Attorney Harley Wagner has been selected to the 2019 Super Lawyers list, making this his 7th year receiving the prestigious distinction. Only the top 5% of lawyers in the state are named to the list each year, and less than 1% of those are criminal defense attorneys. Harley is the only DUI attorney selected to the […]
Category Archives: DUI
Lack of familiarity with West Virginia DUI laws can be devastating if you make the wrong decisions when being arrested, and in selecting your criminal defense lawyer. The problems and loss of driving privileges can increase after a West Virginia DUI is pending against you. Your best advice for a driving under the influence cases in West […]
Due to lack of money, or thinking that a DUI arrest is a minor criminal case, thousands of people search the internet for information on how to go to court without a lawyer. They type in queries such as, “Can I represent myself in court?” and follow whatever information they are reading, which is almost […]
This page covers three different changes in WV DUI laws that are very important to DUI penalties and consequences. In a 4-year period, the WV Legislature altered our state DUI laws three times: in 2012, 2014 and 2016. Read this entire page to better understand WV DUI laws. West Virginia DUI Deferral Program In 2012, the West Virginia […]
Dear Delegates: My name is Harley Wagner. I come to each of you first and foremost as a birth citizen of West Virginia, a husband, a father of two young sons, a taxpayer and a lifelong resident of Berkeley County and the eastern panhandle. Secondarily, I come to each of you as a licensed attorney […]
The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals has ruled that citizens can be charged with a DUI even if they were operating a vehicle while intoxicated on private property. The High Court overturned a lower circuit court ruling that would have excluded drivers from being charged with driving under the influence on their private land. The […]
Time once again for West Virginia’s Premier DUI Defense Firm, The Wagner Law Firm, owned and operated by West Virginia DUI Attorney, Harley Wagner, to remind citizens nationwide of the “reward” your DUI case will present when you “refuse” any form of chemical testing request by law enforcement or medical personnel. You see friends, during […]
We at The Wagner Law Firm, West Virginia’s Premier DUI Defense Firm, strive to constantly provide to inquiring citizens the most up to date, relevant information on the DUI laws of West Virginia and related driving under the influence topics and happenings both in West Virginia and across the nation. Owner and founder of The Wagner Law […]
Here at DUINewsBlog.org, The Wagner Law Firm, West Virginia’s premier DUI defense firm owned and operated by West Virginia DUI Defense Attorney Harley Wagner, continually strives to provide the most current and useful driving under the influence information as it relates to our fellow citizens, and that of our state and federal governments continual overzealous prosecution thereof. The […]
With all the recent national media attention to the jury verdict in the George Zimmerman case, I, and The Wagner Law Firm, thought it prudent to remind, or in some cases teach, our DUINewsBlog.org readership what the actual burden of proof is in a criminal case in a United States courtroom, what it means. and the burden therein […]