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Ehline Law | Los Angeles Injury Lawyers, PC

Although we handle personal injury matters in downtown Los Angeles, such as cruise ship accident claims, car accidents, drowning in a swimming pool, and other Los Angeles personal injuries that occur in Central and West LA that can result in wrongful death, we are also highly experienced criminal DUI defense attorney in Los Angeles as follows:

Serious Los Angeles Personal Injury

Serious Los Angeles personal injury lawyers turn to Ehline Law Firm when their clients suffer a motorcycle injury or bicycle accidents. These types of catastrophes often result in spinal cord injuries, wrongful death, auto accidents and other serious injuries like quadriplegia.

Los Angeles DUI Attorneys Defending the Client Who Has Been Accused Of Drunken Driving

When Los Angeles DUI attorney represent Redondo Beach drunk driving arrests, downtown Los Angeles DWI defendants, or Marina del Rey DUI checkpoint victims, or any criminal defendant client that has been accused of drinking and driving in California to represent their client to the fullest, that LA drunk driving defense attorney needs to be experienced. They need to have skill and experience in this type of charge; the attorney must have a full understanding of the DUI laws.

Los Angeles DUI Arrests Are Rising

Today DUI charges are fast becoming the number one criminal charge in the state of California and as this is a criminal charge that can affect the client's life for many years to come if not represented properly it could be considered malpractice by the attorney who does not have the full understanding of DUI laws and does not understand the skill it takes to represent a DUI client. It could be a Malibu Beach felony DUI arrest, requiring a Malibu Beach DUI attorney in the state of California, or a first drunk driving offense. Whether a DUI misdemeanor, or DWI felony, an under the influence charge holds penalties that will affect many parts of the client's life.

DUI Lawyers in Los Angeles have the Special Education to Help You With a Good Result

There is on going information, legal treatises and continuous seminars that concentrate solely on representing the client who has been charged with driving under the influence. There are capacious amounts of materials that can be reviewed on this type of charge that an attorney who represents clients that have been charged with a DUI charge the conclusion of the available material proves that these clients can be successfully defended. Meaning the charge of DUI can end in a dismissal, an acquittal or a reduction of the driving under the influence charges.

California DMV DWI Administrative Hearings Are Important to Keeping Your Driving Privilege

A diving under the influence case in California cities such as Hermosa Beach, El Segundo, or Marina del Rey, is sectioned into two parts, the first is the criminal part of the case and the second part of the case has to do with the California Department of Motor Vehicles. In California cities like Newport Beach, Huntington Beach, Anaheim Hills, or even Venice Beach, when a driver receives a DUI charge the DMV part of the case can mean the drivers licenses can be suspended or revoked and is considered civil law, where the other part of the case is criminal.

The Criminal Part of Your DUI Case Requires Experienced Drunk Driving Defense Lawyers in Los Angeles & Orange County Cities Like Newport and Huntington Beach

In the criminal part of a driving under the influence case a DUI attorney must be educated in the fourth, fifth and sixth amendments of the U.S. Constitution, as there are all to often constitutional breaches at hand in these cases. More often today the court system from the U.S. Supreme Court through the State Appellate Courts in the United States are deciding cases and the California Supreme Court as well as the Appellate Courts are making rulings in issues of driving under the influence.

It is not enough for an attorney to be competently educated in the laws that are in place when defending a client that is accused of driving under the influence. To have the expertise to represent this client the attorney must also have experience with trying criminal cases in front of juries, along with DUI juries in cities like East Los Angeles, Marina del Rey and Culver City, require Culver City DUI Lawyers who know it is imperative that a criminal defense attorney in Manhattan Beach and Redondo has this experience to be qualified to properly represent a client that has been charged with DUI. In representing this client the attorney must take full control in the courtroom, this means he will reduce the effect of the arresting police officer as well as testimony about blood, breath and urine testing and the experts that might testify for the prosecution.

