RIDGEFIELD CONNECTICUT
DUI • DWI • Drunk Driving Lawyer
DUI • DWI • Drunk Driving Lawyer
How to choose a DUI/DWI Lawyer
Finding and choosing an attorney in a drunk driving case can be a difficult process; there are many incompetent, inexperienced and/or unethical lawyers. However, asking the following questions can be helpful in retaining a good attorney.
- DUI defense is a technical and highly specialized field: Does the lawyer handle drinking and driving cases only -- or does he accept other types of criminal or civil cases as well? (This would be like a family doctor attempting brain surgery, cancer research and heart transplants.) What percentage of the attorney's caseload consists of DUI Cases?
- Does the lawyer have access to technical expert witnesses in police procedures and blood/breath analysis?
- Does the lawyer make promises as to the results he can get in the case? This is something no ethical attorney would do, as specific results are unpredictable.
- Are fees fully explained and set forth in a written contract? Is the fee simply an initial retainer, or is it all inclusive? Do the fees cover such "extras" as the DMV license hearing?
- What is the lawyer's rating with the Martindale-Hubbell International Directory of Attorneys? (The highest rating for competence and ethics is "A-V.")
- Is the lawyer a member of the National College for DUI Defense?
- Is the lawyer known within Connecticut for handling complicated DUI cases?
- When was the last Continuing Legal Education seminar on DUI that the attorney attended? More Importantly - Who spoke at that seminar?