CONSULTING WITH A LAWYER
WHEN CALLING A DENVER DUI ATTORNEY YOU SHOULD ASK THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS:
Before deciding to hire any DUI Lawyer that is going to represent you in court and/or with the DMV within Denver, the following questions must be asked.
The questions:
1.Does your law firm practice DUI Defense exclusively?
As one can imagine, DUI cases are extremely complex in nature, especially down here in Denver, CO. Going to a standard criminal attorney would not return the results you would receive in most cases as opposed to reaching out and an exclusive DUI defense lawyer. We at Denver DUI Attorney Group work ONLY on DUI type cases, and are diligent to get you the results you deserve. As opposed to going to a criminal attorney, where they deal with other cases such as drug or murder, it can take and does take a lot of their focus away from DUI cases. We exclusively handle DUI cases and that is our only practice, hence we will get you the best possible results.
2. How many DUI cases do you handle at any given time?
There is a common rule out there that every attorney knows, though most do not practice. The maximum cases a DUI lawyer should handle is no more than 30, at any given time, and this limit is the max. We have seen many attorneys in Denver having 15 or more cases on their calendar at one time, for every single day of the week that is way too many cases for an attorney to handle. These type of attorneys pretty much take every case that comes their way, they do not focus so much on winning the case, they focus on just representing everyone and maxing out on their profits. In many of these cases, the actual attorney does not show up to court, instead the lawyer sends out what is called a ‘contract or appearance lawyer’ this assists them with the large flow of clients they are representing, yet reduces your chance of winning. Some of these appearance lawyers charge about $60 per case to appear for the attorney, not something you want! Denver DUI Attorney Group will never use an appearance attorney in no circumstance and for none of our clients, because we feel that it is not right, and not fair to you.
3. How many of your cases in DUI went to Trial, and how many of them were you the defense attorney on?
Be aware of DUI attorneys that want you to believe they are experts when it comes to going to trial on your DUI case by letting you know that they handled a large number of DUI trial cases. Some of these DUI lawyers will even go as far as telling you that they at one time or another handled DUI cases as prosecutors. When one is a prosecutor pretty much all they need is given to them prior to trial, such as witnesses, a clear out script on what you should be saying, and a jury will always look negative at the DUI offender, so the prosecutor has a very good chance of winning with very little to no effort. In addition, only cases that the prosecutors feel are super strong for their win, are the ones they take to trial, all others they resolve out of trial. In order to win a DUI case at trial, the attorney knows that a completely different type of approach and experience along with the proper skillset is required to win the case.