Few things in this world can turn an ordinary ride home into a full-blown panic attack like seeing red and blue lights flashing in your rearview. If you’re being pulled over by law enforcement, what should you do? What must you do? Under Indiana law, a police officer...
Winter is coming, and you know what that means: It’s only a matter of time before we’re driving through snow and ice. It’s no surprise that slippery roads lead to increased vehicle collisions. If you’ve been hurt in one of these accidents, you...
In this day and age, we’re all increasingly reliant on technology. More and more industries are going paperless, which means more trees and less papercuts all around. Technological convenience, however, often has unintended consequences. This is true in...
With Halloween less than a week away, the Marc Lopez Law Firm would like to share some practical, trick-or-treating safety tips from the American Red Cross: Map your candy-seeking routes. It’s harder for someone to get lost when adults and children are all on the same...
Premises liability cases are all about responsibility. Let’s say you enter a store that’s open for business. You’re greeted by a manager, who’s aware of a water leak but does nothing to alert you to the puddle accumulating on the floor. If you slip and fall in the wet...
July 26, 2017 The Marc Lopez Law Firm will be attending the 22nd Annual Indiana Microbrewers Festival in Military Park on July 29, 2017. At this Indiana Beer Fest, beer lovers can try 3-ounce samples of over 100 Indiana beers. The real question is, how many...
Hoosiers depend on daily automobile transportation to get them from place-to-place, and our reliance on motor vehicles makes it almost impossible to travel anywhere without them. Although cars undoubtedly make it easier to get from point A to point B, they offer no...
5/30/2017 Check out DUI / OVWI Attorney Marc Lopez’s quick analysis of Tiger Woods DUI / OVWI arrest. And what would likely happen if the arrest had been in Indiana. Click the link to read the story.
Ordinary, everyday language is full of words that are more-or-less interchangeable. Lawyer language is not. For the sake of consistency and clarity, attorneys and judges like to use the same terms over and over again. When a lawyer uses a different term, there’s a...
Generally speaking, if you’re arrested for a DUI / OVWI in Indiana, your driving privileges will be suspended immediately. Every day, our firm gets questions like “How can I be punished just for being arrested?” and “Aren’t I innocent until proven guilty?” The bottom...
