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We handle all sorts of traffic matters from the common; speeding, failure to signal lane change, running red lights and stop signs, to the arcane, like; crossing a fire hose, spectating at a street race.

Our work in court and at the Legislature, and our dealings with our institutional and private truck driver/owner clients, together with Mr. Lee's credentials as a trained mechanic offer our CDL related clients the fullest dimension of understanding of your legal and administrative situation, and of the equipment and physics involved with your alleged violations.

We are here to keep your record as clean as humanly possible. For those with "moving violations", especially "serious violations" there are only two ways to handle your tickets; PAY them (with all the bad consequences that will carry with it) or FIGHT them, which means going to trial - where we will do all the heavy lifting - as often as not.

A word of advice: If anyone promises you any sort of outcome . . . RUN AWAY FROM THEM, as fast as you can!!! They are trying to "con" you, to take unfair advantage of you. It is human nature to want to be told that "it is going to be alright", even if, in our hearts, we know it isn't so. But, if the firm you are about to hire is willing to make a lie the foundation of your professional relationship, just to get your business, does it make any sense to hire them?

Does lying, telling you what you want to hear, no matter what the truth is, sound like the sort of behaviour a competent, worthwhile firm would need to stoop to? See what I mean?

No one can ethically promise you any sort of result. Remember that, please, and act accordingly.

ALSO, in our State, THE DRIVER - commercial or otherwise - HAS TO GO TO COURT. Neither I nor anyone else can represent you without you being present in Court on the day of trial, unless you just want me to plead you guilty. Think about that one long and hard, before pulling that trigger.

Sometimes you will have to be present for pre-trial too. It depends on the individual Court's Policies. The days of "remote control" ticket disposition are long (6+ years) past, unfortunately. We will generally be able to tell you weeks in advance of any need to appear for a hearing or trial.

In addition to the traffic, and other alleged Class C Misdemeanor offenses we handle in Municipal and Justice Courts, we offer criminal defense for both Class A & B Misdemeanors, and Felonies. We also help clients obtain their desired results in criminal related matters. Partial listings of the arrest titles follow, below:

Felony Cases - where penalties include confinement at a state jail facility or in the institutional division (PRISON) of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice for between 6 months (State Jail) and life, day for day, and may even include the death penalty, if severe enough, and fines as high as $10,000.00 include:
- Aggravated Robbery
- Assault
- Burglary
- Burglary of a Habitation
- Conspiracy
- Criminally Negligent Homicide
- Drag Racing (w/ injuries)
- Drug Possession
- Drug Possession with intent to distribute
- DWI & DUI (3rd offense or more)
- Family Violence
- Failure to Stop and Render Aid
- Forgery
- Fraud
- Gambling
- Gang Related Activity
- Hate Crimes
- Homicide (killing which is other than capital murder)
- Injury to a Child
- Intoxication Manslaughter
- Manslaughter
- Murder
- Organized Criminal Activity (Gang Activity)
- Perjury
- Probation Revocation
- "Retaliation"
- Robbery
- Sexual Offenses
- Terroristic Threat
- Theft
- Weapons charges

Class A and B Misdemeanors which we handle include, but are not limited to, the following. If you do not see your charges listed, don't worry. We can provide determined, able, adaptable defense to whatever charges they care to claim you are guilty of:
Prostitution
Public Indecency
Reckless Driving
Sexually Oriented Business Offenses
Shoplifting
Theft, including Employee Theft
Weapons Charges (penalties include incarceration in the County Jail from as much as 6
months (B Misd) to a year (A Misd) plus fines from $2000.00 - 4000.00.

The aftermath of criminal prosecutions can be either good or not so good. We help prepare and present:

Expunctions,
License Suspension Hearings
Occupational License Applications,
Petitions for Non-Disclosure (Restricting Records )
Probation Revocation and Terms Modification
ALR Administrative License Revocation hearings, and
Commercial License Re-Instatement and Suspension Appeal Proceedings

We recognized long ago that being really and truly expert in even a single segment of the law was very difficult and demanded constant attention, hard work and study. We are willing to devote that time, attention and study of evolving law and defensive theories to your situation.

You are much more apt to find a civil lawyer who is a generalist; offering lots of different services, wills and family law (heaven forbid!!), landlord-tennant, tax, personal injury, patents etc. all under the same roof.

Those attributes and the motivation and capacity to use them, our knowledge of the law and procedure, as well as our skills in the Courtroom are what we bring to the table. They are what you are paying for.

We also handle ALL Other Class C misdemeanor cases filed in Municipal or Justice Courts of HARRIS and Surrounding Counies,.

