Washington DC DUI Lawyer

DUI (Driving Under the Influence) and DWI (Driving While Intoxicated) in Washington, DC are serious offenses. Consequences include:

• jail time
• suspension of your license
• substantial fines
• higher insurance premiums
• a permanent blemish on your criminal record

We believe all clients should be fully informed about the criminal process. This is especially true of DUI and DWI. These charges sound similar, but the defining  difference between the two charges is the amount of alcohol, the government can prove is in your system, defined formally as the Breath Alcohol Content (BAC), which is the measure of concentration of alcohol in your breath.

It may seem that a DUI/DWI case is hopeless because a breathalyzer showed “scientifically” that you were over the legal blood alcohol limit, but this is not necessarily the case. There may also be legal issues such as a lack of a probable cause or a procedural issue which could undermine a breathalyzer’s validity and help defeat the case against you.

If you have been charged with DUI in Maryland or Virginia, visit the websites of Colleen Kirby and Thomas Soldan for more information.