DWI consultation with your potential attorney is a critical step in your defense, says Fairfax DUI lawyer

DWI consultation is essential for choosing your when charged with violating Virginia’s law against driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs (Virginia Code § 18.2-266 ). As a Fairfax DUI lawyer, I am speaking of having a meaningful initial discussion with any potential lawyer you are considering, rather than relying on a friend or relative to do that work for you and rather than bypassing an in-depth meeting with any Virginia DWI attorney before you actually hire that lawyer. The adverse implications of a drunk driving / intoxicated driving conviction are too serious to approach your lawyer selection any other way. Moreover, because  you are devoting your time for such a meeting, it is reasonable for you to want to obtain important information, ideas and overall value from this appointment, rather than having this be only a sales presentation by the attorney. Your meeting should be a meaningful back and forth opportunity. More than meets the eye is involved in your essential Virginia DWI defense, including science, law, allegations, counter-allegations, counterpunches, and sentencing when a conviction takes place, on top of issues of driving privileges, court fines and costs, affects on your insurance rates, and possible adverse consequences for your liberty, reputation, career, security clearance status and immigration status. 

Why nothing beats meeting your potential Fairfax DUI lawyer / Virginia DWI attorney in person

Nothing beats meeting with your potential Fairfax DUI lawyer / Virginia attorney for your initial DWI consultation. This is imperfectly akin to why I prefer driving the distance to visiting an incarcerated inmate at the jail through a no-barrier contact visit for an initial meeting, rather than doing so by phone or tablet even in the institutions that will make a confidential room available for the inmate to sit in during the remote meeting. The pandemic spurred people to have phone, Zoom and Webex meetings where before they would have done so in person. The latter is a two-dimensional experience with sound quality no better than the involved medium provides. When you visit your potential Virginia DWI attorney at their office, you are able to experience, see, and hear more than what you would merely by phone or Zoom, including meeting the lawyer’s staff, experiencing the rhythm of the lawyer’s work and office, and simply getting a sense of the lawyer’s level of genuine confidence, caring and ability.  With all of the extra benefits that come from an in-person initial meeting with me, I therefore offer a free first meeting only when in person.

What should I expect from my initial DWI consultation with a Virginia lawyer?

When people visit me for an initial DWI consultation, they have arranged and possibly even  rearranged their work or personal calendar to drive the distance and to take the time with me. I know that by the time you conclude your meeting with me, you will feel more confident and informed about your defenses, and will be all the closer to obtaining justice in court. This meeting is your opportunity to talk about what happened on the incident date and since that time, to ask your relevant questions and to bring up your concerns. I will listen closely to what you have to say and will fully answer your questions. I will also work with you to formulate an initial defense plan, to provide you a tailor-made action plan for the work you and I should start doing for pursuing your best defense, will address how to obtain and attack the evidence against you, will discuss how to blunt the field sobriety testing of you and the forensic evidence against you, will discuss how to shift the mindset of the prosecutor and judge and any jury, and, after being hired, will work with you every step of the way to obtain your best possible court result for you.

What if I have follow up questions for my potential Virginia DWI lawyer?

I fully welcome your contacting me with your follow up questions and concerns after your initial DWI consultation with me. Once a defendant becomes my client, they get full access to me, and my staff is very responsive to requests to set phone and in-person discussions with me, on top of all of us being very responsive to your emails and texts. I provide potential Fairfax DUI defendants / Virginia DWI defendants so much information at their initial meeting with me that they often will have follow up questions after our first appointment. I want my clients and potential clients to feel free to raise their questions and concerns throughout our time together so that we may integrate that into our working as a team in pursuing your best defense.

Fairfax DUI lawyer Jonathan Katz knows that your Virginia DWI criminal prosecution requires a full court press in pursuing as much justice for you as possible and in working to minimize such collateral adverse effects as harm to your reputation, career, security clearance, status in the military, and immigration status. Jon Katz is among the small number of Virginia DUI defenders who is a member of the essential National College of DUI Defense (NCDD) or its equivalent, and who has been trained by among the top trainers to police in conducting standardized field sobriety tests (SFSTs or FSTs) on people who have actually consumed alcohol. Call 703-383-1100, email info@BeatTheProsecution.com or text 571-406-7268 for your free in-person initial consultation with Jon about your court-pending prosecution.