Choosing a DWI Attorney
There is an old saying that the man who represents himself in court has a fool for a client.
Sadly, for many who have been arrested and charged with DWI, the first question asked is whether to hire an attorney.
For those who decide to hire an attorney, however, the choice of who to hire can be as intimidating as the DWI case itself.
To be sure, the choice of an attorney is a highly personal one. For this reason alone, great care should be taken to select an attorney with which one is comfortable, and who has a passion for defending the accused.
Comfort
The attorney will become a trusted advisor and an aggressive advocate. In many ways, during a DWI case, the attorney can seem like the only friend the accused has.
Passion
A DWI attorney should be someone who has no qualms about representing the accused in the face of the state's unlimited resources.
Your attorney must be willing to aggressively cross-examine the state's witnesses regarding factual discrepancies in their reports, the accuracy of their equipment, their adherance to the proper procedures for administering sobriety tests.
Your attorney cannot be one to shy away from getting evidence suppressed, where the officer failed to follow proper procedures.
In short, to do these things, your attorney must have a passion for representing the rights of the accused.
Questions?
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