over the past 10 years may be impacted. Mallack replaced former Medical Examiner Dr. Joshua Perper in April. Perper had been M.E. for 17 years. In August, Mallack discovered the possible problem during an operational review. In a letter to Satz that Mallack showed to CBS4′s Peter D’Oench, he said, “There is no definitive evidence to suggest the actual results reported were inaccurate; however, the methods used to extract the information were not previously scientifically validated.” That could have been a critical flaw in the testing. Finkelstein told D’Oench, “We do know that the...
by lisaspitzer | Oct 27, 2012 | Fort Lauderdale Criminal Defense Blog, Fort Lauderdale DUI Defense Lawyer, Fort Lauderdale Suspended License Lawyer
Guy Seligman is a criminal defense lawyer in Fort Lauderdale experienced with first time offenders. The special Fort Lauderdale DUI Defense, Criminal defense and suspended license defense, drivers license reinstatement hot line for college students arrested is manned 24hrs. If you are a college students, arrested everything you need to know about potentially losing your financial aide is right here. 08/19/12 For a student attending college or vocational school, a criminal conviction for certain offenses can destroy eligibility to receive federal and state loans, grants and work study programs. Even a plea bargain which resolves a criminal case in a way which at first glance appears to be lenient and favorable, such as an outcome permitting avoidance of a probationary period and/or jail or prison term, may preclude you from receiving student financial aid. The highly technical terms contained within a plea bargain or judge's criminal sentence can make the difference between receiving loan and grant money and being forced to drop out of school. Tens of Thousands Disqualified Yearly: More than forty thousand students yearly, about one in every 400 students, is refused financial aid from the federal government as a result of a drug conviction, according to a review of U.S. Department Education records by Students for Sensible Drug Policy, an organization favoring relaxation of certain drug laws. According to the Government Accountability Office, an arm of the U.S. Congress, Pell Grants are denied to about 20,000 students annually because of drug convictions. Neither report tabulates how many additional students lose out when convictions for criminal offenses not involving drugs preclude eligibility for federal and state financial...