Regarding DWIs and other criminal "stops": I cannot stress too much how important it is NOT TO DO OR SAY ANYTHING. The police will do what they are going to do, without regard to whether you deserve the attention or not.
"Talking them out of" an arrest is a fairy tale. "Talking yourself into jail" is not. How many people do you know who have been stopped, lately, while driving after drinking ANYTHING, who were NOT taken to jail for DWI? Bet you can't fill up the fingers of a single hand.

Can we win a DWI trial? Yes, of course. Do you make it immeasurably harder for us, by handing them all the evidence they think they need to hang you? You Betcha!! I say again, this is not a drill: Don't Do or Say ANYTHING!!!

EXCEPT: "I want to speak to my lawyer. I want to speak to my lawyer. I want to speak to my lawyer. Let me speak to him and then we will see if we do tests etc or not."

The same is true of any other offense they stop you or arrest you for. DON'T SAY ANYTHING!!! Think of it like this: You are in a war. The other side (law enforcement) needs ammunition to shoot at you. Every word you utter is a bullet they'll load up and fire back at you, possibly with deadly effect.

Count on it.

How many chances at you do you want to hand them?

Everything you say while in their custody is you trying to snatch defeat (and jail time) from the jaws of victory [Do you feel free to leave? Are they apt to chase you if you try? - then YOU ARE IN CUSTODY!!! and entitled to the Miranda warnings].

Traffic Tickets, especially CDL Tickets can be real trouble. Fighting traffic tickets, in every way we could think of, is how I cut my defense attorney teeth. I bring that experience to the defense of CDL tickets too. Until September of 2003 CDL tickets were no big deal in our State. That is no longer true. We exist to prevent the harm of these accusations from touching you or your family, costing you your job, increasing your insurance premiums, taking money out of your pocket, or limiting your employment options so much.

Now, the ways to deal with CDL tickets are extremely limited. This is coming from Washington. It isn't going to change any time soon. Some tickets even have additional, serious consequences. And in addition, for any offense involving vehicle control -what we in "the business" would call "moving violations" - Defensive Driving and Deferred Adjudication aren't even available. IT DOESN"T MATTER whether you were driving your rig, or any other motor vehicle. You have a CDL. The same rules apply. The End.

If you get a moving violation you'll either hire competent counsel and fight it, or plead guilty and pay it . If you have plead and paid, IT CANNOT BE ERASED, save through the passage of time.

You have seen the "Credit clean up!" signs? Now people are talking about offering "Driving Record clean up" services. The people who claim they can get actual convictions off your record are trying to cheat you!! Fraud? FRAUD! A SCAM! Plain & simple. They are lying to you. It cannot be done, legally. Period. The end. It would be great if you could, but the system is set up to generate and maintain these very records, not to allow their erasure.

If, by contrast, somebody else's conviction(s) are wrongly assigned to your record, you are the victim of identity theft, or a case that was actually dismissed gets miscoded as a conviction by some clerk and goes on your record, that we can help you with.

So if falls to us to beat these cases first,whenever and wherever possible, before they get on your record. We aren't magic, and we aren't crooked, or "somebody's brother in law" either. We work hard and skillfully, plain and simple. We aren't going to promise you the moon for cheap, just to get you in the door, but plead you out at the earliest opportunity instead like too many others do. They should be ashamed of themselves.

WE WILL DELIVER DEMONSTRATED, HARD, SKILLFUL WORK, A NEVER SAY DIE ATTITUDE, YEARS OF COURTROOM TRIAL EXPERIENCE, AND FAR MORE DISMISSALS THAN A LAW FIRM THAT THE PROSECUTORS KNOW IS ONLY THERE TO CUT A DEAL. (because they know we; a) are serious about going to trial and b) can beat the best they can throw at us).

We're going to go into it with every intention, and every lawful means of acheiving, victory. You will have to attend Court, at the trial at least. You have to be willing to stay and let us fight for you. We are willing to stay and work as long and hard as it takes, and are eager to fight for you. Will it be the cheapest? Nope, not even. You know better than to expect the best work for the cheapest price. How valuable is your job, your insurance, your CDL to you? You want to decrease your chances of winning by "going cheap"? WHY?!!?

Will you get your money's worth from this firm? Yup!

We are here to protect you, your rights, your freedom, your pocketbook, your driving privileges, your employability, your reputation, and possibly, your life. We are proud to do so. We intend to earn your thanks and your trust in everything we do.

From our beginnings as Traffic Ticket Specialists, we have responded to your needs and expanded to assume responsibility for:

Felony = District Court,

Class A & B Misdemeanor = County Ct./County Crim. Ct at Law,

Class C Misdemeanor = Municipal and Justice Court, and

Criminal Law related = ALRs, Occupational Licenses, Expungements, and Sealing of Records

We are eager to help you!

