March 2020 began COVID-19 shelter in place orders across the nation. Cases surged, and officials felt stay-at-home orders would keep people safer and slow the spread of disease. The nation experienced the first widespread school and work closures of our time. With academic, professional, and personal movement limited, advocates expressed great concern over the specific… Read More
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Holiday Greetings
To all of my friends, clients and colleagues. On behalf of Castellanos Law Group, I would like to wish a happy beginning to the Holiday season. Thanksgiving was a time to reflect upon that despite our current health crisis we have a lot for which to be grateful, in particular that we live in such… Read More
DUI With a Minor In the Car
The State of Georgia has provided many pitfalls for those who take advantage of its tolerance for alcohol consumption. Besides providing that it’s illegal to drive .08g% or above in alcohol content or in the alternative that it’s illegal to drive with any amount of alcohol which renders you a less safe driver, the State… Read More
Too Much Violence
Violence related problems In my last year on the Bench we ( the State Court of Cobb County ) added the misdemeanor family violence court ( treatment program ) to our list of responsibilities. The process had begun a year earlier but like all things governmental the process took awhile. The program is a diversion… Read More
What Should I do if I’ve been Pulled Over after Drinking?
Drink and drive Last week I began with the theme: Do you test well or How well do you test? The point is that police officers release 25-30% of those suspected of DUI yet lawyers advise not to cooperate with any police requests for information, dexterity exams or alco-sensor requests. The problem is compounded by… Read More
Do You Test Well?
Some people test out better than others After spending thirteen years on the trial bench listening to DUI cases I have formed the opinion that in DUIs as in other lifetime events some people test out better than others. It seems lawyers are advising their clients to never take the field sobriety tests which the… Read More