Defending License Suspension in Houston

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If you or a loved one is facing suspension of driving privileges, you need experienced and aggressive legal assistance. After receiving notice that your license is subject to automatic suspension or having your license taken from you by the police, you have a very short time to take action. Within fifteen days you or your Houston criminal defense lawyer must request an Administrative License Revocation Hearing or the automatic suspension will proceed. Many license suspensions are the result of an alleged DWI or a refusal to submit to a breath or blood test.

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When you apply for and accept your driver's license, you have also agreed to submit to breathalyzer or blood tests as part of a DWI investigation. If you are stopped by an officer for suspicion of DWI and you refuse to be tested, your license will be suspended. You will have to fight to prevent this. It takes legal counsel who is experienced in the administrative hearing procedure to have a chance at avoiding the suspension. A license suspension defense lawyer at the firm understands not only the legal issues but the far more technical matters in connection with the training and certification of the testing technicians, the maintenance and calibration of the breathalyzer, factors which can result in incorrect readings, and much more. If the officer did not have sufficient cause to make a traffic stop, or the driver did not actually refuse the test, or a number of other factors exist, suspension could be avoided.

An administrative hearing is an opportunity to become better prepared for the criminal case which must be fought. Having the arresting officer's testimony made a matter of record prior to your trial can be a very great advantage. Should the administrative judge decide to uphold the suspension, application can be made for an occupational driver's license which will allow you restricted driving for essential travel. This could include to and from medical visits, picking up and dropping off children, getting to work, shopping and other basic needs. Call Jim Medley & Associates, P.C. to discuss your strategy with a skilled criminal defense lawyer.

Contact a Houston license suspension defense attorney at the firm for help in retaining your driver's license.