CDL VIOLATIONS
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As a professional driver, your commercial driver’s license (CDL) is the most important item you will carry in your wallet. After all, your CDL is vital for your livelihood!
Whether you are a cross-country trucker or a commercial driver for a local beverage company, a simple ticket for a moving violation or speed can bring about consequences that may put your CDL and/or job in jeopardy. Given the severity of these consequences, you will need an experienced traffic attorney to fight these alleged violations. Holzfaster, Cecil, McKnight & Mues, regularly represents CDL holders faced with traffic violations in the Greater Dayton, Ohio Area. These traffic violations include DUI/OVI, speeding, equipment violations, unsecured load, failure to control, marked lanes, following too close and similar violations. How We Can Help You We will go over the traffic ticket with you, listen to your side of the story, answer any and all questions you may have, and will provide you with a case assessment and discuss possible defenses against your traffic ticket. In addition, Holzfaster, Cecil, McKnight & Mues, works diligently to achieve the best possible outcomes for his CDL clients facing traffic violations. These outcomes include 1) Dismissal of your ticket and/or 2) Reduction of the original charge. Out-Of-State Trucker? Not A Problem! Regardless if you hold an Ohio CDL or an out-of-state CDL, traffic violations in the state of Ohio may still place your CDL in peril. Attorney Holzfaster, Cecil, McKnight & Mues, fully understands that coming back to Ohio to fight a traffic violation can be logistically impossible! Due to this logistical impossibility, Attorney Tom Kopacz can attend your court hearings and still negotiate on your behalf. One of Attorney Bill Morrison's main goal for his out-of-state CDL clients is to avoid them returning to Ohio for any court proceeding. Ohio DUI/OVI Charges and Your CDL A DUI/OVI conviction will bring about dire consequences to your CDL. The Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles (BMV) will disqualify your CDL if you are:
For a first-time DUI/OVI conviction or ALS (refusal of a chemical test), the Ohio BMV will place a one year disqualification on your CDL. For a second-time DUI/OVI conviction or a second ALS, or any combination of the two, the Ohio BM will place a lifetime disqualification on your CDL. Obviously these are severe sanctions against your CDL and can easily destroy your livelihood! Thus, if you are a CDL holder facing a DUI/OVI charge and an ALS, YOU MUST CONTACT A DUI/OVI ATTORNEY IMMEDIATELY! If you REFUSED or FAILED a breath test, a urine test, or blood test, your attorney has to file an appeal of your ALS with 30 days of your arraignment. Your ALS must be vacated on appeal or the Ohio BMV will place a disqualification on your CDL. This holds true even if you are found not guilty of the DUI/OVI or you received a reduced charge. |
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DO NOT LET A TRAFFIC/CRIMINAL CONVICTION RUIN YOUR LIFE!
Do not take on these serious charges alone. Holzfaster, Cecil, McKnight & Mues, will assess all the evidence that will be used against you, spot the weakness of the police officer’s and prosecutor’s case, formulate defenses in your favor, utilize the weakness in the prosecutor’s case and your defenses to negotiate a favorable outcome, and works to Minimize The Negative Consequences
Do not take on these serious charges alone. Holzfaster, Cecil, McKnight & Mues, will assess all the evidence that will be used against you, spot the weakness of the police officer’s and prosecutor’s case, formulate defenses in your favor, utilize the weakness in the prosecutor’s case and your defenses to negotiate a favorable outcome, and works to Minimize The Negative Consequences
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Call (937) 293-2141 or (937) 760-4357 for 24 hour emergency assistance. We will work with your schedule and offers evening or weekend meeting times.
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