When to Bring an Ineffective Assistance of Counsel Claim

Can an ineffective assistance of counsel claim be brought on direct appeal? Last week, the First Circuit Court of Appeals overturned a conviction on “direct appeal”, because the defendant’s criminal defense attorney provided “… Read More

No legal limit for THC concentrations in NH

Everyone knows that the “legal limit” for drinking and driving in NH – and just about everywhere else – is .08% blood alcohol concentration. At or over that limit, means an administrative license suspension, and the State pote… Read More

US Supreme Court Says No to Suspicionless Detentions

In an important decision today, a 6-3 majority of the United States Supreme Court held that a police officer must release a motorist after the officer has resolved the underlying purpose of the motor vehicle stop. Rodriguez v. United States (US Supre… Read More

Another Casualty of the Failed War on Drugs

This month, MSN reported on a young college student in North Dakota, exploited by local police and used as a confidential informant to make drug buys from hardcore drug dealers, after he was caught selling $80 worth of marijuana on campus. After the… Read More

Appellate Advocacy Seminar Featured in NH Bar News

On April 8, 2015, Ted Lothstein of Lothstein Guerriero, PLLC and Doreen Connor of the Primmer Law Firm served as co-chairs and faculty members at the NH Bar Association Continuing Legal Education Committee’s Appellate Advocacy seminar. All five… Read More

2015 Appellate Advocacy CLE - a Success!

Yesterday, April 8, 2015, Ted Lothstein and fellow appeals lawyer Doreen F. Connor of the Manchester, NH law firm Primmer Piper Eggleston & Cramer, PC served as co-chairs for the Appellate Advocacy CLE (Continuing Legal Education seminar) present… Read More

Appellate Advocacy CLE - SOLD OUT

Tomorrow, Ted Lothstein and fellow appeals lawyer Doreen F. Connor of the Manchester, NH law firm Primmer Piper Eggleston & Cramer, PC will co-chair an Appellate Advocacy CLE presented by the NH Bar Association’s CLE Committee. We are pleas… Read More

Quest for Intox5000 Source Code Fails in KY

In Lokk v. CMI, Inc., a case decided by the Kentucky Court of Appeals on February 27, 2015, the Court thwarted an attempt by defendants in several Georgia DWI cases from obtaining the source code for the Intoxilyzer 5000 breath testing machine –… Read More

Defense Against Restraining Orders and Stalking Orders

John Maher: Hi. I’m John Maher. I’m here today with Ted Lothstein of the Law Office of Lothstein Guerriero, with offices in Concord and Keene, New Hampshire. Lothstein Guerriero represents people charged with crimes throughout the state o… Read More

Two words for this lawyer: Anger Management

It’s only February and we already have a strong candidate for Worst Lawyer Soundbite of 2015. It’s an Arizona lawyer who became embroiled in an angry email exchange with a potential client who decided not to hire him. According to coverag… Read More