Somedays you are the windshield and sometimes (a lot of times) you are the bug in DUI Defense, but today it went our way!!!

A cliché but some days you are the windshield and sometimes you are the bug.  Today my client was the windshield as her DUI charge was dismissed with prejudice after an evidentiary hearing. 

Last Monday I argued to a judge in King County District Court that my client's right to have a private conversation was denied and that, additionally, due to the police department's policy of "purging" (i.e., destroying) video after 60 days it was impossible for her to have a fair trial because it would be her word about that denial of a private conversation with her attorney prior to submitting to a breath test against that of a Washington State Patrol trooper of 24 years.  After hearing testimony from my client after the Trooper, the judge took the argument under advisement, then issued a written ruling declaring, among other things, that my client's testimony lent credence to her account the trooper could overhear her conversation and that she was unable to ask the attorney the questions she needed to in order to make an informed decision.

I will tell you from experience, dismissals of DUIs don't often occur but this was the correct call by the judge.  Regardless of how someone might feel about the result, justice was served because the court essentially put the onus on the State to show the defendant wasn't prejudiced after she testified.  This is precisely why I fight the fight folks!  I have a very satisfied client today.   

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About the author:

Nathan Webb, is a seasoned Seattle DUI Lawyer.  His practice of 10 years emphasizes DUI defense.  He has been repeatedly recognized as one of Seattle's Best Attorneys! He was recognized as a Top Seattle DUI Attorneys by Seattle Met Magazine, Repeatedly named a Super Lawyer Rising Star in the area of DUI Defense by Washington Law and Politics Magazine, and is Rated Superb for DUI Defense (perfect 10.0 out of 10.0) by Avvo.com

Client fires one DUI firm and with me was able to garner a DUI dismissal...

My client was charged with DUI with breath tests of .088 and .088.  We entered a plea to a reduced charge that will be dismissed in one year so long as the client abides by certain conditions (pays a fine and stays out of trouble).  A dismissal is still a dismissal however you can get it and my client was very pleased, even her traffic citation was dismissed.

This was just another example of the excellent results you can obtain if you hire the Webb Law Firm, Seattle's Premier DUI Defense firm!

Prior to hiring Seattle DUI Lawyer, Nate Webb, the client had fired another so-called DUI firm (one that sends out letters to everyone across the state charged with any number of crimes and resorts to scare tactics and cut-rate fees to garner clients).  At that firm, the client was shuffled around to several different attorneys (never had the same attorney handling her case), never had anyone go over her case in detail or view the videos with her, never received specialized attention and was basically, according to the client, treated poorly.  The "head attorney" of the firm told her, when she called to change attorneys, "I'm looking at the video right now of your booking and you are putting your fingers in your mouth, I can get that breath test thrown out."  The client and I went over the videos later that week and what the attorney claimed never happened!  It was a sales pitch, a desperate attempt to keep a client by fabricating what was on the video. Beware of those cut-rate firms who send out form letters, this is how they treat clients, who are then, not surprisingly, unhappy with the lack of attention and poor manner of handling their cases.

Don't settle for cut-rate, inexperienced, unprofessional representation, call Seattle DUI Attorney, Nate Webb, (425) 398-4323 for help with your DUI arrest.

City v. A.D.  - Case No.: 3Z0662305 KIR