Tag Archives: The Wagner Law Firm

A couple weeks ago, I had the privilege of appearing in Kanawha County Circuit Court, in front of the Honorable Judge Bailey, on behalf of a fellow West Virginia citizen who had been accused of driving under the influence in the Fall of 2011. The nature of my appearance was in regards to a Writ of Prohibition appellate action that I had filed on behalf of said citizen against the West Virginia Division of Motor Vehicles (WV DMV) seeking to have the ... Read More »

Here at DUINewsBlog.org, The Wagner Law Firm, West Virginia’s Premier DUI Defense Firm, owned and operated by West Virginia DUI Defense Attorney, Harley Wagner, continually strives to provide the most current and useful Driving Under the Influence information as related to our fellow citizens and that of our state and federal governments continual over zealous prosecution thereof.   The Wagner Law Firm’s most current blog of DUI information centers upon a new WV seatbelt law that is scheduled to take effect September 1, ... Read More »

On Monday, April 22, 2013, The Wagner Law Firm, West Virginia’s Premier DUI Defense Firm, owned and operated by West Virginia DUI Defense Attorney, Harley O. Wagner, received a telephone call from the West Virginia Supreme Court, advising that State of West Virginia ex rel. Pamela Jean Games-Neely v. The Honorable Joann Overington, Magistrate, Berkeley County, West Virginia, had been upheld by our state’s highest court, 5-0 unanimous. The significance of this landmark ruling is that any citizen who gets arrested and accused of ... Read More »

At DUINewsBlog.org, The Wagner Law Firm, West Virginia’s Premier DUI Defense Firm, and that of The Wagner Law Firm founder, and West Virginia’s only exclusive DUI attorney, Harley O. Wagner, strive to keep the public advised of any and all changes to the DUI statutes and laws governing in the state of West Virginia. One very relevant and impactful change to the DUI laws of West Virginia was recently passed by both the House and Senate of West Virginia legislature ... Read More »

Virtually since the day I started practicing DUI defense in the Fall of 1999, I have been routinely asked by many friends, colleagues, family members and strangers throughout the land on how to handle a DUI traffic stop in West Virginia. What should I say? What do I do? Do I submit to any roadside or police station testing? Do I agree to be interviewed? Do I ask for a blood test? On and on. Here at The Wagner Law Firm, West ... Read More »

In June of 2010, the West Virginia legislature enacted 17C-5-2b, an additional component to our 17C-5-2 DUI statute. It is commonly referred to as the “Deferral Program.” The essence of the program is that a citizen arrested for 1st offense DUI, with no prior DUI convictions, license related suspensions, or maintaining of a CDL license, and who has an alleged BAC < .15, can request, within 30 days of arrest, to participate in the Deferral Program. (*Prior DUINewsBlog.org posts by The Wagner Law Firm ... Read More »