Have you recently been arrested for a DUI and are in need of a South Florida DUI attorney? You don't have to let this arrest ruin your life. As a South Florida DUI Attorney, I have defend clients arrested for drunk driving and related offenses in South Florida, including Ft. Pierce, Vero Beach, Palm Beach, West Palm Beach, Jupiter, Broward County, including Ft. Lauderdale, Hollywood, Sunrise, and all of Dade County including Aventura, Miami, Miami Beach, Coconut Grove, Hialeah, Pinecrest, and the Florida Keys including Marathon Key, Plantation Key, Islamorada, and Key West. I have handled thousands of DUI cases.
I am a former Assistant State Attorney. I have been a South Florida DUI attorney since 1994, when I graduated from The University of Miami Law School. I have handled numerous DUI cases in front of almost every South Florida DUI Judge. Jude Arzola, Judge Bloom, Judge Fernandez (he is also a former partner of mine), Judge Krieger-Martin, Judge Miranda, Judge Newman, Judge Ortiz, Judge Seraphin, Judge Berman, Judge Cowart, Judge Lazarus, Judge Seidman, Judge Bosso-Pardo, Judge Moyle, Judge Eissey, Judge Cohen, Judge Miller, and Judge Ptomey just to name a few. Who better to represent you for your South Florida DUI then a former prosecutor from the DUI unit? I am the South Florida DUI attorney that can win your DUI case. If you have any questions about your arrest then you can call me, email me or text me. I don't care what time you call, your South Florida DUI arrest questions are very important and will be answered by me immediately.
A DUI is not just a traffic ticket. A DUI is a criminal offense, usually a misdemeanor, but if this is your third DUI within 10 years it becomes a felony, or if this is your 4th DUI, it is also considered a felony. A South Florida DUI conviction will alter the rest of your life. There are serious consequences to a DUI conviction which will have life long effects on your current and future employment, not to mention your insurance rates for many years to come, your privilege to drive and even a possibility of going to jail for several months. If you go to trial and lose, even on your first South Florida DUI case, the Judge can sentence you to up to 180 days in jail. I have been doing DUI cases since 1995 in South Florida , and I have had only one DUI client go to jail after a trial in over 5 years. How many South Florida DUI Attorneys can say that....
If a police officer arrested you for a DUI, you should have left the jail with a DUI citation. This DUI citation is your driver's license for the next 10 days, as long as your license was valid on the day you were arrested. To confirm this, check the bottom of the citation and see if the correct boxes are checked. If the license surrendered box is checked and the eligible for permit box is checked then you are allowed to drive on this South Florida DUI ticket for 10 days. This is a valid license, not a hardship license or a business purpose only license. You only have 10 days from the date of arrest to file for your license hearing and as of October 1st, 2009, the State of Florida has decided that you should pay for this hearing. This is why it is most important that you contact a South Florida DUI attorney as soon as possible.
When I meet with clients, I sometimes hear that they are told by other South Florida DUI attorneys that they don't even bother filing for this hearing because they cannot be won. Wrong answer. They can be won and I win most of my South Florida DUI hardship hearings. I have appeared before most of the South Florida hearing officers, including but not limited to Hearing Officer Fernandez, Hearing Officer Jrade, Hearing Officer Davis, and Hearing Officer Valdes, Hearing Officer Miller, Hearing Officer O’Campo, Hearing Officer Severson, Hearing Officer Curry, Hearing Officer Gibson, Hearing Officer Bell, and Hearing Officer George. Additionally, I have spoken at numerous seminars where I teach other lawyer how to win these DUI license hearings. I can look at a police report and in seconds find numerous problems that will allow me to win.
When you call me to review your case, I will gladly show you the flaws in the officer's report. Once I file for your license hearing, the hearing must be held within 30 days. I have won numerous hearings because the clerk sets the hearing outside the 30 day window. Most lawyers don't even know this rule even exists. During this 30 day period, I will review the officer's police report and video if one was taken. I will then decide to subpoena the police officers or just make a legal argument with no officers there. While this is taking place, I will provide you with a temporary driver's license that will be valid for about 42 days. This new permit is not as good as your regular license and will have restrictions. When we speak I will explain the restrictions. If I win your license hearing you will be able to obtain a duplicate driver's license. If the hearing is lost, you will not be able to drive for a period of time depending on several issues including if you refused the breath test and if you have prior DUI convictions.
You need an experienced South Florida DUI attorney – Lawyer Randy Goodis is the right choice.
After I win your license hearing the fight really begins. The Assistant State Attorney assigned to your case will try and convict you for the pending charges. It will be my job to make sure this does not happen. I will use the testimony from the license hearing along with your video from the night you were arrested along with depositions taken from the officers involved to file numerous motions attacking every aspect of the investigation. Remember back in high school which of your classmates became police officers, they were not the kids in the honor's classes. Police officers make mistakes, they lie and don't remember the facts months later. Mistakes made by police officers during the investigation process can ruin the States case against you. These mistakes can be made right from the initial contact with the police officer. If the officer who pulled you over stopped you based upon an illegal stop, the case should be dismissed. If the officer coerced you into doing the roadside tests, the tests should be excluded.
I have won hundreds of cases as a South Florida DUI Attorney based on these issues. From the time of your arrest until the case goes to court several months to years can elapse. If the officer doesn't have independent recollection of your specific facts, the case can be dismissed. Only a few cities in Miami Dade County use video tape to record the defendants doing roadside tests. I have recently uncovered that the Miami Beach Police Department now video tapes defendants as they walk in the hallway and into the breath testing room. This would show contradictory evidence if the officer testifies that my client was stumbling or couldn’t walk a straight line. Since the video shows part of the breath testing room, I have used this video as evidence to prove that the officers did not watch my client for the 20 minutes needed to conduct a valid breath test. The Miami Beach Police Department only keeps these videotapes for 30 days before they are erased, so it is essential to subpoena the videotape before it is erased. The only lawyers that I know that are aware of this issue are the lawyers that I have told this to.
Several years ago in Broward County my client was the leading named client in the Davie Police Department tap water scandal. It was uncovered that when the breath test operator ran out of distilled water they would fill the breath test machine with regular tap water. This was a major violation with the rule and based on my client’s case, hundreds of Broward County DUI’s had to be dismissed. Call this South Florida DUI Attorney now to discuss how I can win your case.
Did the officer read you your Miranda warnings? Where you involved in an accident? Did the officer see you behind the wheel of your car? Did the officer read you the correct South Florida DUI Implied Consent warnings? If you took a breath test, did the officer watch you for at least 20 minutes before the breath test?
If you look at my previous wins page you will see how I use these tactics to win cases. Every DUI case can be won, don't let one bad night ruin the rest of your life. Call me day or night to discuss your case at 888‑DUI‑8‑DUI.
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