March 2020

Some might ask how the current pandemic, Corona Virus, or COVID-19, has impacted Utah's courts. As more and more cases are coming into light in our state, Utah has ranked the 15th state in how aggressively we are acting to fight this active virus's spread. In response to this, the courts have halted all case hearings and trials at this time. Unfortunately, this extends the time frame of all cases by at...

With social media being so prominently used in our day to day lives, defense lawyers are consistently and regularly monitoring “Facebook” and “Twitter” accounts, personal blogs, and similar internet postings in an effort to discover anything embarrassing or suspicious about a person’s life. Theses things are fair game for defense lawyers to look at. Anything that is posted on the internet has no...

Distracted driving is any activity that can take the driver's attention from the road. The most common distractions include using a phone (checking emails or texting), eating, talking, or even changing radio stations. Disastrous consequences can come to those that are taking their eyes of the road for a few seconds. Think about it this way, if you are traveling 45 mph and you look away for 2 seconds, you...