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OUI News and Press Releases:Latest Press Coverage:August 2010: The end of summer is fast approaching! Labor day weekend means new announcements of additional DUI patrols by local and state police, like these in Revere and Milford. The Massachusetts Executive Offices of Public Safety uses federal funds to support extra drunk driving enforcement across the state. It would be intersesting to find out how much of this funding is actually used for patrols, and how much is used in publicity campaigns like the "Over the Limit. Under Arrest" tv ads and billboards. The article on the $10,000 Milford drunk driving enforcement grant also adds a few interesting local and national statistics on drunk driving enforcement:
More drunk driving enforcement press from Rhode Island. May 2010: A news article from the Wellesley Patch about a drunk driving checkpoint. Though most analysis have shown sobriety checkpoints to not be a particularly successful use of police manpower in stopping drunk drivers, this news report indicates they arrested 10 people for DUI in a four hour period, which sounds like a significant number. Summer driving season is here, and DUI roadblocks ("sobriety checkpoints) are planned for Norfolk county, and other areas soon. December 09: Enhanced holiday season drunk driving patrols are already in effect across the state, including Dedham and Arlington. November 09: More noise about possible 1st offense OUI ignition interlocks in Mass. Russell Matson speaks on a panel entitled "Representing the OUI Client", sponsored by the Massachusetts Bar Association. September 09: Mass legislature considers drunk driving law enhancements in cases of vehicular homicide, include:
Labor Day Weekend DUI Roadblocks & Enhanced patrols announced in Burlington and Manchester. Look for enhanced DUI enforcement statewide over the holiday weekend. A Western Massachusetts Attorney is pursuing challenges to breath test machine infallibility. Previous source code challenges have been tried in New Jersey, Minnesota, and other states. August 2009: Labor Day Massachusetts DUI Roadblocks already announced in Dennis/Barnstable County for the period of 8/14 through Monday 9/7. Also in Plympton / Plymouth County. Expect more patrols and roadblocks for the Labor Day Holiday. June 2009: DUI Roadblocks announced in Essex County for this weekend, 6/26-27. Expect even more of this during the July 4th weekend. Likely to see a boost in OUI charges Monday at the Haverhill District Court. May 2009: Massachusetts State police deploy BAT mobiles (Blood Alcohol Testing) mobile breathalyzer labs for roadside sobriety checkpoints aka roadblocks. The 2 B.A.T. mobiles allow state police to process suspected drunk drivers on the spot. The 2 systems were paid for with a federal grant. Story here. April 2009: We are offering a client discount for multiple representations in the same court on the same day, such as happens with police sobriety checkpoints or DUI roadblocks. [more] Jan 11, 2009: Attorney Russ Matson is quoted in the Cape Cod Times in a long article on hardship licenses in Massachusetts. Jan 5, 2009: Attorney Russ Matson to speak at a panel discussion on Massachusetts OUI defense, as part of the Massachusetts Bar Association's Continuing Legal Education series. The panel is on Feb 4th. [more] Nov 1, 2008: Russell Matson has appeared in nearly every district court in Massachusetts, defending OUI charges for his clients. [district court appearances press release] July 28, 2008: I'm quoted in this morning's Patriot Ledger in an article about the 3rd anniversary of Melanie's Law. The never use the best quotes I give them, such as my emphasis that people convicted of serious multiple offense drunk driving charges don't really face harsher penalties now under Melanie's law than they did before. It mostly affects first and second offenders especially, with the strict alcohol ignition interlock requirements. July 2008: Russ is back from another NCDD Summer session, energized, with a few new ideas and techniques in OUI trials. June 2008: Russell Matson is quoted in the new issue of Boston Business Journal on lawyers who podcast. Check out Russ' OUI podcasts. Subjects include on how to fight an OUI, and protect your license, and how to decide whether to fight or plead guilty. May, 2008 Attorney Russ Matson has been added to the Editorial Advisory Board for a new national DUI defense book, DUI Trial Tools. To be published in late 2008 by James Publishing, it will be an expert level book for trial lawyers nationwide who fight DUI charges. March 11, 2008: I am quoted in Today's Boston Herald on a supposed loophole in Melanie's law. In fact, the loophole has nothing at all to do with Melanie's law, or Massachusetts drunk driving laws. It's simply a fact that you can't be charged with a multiple offense of a crime just because you have 2 separate, unrelated charges that haven't been resolved before the court. It wouldn't make any sense otherwise. 