by seligman | Jul 15, 2012 | Fort Lauderdale Criminal Defense Blog
The suspended license DUI Law Firm of Guy Seligman is here to help you if your license is suspended for a DUI charge. We are here for your DUI defense 24 hrs and ready to help you. A Florida DUI is a serious offense and can result in your license getting suspended. a DUI,DWL, or drunk driving first-time offense can result in a $1,000 fine , 50 hours of community service, and six months in jail. You must consult with an experienced DUI defense lawyer right away. A DUI is a term meaning driving under the influence. DWI means driving while intoxicated. Both are the same thing.The common term in Miami, Ft Lauderdale, Boca Raton, West Palm Beach, Orlando and all of Florida is DUI. If you have been artrested for a DUI and Your license has been suspended call our DUI, Suspended License Helpline today. In Ft Lauderdale Florida you are breaking the law of you are operating a motor vehicle with a blood-alcohol level of .08 percent or more. Your blood-alcohol level may be determined by a breathalyzer test. The police officer at the scene will usually administer this test. A breathalyzer is a device that can measure alcohol concentrations in a person's breath. If your alcohol concentration proves to be above the legal limit, the officer will place you under arrest. If your blood-alcohol level is at .15 or above, you may face harsher penalties under Florida DWI law. For example, a first-time DUI offense in Florida has a fine range of $500 to $1,000. However, if your blood-alcohol level is at or above .15, this...
by seligman | Jul 10, 2012 | Fort Lauderdale Criminal Defense Blog
Guy Seligman is an experienced Florida criminal appeals lawyer covering Miami, Ft Lauderdale, West Palm Beach, Orlando, Jacksonville, Tampa, Ft Myers, Panama City, Pensacola, Clearwater and all of Florida. Law Office of Guy Seligman Announces Concentration on Florida amd Ft Lauderdale Criminal Appeals The Fort Lauderdale criminal defense office of Guy Seligman announces a new expanded legal department for Florida criminal appeals. This new criminal appeals department is equipped to handle criminal appeals from the entire state of Florida. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE PRLog (Press Release) – Jun 04, 2012 – The Fort Lauderdale criminal appeals and criminal defense office of Guy Seligman has opened a new department to handle criminal appeals for the entire state of Florida. This criminal appeals department has expanded resources to handle a growing number of criminal appeal clients. According to Criminal appeals lawyer Guy Seligman: "When you hired your lawyer and went to court, you hoped for the best, but if the judge made errors or the lawyer dropped the ball on your case and you lost you have a real chance to challenge the judgment or sentence. An appeal looks at what the Judge or the other side did or did not do and another Court examines what happened at the trial and looks to see if there was enough error to grant a new trial." The new criminal appeals division can respond quickly and timely to protect your right in the Florida Criminal appeals process. "THE MOST IMPORTANT THING TO REMEMBER IS YOU HAVE SO LITTLE TIME TO FILE AN APPEAL- 30 days from the Judgment or Sentence date", says Seligman. ...
by seligman | Jul 6, 2012 | Fort Lauderdale Criminal Defense Blog
CDL TRAFFIC TICKET DEFENSE LAWYER GUY SELIGMAN CAN HELP YOU GET YOUR PROFESSIONAL DRIVERS LICENSE BACK Fight your CDL traffic tickets and get back on the road again. Our CDL Florida ticket defense program can help you with CDL problems in Florida. If you have a Florida CDL problem or are in another state with a driving violation in Florida we can help. Guy Seligman is an expereinced CDL traffic ticket defense lawyer . Truckers License Defense and License Reinstatement Helpline Traffic ticket defense for truckers CDL citation lawyer for moving & non moving violations, Defense for truck violations, CDL defense Lawyer, Truckers helpline, Protect Your CDL and Your Future Employabiity This Truckers Helpline Law Office can provide you with CDL, traffic ticket, trucker defense and trucking violations in Florida. Speeding traffic tickets, Overweight charges, Equipment violations, Following too close, Careless driving, Suspended license, DWI, DUI, Failure to Obey Traffic Control Device, Lane Change violations,...
by seligman | Jul 4, 2012 | Fort Lauderdale Criminal Defense Blog
It is a holiday weekend, or any weekend in Ft Lauderdale, Pompano Beach, Hollywood or Deerfield Beach. You have a suspended license. Or maybe you are just taking a chance that they have not suspended your license yet. You decide you are not going to miss this party night. Behind you you hear the sounds of sirens. You pull over. By now you are clenching your teeth and you know it is coming. YOU have just been arrested for driving with a suspended license. Maybe you are in Ft Lauderdale visiting and your license is suspended in another state? You think you will be just fine. But, there is this great big data base and it know who you are anyplace. Maybe you are driving drunk and get arrested for a DUI or this is the last round of points. Your license is suspended now. Every driving with a suspended license citation is serious because it can lead to habitual traffic offender status. Call Guy Seligman your 24 hr driving with a suspended license charges. We are ready to help. You can consider us your "now you have been arrested' lawyer. When you’ve been arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence (DUI) in FT Lauderdale,you will lose your driver’s license. In Ft Lauderdale a DUI is a serious offense. Florida law demands a six-month suspension for anyone who has been arrested on DUI charges. A driver license can be suspended or revoked for: Points suspension, Failure to pay child support, Failure to pay tickets, Failure to pay judgment, Failure to appear in court,...
by seligman | Jul 2, 2012 | Fort Lauderdale Criminal Defense Blog
Guy Seligman is a Ft Lauderdale Criminal appeals lawyer with over 20 years experience helping to overturn criminal verdicts. If you went to a criminal trial in Ft Lauderdale and have been convicted of a crime the criminal appeals process may work for you and get that verdict overturned. We will attempt to prove you were improperly charged or that there were mistakes at the criminal trial. Criminal appellate representation requires a keen eye for detail because we will be combing the criminal proceedings for an error of some sort. The first step is filing a notice of appeal. We have 30 days to file In state court, I would not waste anytime getting this process moving This is a strict deadline and there is no way to "appeal" the deadline. Then we will prepare the records for the appeal. There are time limits for filing the record with the clerk of the court as well. We can not impress strongly enough the need to move quickly on this entire process. After filing the record, we have 35 days to file the initial brief. The time limits are a bit more flexible at this stage. We have gotten extensions if youe case is complex. This is a complex process moving forward, We have filed our initial brief now the state has 20 days to file a response brief. They can also request extensions. We will then have 20 days to file a reply brief. While this is not always necessary, it can be a good way to respond to errors or omissions in the state's answer. Again, this a...
