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State Highway Safety Director Sheila Burgess is receiving sharp criticism from Massachusetts media outlets regarding her driving record. The stories point out the hypocrisy of putting someone with an allegedly poor driving record in charge of highway safety in Massachusetts. Without weighing in on the merits of the issue, one way or another, I did

Media outlets are reporting on Adriana Ferreira, a Registry of Motor Vehicles clerk who worked at the Watertown Branch. She ran a scam whereby she bilked illegal immigrants out of thousands of dollars, by promising them to get false driver’s licenses and resolve their immigration problems. When she failed to deliver and they complained, she threatened

If you suffer from a breathing condition you should take steps to protect yourself from a Massachusetts breath test refusal suspension which will result in the loss of your license from 180 days to lifetime or an ignition interlock violation which can also result in the revocation of your driver’s license. If you are arrested

In a case of interest to DUI lawyers across the country, the U.S. Supreme Court will soon decide whether police officers can obtain blood from a DUI suspect without a search warrant and the driver’s consent. Recognizing the important privacy implications of this case, the American Civil Liberties Union is representing Tyler McNeely, the Missouri

The Special Investigations Unit of the Registry of Motor Vehicles will indefinitely revoke your license whenever it discovers that you have provided false information to the Registry in order to obtain a license or identification card. Most of these cases are discovered through facial recognition, where the Registry finds the same person’s photograph on multiple

On July 17th, Department of Homeland Security Special Agent Anthony Cicerone, who is assigned to the Boston Document and Benefit Fraud Task Force (DBFTF), filed a criminal complaint in the United States District Court for the First District of Massachusetts in Boston against Vanessa Peguero, a former Registry of Motor Vehicles clerk who worked out

I received this e-mail from a client whose license I got fully reinstated back in 2009. I just wanted to let you know how appreciative I am for everything you did for my case. Having my license back has been life changing and without your help I wouldn’t be where I am now. I have

The Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles (RMV) enforces strict measures regarding license suspensions based on the accumulation of moving violations and accidents within a two-year period. If a driver amasses three or more surchargeable events or at-fault accidents within this timeframe, the RMV is mandated by law to suspend the license or right to operate