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What Is Divorce From Bed and Board?

01/30/2024 The Irving Law Firm

What Is Divorce From Bed and Board?
Divorce can be a bit different in Virginia than in other states. You may have been learning about the process of a divorce and you may have wondered, “What is a ‘divorce from bed and board’”?Keep reading to learn more about divorce from bed and board and what you need to know.Understanding D...

The First Standard

01/30/2024 The Irving Law Firm

The First Standard
The first of the eight standards of proof which a court is required to consider prior to determining whether the consents of birth parents to a proposed adoption are being withheld contrary to the best interests of the child is stated as follows: “The birth parent’s efforts to obtain or maintain...

Protecting Your Elderly Loved Ones

01/30/2024 The Irving Law Firm

Protecting Your Elderly Loved Ones
First it was losing the car keys…. Then it was forgetting the grandkids’ names.When to step in to protect your parents or other loved ones.There must be millions of missing car keys across America. Who hasn’t had a parent, aunt, neighbor, cousin, or spouse that just can’t ever find their key...

Motions to Reconsider

01/30/2024 The Irving Law Firm

Motions to Reconsider
The Department of Public Safety and Homeland Security, through Secretary Brian Moran, has encouraged prosecutors and judges to reconsider sentences for those incarcerated in local and regional jails. To this end, the attorneys at the Irving Law Firm, P.C., have been working to serve the community by...

Updates To Virginia Criminal & Traffic Laws 2020

01/30/2024 The Irving Law Firm

Updates To Virginia Criminal & Traffic Laws 2020
More than 1,200 bills cleared the legislature, and were signed by Gov. Ralph Northam, with most taking effect Wednesday, July 1, 2020.Some of the most notable updates affecting criminal and traffic laws include, but are not limited to:Driver’s License Suspensions:Drivers will no longer have their...

The Constitutional Rights Of Birth Parents

01/30/2024 The Irving Law Firm

The Constitutional Rights Of Birth Parents
The Constitutional Rights of Birth Parents are extremely important. Parental Rights are recognized as fundamental rights under the Due Process Clause of the 14th Amendment to the United State Constitution. Whenever a Court must consider whether the best interests of a child require an adoption which...

Early Release From Prison In Virginia

01/30/2024 The Irving Law Firm

Early Release From Prison In Virginia
Virginia Passes Law To Release People From Prison: Conditions And Exceptions ApplyIn response to COVID-19, Virginia passed a law allowing the release of people in custody of the Department of Corrections (DOC). While this budget amendment does allow for the release of additional people from DOC duri...

econstruct Inc. Launches New Website

01/30/2024 econstruct Inc.

econstruct Inc. proudly unveils its new website, a testament to its commitment to innovation, transparency, and excellence in construction. With eight strategically located offices to serve Los Angeles, econstruct Inc. emerges as a construction powerhouse dedicated to transforming visions into reali...

The Medlin Law Firm Case Wins: Unlawful Carry Weapon By Gang Member, Fort Worth – Dismissed

01/30/2024 The Medlin Law Firm

The Medlin Law Firm Case Wins: Unlawful Carry Weapon By Gang Member, Fort Worth – Dismissed
Our client was in Fort Worth for a motorcycle rally and was wearing the cut of a particular gang that is considered an organized criminal organization. He was pulled over for failing to signal at a stop sign and was later arrested for unlawful carry of weapon (UCW). The only reason the carrying of t...

The Medlin Law Firm Case Wins: Resisting Arrest/Search/Transport – Dismissed

01/30/2024 The Medlin Law Firm

The Medlin Law Firm Case Wins: Resisting Arrest/Search/Transport – Dismissed
Our client and his friend were out one night drinking at a bar. As they were leaving, our client was trying to stop his friend from getting into a fight so he kept pulling him back. This caught the attention of the officers and they approached them to talk. Our client kept interjecting, which irrita...

The Medlin Law Firm Case Wins: Unauthorized Use of Vehicle – Reduced To Misdemeanor

01/30/2024 The Medlin Law Firm

The Medlin Law Firm Case Wins: Unauthorized Use of Vehicle – Reduced To Misdemeanor
Our client decided to take his employer’s car home during his lunch break and unfortunately on the way back he had a minor accident. He did not have permission from his employer to take the car so he was charged with a State Jail Felony of Unauthorized Use of a Motor Vehicle. And on top of the fel...

The Medlin Law Firm Case Wins: Acquitted: Drug Delivery Charge of Over 100 Pounds of Marijuana

01/30/2024 The Medlin Law Firm

The Medlin Law Firm Case Wins: Acquitted: Drug Delivery Charge of Over 100 Pounds of Marijuana
The client had delivered over 100 pounds of marijuana to an undercover officer and had prior drug arrests and probations and was looking at a possible long prison sentence for delivering drugs – potentially a life sentence. We had demanded, prior to the trial, disclosure of any confidential inform...

