Hire Experienced Orange County DUI Lawyers
If you have been charged with Driving Under the Influence in Orange County and are in need of excellent representation, we can offer the DUI defense you deserve. Our firm of dedicated attorneys offers decades of experience in successfully defending DUI cases throughout the County of Orange. We not only know the law, but write the book "California Drunk Driving Law"
The Law Offices of Barry T. Simons is a well respected, full service, highly qualified and professional Orange County, California DUI Defense Team. We are dedicated to the aggressive representation and defense of those accused of driving under the influence of alcohol and/or drugs. Our mission is to provide highly competent and professional DUI defense. We will aggressively analyze, review and address all of the legal, factual, and scientific issues and defenses that may arise in your case.
Our sole mission is to provide highly competent and professional DUI defense. Our firm consists of four specially trained DUI defense attorneys who work together to provide you with full and competent representation. All of the defense attorneys on our team are members of, or have graduated from, the National College for DUI Defense.
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Your Orange County DUI Attorney can Provide Winning Medical Defense
The government's experts and machines assume that all persons are the same; but if you suffer from any one of hundreds of medical conditions you may not be a proper candidate for the field sobriety tests that the officer administered to you or the breath or blood tests that you were compelled to take. Our firm has a library of over 2000 scientific and medical articles relating to defenses in DUI cases which we use to determine whether conditions ranging from gum disease to attention deficit disorder may provide an effective defense to DUI. It is therefore important that you find out from a DUI Specialist whether your medical condition can count in your favor in your DUI case. Some simple conditions such as the flu and/or being tested during your menstrual cycle may cause breath testing devices used in Orange County to give false readings. Some conditions such as diabetes or low sodium levels can cause a person to appear intoxicated in the total absence of either alcohol or drugs. The Law Office of Barry Simons can provide you with a detailed medical questionnaire to fill out which will help to determine if you have any medical conditions which can assist you in successfully defending your DUI case.
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Orange County's Recognized Leader in DUI Drug Cases
While DUI cases involving alcohol and legal prescription drugs often go well when using skilled attorneys, DUI cases involving illegal substances can be trickier to defend and it is thus imperative that your attorney is experienced in this area if you have been charged with driving under the influence of drugs. We offer specialization in this area and your defense attorney may be able to challenge the legality of the way in which you were tested with success.
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Find an Orange County DUI Attorney for Prior Conviction Cases
If you are charged with a first offense DUI, you stand a good chance of being handed a more lenient judgment. If, however, you have been previously convicted of DUI, it is probable that the prosecution will take a tougher stance and you will be subjected to much more severe consequences, including long term multi-year drivers' license suspensions and mandatory jail time. We have experience in finding alternatives to actual incarceration in the jails of Orange County. We handle the full spectrum of possible DUI cases, from first-time charges to prior conviction cases, as well as cases involving manslaughter or murder charges. The graver the charges, the more important it is to use an attorney who is well-versed in DUI law.
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An Orange County DUI Lawyer and Women's Issues Defenses
If you are a woman, there are various biological defenses which can be used in your defense. Women tend to have blood alcohol levels that can read higher than those of men who have consumed exactly the same quantity of alcohol due to differences in the rate at which the body metabolizes alcohol and the manner in which hormonal changes effect the way in which the body processes alcohol.
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Your Orange County DUI Defense Attorney can Challenge Field Sobriety Tests
If you were subjected to a Field Sobriety Test upon being stopped by an officer there are a number of ways in which this can be challenged by your Orange County DUI Defense Attorney. Because Field Sobriety Tests do not produce any kind of scientific data, and are often conducted erroneously by officers who have not been sufficiently trained in conducting these tests, this can be a strong component of your defense. Those who are physically disabled may also be unable to perform these tests for reasons other than sobriety. Our Firm's DUI Lawyers have been specially trained on how to conduct field sobriety tests and examinations and have lectured and taught other lawyers on how to challenge these non-scientific field coordination tests.
