Orange County DUI Defense Lawyer
A DUI conviction can have life-changing consequences. You will have to pay a large fine. Your driver's license will be suspended and your insurance rates will skyrocket. You may even go to jail.
It is possible, however, to successfully fight a DUI charge and minimize its effect on your life. At the Law Offices of Michael J. Holmes, PC, we know — because we have helped many clients obtain dismissals of DUI charges, not-guilty verdicts and plea agreements to lesser charges.
Contact us for a free consultation. We are available 24 hours a day.
Successful DUI Defense Strategies
Regardless of the circumstances, your case is not hopeless. There are a number of ways to overcome a DUI charge. Our firm will examine every aspect of your case when building your defense.
Potential strategies include defenses based on:
- Lack of probable cause for the police to stop you
- Improperly conducted field sobriety tests
- Inadmissible breath test results
- Police administrative errors
- And others
Our attorneys will review all of the factual and legal issues in your case and aggressively defend you at every stage of the legal process.
Keeping Your Driver's License
When you are arrested for DUI, the California Department of Motor Vehicles will initiate actions which could result in the suspension of your driver's license. In addition to contesting the criminal DUI charge, our firm can represent you in the Administrative Per Se Hearing to fight this suspension.
Our firm can use this hearing to get the arresting officer to commit to facts that could be useful in the criminal proceeding. We will also seek to obtain temporary driving privileges for you pending the final disposition of your case.
Minimizing the Consequences
If a conviction cannot be avoided, the Law Offices of Michael J. Holmes, PC, will do everything we can ethically do to minimize the penalties and resulting effect on your life. There are many alternative sentencing possibilities that can help you avoid jail and allow you to resume your normal life, even for people with prior convictions.
Our firm has strong working relationships with Orange County prosecutors, and we have helped many clients obtain alternative outcomes. These can involve community service, alcohol education, alcohol treatment in a public or private facility and others.
We will work diligently to help you obtain the best outcome possible.
Free Consultation With an Attorney — Available 24 Hours a Day
For a free consultation, call 714-907-1192 or contact us online.
