South Florida DUI Lawyer - Randy Goodis, Attorney At Law

If a police officer arrested you for a South Florida 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 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 Lawyer as soon as possible.  When I meet with clients, I sometimes hear that they are told by other South Florida DUI Lawyers 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 South Florida DUI, 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 South Florida DUI 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.

Here are some of the steps taken by Randy Goodis, an experienced South Florida DUI lawyer, to fight your case:

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 officer's 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 lawyer 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 Lawyer 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?

An issue that has been uncovered is the Sandra Veiga debacle in which she was caught red handed unplugging the breath test machines when they were going to fail their maintenance tests.  By doing this, it would not show a problem.  She had figured out how to hide the machine’s major problems.  When I uncovered what she had been doing, I filed motions on all of my South Florida Breath cases to get the breath tests excluded.  This was uncovered only months ago and these cases are now working through the system.  Several Judges have already excluded the breath tests on several cases and the State has already dismissed several of these cases.  Another recent issue that I am working on at this time is getting breath tests excluded in Broward County because the monthly maintenance operator was caught not following the rules.  The rules stat that she must gargle with alcohol before blowing into the breath test machine, and because she did not like the taste of the alcohol, she was just rubbing it on her gums with her finger.  Several Broward County Judges have excluded my clients’ breath test results because of this issue.

As a dedicated South Florida DUI Lawyer, I will be there with you for your case from beginning to end.  I also represent clients whose professional reputations, assets, and social status would be at risk if convicted of a DUI. This includes, but is not limited to, stockbrokers, bank officers, CEO's, attorneys, physicians, entrepreneurs, and other trade professionals.  Why not leave your case in the hands of a South Florida DUI Lawyer who is committed to your case and understand the possible ramifications that may come because of the charges currently pending against you?  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.