Once we prevail in trial, or, if you have a "regular license", and you successfully complete a deferred adjudication, it will be time to erase any reference to the offense or restrict public access to any records of arrest or charging of an offense.

We offer expunctions (erasing all State records of the arrest and all that followed it) where these are available;

a) you are found not guilty, or have a case dismissed, without being placed on probation (any form of "community supervision" renders you ineligable for expunctions) or having an indictment or "information" filed

b) have a felony dismissed where the police admit (did you bring your scuba gear?) that they were wrong and should not have charged you at all, or are found Not Guilty. Probation (or Community Supervision as it is now called) makes any sort of erasure of charges impossible without a pardon from the Governor. I wish you the very best of luck with THAT!

We offer Petitions for Non-Disclosure that will limit disclosure of arrests and other outcomes to the Public, and information gathering services working for private employers;

a) Only certain offenses and defendants are eligible for this remedy

b) Any State agency that wants to know will still be able to see the

case and its outcome

c) we will need to sit down and discuss the particulars of the case(s) in

order to know if this remedy will benefit you.

We offer "Occupational" or Restricted License Applications to those who elect to plead guilty to DWI or other cases that entail the loss of driving privileges. Some people elect to do Probation. In a word:

DON'T!!!

Believe us: PROBATION (Community Supervision) is BAD NEWS. It is definitely the worst of both worlds

1. IT COUNTS AS A CONVICTION (thats right: CONVICTION!)

2. THEY MAKE YOU JUMP THROUGH LOTS OF HOOPS, EACH

WITH A CHANCE TO LAND YOU IN JAIL if you don't do "it"

just like they want.

3. Any drug use or alcohol consumption that they can find out about

(what do you call somebody who relies on masking substances or "system cleaners"

to pass random urinanalysis tests? . . . A Prisoner)

will land you in jail, perhaps for the full term originally assessed.

Like I said: DON'T!

We want to help you. You need only call us or send an e-mail. We will respond promptly.

those received by CDL holders, which must be paid or tried (we prefer "tried"! Don't you?).

We go to trial. That is what we specialize in, and what we are best at. Of Course we try for dismissals - in ways a lot of other firms haven't thought of - but that is largely a matter of chance. We don't claim credit for good luck. We do claim credit for knowing the law, and being effective in the Courtroom. We can go the the City of Houston if we must, but it is a pit that one should avoid, if possible. If you have been there lately, you know exactly what I mean. Accordingly, we charge more than some firms who have little or no intention of actually going to trial there but rather only intend to "work out a deal" or "get you a reduced, plea-bargained fine amount.", and zip off to their next, overloaded, Court. That just "isn't us".

CDL holders' cases are all supposed to be filed in Harris County Justice Precinct 6. These cases take f-o-r-e-v-e-r to get set for trial, and in 6-2 (Rodrigquez) may require several trips to Court to actually get a trial, for moving violations in particular. Please bear that in mind; that is not our fault, it is a decision the County Commissioners imposed over our objections and it is not necessarily the worst thing in the world. Accusations of moving violations (speeding, running stop sign, fail to signal lane change etc.) are NOT on your driving record, DAC, MVR, or your insurance unless or until you get convicted - precisely what we strive to avoid - and you can't be convicted if you haven't been to court. So waiting is not a terrible thing.

YOU CAN hurry up and MAKE SURE IT DOES GO ON YOUR RECORD BY PAYING IT - but we sure don't recommend it! INSTEAD, we recommend FIGHTing IT - with our help.

The MVR and DAC cannot be "cleaned up". Whoever is telling you they can is selling snake oil, or engaging in criminal activity. Their sole reason for existence is to document convictions. They will clean themselves up if you're around long enough, just like your driving record. The smart play is to keep your record clean in the first place. THAT IS WHY WE ARE HERE. The only thing that we should be able to do is to remove incorrect, or misattributed entries. If, for instance, you paid a loose lug nut, and they booked it as a speeding conviction, we can likely help you. By contrast, if you get convicted of speeding and just want it gone . . . uh-uh. Nobody can legally remove a valid conviction. Maybe you should call US next one you get, right?!?

If you hold a regular Class C License and have a ticket from Harris County Precincts 4-1 (Judge Adams) or 4-2 (Judge Lawrence), or Precinct 5-1 (Ridgway) or 5-2 (Yeoman), or Humble, Jersey Village, Katy, the Memorial Villages, and Tomball, especially, give us a call.

telephone: (281) 444-4405

e-mail: drleecrimdefense@aol.com
fax: (281) 444-4406