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ATLANTA DUI ATTORNEY
BENEFICIAL INFORMATION FOR NEW CLIENTS
Dear Client:
Thank you for selecting a DUI attorney
from our Atlanta law firm to represent you in
your legal matter. Being charged with a crime
or DUI is a frustrating, nerve racking and sometimes
intimidating event. You, my staff, and I, your
Atlanta DUI attorney, will be working as a team
to present the strongest possible case for you,
and to bring about a speedy and just resolution
of your DUI case. Over the next several weeks
and months a great deal of time and effort on
your part and ours will be necessary to ensure
these goals are met. The more we can work together
the better we will be able to bring about the
results to which you are entitled and desire.
PROACTIVE VS. REACTIVE
As your Atlanta DUI attorney, I cannot emphasize
enough how important it is to be proactive rather
than reactive. Because this is our case, we have
the personal incentive in fighting for just results.
As your attorney, we must work together and stay
focused. In every DUI case, there are certain
things that can be done in order to minimize
our criminal liability. Our Atlanta DUI firm
will provide you with detailed description of
certain things that can be done in order to be
proactive – please
adhere to them.
PERSONAL DIARY
We strongly urge you to keep a personal diary.
Please do everything possible to remember any
facts and details about your Atlanta DUI case
and the issues regarding your case, any conversations
you had with anyone regarding it, any statements
you may have given to anyone about it and any
documents you may have which may be relevant.
It is important that your Atlanta DUI attorney,
has the names, addresses, and telephone numbers
of all witnesses who could testify on your behalf
about the facts pertaining to your case, when,
how, and why it occurred. It also is important
that your Atlanta DUI attorney know of any witnesses
who would be likely to testify against you. We
need all of these facts to evaluate the case
fully, and to prepare it for eventual settlement
or trial.
It is also important that all
of the information that we require be updated
on a regular basis. You should send us copies
of your diary and other information at least
monthly. The diary will help us prepare for your
possible pretrial motions and help you get ready
to testify at your DUI trial. And the diary will
help you be as specific as possible about the
facts of your Atlanta DUI case.
OPEN EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION
The Attorney-Client Privilege and Attorney Work
Product Doctrine are strongly rooted tenants
of the law and legal profession which our Atlanta
DUI firm takes very seriously. As such, you may
feel comfortable knowing that your communications
with your Atlanta DUI attorney are and will
remain confidential. With that said, we may need
to know some personal things about you, which
you may consider private or irrelevant to your
case. These can include your relations with your
spouse, your children, and even some personal
information concerning your past, such as your
driving record, criminal problems you may have
had, or other experiences of yours which may
bear on issues raised in the DUI case. Our purpose
is not to invade your privacy, to insult you,
or to embarrass you in any way. Rather, our purpose
is to prepare you thoroughly for trial. If there
are any difficulties with your DUI case, your
Atlanta DUI attorney needs to know about them
to be prepared.
You must be frank and candid
with your Atlanta DUI attorney about any problems
you may have had with the police, the courts,
or with any other person. Furthermore, if you
have had health problems that may bear on the
case, or if you have been involved in cases of
a similar nature, it is crucial that we have
this information now. Be assured that the opposing
party will obtain this information and will try
to use it against you. You cannot avoid any of
these problems by not discussing them. They will
surface. Your Atlanta DUI attorney must know
about them now, so that he can evaluate them
and limit the impacts they will have at your
hearing.
Under our State’s rules of criminal procedure,
we have the right to opt into conducting discovery.
Thus, we will become aware of the State’s
witnesses, and likewise, they will become aware
of ours. Similarly, our Atlanta DUI attorneys
will receive copies of police reports, scientific
reports, audio and video recordings in your
case. Once these items are received by our office,
you should make time prior to trial or settlement
to review these items.
As I, your Atlanta DUI attorney
have described, a great deal of mutual effort
will be necessary to ensure that we can conduct
a well-prepared and well-informed presentation
of your Atlanta DUI case, and that we move toward
a fair resolution of it in the most cost effective
way. Following these suggestions, and keeping
the records requested, will go a long way toward
a successful and speedy resolution of your case.
Sincerely,
W. Scott Smith
Our Law offices are located
at:
2060 Equitable Building
100 Peachtree Street
Atlanta, Georgia 30303
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