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16 Hop Ranch Court Santa Rosa, CA 95403 Lake Marin Mendocino Napa Sonoma (707) 570-0770 (707) 570-0570 www.dui911.com |
Jon W. Woolsey
Santa Rosa California DUI Lawyer Jon W. Woolsey
CALL NOW FOR A FREE CASE EVALUATION (707) 570-0770Santa Rosa California DUI Lawyer The DUI Guru Why should you hire me for your DUI case and DMV Hearing?The Law Office of Jon W. Woolsey specializes in California DUI defense and DMV license suspension and revocation hearings, eminently practicing throughout the court systems of Sonoma, Napa and Marin County, as well as San Francisco, Lake, Yolo & Mendocinco Counties. The Law Firm hotline, 1-888-DUI-9111, is always open to provide you with responsive, superlative legal advice and representation, any hour of the day, seven days a week! Our initial consultations are complimentary so long as you take the time and effort to complete our extensive interview questionnaire. Only then can we adequately provide you with competent and thorough guidance that you’ll need in determining how your case will fair in the courts and at the DMV. I am dedicated to representing people accused of driving under the influence and I enjoy a reputation throughout California for top notch trial skills, aggressive plea negotiations, and the full use of motions and procedures designed to level the playing field and protect your U.S. and California Constitutional Rights. The Law Office is set apart from others because of a commitment to selectivity choosing the cases and clients that we become involved with, out of a desire to maintain a boutique office that can customize its representation to your individual case. Only through this kind of personal attention can you receive the respect and ingenuity and high caliber representation that wins cases. Jon W. Woolsey is a solo practioner. He isn’t an ex-cop or ex-district attorney, he hasn’t spent years in the public defender’s office, and his father isn’t a judge. What he is however is an attorney who is passionate about protecting the rights of citizens who have been caught up in what has become the single, most common criminal charge in America. Services & Fees Because I limit my practice to DUI related actions I can give your cause the personal attention it needs and deserves! I deal with your case as though it was my brother’s case. You deserve no less. Once you select me as your advocate, there is never an additional charge to talk, in fact I encourage communication as often as necessary to resolve this matter with the best possible result. Call me anytime, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week at (888) DUI-9111. I offer evening and weekend appointments for your convenience and I also accept credit cards and offer flexible payment plans. Throughout our years of successfully handling DUI cases, I’ve seen it all. I’ve successfully defended over the limit blood and breath tests, test refusals, bad driving, good driving and reckless driving or no driving at all. Whether you were stopped and arrested by the CHP or local Law Enforcement or the County Sheriff, I know how challenge the reason you were stopped and the reliability of any equipment used to test you. My charges for handling DUI related cases would vary depending upon the complexity or simplicity of your particular case. Once you fill out the interview, I’ll give you a call and we can discuss what is involved in setting you free from this stressful situation. At that time, I will be able to give you an idea of what our service will entail and what it will cost. Typically, there is a flat fee to handle all appearances and motions and negotiations to resolve this in the best possible way without a trial. If a trial becomes necessary to defend your case, then we will likely handle that on an hourly basis. Whatever you decide, you can rest assured that no better value can be found in representing you in this criminal case.In any case, the initial phone consultation with me is free, so there is no risk on your part-and you will learn just what your rights and options are. When we are finished, if you’re not convinced that I will be able to protect you to your complete satisfaction, then you can simply decide not to hire me. I won’t trouble you again . . . and you’ll owe me nothing. However, If you do choose to seek the advice of another attorney, make sure you ask him or her some tough questions: * What motions will you file and what information will you be seeking in discovery? * What medical conditions can cause the breath testing equipment to give inaccurate readings? * What are the top three field sobriety tests recommended by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration? * What is the basis of a rising blood alcohol defense? * What are three major defenses in a blood test case? If the attorney you’re speaking with does have the answer to these questions, then they probably are experienced in handling DUI’s. If not, then Good Luck! In addition, if you consult with other attorneys, ask them to show you a copy of the Driver Safety Manual which detail procedures for everything related to driver’s licensing. If that attorney doesn’t have this manual, you know he/she may not be prepared for your case. Meet Jon Woolsey Mr. Woolsey, known as the DUI GURU, has practiced criminal defense in California ever since his graduation from California Western School of Law. His DUI