Arrested for DUI?
Experienced Santa Monica DUI Defense Lawyer
Are you facing DUI charges for a recently arrest in Santa Monica? If so, you will need to hire a competent Santa Monica DUI defense attorney to help you fight the allegations and protect your rights. This is a time to sit back and hope for the best, or trust your fate to an inexperienced legal representative, as you could be facing severe and harsh consequences, if you wind up being convicted.
The seasoned attorneys at the Law Offices of Loren M. Merlin are intimately familiar and experienced in cases pertaining to DUI defense laws, procedures and regulations and can help you avoid or minimize the possibility of these
DUI penalties:
- Incarceration
- Significant fines and fees
- Increased insurance rates
- Probation
- Community service
- Loss of your driver's license
- Court ordered ignition interlock device in order to maintain driving privileges, installed at your expense
- Mandatory substance abuse treatment program or classes
- Vehicle confiscation or impoundment
- Negative impact on your legal record, which have a drastic effect your future ability to find and maintain employment, as well as limit your housing options, as many employers and rental agencies conduct background checks on applicants.
Fight for Your Future Freedom and Livelihood
There are several factors that make it important to have skilled representation following a DUI arrest:
- Your attorney can help determine if you are the victim of an unlawful police stop.
- If you were arrested at a sobriety checkpoint, your lawyer can determine if all rules and regulations were properly followed.
- Evidence should be examined to ensure that field sobriety testing, or chemical testing that led to your arrest, was done without errors or by an inexperienced officer.
We will zealously advocate your best interests and efficiently guide you through the steps required by the judicial system to ensure a fair trial. We are prepared to scrupulously analyze the evidence and details surrounding your arrest and proceed in a way that is best for you and the protection of your future freedom and livelihood.
Contact a Santa Monica DUI Arrest Lawyer
now to start building your DUI defense and explore your legal options.