To the impaired driving defense attorneys at GRL Law, the name of the game is relentless pretrial discovery. It’s what we do. Essentially, if there’s a defense, then we’ll find it and leverage it to produce uncommon results. A recent OWI Second Offense charge in western Iowa provides a perfect example of this approach. After […]
The impaired driving attorneys at GRL Law successfully negotiated another resolution to preserve a client’s CDL. After winning the DOT hearing, we leveraged that result by convincing the county attorney to amend the OWI to public intoxication with a minimum fine of $105 and no jail time. The DOT would have disqualified the client’s CDL […]
A Story County client was arrested for OWI and taken to the police station to provide a sample of his breath. While reviewing the body camera footage, the arresting officer read Client the implied consent advisory and told Client he could make phone calls. Client was later asked if he would agree to take the […]
Iowa provides a limited statutory right to speak with a family member or attorney before submitting to breath testing under Iowa Code section 804.20. Most of the time, the driver must first trigger the right by asking for a phone call while in custody. In this case, the officer instead volunteered the opportunity to make […]
When your CDL is at risk for failing a breath test, you need the expertise of the impaired driving defense attorneys at GRL Law. Merely three weeks after suppressing a breath test to save a commercial driver’s license, the firm’s efforts have rescued another CDL holder, this time through the DOT appeal process. The administrative […]
Shelby County, Iowa- A GRL Law client was stopped for allegedly driving while suspended as he pulled into his driveway. The officer ran the client through field sobriety tests and had him blow into a preliminary breath testing device which registered a result under .08. Even though the client blew under the legal limit, the […]
The drug defense attorneys at GRL Law prove once again that preparation is everything when it comes to implied consent testing and DOT administrative hearings. This is especially true when it involves professional CDL drivers and forensic drug testing. In this case, a DOT officer assigned to an I-35 weigh station in North Iowa believed […]
Scott came highly recommended to me by my brothers friend. Scott’s professionalism, legal knowledge, experience, excellent legal mind and abilities won our case. He was completely honest with me and set my expectations from the beginning when we met, which was extremely helpful for me. Scott was very responsive and always available for a conversation. […]
Warren County, Iowa- A client was arrested for OWI after refusing a preliminary breath test. He later tested at the station but was under the legal limit of .08. Mr. Gangestad was successful in getting the prosecutor to amend the charge to reckless driving, a simple traffic offense.
A Dubuque County woman was charged with OWI and two counts of child endangerment after her estranged husband called the cops on her after they got into a verbal argument while swapping visitation of their children. When officers arrived the husband advised that he wanted them to check his wife to see if she had […]
