Author name: The Law Office of Brian Simoneau, P.C

On Friday, August 28th, as part of its plan to reduce costs and save money by relocating Mass. RMV Branches from certain privately owned “high rent” facilities to state-owed buildings, the Registry closed its Falmouth, Massachusetts Branch. Until a new location is identified, RMV customers  on the Cape can go to Registry Branches in Plymouth […]

Boston Herald Columnist Howie Carr usually hits the mark. However, in his recent column regarding Massachusetts Superior Court Justice Christine McEvoy, he unfairly implies that she got special treatment in the form of a hardship license. However, the truth is that Judge McEvoy got exactly the same treatment as any Mass. DUI First Offender. She

A Mass. State Trooper arrested a New Hampshire woman on Tuesday, August 25th for DUI Drugs, Illegal Possession of a Class C Controlled Substance, Child Endangerment, Non-Inspection, Operating with a Cracked Windshield, Failure to Stay within Marked Lanes, and Failure to Have her 2 year old Child in a Car Seat. In response to numerous

The Massachusetts State Police will conduct a DUI sobriety checkpoint on a secondary state highway in Essex County, on Saturday, August 29, into Sunday, August 30th. At these checkpoints, officers are allowed to stop briefly check motorists for signs and symptoms of alcohol intoxication or other illegal activity. According to the Mass. State Police, the

The Manchester Massachusetts Police Department, in partnership with the Massachusetts State Police and hundreds of local police departments throughout Massachusetts are conducting special “Drunk Driving. Over the Limit. Under Arrest” patrols. This Mass. DUI enforcement effort began last week and extends through Labor Day. State and local police will conduct DUI sobriety checkpoints and DWI

Under the Massachusetts Habitual Traffic Offender Law, the Mass. RMV will automatically suspend your Mass. license, for 4 years, if you have accumulated 3 or more so-called “major” violations  or  12 or more “minor” violations within a 5 year period. According to the Mass. Habitual Traffic Offender Law, major violations are: DWI, DUI, OUI, or

The Massachusetts Board of Appeal of the Division of Insurance hears hardship license, ignition interlock, and Mass. License Suspensions Appeals. The Board has the power to reverse, modify, and annul decisions of the Mass. RMV. Unlike the Registry, the Board does not hear appeals on a walk-in basis. Instead, appeals must be filed in advance