Drunk Driving Charges

Virginia has some of the toughest DUI laws in the nation, including membership in a regional strike force that holds sobriety checkpoints every week. What we don't have in our drunk-driving laws is a process for holding alcohol providers financially responsible for...

All too often, we hear of people just pleading guilty to drunk driving charges. People falsely believe either that they have no other option or that a first time driving under the influence conviction is not a big deal. At , we are...

Yes. Under Virginia law, if a partially-consumed container of alcohol is found in the passenger area of your vehicle and you seem drunk to a cop, the law begins with the assumption that you're intoxicated. This is an aspect of Virginia's "open container" law, §...

Summer finally seems to be on its way, so we thought now would be a good time to cover some dos and don'ts of enjoying alcoholic beverages during summer activities -- especially when you're with kids. As you may already know, Virginia law considers boating under the...

We never intend to make light of drunk driving. Perhaps more than most people, we understand just how serious a DUI charge can be. We help people deal with these charges every day, and we see it all. One thing that's certainly true about alcohol intoxication, however,...

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's national office is just a few miles southeast of Loudoun County in Washington D.C. It's there that the federal agency has worked since 1970 to improve highway safety. A recent NHTSA national survey of drivers'...

Everything from algae to zucchini will be green on St. Patrick's Day -- except the lights atop the Loudoun County Sheriff's Office patrol cars. If the lights go on because a sheriff's deputy is pulling you over on suspicion of drunken driving, even the luck of the...

If you are planning a drive from Leesburg to Roanoke this weekend, we would like to alert you to a special law enforcement event there. The Roanoke County Police are warning drivers about three hours south of Loudoun County that they will be having a "no refusal"...

It's about a two-hour drive southwest of Leesburg to Charlottesville. That's where one of the nation's very best basketball teams -- the University of Virginia Cavaliers -- play their home games. It's also where Sean Singletary, one of the all-time greats to play at...

It's a relatively short drive from Leesburg to the offices of The Foundation for Advancing Alcohol Responsibility in Arlington, Virginia. The group says it is fighting to eliminate drunk driving and to promote "responsible decision-making regarding beverage...