5/1/07: I'm quoted in Exhibit A News on Melanie's Law. The stats quoted look made up to me. 4/30/07: I'm quoted in the Mass Lawyers Weekly article on the SJC ruling on breath test admissions. On 4/19 the Mass SJC rejected a legal challenge that would have required expert testimony in breath test cases. (Here is the SJC opinion on the breath test admission matter, Commonwealth v. Colturi.) I have a Reader's View piece in the Patriot Leger on Friday, 4/6/07. Recent Speaking Engagements:On 4/26/07, Attorney Russell Matson spoke at a Seminar on Representing the OUI Client put on by the Massachusetts Bar Association. The event, targeted to lawyers and law students, was sponsored by the Massachusetts School of Law. [ Representing the OUI Client press release] Update: Matson's response to the seminar. Massachusetts DUI Attorney Russell Matson is Quoted on Drunk Driving Cases in the NewsMay 2007: I added a detailed page on Massachusetts Ignition Interlock vendors and installers. If you need a device installed in your car, here's where to go after you get your paperwork from the Registry. March 2007: I wrote a letter to the editor in response to an editorial in the Patriot Ledger. 3/10: I'm quoted here in the Ledger. The article is Why aren’t more drunken drivers locked up? Tougher penalties bring more aggressive defenses, challenges to tests - and fewer convictions. Jan 2007: I'm quoted in Mass Lawyers Weekly on the increasing opportunities to get breath test results thrown out in court. If you failed a breath test, it doesn't mean your case can't be won! Jan 2007: Some thoughts on Why I Defend DUI cases. Dated 12/5/2006: I was on Fox 25 News in a piece on the Ignition Interlock Device laws. I am quoted in the newest issue (Dec 06) of Men's Health Magazine on Hardship Licenses. Dated 11/27/06: I am a guest lecturer for the Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education (MCLE) on the subject of driver's license issues as they relate to OUI charges. Dated 7/1/06: Thoughts on the Interlock Law. Dated 5/5/06: Attorney Matson comments on the Patrick Kennedy case. Dated 4/1/06: More attempts to use breath test devices at school proms. Dated 12/31/05: My Op/Ed piece was in today's Quincy Patriot Ledger. Check out a copy of my article entitled "Melanie's Law Punishes the Accused Before a Guilty Verdict". Dated 12/27/05: I was quoted in an article in the East Bay Newspapers/ Swansea News. Dated 10/29/05: Melanie's Law has passed. These are the changes in Massachusetts OUI Laws.Dated 10/27/05: More Attorney Matson Melanie's Bill comments Dated 9/25/05: Attorney Matson comments on proposed Melanie's Law - proposed changes to Massachusetts Drunk Driving Laws Dated 7/28/05: Attorney Matson is quoted in the Boston Herald - The ambulance chasers: Victims' kin rip drunks' lawyers Dated 5/1/05 - Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles Changes OUI License Suspension Rules Dated 3/24/05 - Massachusetts DUI Attorney Russell Matson comments on use of breath test devices to detect alcohol at school dance Dated 3/21/05 - Attorney Russell Matson to Guest Co Host Legal & Investigation Radio Show Dated 10/27/04 - Rip Torn DUI Arrest Dated 8/23/04 - State Representative Paul Kujawski DUI Arrest Dated 11/7/00 - George Bush DUI arrest
Attorney Russell Matson is a recognized authority on Drunk Driving Law in Massachusetts and related areas of criminal law, motor vehicle law, the Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles, and hardship licenses. He has been quoted by many news organizations, including legal publications like Mass Lawyer's Weekly, and Exhibit A News, and large mainstream news outlets such as Boston's Channel 5 News, The Boston Herald, The Patriot Ledger, and AAA Horizons, as well as other magazines including Men's Health and Maxim. Attorney Matson enjoys talking to the press and providing provocative quotes, emphasizing his zealousness in defending his clients. He enjoys the adversarial nature of our criminal justice system, and is a tireless advocate for the individual against the state. For press inquiries, please contact Attorney Matson at (781)380-7730.
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