Need Referral for Traffic Lawyer in LA
#1
10-07-2005, 02:59 PM
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Need Referral for Traffic Lawyer in LA
I got a ticket for no front plate and forgot about it.
Now my license is suspended and the fine is $626.
I don't have time to go to court for this and waste half a day.
This happened in Westwood. Court is at 1633 Purdue Av., Los Angeles.
Anyone know a lawyer I should contact to handle this for me?
Thanks,
Oliver
Now my license is suspended and the fine is $626.
I don't have time to go to court for this and waste half a day.
This happened in Westwood. Court is at 1633 Purdue Av., Los Angeles.
Anyone know a lawyer I should contact to handle this for me?
Thanks,
Oliver
#3
10-07-2005, 04:44 PM
Oliver,
The minimum a lawyer will charge is about 1k. Dont know if it's worth it or not but I'll send you a PM with a good contact.
The minimum a lawyer will charge is about 1k. Dont know if it's worth it or not but I'll send you a PM with a good contact.
#5
10-08-2005, 01:49 AM
Originally posted by 2thfixr
Wow, that's unfortunate. Sounds a bit harsh for a no front plate fix-it ticket. Fine is high enough but license suspension is over the top.
Wow, that's unfortunate. Sounds a bit harsh for a no front plate fix-it ticket. Fine is high enough but license suspension is over the top.
#6
10-08-2005, 02:14 AM
Re: Need Referral for Traffic Lawyer in LA
Originally posted by BlackBear
I got a ticket for no front plate and forgot about it.
Now my license is suspended and the fine is $626.
I don't have time to go to court for this and waste half a day.
This happened in Westwood. Court is at 1633 Purdue Av., Los Angeles.
Anyone know a lawyer I should contact to handle this for me?
Thanks,
Oliver
I got a ticket for no front plate and forgot about it.
Now my license is suspended and the fine is $626.
I don't have time to go to court for this and waste half a day.
This happened in Westwood. Court is at 1633 Purdue Av., Los Angeles.
Anyone know a lawyer I should contact to handle this for me?
Thanks,
Oliver
With all due respect, sometimes you have to stop whatever you are doing and handle personal matters.
I really don't mean to preach to you, but I have been in your shoes and it made a mess of my driving record for quite some time. Here's the story: About 15 years ago, I didn't have the $$$ to to pay my registration when I could have done it by mail. By the time I had the $$$ to pay the reg, I had to go to the DMV directly as it was too late to do it by mail. Like you, I was too busy with my job to take an hour or so in the midle of a weekday to go.
From there, I just let it go for awhile. Finally, while my car was parked in the parking lot at my office, I got a reg ticket. Yep, I wasnt even driving the car and still got a ticket in a private parking lot!
It gets worse:
I then did not take the time to go to the DMV and register the car, nor appear on the reg ticket because I "didn't have the time" plus had not registered the car yet. So, the reg ticket when to an FTA and eventually my DL got suspended.
I drove with expired tags and a suspended license for a few months until one night I got pulled over and got a suspended license ticket. Fortunately, I was near my home and the police let me drive the car the remaining few blocks home and did not tow my car.
I thought I was smart and put a set of dealer "paper plates" on my car in place of my plates. Since my car was immaculate and still the latest body style, it passed as a "new" car to unsuspecting law enforcement. About 3-4 months later, I had the same policeman see the car in the company parking lot and he figured out my scam. He waited for me to leave my job that night and wrote me for driving on a suspended license (again) and expired reg. He didnt tow the car because fortunately my girlfriend was in the car and drove it home.
From there, I thought I was smart and parked the car in a lot about 3 blocks away as it was across city limits and walked to my job from there. I ended up getting transferred to another office in San Diego and one night while driving home I got stopped near Carlsbad. Car got towed andI had to take a taxi home.
The next day I got the car out of the towing lot (don't ask how I did it without a license) and finally decided to get my shizit straight.
The final score was 4 reg tickets, 3 Driving on a suspended license tickets, 7 total FTA's. Fines exceeded $7000.00 and my insurance premiums sucked for the next 3 years. Add in towing costs, lost time from work (I had to go to 3 different courthouses) to confront the issue. All because I didn;t think I had the time to go to DMV or court and my job was "more important"
Since learning the hard way, I have only gotten one ticket in the last 10 years for a 0 point fix-it violation. You can bet I went to the courthouse and handled it ASAP. Thank god for on-line registration with DMV, as I now get the reg renewal in the mail ad don;t even put it with the bills anymore. I stop what I am doing, go straight for the computer and pay it. (My 911 had renewal in November and I paid it in August!)
