If you’re looking for a Fairfax reckless driving lawyer, let me make a suggestion. First, read my book about reckless driving defense. It’s free and it’s jam-packed full of information to educate you about your reckless driving case.
You don’t go out to buy a new car without researching about cars do you? No. First, you sit down and you look at all the different cars that might be in your price range and the type of car that you’re looking for. You look at the different options, the different packages you can get. You might look at consumer reports, see the different ratings that they’ve given the vehicle. You may even talk to your friends to find out how they like the vehicles that they have. You do your homework first. You don’t just go to the car dealership and ask: “What cars do you have for sale?”
You should take the same approach if you’re looking for a Fairfax reckless driving lawyer.
What should be the first question to ask a Fairfax reckless driving lawyer?
When a lot of people start out looking for a lawyer, they ask: “How much do you charge?” That’s the first question on their mind. Unfortunately, that’s the wrong first question to ask if you’re talking with an attorney. That simply isn’t the most important piece of information that you need to collect from the attorney. Instead, you should ask: “How often are you practicing in Fairfax General District Court, and how often are you handling reckless driving cases like mine in Fairfax?”
That’s one of the key issues that I discuss in my book in Chapter 8, about how to pick an attorney. You need to find out how often the attorney is handling cases like yours so you’ll know how well they’ll be able to handle your unique situation. While every case is different their experience handling cases in Fairfax will tell you how they’ll be able to help you with your unique situation.
What defenses might be available in Fairfax?
That’s another question that you could ask an attorney if you’re looking for a Fairfax reckless driving lawyer. But first, you need to find out what kind of defenses might even be possible in general in Virginia. And that’s where Chapters 3 and 4 in my book come in. In these chapters, we talk about the different defenses that work in Virginia as well as a number of defenses that I see routinely that don’t work. One of my favorites is: “I had to pee.” That defense routinely just doesn’t really get anywhere with the court. Maybe if you have a medical emergency that could be a somewhat of a defense for a situation of reckless driving by speed, but just a routine bathroom trip is just not going to get you out of the gate.
My point here is that you can’t really interview lawyers and find a good lawyer for your case if you don’t know first what defenses are valid and what aren’t valid. It’s sort of like going to the car dealer and having them pitch to you about different cars without knowing what’s really the truth. You don’t know the specs yourself if you don’t do your homework before you go.
Do I really need a Fairfax reckless driving lawyer?
Great question! It’s one that unfortunately you can only answer yourself. That’s why I suggest you need to educate yourself about your case, about reckless driving is, what you’re actually looking at in Fairfax, what defenses are available, and what alternate outcomes might be possible. Then you can talk to a few reckless driving attorneys in Fairfax to find out their experience in handling cases like yours and what outcomes they think might be possible for your unique situation. And only as a last question you should ask how much they’d charge for your case, because then you’ll have the complete picture. You’ll know of their unique experiences, what they hopefully can accomplish with your case, and what it will cost. For after all, if an attorney is telling you it will cost $4,000 to handle the case, that might not be something that’s financially possible. But if it’s cheaper than that, and they can hopefully get a great result, that might be a case where it would be smart to hire a Fairfax reckless driving lawyer.
What are you waiting for at this point? Just fill out the form below to request a free copy of my book. It will be emailed instantly to you, and you can start learning about your reckless driving case in Fairfax.