• Blood Alcohol of Urine Tests

In the state of California the driver has a choice between a blood, breath or urine test if they are arrested for driving under the influence. When an attorney is representing a client who has been charged with driving under the influence the attorney must understand the scientific findings of these types of tests. This is a determining factor in a DUI case in order to cross-examine the prosecutions experts who will testify and to have the expert testimony for the defense of their client.

When representing this client Chemistry and scientific evidence will play a large part in presenting a case this involves the absorption rate in the body, the peak and elimination of alcohol in the body, alcohol residue in the mouth as well as other substances that can interfere with chemical testing.

In California the Health and Safety Code, Title 17 is what legally presides over chemical testing of blood, breath and urine and it is applied in every driving under the influence case in which chemical testing has been used to charge a driver with driving under the influence. Therefore a DUI attorney must not only be aware of Title 17, but they must have a complete scientific understanding to competently represent a client who has been charged with driving under the influence.

DUI Defense Experts in Los Angeles and OC

For an experienced Marina del Rey DUI attorney or city other in Los Angeles DWI defense lawyers to present a competent case they must be educated in the scientific elements of the blood, breath and urine tests that are given to their clients charged with a driving under the influence offense. It has been proven that with each of these tests they have strong points and weak ones and it is the weaknesses of these tests that the attorney must relay to a jury to effectively represent their client. In many cases when submitting to chemical testing the machines that do this testing are either not properly calibrated or the person operating the machine is not properly trained. Another factor is that each human being is unique as are their characteristics, this alone could make chemical testing unreliable.

The legal implications of driving under the influence is one in which there is often testimony from the arresting police officer, the prosecutions experts and people who witnessed the event. In some instances it is the feeling of those involved such as the judge, the defense and prosecution attorneys and even the police officers that the case is more difficult than even a case, which involves murder or other violent crimes because of the scientific and other evidence. For this reason it is imperative that the defense attorney has the skill to examine each of these witnesses in a way that defuses their impact on a jury.

Every driving under the influence case is a two part case, there is the criminal part of the case that takes the expertise of an experience DUI attorney and then there is the civil part of the case that can result in the suspension or having your driving privileges revoked. The attorney that represents a client charged with driving under the influence must also have a full understanding of how this part of the case is handled. There will be a hearing with DMV and the DMV Officers who will hear this charge is also the prosecutor of the case and the judge during this proceeding. For an attorney to represent a client to the fullest of their ability must have knowledge in these proceedings to understand the rules of evidence, this will tell the attorney when to raise objections to gain the best outcome.

This DMV hearing is known as an Administrative Per Se Hearing, when this does not have an acceptable out come for the client their attorney when experienced will take the steps necessary to request an administrative review of the proceedings. When a skilled attorney accomplishes a review, this experienced attorney is in most cases successful in having the suspension or revocation set aside by the DMV. This attorney will also have the knowledge to proceed with a filing a writ against the DMV if necessary at the local Superior Court level. Filing a write takes experience as it is a complicated process and expensive, meaning that it must be drawn up and filed with perfection. The attorney who has the skill to file a writ properly will also need the skill to argue the case.

• To help protect clients who have been charged with driving under the influence there have been legal standards set by the California State Bar. This is Rule 3-110, this refers to failing to act competently, meaning that an attorney must perform the legal services that they offer diligently and must have skill and knowledge of the type of law they practice to use the law to represent the client. If needed they should consult another attorney who is has a proven record in the charge of the client they are representing or send the client to an attorney who is competent in defending the charge against the client. This is why you need to contact Los Angeles DUI lawyers now at 213.596.9642. 

Areas of Practice

• Motor Vehicle Accidents -- Plaintiff
• Nursing Home Abuse
• Personal Injury -- Plaintiff

Honors and Awards

• Law Review, 2001
• Judicial Extern, Second District Court of Appeal, July 1, 2004 - July 27, 2004

Classes and Seminars

• e-discovery, American institute of Paralegal Studies

Representative Clients

• Victims of Los Angeles personal injury and DUI arrests in LA

West Practice Categories

Car Accident, Nursing Home Abuse, Personal Injury