Lukach Law, P.C.

07/28/2015

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2015/07/27/dui-arrest-of-former-colts-qb-generates-massive-blood-alcohol-reading/?ocid=Yahoo&partner=ya5nbcs

The headline is the former Colts quarterback Jack Trudeau was arrested for DUI. The real story is the amount of alcohol that was in his system at the time. Via the Associated Press, portable breath-testing showed Trudeau’s blood-alcohol concentration to be 0.31 percent. That’s nearly four times the…

06/29/2015

Attorney Stephen Lukach has been selected as a 2015 Rising Star by New Jersey Super Lawyer. The honor is reserved for lawyers who have shown excellence in practice.
No more than 2.5 percent of lawyers in New Jersey are named to the prestigious Rising Stars list, who are either 40 years old or younger or in practice for 10 years or less.
In 2008 he established Lukach Law, P.C., which focuses on DWI and Criminal defense.

http://www.superlawyers.com/new-jersey/lawyer/Stephen-Lukach-III/713d0195-1b64-4fa8-a243-381a9fd44399.html

Super Lawyers Rated Attorney Profile of Stephen Lukach, III. located in Haddon Heights, New Jersey (NJ) focused on Criminal Defense: DUI/DWI and Criminal Defense

04/16/2012

Getting ready to lecture the Atlantic County Municipal Defense Attorney Association on Standardized Field Sobriety Testing on Friday.

03/23/2012

Day 2 of Mastering Scientific Evidence in DWI Cases seminar in New Orleans. Learning many new things to keep fighting the good fight!

03/19/2012

http://news.yahoo.com/44-years-ago-small-time-crime-made-difference-100203614.html

In the early morning hours of June 3, 1961, in Panama City, Florida, Clarence Earl Gideon was seen coming out of the Bay Harbor Pool Room with a bottle of wine, some ci******es, and money stuffed in his pocket.

03/06/2012

Standardized Field Sobriety Tests are not meant to determine impairmed driving. They were validated to be used to estimate Blood Alcohol Content at certain levels. And even when the tests are explained, demonstrated and scored correctly, the Horizontal Gaze Nystsgmus (picture following the pen or light with your eyes) is valid at estimating BAC only 77% of the time. The Walk and Turn Test is valid only 68% of the time and the One Leg Stand is valid only 65% of the time. That doesn't sound like proof beyond a reasonable doubt to me.

02/27/2012

Just because someone blows into a machine or has blood taken and the result is a Blood Alcohol Content above the legal limit (.08), it doesn't mean that the results are valid or even admissible in court. There are many other factors that need to be determined.

For a breath testing machine, the police officer who operated the machine needs to be certified to operate it. The officer also has to follow the proper protocol, such as waiting the required observation period, changing out the plastic mouthpiece in between each breath sample, and making sure that the machine is in proper working order.

For blood tests, a nurse or phlebotomist is required to testify as to the manner in which the blood sample was taken (must be in a medically acceptable manner), whether or not an alcohol swab was used to clean the area where the blood was drawn and were there preservative chemicals in the vial that the blood sample was placed, among other details.

Many people feel that the case is over once the police obtain a blood alcohol reading above the per se limit. But nothing could be further from the truth.

If you or someone you know is in a situation they shouldnt be in, contact me ASAP for a FREE consultation at (856) 617-1DWI or (267) 241-5448.