White Plaines DWI Lawyers
- Green & Willstatter:
Being arrested for DWI charges can seriously impact your life and the
lives of those around you who you love and care about. Jail time, loss
of driving privileges, and huge insurance premiums can often come as
the result of a DWI being handled improperly. The best way to handle a
DWI charge is to retain a knowledgeable and aggressive DWI defense
lawyer. Although in most cases pleading guilty may seem like the least
expensive way of handling a DWI, the hidden costs most often are far
greater than the effective representation of counsel.
If you refuse to take a breath test after being arrested for a DWI,
your driver’Äôs license will be suspended pending a hearing before an
Administrative Law Judge with the State Department of Motor Vehicles.
We represent clients at these hearing and often cross-examine the
arresting officer there. If you took the breath test but the result
showed alcohol above the legal limit, your license will be suspended
pending prosecution. However, you have the right to seek a hardship
license to drive to and from work, school, or medical appointments. We
often assist our clients in obtaining these hardship licenses by
offering evidence to the court.
If a person is convicted of a DWI, their license will be revoked for
six months, a fine imposed, and/or three years probation. Most people
our eligible to attend the drinking driving program of the DMV, which
permits them to obtain a conditional driving license during this
six-month period.
- Lenihan & Associates:
Drunk driving is a serious criminal charge. Everyone relies on driving to meet their basic needs, including getting to and from work, buying groceries, and transporting family members to school, lessons, and appointments. Persons charged with drunk driving stand the chance of losing their driving privileges, either temporarily or permanently, or of suffering even more serious consequences, such as incarceration. Accordingly, if you have been charged with drunk driving, do not hesitate to call upon a skilled and experienced attorney. You can't afford not to make a defense lawyer a part of your team.
- James Nolletti:
If you have been charged with Driving While Intoxicated in New York
State, you must realize right here and now that the deck is
stacked against you! Although there are more heinous crimes,
few are more unpopular with the public, the press, the courts and
the legislatures than drunk driving. Over the past several years,
stiffer penalties have been enacted and the courts have been
authorized to suspend the driving privileges of those accused even
before they have been convicted of any offense! As a matter
of fact, the defense of drinking drivers has become one of the most
difficult tasks in the field of criminal law. This has caused the
drunk driving trial to evolve from a simple and commonplace task,
often delegated to junior associates in a law firm, into an area of
specialty for those lawyers who are well-versed and well-trained
in the complexities of alcohol related criminal litigation.
Today, the ill prepared, naive attorney faces insurmountable odds
and likely commits professional malpractice. No longer will his
client merely face a fine or a short license suspension if the
case if mishandled. Today¬¼s convicted drunken driver often ends up
facing substantial fines, lengthy license suspensions or
revocations, community service, assessment fees, public
humiliation and jail! Worse yet, it has become commonplace for
a driver who has had only a few drinks and is not legally
intoxicated to be arrested, charged and convicted of a crime
because of the tactics used by police and prosecutors along with
the inequities built into our legal system in DWI cases! You
must understand that the system is designed to produce convictions.
In the average case, it seems that neither the police nor the
prosecutor are interested in justice; only a conviction!
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