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If your license has been suspended as a result of a DUI or Physical Control conviction then you are most likely eligible for an Ignition Interlock License (“IIL”). An IIL allows you to drive vehicles equipped with an ignition interlock device while your regular license is suspended or revoked for an alcohol-related DUI charge [...]

FBD attorney Diana Lundin is a featured speaker at the 2009 Washington Association of Criminal Defense Attorneys annual conference on June 13, 2009. Diana’s practice focuses upon representing drivers whose licenses are subject to administrative license suspension by the DOL as a result of a Seattle DUI …

Diana Lundin of our office focuses her practice upon representation of our clients at Department of License suspension proceedings and also, where necessary, on the appeal of suspension orders.  A recent case of Diana’s illustrates the challenges facing a driver who seeks save his or her license from suspension at the hands of the Department of licensing.
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A driver arrested for DUI in Washington State who takes a breath test with a result of .08 or higher, or who refuses a breath test, is subject to “automatic” suspension/revocation of the license by the Department of Licensing.  There are other reasons that a license might be administratively suspended by the Department of Licensing, [...]

A pilot who is arrested for a Washington State DUI faces not one, but three separate challenges: (1) the Department of Licensing will administratively suspend the license to drive, (2) the court will impose jail, fines, alcohol programs, etc, and (3) the FAA will get involved. Thus, for a pilot, two state agencies (DOl and [...]

They say that every citizen is presumed to know the law. That is, of course, impossible. Nobody can know all the laws. Everybody knows that a DUI arrest and conviction, for instance, will result in driver’s license suspension. However, there is a laundry list of other actions that will result in a suspension [...]

New as of January 1, 2009, is the Ignition Interlock License (ILL). This is a brand-new type of a license, never before seen in our state. Recall that an individual arrested for a DUI in Washington state may lose his license either administratively (without a court hearing — imposed by the Department of licensing even [...]

I think it was Steve Miller who famously stated, “My Mazerati does 185, I lost my license, now I don’t drive…” While Steve Miller was correct that speeding is one way to lose your license, there are other ways as well. Consider a DUI conviction for instance. Actually wait, consider a DUI charge first. This [...]