If you have a Commercial Drivers License, you need to be aware of North Carolina General Statute 20-4.01 (a4)(a)(5).  This law states that, definitionally, a Prayer for Judgment Continued counts as a conviction for a person with a CDL, or for a person who is driving a...

Sometimes it is important to deal with old traffic tickets before moving on to deal with current ones.  For example, if your license has been revoked because of your failure to appear on an old traffic ticket, perhaps it is time to handle that old traffic ticket and...

If you do not hire a lawyer, you will have to go in on your court date and appear to have your case heard.  If you have missed court or showed up late, then you can have problems for your case.  We recently had a person who had shown up late on their court date before...

We live in a highly mobile society, and many people change addresses dozens of times of times in their life.  Every time you move, you are expected to update your address with the Division of Motor Vehicles. Since people are busy with other aspects of life, sometimes...

There is a distinction between waivable and non-waivable offenses.  For waivable offenses, you can waive your right to appear before a court and allow an attorney to show up in court on your behalf.  Most infractions and misdemeanors (which includes most traffic...

One question that many people have is what happens if they do not pay off their tickets.  This is considered failure to comply.  Sometimes this occurs when a traffic ticket attorney gets most of the charges reduced or dismissed, and there is one charge that is plead...

One issue that causes problems for clients is failing to go to court when they have court dates.  Of course, if you hire a traffic ticket lawyer, you will most likely not have to go to court.  But if you do miss court, and you do not hire an attorney to appear on your...

One charge that many people get when involved in an auto accident is failure to reduce speed to avoid an accident.  This ticket is particularly given if one driver has"rear-ended" another.  When this happens, even if the driver "at fault" has not done anything else...

Not long ago, we had a client come to meet to discuss a ticket that he got because he failed to move over for stopped police cars.  This is a ticket that that can be punished by a fine of $250 (plus the costs of court, which are currently $188)  The law states that if...

Speeding While in a Work Zone  Getting a speeding ticket is never good, but getting a speeding ticket in a work zone is definitely worse.  The reason for this is that work zone speeding tickets carry an additional penalty of $250.  The fact that you are charged with...