The Medlin Law Firm Case Wins: Not Guilty for Driving While Intoxicated (DWI) Charge with .20 blood test

01/30/2024 The Medlin Law Firm

 The Medlin Law Firm Case Wins: Not Guilty for Driving While Intoxicated (DWI) Charge with .20 blood test
Our client was stopped as he pulled into a taco restaurant drive through late in the evening. After admitting that he had a few beers earlier, the police officer had our client do the DWI field sobriety tests. Even though our client did well on those tests, but not perfect, the officer arrested and...

The Medlin Law Firm Case Wins: Possession of Dangerous Drug, Parker County – Dismissed

01/30/2024 The Medlin Law Firm

 The Medlin Law Firm Case Wins: Possession of Dangerous Drug, Parker County – Dismissed
Our client has a heart condition that requires him to take multiple prescription drugs. He does not usually keep the pills in the prescription bottle with the label on it. He was parked on the side of the road messing with his cell phone. Officers pulled up behind him to do a motorist assist in Park...

The Medlin Law Firm Case Wins: Assault, Fort Worth – Case Dismissed

01/30/2024 The Medlin Law Firm

 The Medlin Law Firm Case Wins: Assault, Fort Worth – Case Dismissed
Our client was arrested for assault bodily injury to a family member. She was accused of punching her boyfriend. After only two Fort Worth, TX court appearances, we convinced the DA to dismiss her case without her having to do any classes, community service, probation, or pay any fines or court cost...

The Medlin Law Firm Case Wins: Felony Drug Case, Tarrant County – Reduced To Misdemeanor

01/30/2024 The Medlin Law Firm

 The Medlin Law Firm Case Wins: Felony Drug Case, Tarrant County – Reduced To Misdemeanor
Our client was arrested for felony possession of controlled substance (cocaine) under 1 gram and unlawful carry of weapon (UCW) in Tarrant County, TX. After discussing the holes in the DA’s case involving a potential illegal search of our client; they agreed to reduce the felony charge down to a m...

The Medlin Law Firm Case Wins: Unlawful Carry Weapon By Gang Member, Fort Worth – Dismissed

01/30/2024 The Medlin Law Firm

The Medlin Law Firm Case Wins: Unlawful Carry Weapon By Gang Member, Fort Worth – Dismissed
Our client was in Fort Worth for a motorcycle rally and was wearing the cut of a particular gang that is considered an organized criminal organization. He was pulled over for failing to signal at a stop sign and was later arrested for unlawful carry of weapon (UCW). The only reason the carrying of t...

The Medlin Law Firm Case Wins: Driving While Intoxicated with Car Accident, Grapevine TX – Found Not Guilty by Jury

01/30/2024 The Medlin Law Firm

The Medlin Law Firm Case Wins: Driving While Intoxicated with Car Accident, Grapevine TX – Found Not Guilty by Jury
Our client flipped his vehicle on the highway coming from Grapevine, Texas. Officers arrived at the scene and required our client to perform field sobriety tests in front of his flipped over vehicle to make sure the accident was visible to any potential jurors in the dashcam video. Our client admitt...

The Medlin Law Firm Case Wins: .14 Breath Test/Alcohol Concentration – Found Not Guilty by Jury

01/30/2024 The Medlin Law Firm

The Medlin Law Firm Case Wins: .14 Breath Test/Alcohol Concentration – Found Not Guilty by Jury
Fort Worth police department pulled our client over for driving the wrong way down a one-way street. The officers asked her if she had been drinking and our client admitted to a few beers and a few shots. This initiated the investigation of Driving While Intoxicated (DWI). Our client failed all 3 fi...

The Medlin Law Firm Case Wins: Speeding and Weaving through Traffic – Found Not Guilty by Jury

01/30/2024 The Medlin Law Firm

 The Medlin Law Firm Case Wins: Speeding and Weaving through Traffic – Found Not Guilty by Jury
Our client was leaving The Gaylord Texan Resort after his date on Valentine’s day and was pulled over by Grapevine Police Department for weaving in and out of traffic at a high rate of speed in a Porsche. Grapevine police officers ran our client’s criminal background and saw his prior DWI convic...

The Medlin Law Firm Case Wins: .17 Blood Specimen and Car Accident – Found Not Guilty by Jury

01/30/2024 The Medlin Law Firm

The Medlin Law Firm Case Wins: .17 Blood Specimen and Car Accident – Found Not Guilty by Jury
Our client side-swiped another vehicle in front of a police car, then was attempting to pull over to a safe location, and the Fort Worth police officer accused her of failing to stop at an accident. Once pulled over, the police officer asked her if she had been drinking. She admitted to 5 drinks. Sh...

