Although they, admittedly, happen much more infrequently than DUI-related car accidents, alcohol-related boating accidents can be just as deadly. During the height of the summer season, it is always a good idea to remind friends and loved ones of the risks associated with boating under the influence of drugs or alcohol. These recent BUI stories [...]
Criminal Liability for Failing to Aid in Drug Overdoses
The Saints, New Orleans’ NFL football team and recent Super Bowl winner, has come under fire recently for its handling of prescription drugs under its control. The Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) is investigating allegations made by a former Saints employee in a wrongful-termination lawsuit against the team. The suit, filed by Geoff Santini, claims that [...]
As a United States immigration attorney, I am routinely required to apply various grounds of inadmissibility, deportability and bars to naturalization to fact patterns presented by those hoping to enter, or stay in, the United States. US immigration laws impose different eligibility standards on aliens depending on where they are, what benefit they are seeking, [...]
“Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free…unless they are criminals, alcoholics, drug addicts, sick or really poor.” You may recognize the first part of that sentence as the most famous phrase from The New Colossus, the poem written by Emma Lazarus and etched on the Statue of Liberty over [...]
Doctors all across the United States suffer from drug and alcohol abuse. It is estimated that doctors experience prescription drug abuse five times more often than non-doctors. In many states, physician health programs (PHP) exist in order to provide addicted physicians with a way to confidentially seek treatment for drug or alcohol abuse without endangering [...]
The United States Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) is initially responsible for determining the immigration consequences of your DUI. The USCIS may find a DUI conviction to be a crime involving moral turpitue (CIMT) or a violent crime. Such a finding can lead to inadmissibility to the US, deportation from the US, denial of a [...]
