This is the NCDD plaque that’s too heavy to hang on the wall. My name is Attorney Marc Lopez, and I operate the Marc Lopez Law Firm in Indianapolis, Indiana. When you walk into my office in downtown Indianapolis, you see a large, black granite-type thing that...
Almost every day of my life, I talk to people who’ve been accused of crimes and are trying to avoid conviction. In many cases, the person ends up hiring me, because I’m good at what I do. In plenty of other cases, the person has a valid reason for choosing another...
It may sound un-American, but police can stop you for an alleged traffic infraction that they haven’t even seen. The Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution permits brief investigative stops where law enforcement has “a particularized and objective basis...
The Intoximeters EC/IR II certified breath test machine looks like a computer from the 1980s If you’ve read our blog on Indiana’s statutory presumption, you’re already aware of the concept of a certified chemical test. Portable breath test...
The attorneys of the Marc Lopez Law Firm recently headed west for an enormous legal convention put on by the National College for DUI Defense and the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. The 2019 DWI Means Defend With Ingenuity conference was held at the...
There’s a common misconception that it’s next to impossible to defend a DUI / OVWI charge. This is because when people imagine criminal activity, they tend to imagine it in broad, obvious terms. If you’re asked to picture a DUI / OVWI scenario, you might think of...
