1. Consultation with client
2. Entry of Appearance in Court on Client’s behalf
3. Application for Driving Privileges
4. Conduct discovery and review Prosecutor’s response to discovery request with client.
5. Attend pre-trial on behalf of client- up to 2x
6. Enter plea on behalf of client, if necessary
7. Advocacy at sentencing hearing if plea entered.
8. Provide Client with summary of outcome/status of court case. Summary includes client’s nexts steps, court costs and fines and other court penalties imposed and due dates and actions necessary at BMV (Ohio residents only)

Conduct hearing to challenge officer’s procedure in requesting and executing chemical tests that resulted in administrative license suspension.

A motion to suppress is the way by which your attorney will try to suppress the prosecutor’s evidence against you. If evidence is suppressed, it means that it can’t be used at trial and this may lead to your case being dismissed.The judge will suppress the evidence such if she determines that your rights were violated by the officer at the traffic stop. The officer may have violated your rights by extending the stop longer than it needed to be, by asking you to submit to field sobriety and chemical tests without proper justification, conducting breathalyzer or blood tests improperly, or by asking you questions after you have invoked your right to counsel.

Conducting a hearing on a motion to suppress can also be valuable even if it does not result in evidence being suppressed because it offers you insight into the prosecutor’s case such as whether or not the officer is a good witness or what facts the prosecutor places emphasis on.

If I can’t reach an agreement with the prosecutor that you are happy with and you feel that it is valuable and important to litigate your case, then your case will go to trial.If that is the case, I will aggressively defend your rights at trial. At trial, the prosecutor will first present the evidence against you. I will make sure that the prosecutor follows the rules of evidence and question the witnesses about how they determined you were diving under the influence of alcohol and attack their credibility and accuracy. If you would like to testify and tell your side of the story, you may, but you don’t have to. The judge will then decide if the prosecution has met their burden to prove your guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.

The arraignment is the first step in an OVI case. This is when you must appear and either enter a plea of guilty, no contest, or not guilty. You may also request a continuance to hire an attorney if you are not able to do so before the court date.Most courts require you to appear in person for the arraignment in a OVI case. After entering the plea, your attorney will address bond and work on getting your vehicle released if it has been impounded.

When a person is pulled over and refuses or fails a chemical test, then the officer takes their license on the spot and imposes an administrative license suspension (ALS). You can appeal the ALS within 30 days of your initial appearance in court. If you file an appeal, the court will hold a hearing and your attorney can attack the officer’s procedure in requesting and conducting the test and the documentation.Appealing an ALS is important because in Ohio if you are under an ALS suspension, the suspension will continue even if you are found not guilty of the OVI or the case is dismissed.

When you are eligible to get driving privileges to drive to work, school, medical appointments an family necessities, your attorney will assist you in this process.

At the pretrial, the prosecutor and I will review the evidence against you and discuss your case and what plea options are available.Often, the prosecutor will provide the evidence against you (discovery) for the first time at the pretrial. The discovery will include the video of the traffic stop (if there is one) and the officer’s reports from the stop. Usually the officer who stopped you will be present.

If I can negotiate a result that you are happy with, then we will either conclude the case at the pretrial or schedule a later date to enter a plea. If we can’t reach an agreement that you like, then the case will be set for either a second pretrial trial at a later date.

A motion to suppress is the way by which your attorney will try to suppress the prosecutor’s evidence against you. If evidence is suppressed, it means that it can’t be used at trial and this may lead to your case being dismissed.The judge will suppress the evidence such if she determines that your rights were violated by the officer at the traffic stop. The officer may have violated your rights by extending the stop longer than it needed to be, by asking you to submit to field sobriety and chemical tests without proper justification, conducting breathalyzer or blood tests improperly, or by asking you questions after you have invoked your right to counsel.

Conducting a hearing on a motion to suppress can also be valuable even if it does not result in evidence being suppressed because it offers you insight into the prosecutor’s case such as whether or not the officer is a good witness or what facts the prosecutor places emphasis on.

Your case will finish with either a dismissal by the prosecution (rare), entering a plea to the charge or reduced charge or a trial.If I can’t reach an agreement with the prosecutor that you are happy with then your case will go to trial.

If that is the case, I will aggressively defend your rights at trial. At trial, the prosecutor will first present the evidence against you. I will make sure that the prosecutor follows the rules of evidence and question the witnesses about how they determined you were diving under the influence of alcohol and attack their credibility and accuracy. If you would like to testify and tell your side of the story, you may, but you don’t have to. The judge will then decide if the prosecution has met their burden to prove your guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.