Tips for Getting an Attorney for Your Speeding Ticket In NC
There’s a very good chance you will need an attorney if you get a speeding ticket. It is the vast minority of ticket situations that allow for you to simply pay them off without long-term adverse consequences, so get some good legal advice.
The best way to get good advice is to know what you’ve got and what you want. Here are some tips to help you help yourself!
- Know what you’re charged with. I can’t really tell you much about what I might be able to do to help or what needs to be done if I don’t know what you’re charged with. If you’re calling without the ticket in front of you, you should carry it with you. It isn’t that heavy.
- Have the person charged available to speak. I know, I know, you want to help little Johnny because you’re a helicopter parent, or you want to help your boyfriend because he’s mostly useless. That’s fine, but have him there near the phone so he can answer questions about the situation if need be.
- Know WHERE you were charged. Same as the first one, all of this information is on the ticket in case you forget where you were when it happened, but your potential attorney HAS to know the jurisdiction to give you an idea of what might be done or if s/he has any knowledge of what might done. Practices vary a lot between jurisdictions, so this is extra important.
- Empty your cup. Don’t call an attorney with the idea that you’re going to tell them what needs to happen. It’s cool to have goals and all, but you’re SEEKING advice, not giving it, so listen up.
- Stay local. I’ll be the first to tell you that local guys tend to do better locally. That’s not to say that I can’t handle a Wake County ticket, but if it’s something out of the ordinary, I will refer that out because my experience is that if you need a little extra because your charge is a little extra, then you are better off calling someone who is in that court house semi-daily.
That should help set you on the road to success. Just don’t try to go too fast on that road. You don’t want another ticket.
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