Legal Blog

In May 2016, Governor Wolf signed a law that will, when it takes effect on August 25, 2017, create immediate help for people under DUI suspensions. The law creates a new, special type of license: an “IGNITION INTERLOCK LIMITED LICENSE” or “IILL”. People serving DUI related license suspensions CAN apply for the IILL, get it, […]

On February 16, 2016, Governor Wolf signed Senate Bill 166 into law. The law provides a way for individuals CONVICTED of certain ungraded misdemeanors (like driving under the influence and drug possession), and third and second degree misdemeanors, to have their records sealed. This is a major and significant expansion of a person’s rights to […]

The worst thing to do is NOTHING. One time, I had a person call me whose husband was an inmate in the Cook County Jail. That is Chicago. That is a rough jail. A bad place to be. “What happened?” I asked her. She told me that her husband left from Chicago with his boss […]

Good news for all Pennsylvanians dealing with a loss of license because of a DUI or because of a refusal to submit to a chemical test: the new Ignition Interlock Limited License (“IILL”) is now law. On Friday, PennDOT provided a plethora of information about the IILL. Generally speaking, the IILL allows people that have […]