Los Angeles Drunk Driving Lawyer

Scott Spindel is the founding member of the law firm and has extensive courtroom and trial experience, having handled drunk driving and criminal cases and trials in throughout Los Angeles, Orange, San Diego, Riverside, San Bernardino, Los Angeles, Imperial, Kern, and Santa Barbara and Sacramento counties.

While attending Thomas Jefferson School of Law, Mr. Spindel found his calling in the field of criminal defense and focused his attention in this field as a clerk at the San Diego County Public Defenders office and a Judicial Extern in the Chambers of the Honorable Patricia Benke of the 4 th District Court of Appeal. In the Public Defenders Office, Mr. Spindel worked in all areas of criminal defense, including assisting in the trial defense of clients charged with murder and crimes under the 3-strikes law.

In order to provide the "best defense", I have educated and associated myself with the top organizations and experts specializing in the fields of drunk driving & criminal defense. I am a graduate from the National College for DUI Defense (Summer Session 2003), have attended national conventions of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and completed training and certification in the maintenance and operation of the DataMaster breath machine from the manufacturer (National Patent Analytic Systems, Mansfield, Ohio, January 2004). In order to better represent you, I have been certified in the training and administration of Standardized Field Sobriety Tests and completed advanced training which allowed him to become one of the only certified Instructors, in Southern California (Student Course: Las Vegas Nevada, 2003 and Instructors Course: Nashville, Tennessee, 2004). Basically, I have received, the same, and in most cases more, training in the operation of breath testing devices and field sobriety tests than the officer that stopped and possibly arrested you in this case.

We are dedicated to guiding our clients through the system and balancing the scales of justice. Unlike many firms, our practice is dedicated to representing those charged with drunk driving and criminal offenses. Our focus is on our clients needs and their well being and we are here 24/7/365 to provide you with the best legal representation possible.

We provide full service drunk driving and criminal representation for clients from arrest and bail through trial in State, Federal and Appellate Courts, including all felony, misdemeanor, juvenile, and traffic matters. Our office also provides successful representation before the Department of Motor Vehicles in administrative hearings regarding license restrictions and suspensions.

Our attorneys possess high academic credentials, maintain strong community ties, are committed to the pursuit of excellence, communicate effectively, and demonstrate the strictest personal and professional ethics as well as the utmost concern and personal attention for our clients.We utilize state-of-the-art technology and cost-effective methods to provide services in a timely, client-oriented manner and ethical, friendly, and professional environment. Our approach focuses on each client's background, needs, and goals, and we are committed to responding promptly to telephonecalls, to reporting on cases regularly, and to minimizing and eliminating risk by informing clients of significant changes in the law.Our dedication to quality, understanding of the law, trust, and respect are the foundation for our long-standing relationships with clients and the reason our clients consistently express their satisfaction.

Q. Will I go to jail?
A. If this is your first offense and you have not been arrested before, I know this is probably the first question, err, concern on your mind. As such, you should know that in most counties, jail is not required and only certain counties in California require jail or an alternative for first offense DUI. However, an experienced attorney may be able to keep you out of jail and resolve your case in a favorable manner.

Q. Why a lawyer who specializes in Driving Under the Influence Defense?
A. Just as lawyers specialize in certain areas of the law, certain lawyers have special expertise in extremely specialized areas, such as driving under the influence (DUI) defense. Because of the complex, technical, and scientific nature of drunk driving (DUI) cases, it is extremely important to have a lawyer who knows the very specific and detailed scientific and legal basis of the government's case better than they do!

Significantly, there are defenses available to almost every set of facts in a DUI case, depending upon the specific type of evidence in each case. The trick is knowing what to look for and how to use those facts in creating a defense to the allegation of driving under the influence.

Q. What will DMV do to my license?
A. Regardless of the outcome of your criminal case, the Department of Motor Vehicles will act independent of the court on the "Administrative Per Se" suspension of your privilege to drive. In order to obtain relief from the mandated DMV suspension, a hearing must be requested within 10 days of your arrest.

At this hearing, evidence can be presented to dispute the issues to be raisedand a properly trained attorney can fight to avoid suspension of your driving privilege.

Q. Should I agree to take a chemical test? What happens if I don't?
A. YES!!! California's Implied Consent Law requires all drivers to submit to a chemical test if the officer believes you are under the influence of alcohol, drugs or both. The consequences of refusing to submit to a chemical test will result in a minimum one year suspension of your license and may cause greater penalties in the criminal case.

Further, the mere fact of refusal may be introduced as evidence during trial to establish "consciousness of guilt". Of course, the defense is free to offer other reasons for the refusal.

Thus, it is always required to submit to a chemical test and the decision, if any, is one of weighing the likelihood of a high blood-alcohol reading against the consequences for refusing.

Q. What is the worst case scenario if I am convicted of a first offense driving under the influence (DUI)? and is this realistic?
A. If you are convicted of a first offense DUI, the worst case will involve a fine of approximately $3,000.00, a maximum of six (6) months in jail and a 90 day alcohol/DUI program and a 4 month license suspension.

NO!!! Everyone I have ever spoken with asks for the worst case scenario. However, the worst case scenario is almost never what happens and I have never represented anyone on a first offense DUI who suffered anywhere near these consequences.

A "typical" first offense DUI can result in fines of approximately $1,500, three years of summary probation, a 90 day DUI/alcohol school, a 90 day license restriction from the court and a four month suspension of your license.

For a more detailed breakdown of the possible punishments associated with DUI convictions and subsequent convictions for DUI click here (SEND TO PUNISHMENT SECTION)

Visit: http://www.ladrunkdrivinglawyer.com

Additional Questions or need further information?

Scott Spindel

Law Offices of Scott R. Spindel

16255 Ventura Blvd., Suite 1018

Encino, CA 91436

Phone: 866-348-6614

Fax: 818-783-5223

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Domains Yahoo

If you’re slow, then you must not have heard about this yet. But if you have domains with Yahoo!, then I guess it’s safe to assume that you have.

Starting July of last year, Yahoo! domains have increased their annual renewal fees by 350% taking them from the initial $9.95 to a shocking $34.95 per renewal. It came as a big smacker to everyone who has always been using Yahoo! as their main domain registrar, why such an increase all of a sudden?

Well apparently, Yahoo! hasn’t been hiding the fact that fees were going to be increasing and has, in fact, sent reminder e-mails to those coming up to renewals at 90, 60 and 30 day intervals before payment was to be due. The reason for the sudden jump in renewal fees has been put down simply to basic costs. Yahoo! is increasing these prices to match how much it actually costs for them to offer this kind of service. According to Yahoo the $25 price increase is primarily being instituted to match the cost of doing business, and that registering domains (the process of creating a new Web address) can cost even more with other Web sites.

However, other competitors have much lower prices, including GoDaddy.com, Name.com or Google Apps, all of which charge annual fees of around $10.

Since domain registration is not the core of Yahoo’s small-business site, the company said its prices can not be as low as those of sites that focus on registering domains Yahoo, however, in order to continue to attract new customers into buying domains Yahoo! will first offer it’s initial year fee at $9.95, eventually increasing to $34.95 after that. To the newbies who have not realized yet what they were getting themselves into have continued to purchase their Yahoo domain names.

It is also further pointed out that there doesn’t seem to be a possible way to advance-renew your domains at Yahoo, so you have no chance to bypass the price increase. Don’t you just love it? :grin:

source: http://cute-spot.com/domains-yahoo.php