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The Proper DUI Defense Can Result in Return Of Your Drivers License

If you have been arrested for DUI in the State of Florida the officer will confiscate your license. According to state law, your driver's license will be suspended as of the arrest date for 6 months for the first offense and one year for a second or any other offense. You will be given a 10-day permit on the date of the arrest. Within that time it is critically important that you schedule a suspension hearing with the State Department of Motor Vehicles - and hire a qualified Florida DUI defense attorney to represent you at that hearing.

Understand that the state takes a two pronged attack at people arrested for DUI. There is the criminal case, for which you absolutely should have a DUI attorney, and the Driver's License Suspension hearing. You do not require a drunk driving lawyer at a suspension hearing, but it is certainly advisable. The suspension hearing and the criminal case are not the same thing, but they are interrelated.

The DMV hearing is only an administrative procedure on the revocation of your driving privileges. Your guilt or innocence of DUI will not be discussed. However since questions involving the circumstances of your arrest will be asked, which will influence the outcome of the hearing, it is best that you have DUI attorney present.

Remember the DUI suspension hearing is being conducted by the very agency that has suspended, or wants to suspend your driver's license. There is a strong inclination on the part of the DMV and its hearing agents to achieve that goal and verify that the officer was justified in suspending your license. You need a drunk driver defense lawyer on your side. Hiring a DUI attorney can help you deal with the DMV bureaucracy. A DUI lawyer's office can manage the process far better than you can and make all of the necessary arrangements for your hearing. Having a skilled Florida DUI attorney represent you at the DMV hearing not only may result in revocation of the suspension or issuance of provisional driving privileges, it can be the first step in mounting your overall DUI Defense.