Articles From Baltimore Attorneys
Cinco de Mayo celebration advice from your Maryland Lawyer
Cinco de Mayo – a lawyer's perspective For most people, Cinco de Mayo means watered-down margaritas, cold “cervezas”, and maybe a few shots of bad Tequila (con gusno if you’re lucky). Although, you might be unaware that the majority of celebrants of Cinco de Mayo...
Maryland lawyer explains the mouth alcohol defense in DUI cases
Evidentiary Breath Testing (EBT for short) is a very technical process. As explained in our prior article found in our Maryland Lawyer Articles, there are a number of issues that can occur with the breath testing process. These issues can influence the breath test...
Domain Name Laws: The Early Bird Catches the Website
This Maryland Lawyer knows that everyone has seen the infamous GoDaddy commercials during the NFL Superbowl with half-naked women gallivanting around hawking website domain names. Using companies like GoDaddy, most business owners purchase and trust such websites when...
Maryland Lawyer: 5 Small Business Fraud Prevention Tips
5 Simple Tips for fraud prevention Here are a few quick and simple tips for Maryland small business owners (or business owners anywhere). These tips can quickly and cost-effectively cut down on the possibility of fraud and theft in your small business, avoid a costly...
Maryland Lawyer explains the 420 “holiday” tradition’s legal ramifications
"4/20" in the 410: Puff, puff, pass the handcuffs. This Maryland Lawyer loves Fridays, but this Friday is extra special! By now, most people listening to the radio, or watching TV, have heard about the mass gathering that occurs every year at the University of...
Bourbon & Bowties Submissions
The following responses are the finalists for the Bourbon & Bowties giveaway contest. Maxine Morrow: "It wasn't me... literally" I have a story about getting out of a ticket… A friend of mine that looks similar to me and doesn’t have the most pristine driving...
Speedy Trial – After the arrest
Sometimes it might sound silly or oxymoronic (given the slow and sometimes painful pace of our criminal justice system), but you have an absolute constitutional right to a speedy trial. This does not mean you have a right to what a layperson would call a speedy...
Lawyers’ helpful hints: Top 10 Tips for heading to court
If you follow our blog, you will quickly realize that, as lawyers, we care a great deal how our clients appear in the courtroom. Too often, I see defendants waiting in Court wearing wholly inappropriate outfits, that show an unnecessary amount of skin, and...
Maryland lawyers ‘springing’ for a Bourbon & Bowties ticket giveaway contest
The much anticipated arrival of Spring also means the much anticipated arrival of the annual Bourbon & Bowties benefit event hosted by the Quinntessential Gentleman in Baltimore. This year's charity event will support the National Federation for the Blind and...
DUI Breathalyzer Test: To blow, or not to blow:
To blow, or not to blow, that is the question. I was having lunch today with another Baltimore lawyer. He primarily practices divorce and family law. He made the interesting comment that it is very difficult to practice other types of law besides family and divorce...
