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Nobody’s perfect. We all use bad judgment sometimes, and we all have bad days. It’s humbling to see how many good people’s bad judgment on a bad day winds up with a police interaction and a referral for criminal charges.

This blog is all about field sobriety tests – what they are, what they are meant to do, and what rights you have regarding them.

Attorney Samuel D. Berns will work hard to achieve the best possible results in your case; read about his recent victories here.

While most formerly felony cannabis crimes are now misdemeanors, the exceptions have largely become the law in some counties.

Everybody has a reflex to talk – it’s human nature. But nobody has an obligation to explain anything to anybody. You may want to talk to those near and dear to you, but why to a stranger just because they have a uniform on?

Even in the toughest cases, I can get you a favorable outcome. Sometimes that means minimizing consequences, helping people get rehabilitation from underlying drug or alcohol issues, or simply being a sounding board and a sympathetic ear when you don't have too many people on your side. But I get real satisfaction when I see my clients go free.

I've had some pretty good accomplishments in my career lately. Over the past summer, I was voted by the best attorney and best law office in Rocklin by the readers of the Placer Herald.

As a seasoned attorney, Sam will be in your corner for every step of the legal process, and will keep you informed of all of your options along the way.

A criminal case can put your freedom at stake in many different ways, at many different times and points in the process.

Hezekiah drives for a living and needs his commercial driver's license to support his family. But he was facing a DUI charge.