Traffic Law at Christley, Herington & Pierce
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Christley, Herington & Pierce’s DUI/OVI lawyers can explain to you the minimum mandatory penalties you are facing. We can evaluate your case to determine whether you should proceed through a trial or attempt to obtain a reduction in the charge so that the judge will be permitted to impose a less severe penalty. One way that our lawyers do this is to evaluate the legality of how law enforcement obtained its evidence and determine whether to ask the court to suppress the evidence against you.
Driver’s license suspension Christley, Herington & Pierce’s DUI and traffic lawyers can help you through the maze of the driver’s license suspensions that accompany OVI / DUI charges. The Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles may impose an administrative license suspension on your driver’s license from the time of the offense, even before you are convicted. Our lawyers may be able to obtain the judge’s permission to allow you to drive while your case is pending, either by obtaining limited driving privileges or by a court-ordered stay of the administrative license suspension.
If you are convicted of OVI / DUI, the judge is required to suspend your driver’s license for at least six months. Our lawyers can work to keep the length of the court-ordered driver’s license suspension to a minimum and to obtain limited driving privileges for you during the court-ordered suspension.
Restricted license plates If you are convicted of OVI or DUI, and the court grants you limited driving privileges, the court may require you to drive with restricted license plates on your vehicle. The court must require restricted plates for some types of DUI or OVI offenses. Ohio’s restricted license plates are license plates with a red background and yellow numbers.
