Beating Old Urine and Blood DWIs: Let's Get Retro!
We previously blogged about retroactive application of constitutional rulings. Read More
Posted on October 21, 2016 by Jay Adkins
Can You Now Have Your Prior DWI Refusal Conviction Removed
This week our firm scored a major victory when the Minnesota Supreme Court ruled in our favor in the Thompson case. Read More
Posted on October 14, 2016 by Jay Adkins
Minnesota Supreme Court Rules Minnesota DWI Test Refusal Law Unconstitutional
Today the Minnesota Supreme Court issued two long-awaited decisions dealing with the future of Minnesota's DWI laws. Read More
Posted on October 12, 2016 by Charles Ramsay
Minnesota's DWI Laws: Misleading Drivers With Unconstitutional Threats
Marty McFly was almost a goner. Read More
Posted on October 03, 2016 by Jay Adkins
Sun Still Came Up the Next Day
Football season is here and the Minnesota Vikings are 2-0! While Vikings fans are very happy now, it was only 23 days ago that Teddy Bridgewater, our starting quarterback, went down with a gruesome injury during practice. Read More
Posted on September 26, 2016 by Charles Ramsay
Minnesota's Prescription DWI Drug Laws Can Snare Even Innocent Conduct
A 37-year veteran of the Minnesota Attorney General's Office and staunch proponent of aggressive DWI laws may have been guilty of breaking Minnesota's DWI laws without even realizing it. Read More
Posted on September 21, 2016 by Charles Ramsay
Metrology 3.0: Science as Your Best Defense
I want to bring a scientific challenge to a DWI case of mine, how do I do it? This is a question we have received a lot lately from other defense attorneys. Read More
Posted on September 15, 2016 by Jay Adkins
Judge Throws Out Breath Test Results - Finds Results Are Not Scientific
Yesterday another judge tossed the DWI test results in a civil, implied consent hearing. Read More
Posted on September 02, 2016 by Charles Ramsay
Daniel Koewler In The News:
The Ramsay Law Firm--specifically Daniel Koewler-- has once again made the news! This time it was to discuss our recent victory at the Minnesota Court of Appeals (Janssen v. Read More
Posted on August 30, 2016 by Jay Adkins
Victory at the Court of Appeals
The Ramsay Law Firm just scored a major victory that will affect thousands of DWI cases and driver's license revocations each year. Read More
Posted on August 22, 2016 by Jay Adkins
Brady Violations and . . .
Earlier this week, we used a memorable scene from "My Cousin Vinny" to discuss Brady violations. Read More
Posted on August 17, 2016 by Jay Adkins
"He's Not Allowed Any Surprises."
Most have seen the 1992 comedy "My Cousin Vinny," starring Joe Pesci and Marisa Tomei. Read More
Posted on August 12, 2016 by Jay Adkins
Balancing Beam Fail: Judge Finds Minnesota Breath Tests Unreliable and Inadmissible Under Rules of Evidence, But Admissible Nonetheless
Ramsay Law Firm scored a major victory recently when a Ramsey County Judge ruled that Minnesota breath tests lack scientific methods that ensure reliability. Read More
Posted on August 04, 2016 by Jay Adkins
Final Briefs Submitted in Trahan and Thompson
We recently witnessed significant upheaval in the area of DWI law (again). Read More
Posted on July 21, 2016 by Charles Ramsay
Just How Accurate Is Minnesota's DWI Breath Test Machine?
(Author's Note: The following long post is geared primarily towards defense attorneys trying to keep up with the latest developments involving Minnesota's breath testing setup. Read More
Posted on July 15, 2016 by Jay Adkins
DWI Attorney Dan Koewler Selected For Minnesota's 2016 Super Lawyer Rising Star List
Ramsay Law Firm is proud to announce that Dan Koewler was recently selected for the third-straight year to Minnesota's "Rising Star" list maintained by Super Lawyers. Read More
Posted on July 14, 2016 by Charles Ramsay
Bureau of Criminal Apprehension Cries Uncle
Truth is often stranger than fiction. Read More
Posted on July 13, 2016 by Charles Ramsay
Backdoor Breath Testing 5: Court Transcripts
This post is the fifth part of our mutli-part blog series on the inadequacies of all breath tests in Minnesota. Read More
Posted on July 07, 2016 by Jay Adkins
U.S. Supreme Court Vacates Urine DWI Conviction
As we reported two weeks ago, the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled on the constitutionality of warrantless blood an breath test, finding warrantless blood tests as unconstitutional searches, while drawing a line in the sand and finding the exact opposite for warrantless breath tests. Read More
Posted on July 05, 2016 by Jay Adkins
Have a Safe and Happy Fourth of July
It's been a crazy couple of weeks for anyone who has been following the state of DWI law in Minnesota. Read More
Posted on July 01, 2016 by Daniel Koewler