Our criminal defense lawyers have successfully handled thousands of DUI cases! Better yet, some are former Prosecutors themselves! As such, and to our clients' benefits, our DUI attorneys are not only well-versed in DUI laws, but they know the tactics the prosecution is going to try using against you! Our attorneys are the ones the Prosecutors don't want you to hire!

Whether you know it or not, DUI is by far the most commonly encountered offense in the courts today. Yet, it has always been one of the most difficult charges to defend. The fact is, it simply, or rather, not so simply involves more esoteric areas of science and law than do most felonies, while affording increasingly fewer constitutional safeguards. Moreover, the substantive, evidentiary, and procedural aspects of DUI litigation have continued to grow immeasurably more complex, while the stakes for the person facing DUI charges have risen and the associated consequences have become very strict.

These radical changes are attributable to a heightened national awareness of the DUI problem. Spurred on by constant media attention and such lobbying groups as Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD), legislators across the country have stumbled over each other to provide prosecutors with tougher weapons. Consequently, it falls upon the DUI defense attorney to understand and counter these new weapons with weapons of their own.

The Law Offices of Spotora & Associates do not condone driving under the influence of any substance. Moreover, we recognize the efforts and good intentions of such organizations as MADD. However, the legislative response to the pleas from such organizations, and the "DUI Exceptions" to certain Constitutional Rights, can often result in a series of punishments that do not always fit the crime.

It is an unfortunate but true fact that while people generally support laws against drunk driving, it is only when they are arrested themselves that they see just how far we've gone with those laws. The crime is unique in that it is primarily committed by individuals who are respectable citizens and who often turn to their business or family lawyer for help. Sadly, the client is consequently defended by counsel who normally does not handle DUI cases or even criminal matters, for that matter. As a result, these highly complex cases are handled routinely by attorneys with insufficient knowledge of the extensive scientific, evidentiary, procedural, and tactical considerations involved. Subsequently, the result is too often predictable. We hope you do not become one such statistic!

Your DUI experience probably began with an officer stopping you because of some questionable driving pattern, because you encountered a DUI "checkpoint" or because you were involved in an accident. The officer likely approached your vehicle and began asking you some questions. . . some potentially incriminating questions. You were then most likely asked to get out of the car and perform 3-5 field sobriety tests (i.e., finger-to-nose). . . tests which are difficult for even the soberest of persons to perform much less someone that is now under physically and emotionally difficult conditions! Did you know that field sobriety tests are VOLUNTARY and that you can politely REFUSE to perform them?!