Drunk Driving / DUI

Portsmouth DWI and OUI Attorneys

Desfosses Law Firm provides aggressive drunk driving defense to individuals in New Hampshire and Maine. If you are concerned about heavy fines, jail time, and losing your license, contact our experienced criminal lawyers as soon as possible. We understand a DWI or OUI conviction can seriously impact your life and your family's life. We make every effort to minimize the charges and the impact on you and your future.

Do you need to speak with someone about a DWI in New Hampshire or an OUI in Maine? Do you want a lawyer who will fight for your future? Contact the Desfosses Law Firm today to arrange your free consultation.

Maintaining Your Driver's License

People are often primarily concerned with keeping their driver's license. New Hampshire and Maine both have few options for public transportation. The loss of your driving privileges could mean the loss of your job if you are unable to drive. We work hard to reinstate driving privileges in DUI and OUI cases. Our firm gives clients honest assessments regarding possible outcomes in their situations. Clients appreciate our honest approach and feel it allows them to make informed decisions. We strive to understand what is most important to each individual and what is reasonable in their particular legal situation.

Analyzing the Stop in a DWI / OUI Case

At Desfosses Law Firm, we provide experienced and aggressive defense against charges that threaten to disrupt your life. We vigorously pursue all avenues of defense in an effort to fully understand what happened and to find inconsistencies. We analyze evidence such as the initial stop, police statements, and the results of breath tests and blood alcohol tests. We are trained to spot even the smallest inconsistencies. We work hard to protect all of your constitutional rights. We fight for a successful result in your DWI or OUI case.

BREATH TEST REFUSALS

Every citizen facing a drunk driving charge in Maine or New Hampshire has right to refuse to take a breath test. If you have already been charged with OUI/DWI you have already made a very important choice. Was refusing the breath test the right thing to do? The answer well it depends....

Both New Hampshire and Maine have implied consent laws on the books. These laws impose harsh penalties, additional license loss, (plus jail time, in Maine) on a driver who does not take the test. Why? Because refusing the test deprives the State of their best evidence in a drunk driving case. If you have refused to blow, you have given a skilled defense lawyer a huge advantage, at trial.

In addition, if you have refused the breath test the State can not charge you with Aggravated DWI (over .16%) N.H. or over (.15 %) special sentencing enhancement, in Maine.

New Hampshire Maine

Attorney Phil Desfosses will use his years of experience to evaluate the individual circumstances of your case. Your personal situation, carries a huge weight in deciding how to handle your case.

1. Is it most important to get back driving as soon as possible? 
2. How strong, is the case against you.
3. Did you do well on the Field Sobriety Tests?
4. What was the articulable suspicion for the Police Officer stopping your car?
5. Did you know the constittuional protections against illegal stops and searches and arrests do not apply equally at Motor Vehicle hearings?
6. Should we try to plea bargain away the refusal suspension?
7. Is a clean driving and criminal record your highest priority.
8. Will you lose your job or livelihood or even be deported if you have a DWI or OUI conviction.
9. In addition, in Maine, your refusal to blow may have a significant effect on your ability to get a work, or Cinderella, license.
10. No two cases are identical. The possible considerations are too numerous to list here.

CONCLUSION

If you are charged with a drunk driving offense, you already know it not a good thing. You are facing significant, even life changing, consequences. Most drunk driving cases are resolved by plea bargains. Skilled experienced tough legal representation is the most significant reason drivers get treated fairly, in an impaired driving case. Don't go it alone, or the system will eat you alive. Contact Phil Desfosses, a high quality drunk driving lawyer for straight answer to these difficult question. Don't just give up and go down the drain....FIGHT BACK

If you or someone you care about has been arrested for DWI or OUI, contact our firm at 603-436-8242 today to learn how we can help.