GRL Law maintains a well earned reputation from both the bench and bar across the state for its approach to defending those charged with serious crimes. It should come as no surprise that our clients share the same opinion. The firm’s criminal law division is comprised of five experienced trial and appellate lawyers. Collectively, they […]
There was a time when the impaired driving defense lawyers at GRL Law only encountered search warrants for blood in felony OWI cases. Especially those involving serious injuries. Those were the days. The police no longer reserve search warrants for just serious injury accidents. Now, it seems they pursue blood warrants for all types of […]
Another result of our relentless pretrial discovery efforts is now on display in Jasper County. After painstakingly reviewing every word of the implied consent video, we discovered that our client asked for an attorney. The officer did not honor this request, but instead requested a breath sample for testing on the DataMaster DMT. Our client […]
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 […]
Iowa provides a limited statutory right to speak with a family member or attorney before submitting to breath testing. Most of the time, the driver must first trigger the right by asking for a phone call. In this case, our client told the officer he had an out-of-state CDL. He asked whether implied consent would […]
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 […]
I was fortunate to find Grant Gangestad, after being poorly represented previously by another attorney, which complicated my case. Grant was thorough, professional, and aggressively took on my case and gave it his best! The resolution was quick and in my best interest with each step of the process. I was thankful for the prompt […]
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 […]
