Nationally Recognized DUI Defense Lawyer, Nafiz M. Ahmed, author of
“The Examination of Prosecution and Defense Witnesses” 

Redwood City Lawyers Helping Clients With DUI Records

If you already have a DUI record and get arrested on another DUI-related charge, the stakes rise dramatically. For a second or third misdemeanor offense within 10 years, a conviction will generally result in jail time ranging from 10-60 days for a second offense without other special allegations, such as a high speed allegation and between four months to a year for a third DUI offense.

Not only is your freedom at stake if you are a repeat DUI offender, but your driving privileges are threatened as well. The period of time your driver's license will be suspended or revoked lengthens dramatically with each subsequent conviction. For example, when a person with a prior DUI record gets convicted of a second offense, the suspension period can be as long as three years; a third offense could result in a revocation of up to four years.

Furthermore, to add insult to injury, multiple DUI offenders generally are ordered to install and pay to have an ignition interlock device installed on every vehicle they own or operate for up to three years following their DUI offense. With consequences as serious as these, if you have a prior DUI record and are now facing an additional charge, you need an experienced and skilled criminal defense attorney - you need Ahmed & Sukaram, Attorneys at Law.

You Deserve Smart and Experienced DUI Defense

We can take several steps to help protect your driving privileges, your criminal record and your freedom. These include:

• Challenging previous DUI convictions or guilty pleas, arguing that they should not count as prior convictions
• Appearing on your behalf at the arraignment (the first court appearance after the arrest); if you appear without a lawyer at your arraignment, you run the risk of being taken into custody and forced to either make bail or defend yourself from jail.
• Representing you all subsequent hearings, preventing you from getting a "failure to appear" notice, which will be followed by a bench warrant for your arrest; this is particularly helpful if you received the DUI while traveling through the San Francisco, San Mateo, Marin, Alameda or Santa Clara areas and are not a resident
• Representing you at the Department of Motor Vehicles, Administrative Per Se Hearing.

Contact Ahmed & Sukaram Today

We believe in keeping the lines of communication open with our clients. We promptly return calls and e-mails, and after-hours calls to our law firm are automatically forwarded to an attorney.

If you have a previous DUI record and have been arrested on a second or third DUI charge, contact us immediately for legal advice and defense services. Send an e-mail or call us toll-free at 866-477-0965.