| DUI charges are serious business. In Florida, a | | | | road for 42 more days after the ten days temporary |
| conviction can get you up to a year in the county jail. | | | | permit expires. So, at the very least, the formal review |
| Jobs, especially driving jobs, can become that much | | | | hearing can keep the driver on the road for more than |
| more difficult to obtain and keep. Unlike the financial | | | | another month to plan for alternative means of |
| ramifications and the possibility of incarceration, driving | | | | transportation. |
| penalties rear their ugly head almost immediately after | | | | 2. If the DUI Attorney wins the formal review hearing, |
| a DUI arrest. If the arrested driver refused to submit to | | | | then the entire suspension will be invalidated. You will |
| the officer's tests, or if his blood alcohol results were | | | | have your license restored. |
| over the.08 limit, then his license will be suspended ten | | | | You get to keep driving while the DUI attorney fights |
| days after the arrest. This is considered an | | | | your suspension for 42 extra days. If he is able to win |
| administrative suspension by the department of motor | | | | the hearing, then he can move the officer to invalidate |
| vehicles; it has nothing to do with the criminal case. | | | | your administrative license suspension. That means |
| Here are three important reasons to have a DUI | | | | that a victory at the hearing will eliminate the 6 -18 |
| Lawyer request a formal review hearing within ten | | | | month suspension possibilities. |
| days of your arrest for a Florida DUI: | | | | 3. Win or lose the formal review hearing, your Attorney |
| 1. After ten days, your license will be suspended and | | | | will have obtained valuable discovery to help you win |
| you will be unable to drive unless an attorney requests | | | | your criminal case |
| a formal review hearing and gets a 42 day extensions. | | | | Even if the Criminal Attorney does not prevail at the |
| A DUI attorney can keep you on the road after the | | | | DMV hearing, he will have been able to review your |
| ten days expire by requesting a formal review hearing. | | | | discovery and, potentially, have spoken to the officer's |
| This is because even in administrative proceedings the | | | | that arrested you. This is valuable to the Attorney as |
| citizen is entitled to due process of law. The DUI | | | | he discovers more information about your case that |
| attorney will request a formal hearing with the local | | | | may help you reach a favorable resolution in your |
| drivers license bureau. For example, in Tampa, the DUI | | | | criminal DUI case,m whether that be a reduction to a |
| attorney will schedule a hearing at the Administrative | | | | reckless driving or a dismissal of the charge. |
| Office on Hillsborough Avenue. Pasco and Pinellas DUI | | | | Of course, if the driver goes to see his attorney 11 |
| Attorneys will schedule these hearings at the 140th | | | | days after his DUI arrest, a request for a formal |
| Avenue office in Clearwater. The formal review | | | | review would be untimely, and deemed waived. That |
| usually takes 3-4 weeks to be calendared and to be | | | | means on day 11, the drivers license suspension would |
| heard. More importantly, in the meantime, the attorney | | | | be in effect. |
| can get a temporary permit to keep the driver on the | | | | |