What To Expect If You Hire A DUI Attorney

A DUI charge is something that a lot of people will face in their lives. Knowing what to do when you are charged with one is critical. The first and most important thing that you should do is hire your own attorney. Let's take a look at why that is important.

Everyone has the choice of a court appointed attorney to represent them and in some cases they are fine but a DUI charge is not one of them. You will want somebody whose sole specialty is handling a case like yours. A court appointed lawyer will do the bare minimum for you and when you are facing a serious charge that is not something you want. There is a chance that you could go to trial depending on the circumstances of your arrest and if that is the case you will want somebody with trial experience. That is yet another reason to retain your own.

Speaking of the circumstances of your arrest it is most likely that you took a breathalyzer test. Did you know those machines need to be tested and calibrated on a regular basis? Any good DUI attorney will and they will make sure that they are up to date on all of them. If you by chance only blew a little over the legal limit there is a good chance of having the case thrown out just on that alone.

Let's say that worst case scenario you are not going to get the charge dropped. There is still hope because a good attorney can get fines reduced among other things. They can also make deals with the prosecutor which you obviously wouldn't be able to do by yourself. Try asking the prosecutor to lessen the length you will lose your license and see what they say.

There is also the risk of jail time depending on the circumstances of your case. Most likely if it is your first offense and you didn't cause an accident or bodily harm to anyone you won't be facing any. There are plenty of people however that will be facing their 2nd or even 3rd or more charge and that usually mean jail time. A good attorney will be able to get you the least amount of time possible and I think anyone in their right mind would want that.

As you can see there are plenty of valid reasons on why hiring a DUI lawyer will be to your benefit when you have to appear in court. Hopefully you will never have to be in this position but if you do make sure you retain one.

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