Fulton County DUI Defense Attorney

Are you facing DUI charges in Fulton County?

If you were arrested for DUI in Fulton County, then you are presently facing a series of adverse consequences, consequences that may be reduced or avoided with the assistance of an experienced and aggressive Fulton County DUI defense attorney.

DUI is no laughing matter, most people who are arrested for DUI are not career criminals, instead they are average citizens, and they are the ones that have the most to lose. How would a driver's license suspension, possible jail time, hefty fines and a permanent criminal record affect your personal life, your reputation and your career?

At the Law Offices of Richard S. Lawson, we take your DUI arrest seriously. Our firm focuses entirely on DUI cases, that way we can provide our clients with the highest standard of representation available. Although other defense attorneys may take on DUI cases, many of them focus on criminal defense and rarely defend clients against DUI charges.

Our founding attorney Richard S. Lawson is more than qualified to defend clients charged with DUI. As a former DUI prosecutor who has completed nearly 100 jury trials and thousands of motions, he has the tenacity you need to build a strong and educated defense on your behalf.

All too often when people are arrested for DUI, they immediately assume they are guilty and lose all hope of beating their charges. Attorney Lawson has a number of resources at his fingertips including: expert witnesses, medical professionals, investigators and former law enforcement officers.

In fact, he was trained by the same individuals who instruct law enforcement officers on the technology of field sobriety tests. He is a certified (NHTSA) field sobriety testing instructor who has learned through his training how to search for any flaws in field sobriety testing procedures and scoring. Field sobriety tests are not infallible, nor are any other aspect of a DUI arrest.

Defense Against Field Sobriety Testing

Believe it or not, unlike a blood, breath or urine test which is usually obtained at the police station or a hospital, drivers are not required to submit to a field sobriety test and there are no penalties or license suspension for refusal to submit to them.

Police officers can be fairly intimidating, especially at a DUI checkpoint or during a DUI stop. Whenever a law enforcement officer asks you to step out of the vehicle in order to take a field sobriety test, you should politely refuse. These tests are not based on factual evidence and they are not scientifically proven, instead they are based entirely on the law enforcement officer's opinion.

These tests are not designed to help you in any way, instead they are used to give the police officer probable cause to arrest you and create damaging evidence against you. One can only imagine how a dash cam video capturing you stumbling outside of your vehicle could only point a judge or jury in the direction of securing an unfavorable conviction against you.

Keep in mind that you are well within the law and your rights to refuse to a field sobriety test; however, you are required to submit to a chemical test if you are asked to. Chemical refusal will result in an automatic license suspension for one year, whether you were drinking or not. On the other hand, refusal to submit to a field sobriety test will not result in the same consequence.

DUI Defense Attorney Serving Fulton County

Our firm is proud to serve the residents of Fulton County and the surrounding areas. With years of experience as a former prosecutor and as a DUI defense attorney, Mr. Lawson is more than qualified to defend your DUI case. He can assist clients with any part of the DUI process including: ALS hearings, refusals/alleged refusals, marijuana cases, underage DUI, blood & breath tests, roadside checkpoints, suspended licenses, child endangerment, vehicular homicide and many more. We urge you to contact our firm to schedule your initial consultation where we can go over your possible DUI defenses.

Fight your DUI charges; contact a Fulton County DUI defense lawyer from the firm to schedule an initial case evaluation.

Fulton County Resource Links

DUI Information Center
About Fulton County
Map of Fulton County