Look what we did! (…oops.) This is Jace Alistair Sears. He decided to be a person on 4/12/19. John’s going to do the paternity leave thing and be a Daddy for a while, so he’s not taking any new clients right now and I (Katie) am assuming his existing case load (with a few exceptions,…
Des Moines Traffic Attorney If you’ve been stopped by the police and charged with a crime, or even if you’ve just been stopped and are feeling a little weird about it, you may have questions about whether the police were playing “by the rules” and whether you made things worse for yourself by complying with…
Third OWI If you’ve been convicted of a second OWI (Iowa’s DUI) offense in the last twelve years and are being charged with OWI now, this is your “OWI, third offense.” (By way of comparison, if you’ve had other OWI(s) before, but the convictions happened more than twelve years ago, you’re getting charged with first offense…
Second OWI If you’ve been convicted of one other OWI (Iowa’s DUI) offense in the last twelve years and are being charged with OWI now, this is your “OWI, second offense.” (By way of comparison, if you’ve had another OWI before, but the conviction happened more than twelve years ago, you’re getting charged with first…
Polk County Iowa First OWI Attorney If you’ve been charged with an OWI for the first time (an OWI is what Iowa calls a DUI), you’re facing a lot. You need a criminal defense attorney who can review your case to see if some evidence could get suppressed or if the case could even be…
Cocaine Lawyer in Des Moines, Iowa If you’ve been charged with possession of cocaine or another coke crime in Iowa, call criminal defense attorneys John and Katie at (515) 491 6128 for a free initial consultation. Cocaine Possession To convict you of possessing cocaine in Iowa, the county attorney will be trying to prove beyond…
Methamphetamine Lawyer in Des Moines, IA Meth isn’t a safe drug. It does some really awful things to your health. Still, meth abuse is a common problem in Iowa. While I’m firmly convinced that substance use and abuse should be considered a social issue, with non-stigmatized treatment widely available, we live in a state where…
Bench Warrants If the police pull you over and run your license and you’ve got an outstanding warrant, your afternoon is not going to go the way you’d hoped. A “bench warrant” is a warrant for your arrest that’s been issued by the “bench” (by the judge.) It means that a judge has directed police…
Probation Violation Attorney in Des Moines If you think your probation officer thinks you violated your probation — or if that warrant or notice of revocation hearing has already been issued — go ahead and call a criminal defense attorney to talk about your options. John and Katie represent clients on probation violations throughout Iowa, …
If you’ve been charged with pot possession in or around Polk County, Iowa, we can help out as your Iowa marijuana possession lawyers. Marijuana possession is possibly the most common charge we see — it seems like Iowa’s population has rejected the Reefer Madness mentality of Anslinger and progeny. Nonetheless, our legislature is still mired in…