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Mass. DUI Lawyers: We Are Ready to Defend You
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You have been arrested for DUI, drunk driving, or OUI. All of these terms mean the same thing. That someone operated his or her vehicle on a public way, or place where the public has a right of access, while under the influence of alcohol or with a blood alcohol level of .08 or above.
For you to be convicted of DUI in Massachusetts, a judge or jury of 6 people from the community must unanimously find you guilty. Remember, to convict you, the prosecution must prove each and every element of its DUI case beyond a reasonable doubt. You are not on trial, the prosecution’s drunk driving case is. Our lawyers will fight hard and put the prosecution to the test. It is your constitutional right to challenge the state’s case and there is no better way to do this than with an experienced Massachusetts DUI lawyer who has proven track record.
HIRE THE RIGHT MASS. DUI LAWYER
Just because you were arrested for drunk driving, that does not mean that you will be convicted. There is a big difference between the low standard of probable cause required for a Massachusetts DUI arrest and the proof “beyond a reasonable doubt” that is required for a conviction. A skilled and experienced Massachusetts DUI lawyer can help you avoid a DUI conviction, put your arrest behind you, and get your license reinstated. We believe that DUI trials are there to be won and the MA DWI lawyers featured here have long track records of getting not guilty verdicts and dismissals.
Lawyers who do not regularly and routinely handle Massachusetts drunk driving cases may underestimate the complexity of handing a DUI case the right way and providing effective advocacy and defense. It is a complete misconception that drunk driving is a low level and minor traffic offense which takes little specialized skill to defend. Those days are over. Now, thanks to Melanie’s Law, sophisticated breathalyzers, improved police practices, and often unsympathetic juries, drunk driving defendants deserve a specialist in their corner.Hiring the wrong Massachusetts DUI lawyer to defend a drunk driving case can be a big mistake. Someone facing a DUI charge today should hire a true DUI defense specialist who has a proven track record of success. This is the very best way to insure a positive outcome, in the form of an acquittal, dismissal, not guilty verdict, or other positive resolution of your Massachusetts OUI case.Visit our Mass. DUI Blog for more information.
VISIT OUR NEW MASS. DUI LAW LIBRARY
The new Massachusetts DUI Library contains over a hundred Mass. DUI cases which summarize and discuss all aspects of Massachusetts drunk driving arrests and prosecutions. Click on the name of the case to download it. |
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Massachusetts DUI Attorneys
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Attorney Jeanne Koehr
 Attorney Jeanne Koehr is an experienced criminal defense lawyer, with an impressive track record and extensive bench and jury trial experience at the both the District and Superior Court levels. Also, she has over ten years of experience as the Attorney General's Designee to the Board of Appeal on Motor Vehicle Liability Policies and Bonds for the Division of Insurance, having heard thousands of cases involving DUI, hardship licenses, breathalyzer refusal suspensions, Cinderella licenses, habitual traffic offenders, complex National Driver Register suspensions, ignition interlock violations, CDL issues, motor vehicle homicide cases and license reinstatement appeals. As a member of the Board of Appeal, she was appointed as a Special Assistant Attorney General and Solely responsible for preparation of briefs, motions, and administrative records for Appellate review. She is an expert on Melanie's Law and often advises other DUI lawyers regardings its implications. She served as a liaison with the Attorney General's Office regarding appellate judicial review of Board decisions and evidentiary rulings in drunk driving and other cases. In addition to serving on the Board of Appeal, Attorney Koehr served as an Assistant District Attorney in Suffolk County, where she prosecuted a large number of DUI cases in the Boston Municipal Court. After leaving the District Attorney’s Office, she opened a successful criminal defense law practice, where she developed an impressive track record as a DWI defense lawyer. Attorney Jeanne Koehr has served as a faculty panel member of Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education Criminal Law Conference for Massachusetts, where she instructed other DUI lawyers regarding the Massachusetts operating under the influence law. She serves as a faculty member at multiple seminars on Massachusetts DUI & Motor Vehicle Offenses. Attorney Koehr is admitted to practice law in Massachusetts, New York, and Colorado. In 1983, she graduated Magna Cum Laude from the New England School of Law, where she was on the Dean’s List and worked as the Managing Editor of the New England Journal on Criminal Law. As a law student, she received the distinguished American Jurisprudence Award for Criminal Procedure.
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Massachusetts DUI and Registry of Motor Vehicles Specialist
Attorney Brian E. Simoneau has years of both law enforcement and legal experience. He is a statewide authority on license suspensions, revocations, reinstatements, hardship licenses, and ignition interlock devices. He achieves excellent results for his DUI clients at the Mass. RMV and Board of Appeal. Contact him at 508-656-0057 or via e-mail:
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Former Police Officer & Mass. DUI Attorney Paul B. Watkins
Massachusetts DUI Lawyer Paul B. Watkins is a former police officer who has years of both drunk driving defense and police experience. After retiring as a police officer, due to an on-duty which he sustained while making an arrest, Paul became a DUI defense lawyer. Put Paul's police and legal DUI experience to work for you.
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Over 30 Years of Legal Experience
Massachusetts DUI Attorney George E. McCarthy, Jr. was admitted to the Massachusetts Bar in 1978. He has over thirty years of experience, having handled a wide variety of Mass. drunk driving cases, where he has consistently achieved excellent results for his grateful clients. With this extensive DUI defense experience and knowledge of the law, Attorney McCarthy frequently obtains not guilty verdicts and dismissals of DUI charges.
Visiting our DUI blog, this Mass. DUI Attorneys website, completing the contact form, or e-mailing one of the Massachusetts DUI Lawyers featured here does not constitute the formation of an Attorney-Client Relationship, which can only be formed by mutual agreement. Absent current confirmation of engagement, any information or documents transmitted by you to us will not be treated as confidential, secret or protected in any way. Each of our lawyers maintains individual responsibility for his or her DWI clients. We are only admitted to practice law in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and focus on Mass. DUI and related cases including hardship license and breathalzyer refusal appeals. |
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