New Hampshire DWI Attorney
If you have been arrested for a New Hampshire DWI or aggravated DWI charge you have just suffered though a scary arrest experience. Now you are faced with another scary decision to make: which New Hampshire DWI lawyer will represent you in Court and at the New Hampshire DMV? If you live in the southern part of New Hampshire you have received some unsolicited junk mail from some “bottom-feeder” inexperienced lawyers who promise to “handle” your case for cheap.
Your gut instinct about these people is right: they are desperate for business because they are not the best lawyers. Have you ever received a direct mail from a doctor saying “let me replace your hip because I’m really cheap”? Another way to look at it is: do you want a doctor or lawyer who needs to troll for clients?
Here is a list of 9 basic questions you should ask a prospective attorney you are considering hiring:
1. What is the case name, docket number, and court of the last DWI case you won. These are public records. Go look and verify the information. Go to the district court clerk’s office, provide the name of the case and docket number and they will tell the result and the attorney’s name, Your driver’s license and job are at stake and you owe it to yourself to check this. If the lawyer “can’t remember this” or “can’t tell you that” run away and don’t bother with the rest of these questions.
2. Ask the lawyer: has your license to practice law ever been suspended or revoked for disciplinary reasons by the New Hampshire Supreme Court or any other licensing authority? It takes a really bad reason for a lawyer’s license to get suspended and you should run away from any one whose license to practice law has been suspended.
3. How many DWI trials have you actually won? Give me the names and court names of your last 3.
4. How many years have you been in actual practice of law? This means practicing in real courts and does not include any time that the lawyer’s license to practice was suspended.
5. Are you currently under the supervision or mentoring of another lawyer either for disciplinary reasons or because you are brand new at being a lawyer?
6. Is your law license under any probationary status or subject to any conditions of good behavior due to disciplinary problems?
7. Do you teach other DWI lawyers how to improve their practice at New Hampshire state-approved continuing legal education courses? Get the names and dates of the last three courses they have taught.
8. Have you ever had a book published by some one other than yourself? Top practitioners have had books published. BUT make sure the lawyer didn’t publish the “book” himself as any one can do that for self-serving marketing reasons. The real measure is whether a legitimate publisher thought enough of the lawyer to publish his or her works.
9. Are you certified in the administration of field sobriety tests?
This is not a comprehensive list. But it will weed out the very worst lawyers for you. If you have been arrested for DWI or aggravated DWI in New Hampshire please feel free to call me today for a free consultation. Attorney Mark Stevens 1-603-893-0074.
If you have been accused by the police in New Hampshire of “Driving under the Influence of a Controlled Drug”, “Driving Under the Influence of Alcohol and/or a Controlled Drug”, “possession of marijuana”, “possession of c/d”or transportation of marijuana, feel free to call my office today at 603-893-0074 to arrange a free consultation to discuss your case.
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