Orange County License Suspension Attorney
California License DMV Hearing Lawyer
Suspended license? A driver’s license may be suspended for a number of reasons, one of the most common being for driving under the influence (DUI). An attorney can help you if your license has been suspended by the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV). When you are arrested for DUI, you have 10 days to schedule a hearing with the DMV. If you receive a letter in the mail from the DMV notifying you that your license may be revoked, you typically have 10 days to respond and to schedule a hearing. At this hearing, you will be able to contest the suspension of your driver’s license. This hearing can be confusing, and it is hard to know exactly what information the DMV will need in order for you to keep your license.
As an Orange County defense attorney, I have over 25 years of experience in the criminal field and have personally represented clients at over 1,000 DMV hearings. I understand what it takes to help a client get his or her driving privileges back or obtain a restricted license to drive to and from school or work, and I fight to help you attain this. By providing evidence at this hearing or proof that blood alcohol evidence should be suppressed, I may be able help you get your license back.
Effects of an Orange County Driver’s License Suspension
In California, we rely upon our ability to drive in order to get to work, to school, or anywhere else we need to go. Relying upon public transportation or friends and family to take us places is not only inconvenient, it can be impossible to get where you need to go, when you need to get there. When you are convicted for driving under the influence, or when you accumulate too many points on your driver’s license, you will likely lose your driving privileges. For a first offense, your driver’s license may be suspended for 6 months. For multiple DUI convictions, the penalties only increase – until you get a four year suspension for a fourth DUI conviction.
Additional causes for a license suspension include:
- Too many points on a driving record (from tickets and traffic violations)
- Medical reasons for a suspension – such as Alzheimer’s disease, epilepsy, or seizures
Not only can I, as a skilled Orange County criminal defense attorney, protect your rights, I can represent you at your DMV hearing in order to help contest the suspension of your driver's license. After your arrest, you have only 10 days to schedule a hearing with the California Department of Motor Vehicles. If you do not schedule this hearing, your license will be suspended. As a lawyer, I can schedule this hearing and represent you at it in order to help you get the best outcome possible. I represent clients throughout Orange County, California: Tustin, Costa Mesa, Westminster, Santa Ana, Irvine, Anaheim, Fullerton and Newport Beach.
Contact Orange County license suspension attorney Barney B. Gibbs today!