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Do you need a San Diego DUI Lawyer? If you have been arrested for DUI in San Diego County and need a strong legal ally or DUI resources and information, you're on the right website. We are the top exclusively DUI defense law firm in San Diego, California, dedicated 100% to the defense of persons accused of driving under the influence - a team of four drunk driving attorneys who handle no other legal or criminal cases but DUI. This website is designed and updated regularly to help site visitors understand, deal with, and successfully manage drunk driving charges in California.

California DUI Law:

Californians use the acronym DUI in reference to Driving Under the Influence of an Intoxicant (or intoxicants); alcohol and/or drugs, including prescription medication if it impairs ability to drive. It is often termed as DWI, or Driving While Intoxicated, in other states, thus operating a motor vehicle while impaired, or with a blood or breath alcohol concentration at or above the legal limit of .08% for adults 21 years of age or older. The laws are much stricter for minors accused of DUI who are under the legal drinking age.

In San Diego County, A MISDEMEANOR DUI is typically charged for a a first DUI offense involving no injury, property damage, or other DUI penalty enhancements, and is punishable by up to one year in jail and heavy fines.

A FELONY DUI in San Diego County is usually charged when the the drunk driving case involves a penalty enhancement, such as causing bodily injury to another, a prior felony conviction, refusal to submit to a chemical test, or another "aggravating" circumstance; the punishment for a felony DUI conviction could be a sentence of several years in a state prison.

Under California legislature, a drunk driving arrest triggers two cases; the DUI criminal court case as stated above, AND a California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) case to enforce automatic suspension of your drivers license. You actually have two separate counts / cases to fight.

San Diego Drunk Driving Arrests

San Diego drunk driving arrests are unique in that they can arise in a number of different ways. Amber alerts signs are now being used on San Diego freeways directing motorists to report other drivers they suspect of drinking and driving. A common scenario is the sobriety checkpoint, or DUI roadblock, where drivers are stopped and questioned as to whether they've been drinking. Involvement in a car accident where police are summoned is another instance of coming under suspicion for DUI and being subjected to sobriety testing . Another method of finding and arresting drunk drivers is aerial surveillance by a police helicopter in search of impaired motorists. The San Diego Police Department employs a specialized DUI Task force, or DUI squad, who work closely with MADD (Mothers Against Drunk Driving) and other law enforcement agencies to increase the number of DUI arrests in the county. The San Diego Police DUI Task Force is trained to look for specific drunk driving patterns and behaviors associated with DUI. The City of San Diego, in compliance with federal and DUI actiivists' guidelines for penalization and deterrence of DUI, has no shortage of funding for this purpose.

Hiring a San Diego DUI Lawyer

If you've been arrested for DUI, you need to take deliberate action on both the criminal and DMV side of your case. You have only ten days to request a hearing to prevent the automatic suspension of your drivers license.

Due to the many complex factors resulting from California DUI legislation and progressive lobbying by special interest groups, it is imperative that anyone arrested for drunk driving in the region consult with a competent and qualified San Diego DUI attorney with a proven track record of successfully defending drunk driving cases in the local court systems who is familiar with the judges, prosecutors, and unique technicalities and scientific defenses regarding DUI cases.

Our specialization and focussed attention as drunk driving advocates has earned us nationwide recognition for unprecedented DUI case result victories and favorable DMV Hearing outcomes.

A good DUI defense attorney will effectively challenge tests that were administered at the time of your arrest, including but not limited to, the qualifications and credibilty of the administering police officer, breath or blood sample contamination, appropriate use and accuracy of instruments employed.

HIRING A LAWYER WHO FOCUSES SOLELY ON DEFENDING SAN DIEGO DUI CASES CAN MAKE THE CRITICAL DIFFERENCE IN THE OUTCOME OF YOUR CASE

San Diego DUI Attorney G. Cole Casey is a highly respected drunk driving lawyer whose practice is devoted solely to DUI defense in San Diego, California. Mr. Casey graduated from Thomas Jefferson School of Law. In law school he served as captain of both the Moot Court Team and the Mock Trial Team. After graduation and admission to the bar, he took an associate position with a large insurance defense firm in San Diego. Dissatisfied with the lack of courtroom time and the prospect of rarely actually trying cases, Mr. Casey went into private practice as a San Diego Attorney after just one year of being admitted to the State Bar. Read more about San Diego DUI lawyer G. Cole Casey. Cole Casey has been handling DUI cases exclusively for has more than a decade of experience in successfully defending California drunk driving, DUI / DWI, drinking and driving, and driving under the influence of drugs (DUID) cases. This means he knows DUI cases, fighting them, and the laws and technicalities surrounding them much better than the prosecution. Whereas prosecutors and general criminal attorneys deal with very a broad range of different types of legal cases. subject matters, and related evidence, Cole Casey has focussed his entire legal practice on the DUI client and their defense.

A graduate of five National College of DUI Defense programs, he was recently named a Sustaining Member and California State Delegate to National College of DUI Defense. He is also a Specialist Member of the California DUI Lawyers Association. He is a founder of San Diego DUI Defense Associates. A proven, excellent San Diego DUI lawyer, Mr. Casey is certified as a practitioner and instructor in the administration of standardized field sobriety tests under National Highway Traffic Safety Administration guidelines. He is frequently invited to speak to other attorneys and law enforcement agencies on drunk driving legalities. He has defended athletes, celebrities, CEOs of Fortune 100 companies, and law enforcement officers, including the California Highway Patrol. Read More about our San Diego DUI Law Firm...

G. Cole Casey heads the top San Diego drunk driving defense firm. As a well known San Diego DUI lawyer, his proven track record and DUI jury trial case results are unmatched and unprecedented by any other DUI attorney in the region.

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