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