The above result is particularly timely as domestic violence charges were dropped this week against Nashville businessman David Chase. After spending over a year professing his innocence of the Domestic Violence and Strangulation charges filed against him by his former girlfriend, the Prosecutors in the case asked the Judge to drop the charges [...]
Beginning July 1st, the penalties for driving with insurance in Tennessee are getting much tougher. While "Proof of Financial Responsibility (Insurance)" has been required in Tennessee for a few years now, there were few teeth in the law. The Tennessee Legislature passed, and the Governor signed, a new law which will [...]
My clients are often placed on bond with the restriction of being required to use a transdermal monitoring device as a condition of bond if the person has a prior alcohol-related conviction. These devices are not only embarrassing and cumbersome, but are also very expensive, sometimes as high as $125.00 per week. We are able to [...]
Frank and Melanie are attending the Tennessee Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers Conference in Nashville today and have been getting briefed on new and changing laws in Tennessee. Frank sent the following on Vehicular Homicide. . . As a general rule, Vehicular Homicide is a class B felony that carries a possible sentence of [...]
A potential client came by our office late last Friday very worried about a legal problem facing them. After spending some time with us, they left with peace of mind and the confidence to allow them to spend a long holiday weekend worry-free with their family. To say thanks, they brought us an apple [...]
A great number of the criminal cases I handle are for younger people. While these younger clients are most often between 18-21, it is becoming more common to see youths under 18 charged with serious crimes. I have often criticized the philosophy that young people in our society are considered too immature to make their [...]
We are proud to announce that Keith Williams has been recognized for his work in injury law by the legal industry. Keith has been named a "Super Lawyer - 2014: Personal Injury: General - Plaintiff” by Super Lawyers, a division of Thomson-Reuters and he is also included in the national magazine, Super Lawyers - Mid-South 2014 Edition. [...]
As a parent, I cannot fathom the unbearable pain experienced from losing a child. On December 23, 2014, a Bardstown Mother experienced this pain after watching her twelve year old daughter cling to life in an intensive care room at Kosair Children’s Hospital in Louisville, Kentucky. Such unbearable situations only cause an endless list of [...]
I spent some time researching other Middle Tennessee attorney's areas of practice recently. You know - those things they represent to you that they handle with a high level of expertise. I have always found this to be a curious read when searching for an attorney and one that is clearly confusing to people [...]
Once again substantive changes have been made to the Tennessee DUI Laws: Operating an Employer's Vehicle. Under prior Tennessee Law, individuals with a restrictive driver's license, which required the use of an interlock device on their vehicle, could drive an employer's vehicle WITHOUT the requirement of an interlock device on the vehicle, as long as the employer acknowledged [...]
