DUI & DWI Lawyers and Attorneys

DUI and DWI attorneys defend drivers accused of operating a vehicle while impaired by alcohol, prescription medication or drugs. A drink-driving arrest starts two separate proceedings: a criminal case in court, and an administrative action against your licence that often has a deadline measured in days.

Defences are technical. They turn on whether the stop was lawful, whether field sobriety tests were administered correctly, how the breath instrument was calibrated and maintained, and how a blood sample was drawn, stored and tested. Many cases are won on the record of the machine rather than the memory of the driver.

Before you hire

• Act immediately on the licence side. The window to request an administrative hearing is short and independent of your court date.
• Ask whether the attorney has training on breath-testing instruments and access to independent toxicology experts.
• Ask about consequences beyond the sentence: insurance, ignition interlock requirements, commercial licences, professional licensing and travel to Canada.
• Repeat offences and cases involving injury escalate sharply. Do not treat a second charge like the first.

Traffic tickets and criminal law have their own sections if your charge falls outside impaired driving.