DUI Lawyer
Defending clients in the Olympia, Tacoma, and Pierce County areas
If you’re found guilty of DUI
Your expense and the long-term consequences can be appalling. Although a DUI is only a gross misdemeanor, it has more severe and complicated penalties than many felony charges.
Other penalties if you have NO prior DUI offense, include:
- • 90-day license suspension
- • $200 hearing fee
- • Jail time from 1 day to 1 year
- • A fine ranging from $823 to $5,000
- • Probationary license for 5 years
- • Probation monitoring (with fees) for up to 5 years
- • Alcohol evaluation and treatment for up to 2 years
These are the minimum penalties. The judge may decide on something more harsh, and if you have one or more prior offenses, minimum penalties are more severe.
The effects on your employment of a DUI arrest
- • For 90 days you’ll be unable to drive to work
- • After 30 days you can apply for a temporary restricted license if you need to drive as part of your work. Your employer will have to certify that this is the case.
- • If you drive a company car, you’ll have to file “proof of financial responsibility” (SR 22 insurance) for 3 years.
- • Depending on the specifics of your case, a car you drive may have to be fitted with an ignition interlock device. (This is a device attached to your vehicle’s ignition, which registers any alcohol on your breath. You have to blow into it periodically. The vehicle won’t start if any alcohol is registered, or if you’re in motion, the engine will shut off.)
- • Car rental companies will seldom rent to a person with a hole punched in their license. Many won’t honor a temporary restricted license.
- • If you have a more high-profile career (e.g., corporate officers, employee with a security clearance, or a public figure), you could receive bad press which would harm your career.
Whichever way you look at it, the best recourse if you have a DUI arrest will be experienced legal representation.
At the Law Office of Charles W. Lane, IV, we offer you a free DUI case evaluation. You will get the help you need, 24 hours a day 7 days a week. Our criminal defense team will start working on your case the moment we represent you.
Our unique process gives you immediate and unlimited access to a representative from the firm who will work with you in developing a proactive strategy to help you avoid jail and defeat the charges against you.
You need an aggressive, experienced DUI lawyer working for you now. Find out more about our Criminal Cases, and the Law Office of Charles W. Lane, IV Criminal Process. Contact Us today!
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