So again, not to preach as if I am your dad, but more from a standpoint of a friend whose been there before and would hate to see another guy go down the same spiral.
#7
10-08-2005, 02:49 AM
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Re: Re: Need Referral for Traffic Lawyer in LA
Originally posted by Beavis
Hi Oliver,
With all due respect, sometimes you have to stop whatever you are doing and handle personal matters.
I really don't mean to preach to you, but I have been in your shoes and it made a mess of my driving record for quite some time. Here's the story: About 15 years ago, I didn't have the $$$ to to pay my registration when I could have done it by mail. By the time I had the $$$ to pay the reg, I had to go to the DMV directly as it was too late to do it by mail. Like you, I was too busy with my job to take an hour or so in the midle of a weekday to go.
From there, I just let it go for awhile. Finally, while my car was parked in the parking lot at my office, I got a reg ticket. Yep, I wasnt even driving the car and still got a ticket in a private parking lot!
It gets worse:
I then did not take the time to go to the DMV and register the car, nor appear on the reg ticket because I "didn't have the time" plus had not registered the car yet. So, the reg ticket when to an FTA and eventually my DL got suspended.
I drove with expired tags and a suspended license for a few months until one night I got pulled over and got a suspended license ticket. Fortunately, I was near my home and the police let me drive the car the remaining few blocks home and did not tow my car.
I thought I was smart and put a set of dealer "paper plates" on my car in place of my plates. Since my car was immaculate and still the latest body style, it passed as a "new" car to unsuspecting law enforcement. About 3-4 months later, I had the same policeman see the car in the company parking lot and he figured out my scam. He waited for me to leave my job that night and wrote me for driving on a suspended license (again) and expired reg. He didnt tow the car because fortunately my girlfriend was in the car and drove it home.
From there, I thought I was smart and parked the car in a lot about 3 blocks away as it was across city limits and walked to my job from there. I ended up getting transferred to another office in San Diego and one night while driving home I got stopped near Carlsbad. Car got towed andI had to take a taxi home.
The next day I got the car out of the towing lot (don't ask how I did it without a license) and finally decided to get my shizit straight.
The final score was 4 reg tickets, 3 Driving on a suspended license tickets, 7 total FTA's. Fines exceeded $7000.00 and my insurance premiums sucked for the next 3 years. Add in towing costs, lost time from work (I had to go to 3 different courthouses) to confront the issue. All because I didn;t think I had the time to go to DMV or court and my job was "more important"
Since learning the hard way, I have only gotten one ticket in the last 10 years for a 0 point fix-it violation. You can bet I went to the courthouse and handled it ASAP. Thank god for on-line registration with DMV, as I now get the reg renewal in the mail ad don;t even put it with the bills anymore. I stop what I am doing, go straight for the computer and pay it. (My 911 had renewal in November and I paid it in August!)
So again, not to preach as if I am your dad, but more from a standpoint of a friend whose been there before and would hate to see another guy go down the same spiral.
Hi Oliver,
With all due respect, sometimes you have to stop whatever you are doing and handle personal matters.
I really don't mean to preach to you, but I have been in your shoes and it made a mess of my driving record for quite some time. Here's the story: About 15 years ago, I didn't have the $$$ to to pay my registration when I could have done it by mail. By the time I had the $$$ to pay the reg, I had to go to the DMV directly as it was too late to do it by mail. Like you, I was too busy with my job to take an hour or so in the midle of a weekday to go.
From there, I just let it go for awhile. Finally, while my car was parked in the parking lot at my office, I got a reg ticket. Yep, I wasnt even driving the car and still got a ticket in a private parking lot!
It gets worse:
I then did not take the time to go to the DMV and register the car, nor appear on the reg ticket because I "didn't have the time" plus had not registered the car yet. So, the reg ticket when to an FTA and eventually my DL got suspended.
I drove with expired tags and a suspended license for a few months until one night I got pulled over and got a suspended license ticket. Fortunately, I was near my home and the police let me drive the car the remaining few blocks home and did not tow my car.
I thought I was smart and put a set of dealer "paper plates" on my car in place of my plates. Since my car was immaculate and still the latest body style, it passed as a "new" car to unsuspecting law enforcement. About 3-4 months later, I had the same policeman see the car in the company parking lot and he figured out my scam. He waited for me to leave my job that night and wrote me for driving on a suspended license (again) and expired reg. He didnt tow the car because fortunately my girlfriend was in the car and drove it home.
