I got a traffic ticket (moving violation, illegal left turn) and it's $181. I've heard lawyers can take on these cases for like $75 or $100 and end up just re-scheduling until the cop doesn't show up anymore ending in it being dismissed. Anyone have a guy that does a good job and won't cost the price of my ticket? lol.
I got a ticket last year for making an illegal left on to Shepherd. I was pretty well ****ting my pants about it, because my license was suspended at the time for some failure to appear in like 2008. I called Sullo & Sullo, paid around $70 (I think) and went to court. The lawyer got it dismissed and I didn't have a ticket go down on my record while my license was suspended. TOTALLY worth it.
What if you have 2 violations on one ticket... Can they handle only one of the violations? I have a violation for lack of insurance, and I don't see the need to hire a lawyer for that since I did have insurance at the time...
It's worth it. Given the choice, I'd rather pay a lawyer up to the cost of the ticket simply to avoid giving Harris County or Houston my money for them to waste. I can't really remember the lawyer I hired. I think his name was Scott Horowitz. I do remember his slogan though: "A Clean Driving Record Is No Accident!" The guy got me out of two simultaneous moving violations, running a red light and speeding. I think I paid him like $125 total.
Paul Kubosh. He's the lawyer behind the fight against the red light cameras. He's been fixing my tickets for years. Last time I went (3+ years ago) he charged me $65. Each and every ticket I've ever hired him for has been dismissed. http://local.yahoo.com/info-18983810-kubosh-paul-kubosh-association-houston
+1 for Kubosh here. Would do business again, but I don't plan on getting another ticket any time soon.
that's the plan but the cop will show up and you have to understand that. that's when they go to plan B and that deferred adjucation or however you spell it. Basically you can't get a ticket and may have to take defensive driving as well or pay $50 etc. this is what the lawyer wants you to do and this is what the DA wants you to do. They don't give a crap what happens to you and you end up paying $125 (plus parking including the retared lawyer fee) for something that the ticket would have almost cost you $181 like you say. I hired robert most through the 90s and he was the man in houston for some time. He died but he was the man..He was pretty good at getting full dismissals and it was the same reschedule playbook. He was this crazy man and I swear he was corrupt. I didnt ask questions and got out of countless tickets. The corrupt feeling seemed to die down more and the next pplaybook was the adjudication playbook and plea approach Then, there was monks monks law and I even had cameron searle http://houstonticketlawyer.com/ represent me for a traffic violation. I was there all the time. Searle tried to tell me the judge was 'real mad today' one time and most of the time these guys played a game of re scheduling but him and the DA have a wink wink ,and know what they can accept. You get to 'get it off your record in 6 months' they get a fine still and you get to pay a lawyer and oil the system. I'm interested to know more how much money you have and how much time you have? If you have more time why not go and fight it? Remember its a numbers game they (gov't) want to get paid and want to get you out of there. If it's worth it to you , you can probably get the violation reduced and the small adjucation (sp) deal your lawyer would have gotten. I had an illegal left on off I10 shepard area and I got a ticket. There were other people getting the same ticket so I argued that it was a police sting and bad vantage point for cop. I was talking to the DA not the cop btw. She offered me an even better deal and I said no I want to go to trial. I had no lawyer..Are you sure she kept asking me? and then we waited some more and before lunch she(the DA) was really trying to get a deal struck with me. I said no, we choose jury and I got to exclude a few people and it was the real deal trial. I ended up arguing my case and was able to have it dismissed by the jury. It took all day and they made me wait but I got the ticket off all the way. If you are able to move the scheduling yourself and spend all day there? Go in with pictures and even if you are guilty mount a defense of some sort and plan to present it in a trial matlock style. For me it was fun. I think being a thorn and continuing to plead not guilty may cause you to have to come back to court ( thats part of their game to get you to miss trial btw and pay more fines) but in the end the results will be favorable for you if you stick it out and I argue it.. if $100 is more than half of the sum total of the ticket itself why give it to a lawyer when he will just negotiate what you can? Just saying its not magic wand that this lawyer will get it done. Im sure the one they are mentioning has skills but the game is still the same. Unless he is corrupt and can get it dismissed without even going to court. Most used to be able to do that. Call them and ask him straight up. Im just saying time is money and you should weigh that and your ability to manage the rescheduling of court dates, the negotiation with DA, the time you are willing to spend at court, your ability to argue your point, your case itself.. are there any reasonable doubt angles you can play? I mean do you have a case? even if you dont have a case whats wrong with bluffing through when I think even if you are guilty and you straight lose the case I dont see a jury fining you more than $100. Thats the risk. If you are not happy about the case then a confident plea bargain and structure to your approach towards DA will save you $70 vs. a lawyer for the same deal... It looks good to have a lawyer sure but this is $181 we are talking about not a DUI case. Sometimes you need to look at the bigger picture total cost vs time vs possible outcomes. fight it yourself if you are poor and be a man.. its fun.. I nailed it on my case I won't csb you the details but winning on your own means you pay 0. this is not a murder trial go fight it !
