On September 24th, 2017, The Law Offices of Saia, Marrocco & Jensen Inc. sponsored Taste CLE’s Event “Tequila Fest Willoughby 2017” located in Downtown Willoughby, Ohio, a small town suburb on the east side of Cleveland. The five hour event featured over 20 tequila brands and a total of 45...

Last month, the Ohio Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers President’s Annual Superstar Seminar was held at the Historic Ohio Statehouse following the election of Attorney Jon Saia as OACDL President. Among the urgent topics discussed at the seminar was the return of the death penalty to Ohio. As 10TV reports,...

Founding Attorney Jon Saia recently appeared on the Whiskey Business podcast with Dino Tripodis. In the episode, titled “Your Best Shot At Avoiding A DUI,” Attorney Saia and Dino discuss a wide range of DUI topics including what to do when you are pulled over for suspected drunk driving and...

Defense attorneys and criminal justice advocates are calling for a more thorough review of forensic scientist G. Michele Yezzo’s work. Yezzo, who worked for a state crime lab, is now facing accusations of bias and manipulation-allegations that, if proven true, could reverse countless criminal convictions. The Columbus Dispatch turned to...

Prior to heading home for the summer, Ohio legislators sent several bills to the Governor’s desk for signature. Many of those bills have an impact on the criminal laws. Three bills increase the criminal penalties for certain crimes. First, H.B. 110 increases the penalty for a hit and run that...

The Ohio Senate and House of Representatives recently passed legislation regarding license suspensions for drug offense convictions. Ohio law previously required courts to impose license suspensions as part of sentencing for all drug convictions, even if the facts contiguous to the conviction were not associated with operating a vehicle. The...

Last Saturday morning, Ohio State quarterback J.T. Barrett was pulled over on campus and subsequently arrested on three misdemeanor charges– two of which were OVI-related. Now, the media has turned to Attorneys Jon Saia and Jessica D’Varga for insight into Barrett’s case and the consequences he may face. NBC 4...

The Law Offices of Saia, Marrocco & Jensen Inc. is proud to announce that Attorney Jon J. Saia has officially been elected to the Office of President-Elect of the Ohio Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. This is Attorney’s Saia’s first election to the position within the organization. The mission of...

Are certain drunk driving offenses so serious that they warrant a lifetime driver’s license ban for the offender? Attorney Jon Saia recently offered his insight to The Columbus Dispatch on this rarely-imposed and heavily weighed sentence that all Ohio judges have the option of considering in extreme OVI cases. According...

The Fourth Amendment has been a hot topic in criminal law lately, and the Ohio Supreme Court just added another citizen-friendly case to the books. In_State v. Brown_, 2015-Ohio-2438, Mr. Brown was pulled over by a Lake Township patrol officer and drug sniffing canine handler on the interstate for a...

There has been much talk this year that Ohio may legalize marijuana in the very near future. But, how close are we, really? The most direct way to the legalization of marijuana is to amend the Ohio Constitution. In order to get a proposed amendment to the voters, proponents must...

Earlier this month, Attorney Jon Saia successfully secured the dismissal of an OVI charge for his client, Judge Dean Wilson. Last week, the prosecution admitted that they agreed to drop the OVI charges because they concurred with Attorney Saia– there was a critical lack of evidence to support a drunk...

The Ohio Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (OACDL) seeks to inform and better equip defense attorneys through its annual Advanced DUI Defense Seminar & Trial Skills Academy. This year’s event was held March 12-14, and numerous expert presenters were invited to speak about the defense of breathalyzer machine evidence. Attorney...

In most OVI cases, OVI/DUI Defense Attorneys find themselves locking horns with prosecutors across the State of Ohio. However, a new ploy by the Ohio Department of Health has left defense attorneys on the sideline to watch what can best be described as a battle between bickering siblings. The State...

This week Ohio Tavern News published an article written by Attorney Joseph Hada about a recent Ohio Supreme Court ruling that determined that the legitimacy of any breath test can be challenged in court. This ruling is a huge step for OVI/DUI defense and gives our team at The Law...

The Law Offices of Saia, Marrocco & Jensen Inc. is excited to announce that Attorneys Joseph Hada and Jessica D’Varga will be speaking at the Annual OVI Seminar hosted by the Columbus Bar Association on Thursday, November 6 th. The seminar was organized by Attorney Cleve M. Johnson and will...

Attorney Jon Saia has years of experience handling OVI cases in Ohio, and his insight was recently sought out by ABC 6 for a story about a repeat drunk driver. Although not involved with this case, Attorney Saia spoke to ABC 6 as a legal expert. Watch Attorney Saia’s interview...

Last week the Ohio Supreme Court made a major ruling that could seriously impact the way an individual’s BAC is tested on the road. The Court ruled that any defendant may ask to review data collected by the Intoxilyzer 8000, which state health officials claim they do not have the...

News Radio 610 WTVN has just aired an interview with Columbus OVI Attorney Jon J. Saiaon House Bill 469, a new ignition interlock device (IID) bill that is being proposed in Ohio. Mr. Saia, who is one our founding members at The Law Offices of Saia, Marrocco & Jensen Inc.,...

Can you get a plea deal even if you have previous OVI offenses on your record? According to a recent front-page article in The Columbus Dispatch, it happens on a regular basis! The news publication researched OVI charges from Franklin County Municipal Court from the previous 11 years and found...

Columbus OVI Attorney Jon J. Saia presented at a continuing legal education (CLE) seminar at the 2014 Ohio State Bar Association (OSBA) Annual Convention, which was held in Columbus from April 30 through May 2, 2014. Attorney Saia and another lawyer served as the speakers for the Traffic Law/OVI Update...

Columbus OVI Attorney Jon Saia recently spent an entire weekend teaching others the proper procedures for administering standardized field sobriety tests. This is because he served as an instructor for a DWI Detection and Standardized Field Sobriety Testing Course, which lasted for three days in Cincinnati. Mr. Saia received his...

All it takes is one simple error or violation of lab protocol can completely compromise the evidence in a DUI or OVI case. This was shown very clearly in a recent news story that highlighted “sloppy work” carried out by criminalist at the Ohio State Highway Patrol Crime Lab. In...