Florida DUI, criminal defense, and personal injury, explained by a forensic lawyer-scientist and former public defender. Celebrity cases, courtroom strategy, and the science behind the evidence, in plain English.

Every post here is written by Rory Safir, one of a handful of ACS-CHAL Forensic Lawyer-Scientists in Florida and a former Assistant Public Defender in Tampa.
About Rory →A recent client of this office was stopped while driving a golf cart and arrested for DUI. Florida treats a golf cart as a vehicle for DUI purposes, so the arrest carried everything a car arrest carries, including the part most people never see coming: an administrative suspension of his...
Somebody at every party claims to know the answer: two beers and you are fine, three and you are over. The honest answer is that nobody can tell you a safe number of drinks, and the reason is not lawyerly hedging. It is how the law is written and how...
I wrote the book on Florida DUIFree to anyone facing a charge in Tampa Bay. Plain English, nineteen chapters, no law degree required.Get your copy →
Forensic Lawyer-ScientistOne of six attorneys in Florida with the ACS-CHAL designation from the American Chemical Society.What that means for your case →Acquittal, Pinellas County: DUI jury acquittal after the HGN eye test was challenged.
Past results are examples only and do not predict, promise, or guarantee the outcome of any other case.
“Rory rescued me. His professionalism and knowledge of criminal law turned what could have been a terrible situation into freedom. One of the best attorneys in the state, in my opinion.”
Daniel T.