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This DUI Attorney participates in the International Referral Database of DUI Attorneys and has provided the following information about DUI Law in Nevada. Nevada DUI Laws are complex and you should consult a Nevada DUI Attorney forthwith and before your first attendance in Nevada DUI Court.

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Law Offices of Lawrence Taylor

Phone: 702-853-4284

Fax: 702-320-0897
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Description of this DUI Lawyer Practice:

With offices in Las Vegas, Nevada, The Law Offices of Lawrence Taylor is a highly specialized and nationally-known firm of DUI lawyers practicing DUI defense exclusively: No cases but misdemeanor or felony DUI defense (driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs) are accepted. With six offices in Southern California and Nevada, the firm serves clients in all courts of Clark County from its Las Vegas office. The firm is listed in the prestigious 2006 Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers and has been awarded the coveted "A-V" peer-review rating ("very high to preeminent" in competence and ethics) by the Martindale-Hubbell International Law Directory — the highest rating awarded to attorneys and one shared by fewer than 7% of all lawyers in the United States.

The Law Offices of Lawrence Taylor has been featured in the American Bar Assocation Journal twice (December 2002 and January 2005) for its successful specialization and unique technical support staff. The proven result of experience, specialization and former law enforcement technical support is success both in the criminal courts of Las Vegas and Nevada DMV license suspension hearings.

The firm is led by the nationally recognized expert in the field, Lawrence Taylor. With 35 years of experience and known as the "Dean of DUI Attorneys", Mr. Taylor is the author of the best-selling legal textbook, Drunk Driving Defense, 6th edition (first published 25 years ago), and has lectured to lawyers at over 200 seminars in 39 states. He is a University of California (Berkeley) and UCLA Law School graduate, a former Deputy District Attorney and Fulbright Professor of Law, and was one of the original 12 founders of the 800-member National College for DUI Defense — an organization in which he served as both Regent and Dean. He has been featured in The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, the Christian Science Monitor, the National Law Journal, the Los Angeles Times, Who's Who in American Law, Lawyer's Weekly USA and The American Bar Association Journal, and has been voted one of "Southern California's Super Lawyers" in annual polls of over 65,000 lawyers for the past three years. On July 25, 2002, at Harvard Law School, Mr. Taylor was presented with the College's "Lifetime Achievement Award".

Impaired Driving Lawyer Synopsis of the Law Applicable to this Province or State:

After the officer arrests you, he will inform you that you must take a breath or blood test. This will take place at the police station where, if you choose breath testing, two breath samples will be obtained. You should understand that these tests are unreliable and often inaccurate, due largely to the variability of human physiology and defects in the equipment and/or procedures. If a blood test is to be given, this may be taken by a technician at the station with a pre-packaged kit or at a medical facility. You are required by Nevada's "implied consent" (PDF Download) law to submit to a test; if you refuse, you will be facing additional penalties.

If your breath test indicates a blood-alcohol level of .08% or higher, your Nevada driver's license will be confiscated at the police station. The period of suspension for a first offense within seven years is 90 days. You will, however, receive a 7-day temporary license; this permits you to drive while you or your attorney requests a hearing from the Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles to contest the suspension. If a blood test is taken, you will keep your license until notification of the lab results.

You should immediately contact an experienced DUI attorney to represent you in both the criminal and license suspension proceedings. The DMV must be contacted within seven days for the purpose of demanding a hearing to contest the grounds for the suspension. This is a completely separate proceeding from the criminal case.

First Appearance Notes from this Impaired Driving Attorney:

Attorney can appear in place of defendant. If no attorney has yet been retained, ask judge for short continuance (1-2 weeks) to retain counsel. To contest license suspension, must demand a hearing from DMV within 10 days of arrest/supension.

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Law Offices of Lawrence Taylor