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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.

Rory Safir

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.

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The State’s Best Witness Was a Helicopter Nobody Listed

A recent Hillsborough County case ended with a felony drug charge reduced to a misdemeanor, two of the four counts dropped outright, and no jail. The method behind that outcome is worth more than the outcome itself, because nothing about it is exotic....

Cannabis DUI Dropped: What a Positive Urine Test Actually Proves

The State offered diversion. Our client turned it down, we sent the prosecutor a forensic packet instead of filing a motion, and the charge was dropped in full....

Four Charges, Zero Filed: Winning Before the Case Begins

An arrest is not a charge. The State announced a No Bill on all four counts, and our client left Florida without a record....

Flat Tire, Keys Around His Neck, and a DUI Charge

The opening offer was 364 days in jail. The truck could not be driven, the only witness was a civilian, and the charge was dropped....

The Test I Want You to Give Every DUI Lawyer, Including Me

You have a court date you didn't ask for, a paper permit where your license used to be, and a phone full of search results that all say the same three things. Aggressive. Experienced. Fights for you....

The Strangers Already Working on Your DUI Case

You got home from the jail, or from the tow yard, and the house went quiet. That's when it hits you: somewhere across town, a group of strangers is already at work on your case. An officer is finishing a report with your name on it. A file is moving...

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Case Results

Acquittal, Pinellas County: DUI jury acquittal after the HGN eye test was challenged.

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