The Duchesne County School Board has approved random drug testing for students that are participating in extracurricular activities and those kids whose parents opt them in to the program. The school board says that they want to use this drug testing as deterrent, and those testing positive could face a two-week suspension on the first offense. Even more detrimental obviously…
Salt Lake Voyeurism Defense Attorneys Criminal defense attorneys in the Salt Lake City area often represent people throughout Utah for voyeurism charges. Voyeurism, which is often called a “Peeping-Tom” crime, is easy to commit, but the penalties that accompany a conviction of it are much harder to overcome. The severity of a voyeurism charge and conviction is why any person…
At our office you will find a team of drug defense attorneys in Southern Utah. We represent individuals all over state including the southern areas from Beaver and Cedar City to Kanab, Hurricane, and St. George. We understand the drug laws in Utah and can help you get...
If you have been charged with a Second DUI in Salt Lake County, you may qualify to participate in what is called the FOCUS program which is provided by Salt Lake County Probation Services. Among other things, FOCUS allows the court to cut the mandatory jail sentence required by statute in half. If you have been charged with a second…
Stealing from an Employer Embezzlement is often the subject of exciting novels and movies and high profile embezzlement cases make the news. The reality of embezzlement, however, is that it is not an easy thing to do, but once it is committed it is difficult to keep hidden. Employers always find out that money is missing…eventually. Those who are in…
More than 200 pounds of marijuana was retrieved after a traffic stop on a vehicle just across the Utah border today. The truck was pulling a trailer hauling automobiles. The trooper found the semi truck was not authorized to be hauling the load and had forged the log book. Following the stop the trooper did a search of the trailer…
Utah Traffic Stops and Search and Seizure Many if not most people who are charged with crimes are charged as a result of being pulled over by a police officer and then after one thing leads to another a search and seizure takes place and incriminating evidence is found. This is especially true in Utah DUI cases and drug crimes. …
If you have been charged with drunk driving in Utah, you are facing serious penalties in a very tough system. The DUI laws in Utah seem to get tougher every year. Over the past few years the state legislature has enacted additional laws making it even tougher on individuals who drink and get behind the wheel in this state. As…
So you are going through a divorce in Utah and it dawns on you, “what about my 401k?” Or maybe you are thinking “what about my spouse’s 401k, do I have an interest?” We understand that in many marriages, especially those that are of a longer duration, the highest value asset may be the 401k or maybe multiple 401ks. So…
One of the most disputed issues of the average divorce is over who is going to get custody of the children. Obviously each parent is acting out of love for the children and a belief that they will be able to provide best for them. Although all the involved parties are acting in the best interest of the children, in…
