Best DUI Attorneys in Charleston

Thomas Nelson is a native of the Lowcountry. He grew up in West Ashley. Thomas is passionate about music and he is an avid guitarist, enjoying playing with friends, in weddings, at social events, and in local watering holes. He also enjoys playing basketball in a league of attorneys in the Spring, recreational boating in the Summer, and following college and professional football during the Fall. He is also an accomplished Charleston attorney who practices in the areas of DUI defense, criminal defense, and personal injury.

Driving under the influence criminal charges, and the administrative action that occurs after a DUI arrest in West Virginia, are very peculiar and far different than most other states. RLB II regularly attends national conferences concerning driving under the influence charges, and from his consultation with other state’s attorneys he has learned that West Virginia has some of the harshest criminal and administrative penalties. Those penalties include mandatory minimum jail sentences, and mandatory minimum revocation times for all cases resulting in convictions.

John D. Wooton has been in the general practice of law in Beckley, West Virginia, for the past 39 years. Past member of WV State Board of Governors; Assistant Prosecuting Attorney (1977 to 1980); Municipal Judge (1980 to 1984); active practitioner of criminal defense and plaintiff’s personal injury; selected as Super Lawyers of America. He is a graduate of West Virginia University. He is the past President of the Raleigh County Bar Association, and one of the founders of the West Virginia Society for Criminal Justice; a past member of the Board of Governors for the West Virginia State Bar.