DUI

Hattiesburg/Brookhaven DUI Defense Lawyer

DUI convictions can wreak havoc on your insurance rates, affect your ability to drive legally, and even cost you your job. At the Burghard Law Firm, PLLC, serving clients in Hattiesburg and Brookhaven, Mississippi, we take a hands-on and proactive approach in representing clients charged with misdemeanor or felony DUI.

Upon taking your case, we will review the procedures leading up to and during your drunk driving arrest. The motivation for the initial stop will be studied to identify why the arresting officer pulled you over in the first place. We will identify what the road conditions were on that day or night and if they had any impact on your driving ability.

Intoxilyzer or breath tests must be conducted within strict rules and procedures by the arresting officer. The machine must be properly calibrated before each test to show an accurate result. At the Burghard Law Firm, PLLC, we have represented clients whose driving was affected because of legally prescribed medication they were taking. Another case involved a client unable to take the breathalyzer test because of a medical condition that resulted in limited lung capacity.

Having a medical condition that makes you unable to take a breathalyzer test is considered refusal by the court, and it might lead to your license getting suspended from 120 days to one year. However, we will file an immediate challenge to that decision. While having a DUI case dismissed over a medical condition is a challenge, we have been successful.

Our proactive and creative approach to handling your DUI case is focused on ensuring that your rights are protected. There are many mitigating factors that could cause you to be unjustly charged with a DUI, and we will bring those factors to light in court.

For more information or to schedule an appointment with an experienced DUI attorney regarding a drunk driving charge or license suspension, please contact us.