DON’T JUST FIGHT THAT TICKET – ATTACK IT!

OUR FIRM CHARGES 1 LOW FLAT FEE TO REPRESENT YOU IN TRAFFIC COURT AND YOU NEVER HAVE TO APPEAR IN COURT OR COME TO OUR OFFICE. WE CAN DO EVERYTHING BY MAIL AND WE APPEAR IN COURT ON YOUR BEHALF! WE OFFER A MONEY BACK GUARANTEE IF WE DO NOT REDUCE OR ELIMINATE THE POINTS THAT YOU ARE CHARGED WITH.

Think you don’t need a lawyer for traffic violations?  Think again. Where would you be without driving privileges? Could you earn a living? Go out with friends? Shuttle your kid’s around?

And what about the insurance implications, especially if you have minor drivers living in your home. Paying that ticket has serious drawbacks: It counts as a conviction on your record, can send your insurance through the roof, and result in a suspended license and steep state surcharges. If you drive for a living it may even cost you your job.

In New York State once you accrue 6 points there are civil penalties of $100 assessed by the Department of Motor Vehicles. You are charged another $25 for each additional point. Once you accrue 11 points on your driver’s license your privileges are automatically suspended. And then there are the increases in your insurance rates. All these costs add up quickly — it is often less expensive to hire a lawyer who can prevent the points from being assessed.

When you receive a moving violation, you enter the complex machinery of your local municipal traffic court. What they don’t tell you is that negotiation is more the rule than the exception. That’s the first thing we try to do – negotiate a no point or a minimal point violation from what you were charged with.

For less than the cost of a business lunch, our traffic attorneys will take your speeding ticket to court on your behalf. We’re not talking about having your family attorney go to traffic court for you, but a firm headed by a former police officer turned attorney to will attack your ticket. Having experience in traffic enforcement gives Attorney Michael Palumbo insider’s knowledge on the tools of enforcement such as radars, breathalyzers, and traffic enforcement techniques. There are weaknesses and errors in all stages of the enforcement process, from initial contact to how the information is written on the ticket that can lead to a dismissal. Hiring a former cop gives you an edge in exploiting the weaknesses in the case and ending up with a dismissal rather than a fine.

Speeding ticket revenue has become more important than ever to cities and states. Many municipalities have even installed red-light cameras. The DMV also does a cash-grab by enacting surcharges for repeat offenders, some of which far exceed the cost of the ticket itself. This has led to increased enforcement and an explosion of traffic and speeding tickets and enforcement.

Then there’s the dreaded insurance-point system; exceed it and you’re looking at sky-high insurance premiums, loss of license, or both. Clearly a speeding ticket today is a high-stakes game, especially for those with recent priors.

Our firm is successful at what we do because if we do not get an acceptable plea then we take the matter to trial. You can take the day off from work, schlep to court, wait around all day, and try to plea bargain with the Town Attorney or Police Officer that wrote the ticket. You may get a deal, and then again you may not. And even if you do get a deal there is no guarantee that it will be a good a deal as they would give our office. This is because they know that if you turn down the deal you have absolutely no idea on how to defend yourself at trial. With you it’s “take it or leave it,” with us it’s “make us a good deal or we make you prove it.”

Whether you are charged with a traffic infraction, traffic misdemeanor, felony or DWI, we can attack your ticket. We serve the 5 boroughs of New York City, the Bronx, Queens, Brooklyn, Kings County, Manhattan, New York County, Staten Island, Richmond County, and Westchester County, including the towns, villages, and cities of Ardsley, Bedford, Briarcliff Manor, Bronxville, Buchanan, Cortlandt, Croton-on-Hudson, Dobbs Ferry, Eastchester, Elmsford, Greenburgh, Harrison, Hastings-on-Hudson, Irvington, Larchmont, Lewisboro, Mamaroneck Village, Mamaroneck Town, Mount Kisco, Mount Pleasant, Mount Vernon, New Castle, New Rochelle, North Castle, Ossining, Peekskill, Pelham, Pleasantville, Port Chester, Pound Ridge, Rye City Court, Rye Town Court, Scarsdale, Sleepy Hollow, Somers, Tarrytown, Tuckahoe, White Plains, Yonkers & Yorktown.

Point assessments for moving violations and speeding tickets are severe. You must plead not guilty and fight any moving violation.