The Medlin Law Firm Case Wins: .14 blood sample – Found Not Guilty by Jury

01/30/2024 The Medlin Law Firm

 The Medlin Law Firm Case Wins: .14 blood sample – Found Not Guilty by Jury
Our client was seen by Crowley Police Officers leaving a bar and subsequently weaving between his lane of traffic. Our client was pulled over for failing to maintain a single lane. He admitted to having 5 alcoholic beverages. Once ordered out of the vehicle, our client performed 3 roadside field sob...

The Medlin Law Firm Case Wins: Driving While Intoxicated with a .11 breath test – Found Not Guilty by Jury

01/30/2024 The Medlin Law Firm

  The Medlin Law Firm Case Wins: Driving While Intoxicated with a .11 breath test – Found Not Guilty by Jury
Our client came in contact with Keller Police Officers at a party. The police officers watched her drive away and then later pulled her over for suspension of underage drinking. Officers quickly turned the detention into a DWI investigation. Our client failed all three field sobriety tests. During t...

The Medlin Law Firm Case Wins: Possession of Dangerous Drug – Dismissed

01/30/2024 The Medlin Law Firm

The Medlin Law Firm Case Wins: Possession of Dangerous Drug – Dismissed
Our client was walking with her friend across the street and were stopped by an Arlington Police Officer. He came in contact with her while she was sitting in her car. The officer ordered her out of the vehicle and arrested her for the jaywalking violation. Our client asked the officer if he would r...

The Medlin Law Firm Case Wins: Resisting Arrest/Search/Transport – Dismissed

01/30/2024 The Medlin Law Firm

The Medlin Law Firm Case Wins: Resisting Arrest/Search/Transport – Dismissed
Our client and his friend were out one night drinking at a bar. As they were leaving, our client was trying to stop his friend from getting into a fight so he kept pulling him back. This caught the attention of the officers and they approached them to talk. Our client kept interjecting, which irrita...

The Medlin Law Firm Case Wins: Unauthorized Use of Vehicle – Reduced To Misdemeanor

01/30/2024 The Medlin Law Firm

 The Medlin Law Firm Case Wins: Unauthorized Use of Vehicle – Reduced To Misdemeanor
Our client decided to take his employer’s car home during his lunch break and unfortunately on the way back he had a minor accident. He did not have permission from his employer to take the car so he was charged with a State Jail Felony of Unauthorized Use of a Motor Vehicle. And on top of the fel...

The Medlin Law Firm Case Wins: Fraud Use/Possess ID/Info of Elderly, Fort Worth – Found Not Guilty by Jury

01/30/2024 The Medlin Law Firm

The Medlin Law Firm Case Wins: Fraud Use/Possess ID/Info of Elderly, Fort Worth – Found Not Guilty by Jury
Our client was accused of stealing her mother’s identity and opening up several credit cards in her name. She ended up being accused of 5 criminal charges. Our client’s mother is an elderly woman who the state thought was a credible witness and would be sympathetic to a jury. The client works fo...

The Medlin Law Firm Case Wins: 2nd Driving While Intoxicated with .32 BAC, Dallas, TX – Motion to Suppress Won & Dismissed by Judge

01/30/2024 The Medlin Law Firm

The Medlin Law Firm Case Wins: 2nd Driving While Intoxicated with .32 BAC, Dallas, TX – Motion to Suppress Won & Dismissed by Judge
Our client was only 30 years old and arrested for DWI-2nd in Dallas County. She was detained in a parking lot outside of a bar at 2:30 a.m. After failing the field sobriety tests, the police officer got a warrant for her blood. The results were .32. Four times the legal limit! There was a lot on the...

The Medlin Law Firm Case Wins: Driving While Intoxicated with a .33 blood test – Found Not Guilty by Jury

01/30/2024 The Medlin Law Firm

The Medlin Law Firm Case Wins: Driving While Intoxicated with a .33 blood test – Found Not Guilty by Jury
Our client, a 25-year-old male, was charged with DWI with BAC over .15 with an open container. The police officer was called out to investigate an intoxicated driver. Client was pulled over for speeding, failure to maintain single lane, and weaving. Officer smelled alcohol on our client and said he...

The Medlin Law Firm Case Wins: Charged With Sexual Assault of a Child That He Met Online – Case Dismissed

01/30/2024 The Medlin Law Firm

The Medlin Law Firm Case Wins: Charged With Sexual Assault of a Child That He Met Online – Case Dismissed
Our client was charged with the sexual assault of a child that he met online. The client was adamant that the girl didn’t tell him her age and that everything was consensual, therefore, he was innocent. Also, the client wanted the best defense possible as he was not guilty of the crime. The detect...

