| 1. Look for an Attorney who defends nothing | | | | Safety Administration ( NHTSA).7.Look for an |
| but DUI: Not all lawyers are created equal. | | | | Attorney who is a member of the National |
| Look for a DUI attorney whose practice is | | | | College of DUI Defense: Ask a prospective |
| devoted solely to drunk driving defense. A | | | | attorney if he or she is a Sustaining Member |
| lawyer who spreads his or her practice over | | | | of the National College for DUI Defense. . |
| several areas of law cannot possibly stay | | | | Ask the prospective attorney what other |
| current and informed enough to challenge the | | | | accrediting associations and memberships they |
| very scientific and technical nature of DUI | | | | maintain. Ask the attorney if he or she is a |
| law. Ask your prospective attorney whether | | | | Specialist Member of The California DUI |
| they defend general criminal cases, as well | | | | Lawyers Association.8.Look for an Attorney |
| as DUI. Ask the lawyer when they last took a | | | | who has no disciplinary record: Ask a |
| DUI case to trial.2. Look for an Attorney who | | | | prospective attorney if he or she has ever |
| posts verifiable case results: Does the DUI | | | | been disciplined by the State Bar. Your |
| lawyer you are considering post recent and | | | | prospective DUI attorney should have a |
| verifiable DUI Jury Trial Case Results and | | | | stellar record of high performance standards |
| Verdicts? If the attorney does not or cannot | | | | and integrity. Ask the attorney if they or a |
| prove numerous DUI case outcomes that have | | | | partner have ever had a grievance filed |
| resulted in verdicts such as NOT GUILTY, HUNG | | | | against them for bad conduct.9.Look for an |
| JURY, ENTIRE CASE DISMISSALS, then you are | | | | Attorney who will be personally representing |
| not dealing with a proven DUI defense expert | | | | you in court: Ask a prospective attorney if |
| who regularly and successfully takes drunk | | | | he or she will be the one to actually manage |
| driving cases to trial and you can expect to | | | | and represent your case to the court. Ask the |
| be pleading guilty. Our winning DUI case | | | | attorney about their DUI trial experience. |
| results are a matter of public record.3.Look | | | | Ask the prospective attorney how much time |
| for an Attorney with a National Reputation | | | | they will actually dedicate to you and your |
| for DUI Defense Mastery: Ask who other | | | | DUI case.10.Look for an Attorney who has |
| attorneys hire to defend them when they are | | | | tried vehicular manslaughter and felony DUI |
| arrested and charged with DUI. Ask who police | | | | cases: Ask your prospective DUI attorney if |
| officers and their family members hire when | | | | they have ever tried a DUI case with a double |
| they've been charged with DUI. Ask judges who | | | | fatality. Ask them what the outcomes of their |
| they would hire or recommend to defend their | | | | vehicular manslaughter cases have been. Ask |
| San Diego DUI case.4.Look for an Attorney who | | | | them what results they have been able to |
| is VERY familiar with the judges and | | | | achieve for felony DUI cases. The reason for |
| prosecutors in your DUI case: Ask a | | | | this is that only the most highly skilled and |
| prospective attorney if they are well known | | | | proficient DUI attorneys are retained for |
| and respected by the prosecutors, judges, | | | | such cases.11.Look for an Attorney who has a |
| police officers, and expert witnesses in San | | | | full staff of DUI Defense Specialists: Ask a |
| Diego DUI cases. Ask if the attorney has a | | | | prospective attorney if he is a one man show, |
| positive relationship with prosecutors, | | | | or if he is supported by a highly trained and |
| judges, and other defense attorneys. Ask the | | | | expert legal team. Ask the lawyer if he has a |
| attorney if he or she has a reputation for | | | | continuous working relationship with |
| aggressively and successfully taking San | | | | independent laboratories, expert witnesses, |
| Diego DUI cases to trial. Ask if the attorney | | | | toxicologists, and DMV Specialists.12.Look |
| is known to expertly challenge San Diego DUI | | | | for an Attorney who charges a respectable and |
| cases on a regular basis.5.Look for an | | | | professional fee: If it sounds too good to be |
| Attorney who is regularly asked to speak and | | | | true, it is. If you are quoted a very low |
| lecture on the topic of DUI: Ask a | | | | fee, or quoted an exact cost over the phone, |
| prospective attorney how often they are | | | | chances are you are dealing with a bargain |
| invited to speak, train, and deliver seminars | | | | basement or discount attorney who will likely |
| to other attorneys and professionals on the | | | | advise you to plead guilty. When it comes to |
| topic of DUI. Ask the prospective attorney if | | | | legal representation, you will get what you |
| he or she is considered an authority on the | | | | pay for. Ask a prospective attorney what fees |
| topic of Drunk Driving defense, and how they | | | | and extra costs might be incurred down the |
| can substantiate this claim.6.Look for an | | | | road. Ask if the fee they quote you is all |
| Attorney who is certified as Instructor AND | | | | inclusive, or if they will be charging you by |
| Practitioner in Standard Field Sobriety | | | | the hour as well. Price should never be your |
| Tests: Ask a prospective attorney if he or | | | | main consideration, unless you are |
| she is certified as both Instructor and | | | | indifferent about the outcome of your DUI |
| Practitioner in Standard Field Sobriety | | | | case.duisandiego. |
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