Prestonburg Kentucky DUI Lawyer Clyde Johnson - Floyd County DUI Lawyer
Location:
181 E. Court Street
Prestonburg, KY 41653
Counties Served:
Floyd County, Kentucky
Pike County, Kentucky
Contact Information:
Main Phone: (606) 886-9901
Fax: (606) 886-9902
Email: cfjohnson@clydejohnsonlawfirm.com
Practice Areas:
Personal Injury
Criminal Law
Medical Malpractice
Family Law
DUI / DWI / Drunk Drive Defense
Clyde Fitzpatrick Johnson was born in Prestonsburg, Kentucky in 1966. He is a graduate of Prestonsburg High School, Transylvania University (B.A. History, 1988), and Northern Kentucky University, Salmon P. Chase College of Law (J.D., 1991). A life-long resident of Floyd County, Kentucky, he has practiced law in Prestonsburg since 1991.
Over the last 15 years, Clyde has practiced throughout Eastern Kentucky and is admitted to practice in all Kentucky State Courts and in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky. The majority of that time he has maintained his own office. In February, 2006, Clyde returned to solo practice and opened his current office, conveniently located in downtown Prestonsburg, across from the Floyd County Justice Center.
Clyde has engaged in practice in many areas of law, including personal injury, automobile accidents, work injuries, social security and SSI claims, criminal representation in both state and federal court, domestic relations (divorce), property issues, contracts and general civil trial practice. His office prepares deeds and wills and provides estate planning advice.
Clyde is married to the former Rose Harmon and has two step-children and five step-grandchildren. He is the son of Stanley and Mary Grace Arnett Johnson.
Clyde has served for many years as a volunteer paraprofessional assistant football coach in Floyd County. For the last 10 years he has worked with the Prestonsburg High School Blackcat Football Program.
DUI/DWI: What is it?
DUI, DWI, OUI and OUIL are all terms for driving drunk (drunk driving) at or above a certain level of alcohol. Well over a million drivers (1.5) are arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol and drugs in the United States every year. Even though all states have lowered blood alcohol levels to .08, every state has its own laws and consequences for driving under the influence (DUI), driving while intoxicated (DWI), operating under the influence (OUI) or operating under the influence of liquor (OUIL).
In addition to drunk driving being a criminal matter (court matter and a crime) it is also an administrative matter pertaining to the drivers license (immediate, mandatory and automatic license suspension). Immediate driver license suspension laws for alcohol-impaired drivers, refers to administrative per se (APS), automatic license revocation (ARL) or on-the-spot license suspension laws. These laws are different for each state and each one has it own automatic license suspension consequences.
License suspension or revocation traditionally follows conviction for alcohol-impaired driving. Under a procedure called administrative license suspension, licenses are taken before conviction when a driver fails or refuses to take a chemical test. Because administrative license suspension laws are independent of criminal procedures and are invoked right after arrest, they've been found to be more effective than traditional post-conviction sanctions. Forty-one states and the District of Columbia have administrative license suspension laws.
Thirty-seven states permit some offenders to drive only if their vehicles have been equipped with ignition interlocks. These devices analyze a driver's breath and disable the ignition if the driver has been drinking. In 22 states, multiple offenders may forfeit vehicles that are driven while impaired by alcohol.
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