GEORGIA DUI DEFENSE
Atlanta DUI Attorney Michael M. Hawkins & Atlanta DUI Attorney Matthew Kilgo, the GA DUI defense lawyers at Hawkins DUI Law Firm are committed to protecting more than just the rights of those accused of DUI. We work to protect their careers, their relationships, and their reputations. We are here to aggressively fight the DUI charge, and to guide our clients through a difficult time. We know what it takes to make a difference in the outcome of a DUI charge.
By limiting the cases that we accept for representation, and by limiting the scope of our practice to contested DUI cases only, we are able to do more than other lawyers in investigating the charges, and in attacking the evidence. Our lawyers have excellent working relationships with prosecutors, judges, and law enforcement.
How Important is the Reputation of my Lawyer?
Attorney Michael Hawkins has been name eight times to Super Lawyers in Atlanta Magazine. He is AV-rated by Martindale-Hubbell (highest in legal ability and ethics), is Board Certified in DUI Defense by the National College for DUI Defense, and has been named to Best Lawyers in Georgia and Best Lawyers in America as featured in U.S. New & World Report. Mr. Hawkins is rated as a Superb (10.0 out of 10.0) Lawyer by AVVO, and is the only DUI defense lawyer in Atlanta to be named to both Best Lawyers in America and honored by In Celebration of Legal Excellence.
Perhaps the most significant of these is that he has been Board Certified in DUI Defense for 10 years, as recognized by the American Bar Association, by the National College for DUI Defense. Indeed, Mr. Hawkins is the Committee Chairman of the Board Certification Committee on the Board of Regents for the National College for DUI Defense. Mr. Hawkins encourages any potential client to meet with two or three lawyers before making a final decision, and to ask any lawyer they meet with about the Hawkins Law Firm's reputation in the legal community. It is also important to ask any lawyer if he or she is Board Certified in DUI Defense. You will find that there are only 4 in the State of Georgia, only 3 in metro Atlanta, only 2 who have actually sat for and passed the examination, and 1 of them is Mike Hawkins. Reputation is extremely important in hiring a lawyer. It is perhaps second only to a lawyer's demonstrated ability to win cases. Perhaps they are one and the same.
Drunk Driving Arrest v. Drunk Driving Conviction
Just because a person is charged with DUI doesn't mean they have been convicted. A DUI arrest means that you are charged with a misdemeanor, albeit, serious traffic offense. It carries mandatory jail time and license suspension, so you need a lawyer.
A lawyer can help keep you out of jail.
A lawyer can help save your drivers license.
A lawyer can keep a DUI arrest from becoming a DUI conviction.
The Hawkins Law Firm helps citizens charged with DUI in the Atlanta community maintain their careers, their relationships, and their reputations. Our lawyers work tirelessly to achieve results for our clients, including keeping the DUI off their record, saving their drivers license, and keeping them from going back to serve mandatory jail time if they are convicted.
There is an old criminal defense lawyer's saying that "100% of people who plead guilty are found guilty." If you just want to plead guilty, then you are not a good match for the Hawkins Law Firm. We will not accept a case where the client's goal is just to plead guilty to DUI. If that is your intention, it is best you hire one of the lawyers who got your name at the jail and has mailed you a solicitation letter. At the Hawkins Law Firm, we can't change the fact that you were arrested, but we will work to prevent a DUI arrest from becoming a DUI conviction. That is our commitment to our clients. That is what we work toward in every case.