| The attorney fees for DUI offences in Arizona fall in | | | | Among the many variations to the fees structure |
| different ranges in a wide variety of structures for | | | | available in Arizona, there is the flat fee structure, |
| different attorneys. There are those that charge a | | | | under which the client pays the full fees upfront, |
| rock bottom fee and those whose fees are much | | | | covering the entire range of work. This kind of an |
| higher. When it comes to choosing an attorney, though, | | | | agreement is advisable for a client since under such |
| it is not always a good idea to go with the cheapest or | | | | circumstances the onus is upon the attorney to speed |
| most affordable. | | | | up the case in favour of the client so that the attorney |
| Attorneys who are good start getting more DUI cases | | | | can move on to other cases. |
| through word of mouth publicity. Instead of getting | | | | The other type of fee structure is one where the flat |
| overextended and not being able to do a good job of | | | | fee is spread over different phases. For example, the |
| their cases, most of these successful DUI attorneys | | | | attorney may have a flat fee till a jury trial, and once |
| raise their fees and thus take select clients. | | | | the case proceeds to a trial, he or she will charge an |
| Those attorneys that charge rock bottom fees are | | | | additional fee. |
| the ones to be wary of. Since their fees are low, they | | | | The actual cost of hiring an attorney varies. Yet, one |
| need to take up more and more cases to survive. | | | | can expect an Arizona DUI attorney to charge |
| What this means is that they have less and less time | | | | anywhere between $3,000 to $15,000 for a first time |
| to devote to each case, which may not be the best | | | | misdemeanour, while the fees increases upwards from |
| thing for the client. There are also attorneys who | | | | $15,000 to even beyond $25,000 for felony DUIs, |
| advertise and have a sales team pitching for them. | | | | excluding other costs and expert witness fees. |
| These attorneys too have to take up a lot of cases to | | | | Some attorneys prefer to charge by the hour, with |
| meet the expenses involved in advertising and keeping | | | | $300 an hour being a common rate. These attorneys |
| a staff. These attorneys may not have the requisite | | | | seek an upfront retainer, upon which the billing is done. |
| skills, expertise or attention required to handle a case. | | | | After the exhaustion of the original retainer, the client is |
| One needs to keep in mind that attorneys' ethics | | | | asked to replenish it again. There are also some |
| prohibit them from entering agreements where the | | | | attorneys who adjust their payments based on the |
| client pays them only if they win the DUI case. | | | | financial needs of the client. |