Departure granted to avoid presumptive commitment to prison. The client had a high reading on this second-time felony DWI. Compounding this is the fact that he was on probation for his prior felony DWI that had occurred just a couple years prior. Awful facts for a client trying to avoid a prison stint. Undeterred, Mr. Gempeler worked with the client to get back on track and focus on achieving and
Plea to an amended count of careless driving and the separate hit-and-run case is dismissed in its entirety. For a non-citizen client in the midst of the lengthy citizenship process, this outcome was critical to minimize any negative impact to his application. Mr. Gempeler worked hard to negotiate this global resolution, including pushing back against the traffic ticket prosecutor who initially wa
This case involved Mr. Adkins securing a deal several judges simply would not endorse, necessitating a clever change in approach—with the identical result, no jail, short probationary term, and a modest fine. The accident involved in this very-high-test DUI, frankly, could have cost a life or two, but the client’s incredible hustle getting and staying sober, and devoted and inventive arguments fro
This matter, involving a bit of a lifetime drunken driver, took massive creativity and passionate advocacy from Mr. Adkins, to overcome a client who picked up another scary DUI while this one was just pending… and after some fits and starts at treatment, the client dove meaningfully into full recovery, impressed the hell out of a very skeptical judge, and avoided all but the most minor/unavoidable
Plea to an amended count of careless driving. While getting a careless driving in a first-time DWI is always a great result, this one is particularly notable because the client blew a .14. Typically, a non-DWI outcome for first-timers is unavailable when you have a reading .10 or higher. So, to get this outcome – without any real legal defense – on a .14 is almost unheard of. Unheard of except for
Plea to an amended count of Careless Driving. This is yet another example of why it pays to get the North Star team to push for the atypical, unlikely results. Client blew a .13 and had no legal defenses. Worst of all, the client’s job required travel to Canada, meaning a DWI conviction could lead to a loss of his job. Mr. Gempeler and the North Star team got to work. The client followed our advic
Plea to an amended count of careless driving. On top of that fantastic outcome, the client is merely placed on unsupervised probation for one-year with no additional obligations going forward. What makes this particular outcome so remarkable is that the client blew a higher test with a prior conviction – but the legal issues Mr. Adkins raised meant the State wanted no chance of an acquittal or unf
Plea to an amended count of careless driving. What makes this outcome so remarkable is the client blew a .13 and had no legal defenses. Undeterred, Mr. Gempeler got the client into the proper negotiating position with both proactive steps and documenting why this outcome was so needed. Leveraging all of that, plus the great existing relationship with the prosecutor, we were able to get this incred
Plea to an amended count of careless driving. On top of that fantastic outcome, the client is merely placed on unsupervised probation for one-year with no additional obligations going forward. What makes this particular outcome so remarkable is that the client blew a .13 – well above the typical range where a prosecutor would typically offer a non-DWI outcome. Additionally, the State’s initial off
Plea to a petty misdemeanor careless driving. Client was charged with a DWI despite blowing a .07. The State could have tried to prove impairment based on her overall conduct, including a decent, but not great, performance on standard field tests. The combination of a test result just under the legal limit with the other facts presented a challenge, but one that the North Star team was ready to fi