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An Experienced OC DUI Lawyer can assist with Out-of-State Licensing Issues
If you are an out of state resident and are charged with DUI in the state of California, there are a number of details of which you need to be informed. One is that if your privilege to drive is suspended in the State of California, you will not necessarily be able to keep your driver's license privileges in your home state. With the careful intervention of a skilled DUI lawyer, you may be able to keep your driver's license in your home state. A lawyer who is knowledgeable about issues concerning out-of-state residents can provide you with specialized representation in this regard.
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Your Orange County DUI Attorney can create Defenses That Work
There are certain defenses which have been known to work in a large percentage of cases. For example, if your attorney can establish that the officer in question did not comply with the California Code of Regulations when you were pulled over, this can help you to avoid a driver's license suspension or even a conviction. Other winning defenses include those in which your OC DUI attorney is able to convince the court that you were denied your statutory right to a chemical test of your choice.
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A Skilled OC DUI Defense Attorney can Question Breath Testing
There are various ways in which breath testing can be called into question in your trial. There may be an assumption on the part of test conductor that the equipment was working properly and had been properly calibrated. Breath tests generally assume that the person being tested has a specific breath temperature and a person who has a higher body temperature due to fever or being seated in a heated car can produce a false elevated reading. Your OC DUI defense attorney can consider all of the common defenses to see if any of them fit your DUI case.
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Call Your Prospective Orange County DUI Attorney for a Free Consultation
If you have been arrested for DUI and are in need of legal advice, you can call us for a free consultation at: 949-497-1729, or you can complete the confidential contact form provided in this website to schedule your free consultation. Please remember, however, that you cannot delay as the Temporary License that you got at the time of your release from jail in place of your real Driver's License has a HIDDEN TIME BOMB. You must contact the DMV within 10-days of the date of your arrest to request a hearing to contest the suspension of your driver's license. If you make a timely request, the suspension of your license will be stayed until the final determination of your case by the DMV.
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Your privacy is important to us. To better protect your privacy, we provide this notice explaining our online information practices. We use the information you provide to contact you regarding a criminal or DUI charge for purposes of a consultation. We do not share the information with outside parties (unless required by law), as the information is protected by the attorney-client privilege.
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To prevent unauthorized access, maintain data accuracy, and ensure the correct use of information, we have put in place appropriate physical, electronic, and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online.
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Should you have any questions and/or concerns regarding our Privacy Policy and/or Our Commitment to Data Security, please contact us via telephone at: 888-938-4911 or send us an email at: info@simonslaw.com
DISCLAIMER: This website and blog are intended for use by those seeking general information relating to California drunk driving law. The reader should be aware of the fact that California DUI laws and legal procedures such as those presented in this website are constantly changing. Consequently, any statute, law, or procedure discussed herein may have been changed as a result of drunk driving laws, judicial court decisions, or California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) license suspension rules, regulations, policies or procedures enacted since similar information was posted on this website.
Moreover, the information provided here is not intended to be legal advice and should not be relied upon as such because there is no substitute for consulting with a qualified DUI Specialist. Accordingly, the reader is strongly advised to consult with a DUI Specialist and anyone with a legal problem should immediately obtain legal representation and advice from an attorney with extensive experience handling California DUI Defense cases.
The Law Office of Barry T. Simons assumes no liability whatsoever for any use of this website or blog as it is provided for informational purposes only and is not intended to be legal advice from this office or from any attorney working for this firm. Rather, the information contained in this website and blog are intended to initiate further, subsequent discussions between the reader having a specific legal problem and a qualified DUI attorney. All readers are informed that no attorney-client relationship is intended nor formed by any use of this website or blog and all readers are advised, in line with the Rules of the State Bar of California, that the only way to form an attorney-client relationship with The Law Office of Barry T. Simons is to execute a binding retainer agreement.
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