Law Office of Brett A. Podolsky - Criminal Defense Attorney

Being charged with a crime is an unenviable position, but it does provide an opportunity to learn a few things about the criminal justice system. Even the process of developing a relationship with your defense lawyer can teach you quite a bit about the legal system.  

Parties and celebrations on Memorial Day are a popular tradition. As with any major holiday, some people will include alcohol in their Memorial Day celebrations. It’s perfectly legal to consume alcohol responsibly as part of the festivities but getting drunk in public might lead to criminal charges.  

An arrest is a stressful thing for anyone to go through. Unfortunately, studies show that nearly one-third of all Americans will be arrested at least once before they turn 23. This is a damning statistic, but it doesn’t really properly signify the difficulties that a person faces after an arrest. These challenges can become even […]

Multiple crimes are said to be “merged” when they are treated as a single crime for the purposes of a criminal case. Crimes may be merged when they are deemed to result from a single criminal act. For instance, an individual may be accused of driving while intoxicated (DWI) as well as reckless driving as […]

You have the right to a fair trial with an impartial jury as guaranteed by the Sixth Amendment. An impartial jury is made up of a cross-section of the public. However, a 2012 study of 700 felony trials published by The Quarterly Journal of Economics suggested that juries without at least one member of the […]