The Medlin Law Firm Case Wins: .14 Directed Verdict – Not Guilty

01/30/2024 The Medlin Law Firm

The Medlin Law Firm Case Wins: .14 Directed Verdict – Not Guilty
Case Wins - The Medlin Law FirmOur client was detained after having hit a barrier and flipped his truck on the highway. The officers said the client had slurred speech, unsteady balance, and smelled like alcohol. He was arrested on scene for DWI. After refusing to give a breath or blood test, the of...

The Medlin Law Firm Case Wins: .15 Mistrial -> Reduction

01/30/2024 The Medlin Law Firm

The Medlin Law Firm Case Wins:  .15 Mistrial -> Reduction
Our client was charged with DWI w/ BAC >.15 and needed to go to trial to keep the DWI off her record. The police officer testified he followed our client after she pulled out of the bar parking lot and saw her weaving in and out of her lane many times. After numerous swerving incidents, he detain...

The Medlin Law Firm Case Wins: .163 DWI w/ BAC>.15= NOT GUILTY

01/30/2024 The Medlin Law Firm

The Medlin Law Firm Case Wins: .163 DWI w/ BAC>.15= NOT GUILTY
Multiple 911 calls were made because of our client’s driving. According to the testimony, she hit the curb twice, drove into oncoming traffic, and drove through an electrical pole and a mailbox. At trial, 2 of the civilian witnesses were called by the State to testify about our client’s intoxica...

The Medlin Law Firm Case Wins: .14 BAC DWI-Misdemeanor Repetition – Not Guilty by Judge

01/30/2024 The Medlin Law Firm

The Medlin Law Firm Case Wins: .14 BAC DWI-Misdemeanor Repetition – Not Guilty by Judge
Our client was asleep in his car on the side of the highway when Mansfield Police Officers did a welfare check and ended up detaining him. He later failed all roadside field sobriety tests and the officers determined he was highly intoxicated and arrested him for suspicion of DWI. The officers later...

The Medlin Law Firm Case Wins: DWI w/ BAC O/.15 – Not Guilty by Jury

01/30/2024 The Medlin Law Firm

The Medlin Law Firm Case Wins:  DWI w/ BAC O/.15 – Not Guilty by Jury
Our client was filmed weaving for over four minutes before being pulled over by the Hurst Police Department. The Hurst Police Officers detected alcohol odor and claimed that during the field sobriety tests, our client’s speech was slurred and his balance and walk were swayed. He was arrested for D...

The Medlin Law Firm Case Wins: Aggravated Assault w/ Serious Bodily Injury – Found Not Guilty at Trial

01/30/2024 The Medlin Law Firm

The Medlin Law Firm Case Wins:  Aggravated Assault w/ Serious Bodily Injury – Found Not Guilty at Trial
Our client was charged with Aggravated Assault with Serious Bodily Injury in Tarrant County, Texas. He was involved in an altercation at a bar where the other party suffered a broken leg and alleged permanent disability from the injury. The Sansom Park Police Department made the determination that t...

The Medlin Law Firm Case Wins: DWI w/ BAC O/.17 – Not Guilty by Jury

01/30/2024 The Medlin Law Firm

The Medlin Law Firm Case Wins:  DWI w/ BAC O/.17 – Not Guilty by Jury
Client was stopped by Keller Police Department for running a red light. Client had 3 open containers in the car. She later failed field sobriety tests and was arrested for suspicion of Driving While Intoxicated. Client then was interviewed and admitted to being intoxicated. She gave a breath test of...

The Medlin Law Firm Case Wins: DWI w/ BAC O/.21 – Found Not Guilty by Jury

01/30/2024 The Medlin Law Firm

The Medlin Law Firm Case Wins: DWI w/ BAC O/.21 – Found Not Guilty by Jury
Client was accused of being asleep in the car, driving erratically, and blocking the roadway. Fort Worth Police Department sent two cars to detain our client.She was listed as having blood shot eyes, had swayed balance and slurred speech. Road side field sobriety tests were conducted and our client...

The Medlin Law Firm Case Wins: Family Assault Felony – Found Not Guilty By Jury

01/30/2024 The Medlin Law Firm

The Medlin Law Firm Case Wins: Family Assault Felony – Found Not Guilty By Jury
Our client was arrested for felony assault family violence-choking by the Dallas police department. An emergency protective order was issued against client and a video of the incident was given to the police. The case was indicted as a misdemeanor assault bodily injury-family member. After rejecting...

The Medlin Law Firm Case Wins: DWI Felony Repetition – Not Guilty At Trial

01/30/2024 The Medlin Law Firm

The Medlin Law Firm Case Wins: DWI Felony Repetition – Not Guilty At Trial
Client was pulled over for speeding by Saginaw Police Department- going 80mph in a 40mph zone. As the client was pulling over, he struck a curb. When the officer approached the window he had an open container in his lap. He admitted the Modello beer in his lap was his and that he had drank 4 ½ beer...