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Late last month the Tennessee Department of Safety and Homeland Security announced its first annual Teen Driver Education Camp, which is being offered to 200 high school students from around the state. The Tennessee Highway Patrol (THP) will serve as hosts for the camp, which will take place at the department’s training center between Monday […]

“Bird” is the word on the minds of Nashville residents following local launch of the controversial electric scooter service. “Do you, or do you not, know about the Bird?” So asks the Peter character in the popular TV cartoon Family Guy before he reprises the 1963 hit song “Surfin’ Bird” for his wife Lois, a […]

At Raybin & Weissman we are so proud of our 2018 Texting and Driving Video Scholarship winners, including Jacob Fawcett, a high school senior at Hunters Lane High School. As our local (Davidson County) winner, Fawcett received a check in the amount of $1,000 at our scholarship ceremony, which was held at our offices on […]

A woman was killed early on a Friday morning in late April after her SUV became wedged under a semi-tractor trailer on I-65 North in Franklin. Photographs and video from the scene of the accident—which took place just south of Murfreesboro Road—don’t make it clear whether her SUV went under the side or rear of […]

At Raybin & Weissman we are so proud of our 2018 Texting and Driving Video Scholarship winners, including Coal Dye, a high school senior from Grace Christian Academy, who won our statewide competition. As winner for the state of Tennessee, Dye received a check in the amount of $1,000 at our scholarship ceremony, which was […]

Fatal rear-end truck accident a reminder of the need to slow down and exercise caution in construction zones. Earlier this month a 32-year-old Goodlettsville man suffered serious injuries when his car struck the back of a UPS tractor that was stopped due to construction-related traffic on I-24 West near the Bell Road exit. The man—who […]

Why Did My Expunged Case Show Up On A Background Check? In many situations, we are successful at getting a client’s case dismissed and their public record expunged. Unfortunately, the case can still appear on private background checks even years later. This guide explains why this happens, and what you can do about it. How […]

What does it mean to get a Criminal Misdemeanor Citation in Davidson County, Tennessee? The short answer is that it is basically the same thing as getting arrested, yet you were spared the humiliation of being physically arrested, put in jail, and forced to call someone to bail you out. If it is basically the […]

“Troopers say just the slightest distraction can lead to a deadly crash.” So said NewsChannel5’s Dan Kennedy during a recent live report from North Nashville. According to Kennedy there were approximately 25,000 distracted driving crashes in Tennessee in 2017, which led to 120 deaths. That’s roughly the same number of crashes that involved a distracted […]

Domestic violence offenses are treated differently than every other kind of assault offense. These differences exist before, during, and after a case goes to court. “Domestic” cases are where the suspect and victim are related, dating, married, or roommates. Police Response To A Domestic Violence Report Tennessee law and local police policy both require that […]