defense experience has taken him to courts in San Diego, Los Angeles, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, Santa Mateo, San Francisco, Marin, Napa, and Sonoma Counties. His cases and evaluations of DUI law and it’s defenses and DMV practice and procedure have been extensively published. He regularly attends and participates in several DUI specific seminars throughout California and the United States. Among the associations he belongs to are the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL), the prestigious National College for DUI Defense (NCDD), California DUI Attorneys Association (CDLA, formerly California Deuce Defenders), and California Attorneys for Criminal Defense. Mr. Woolsey’s early career includes an MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. He has worked all over the United States in several marketing, promotional, and sales capacities. His experiences and skills at negotiation, mediation and arbitration in business have helped fine tune his ability to deal with prosecutors and judges and his research and consumer behavior work make his jury selection and persuasion skills among the best in the country. "What will happen to me in the California courts on my first offense for DUI?" If you talk to any of the DUI lawyers in California, there are all sorts of variables they will consider. Whether you got a Southern California DUI in Los Angeles or a DUI San Diego, they usually will not give you a clear answer. After ten years of working with first offenders in San Francisco, I can tell you within a general framework of what (VC23152) first offenders receive for a DUI in San Francisco and the Bay Area. A California DUI in the Courts
If the DUI charge is reduced to a ’wet reckless’ the fine is lower and the course is only 12 hours. BUT If you want a restricted license, the DMV requires a completion certificate for a first offender program. A first offender program is 3 months long (sometimes the county makes it 4 months long). So, here is the catch 22. The court tells you to do a 12 hour program BUT the DMV has NO forms for a 12 month program and ONLY accepts completion forms for a 32 hour program! Get it? If you’ve got a ’wet-reckless’ then you have to complete a 3 month program to get your license from the DMV in California! A DUI lawyer can help you out with this. This is in addition to the four months immediate DMV suspension that starts 30 days after your DUI stop. The Complication of a California DUI These two ACTIONS (court and DMV) are SEPARATE and do not influence one another. Many times someone gets their license back by going to the DMV hearing and then is convicted in the court. When this happens what happens to your license gets ever more ’complicated’. And the reverse is true, people are innocent in the court and yet still have a license suspension with the DMV. With the conviction in the court you are allowed to get a restricted license AFTER a 30 day hard suspension (after the 30 day temporary license period is over = two months after your DUI stop). This allows you to drive to and from work and in the course of your employment and to and from the DUI class. The only ’draw back’ to the license restriction is that it is restricted for 5 months (they say 6 but the DMV counts the first month of suspension). OR you can ride out the 4 months suspension period and get you license back. BUT, once the court notifies the DMV that you have been convicted of a DUI or a wet reckless and as part of your probation you have been sent to a First Offender Program. The requirement to show proof of completion of the program will be added to the list of items needed Proof of Insurance SR-22 and pay $100) to get your license returned. According to CA DUI Laws, as of October 2005, upon receiving notice from the court of a California DUI conviction (23152) the DMV is suspending licenses for 6 months. This new added compilation is a double suspension the DMV is giving DUI offenders. The first is the four month APS suspension telling DUI offenders they can get a restricted license DMV tells DUI.com that only 20% of DUI offenders statewide actually get this restriction) and then they issue this letter telling the offender they are suspended for 6 months and can get a restricted license on the court conviction. The added complication is this; once a person gets an APS restriction they have to go back in and get another restriction after paying $15.00. As anyone can see there is a problem with time. If someone gets an APS restriction and then receives a letter from the DMV based on the conviction indicating that they have a 6 month suspension (AFFECTIVE as of the CONVICTION date) they will actually be driving on a suspended license (and if stopped will have their car towed) until they go to the DMV and pay a $15 restriction to get a restricted license reinstated. ) California DMV Hearings The suspension will be ’stayed’ for six months or until the hearing is held. Per the California DUI laws, the driver will have a license BUT if the person loses the hearing and most do since only 7% of the licenses are returned!). If the driver loses the hearing then the 4 month suspension will go into effect and after a hard 30 days suspension a 5 month restricted license, driving to and from work, could be issued COMMONLY ASKED QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
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