holy crap IBTL. easy, lol. I'm just trying to get a lawyer for a traffic ticket and I don't want to fight it in court or go to a trial.
yeah but you need to ask the lawyer straight up if he can get it dismissed without you having to go to court or do anything at all. If he can then it is worth $70. yes. If he cant and you have to go to trial eventually based on the shell game playbook of date rescheduling in the end ,if cops shows , you are going to get about the same deal anyway as you would have gotten with laywer([/B(]especially if you feign strong case to DA) and will have saved $70. Im just telling you from my experience. As they say on TV previous results are not an indicator of your specific case thats why the lawyer needs to be banging the DA. That we dont know so call the lawyer and find out. If he is not corrupt then you are going to court. I bet you don't even get any time on phone with actual lawyer and it will be all about the $70 or not and 'let us handle it' when they will do nothing for you that you wouldnt have done. You still had to show up to court either way if you hire the lawyer right?thats the key. If you just like to spend $70 bucks to say you have a lawyer I get it and then nevermind my useless rationale and send me $70.
why would a lawyer have to be corrupt to get a ticket dismissed? it's only a traffic ticket. that's an awfully cynical view of traffic lawyers don't you think?
how else wll he get it dismissed ??because he is your lawyer, and the city is just cool like that? What is a lawyer going to do that you can't? if 'it's only a traffic ticket' right? you havent been down to 1400 lubbock too much it sounds like? Why do you have such a magic wand belief the lawyer will just make it float away? I used too be innocent like you. Like I said if 'it's just a traffic ticket' then how much or what is the lawyer going to do that you can't do yourself?Its obvious you are convinced he will ( and this is pointless )and there are not 2 parallel universes to know that if you went down there yourself, and asked for the same deal that the lawyer will give you , you would get it. I have the parallel universe of having gone down there countless times and have seen the game first hand over and over. It's not cynical its looking at the whole picture and mitigating loss vs time vs your case vs everything else. Blindly believing a lawyer will get you anything bettrer than what you would for 'just a ticket' doesnt seem worth it when how hard is it to say 'not guilty' and asked about plea options yourself? worth $70 I am just trying to understand your rationale here. Sounds like you really want to hire a lawyer and by all means go for it. Just saying throw me a $70 right quick too you seem like you like to spend.
$70 to hire a lawyer to go to court for you??? are lawyers that cheap in houston? if it only costs $70, it sounds like a no brainer to me. as far as i know, they cost a few hundred dollars in the bay area (similar to the citation penalty).
there are many lawyers u can get, most of them will work for you and get it dismissed. I've tried a few of them and everytime I get it dismissed. I can't remember the one I usually use, but they are across the street in the shack from the courthouse. I used them for years, they even came out to a court case I had in pasadena one time, they usually only do Houston courts. I've also used Sullo & Sullo and I remember hearing Kubosh and some other ones that are popular. If you got a ticket, just check your mail, you should have some flyers from the lawyer firms.