From there, I thought I was smart and parked the car in a lot about 3 blocks away as it was across city limits and walked to my job from there. I ended up getting transferred to another office in San Diego and one night while driving home I got stopped near Carlsbad. Car got towed andI had to take a taxi home.
The next day I got the car out of the towing lot (don't ask how I did it without a license) and finally decided to get my shizit straight.
The final score was 4 reg tickets, 3 Driving on a suspended license tickets, 7 total FTA's. Fines exceeded $7000.00 and my insurance premiums sucked for the next 3 years. Add in towing costs, lost time from work (I had to go to 3 different courthouses) to confront the issue. All because I didn;t think I had the time to go to DMV or court and my job was "more important"
Since learning the hard way, I have only gotten one ticket in the last 10 years for a 0 point fix-it violation. You can bet I went to the courthouse and handled it ASAP. Thank god for on-line registration with DMV, as I now get the reg renewal in the mail ad don;t even put it with the bills anymore. I stop what I am doing, go straight for the computer and pay it. (My 911 had renewal in November and I paid it in August!)
So again, not to preach as if I am your dad, but more from a standpoint of a friend whose been there before and would hate to see another guy go down the same spiral.
After reading about your experience I went to the court's website and set a court date for the 20th. Hope the judge will be reasonable.
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#8
10-08-2005, 08:08 AM
Re: Re: Need Referral for Traffic Lawyer in LA
Originally posted by Beavis
Hi Oliver,
With all due respect, sometimes you have to stop whatever you are doing and handle personal matters.
I really don't mean to preach to you, but I have been in your shoes and it made a mess of my driving record for quite some time. Here's the story: About 15 years ago, I didn't have the $$$ to to pay my registration when I could have done it by mail. By the time I had the $$$ to pay the reg, I had to go to the DMV directly as it was too late to do it by mail. Like you, I was too busy with my job to take an hour or so in the midle of a weekday to go.
From there, I just let it go for awhile. Finally, while my car was parked in the parking lot at my office, I got a reg ticket. Yep, I wasnt even driving the car and still got a ticket in a private parking lot!
It gets worse:
I then did not take the time to go to the DMV and register the car, nor appear on the reg ticket because I "didn't have the time" plus had not registered the car yet. So, the reg ticket when to an FTA and eventually my DL got suspended.
I drove with expired tags and a suspended license for a few months until one night I got pulled over and got a suspended license ticket. Fortunately, I was near my home and the police let me drive the car the remaining few blocks home and did not tow my car.
I thought I was smart and put a set of dealer "paper plates" on my car in place of my plates. Since my car was immaculate and still the latest body style, it passed as a "new" car to unsuspecting law enforcement. About 3-4 months later, I had the same policeman see the car in the company parking lot and he figured out my scam. He waited for me to leave my job that night and wrote me for driving on a suspended license (again) and expired reg. He didnt tow the car because fortunately my girlfriend was in the car and drove it home.
From there, I thought I was smart and parked the car in a lot about 3 blocks away as it was across city limits and walked to my job from there. I ended up getting transferred to another office in San Diego and one night while driving home I got stopped near Carlsbad. Car got towed andI had to take a taxi home.
The next day I got the car out of the towing lot (don't ask how I did it without a license) and finally decided to get my shizit straight.
The final score was 4 reg tickets, 3 Driving on a suspended license tickets, 7 total FTA's. Fines exceeded $7000.00 and my insurance premiums sucked for the next 3 years. Add in towing costs, lost time from work (I had to go to 3 different courthouses) to confront the issue. All because I didn;t think I had the time to go to DMV or court and my job was "more important"
Since learning the hard way, I have only gotten one ticket in the last 10 years for a 0 point fix-it violation. You can bet I went to the courthouse and handled it ASAP. Thank god for on-line registration with DMV, as I now get the reg renewal in the mail ad don;t even put it with the bills anymore. I stop what I am doing, go straight for the computer and pay it. (My 911 had renewal in November and I paid it in August!)
So again, not to preach as if I am your dad, but more from a standpoint of a friend whose been there before and would hate to see another guy go down the same spiral.
Hi Oliver,
With all due respect, sometimes you have to stop whatever you are doing and handle personal matters.
I really don't mean to preach to you, but I have been in your shoes and it made a mess of my driving record for quite some time. Here's the story: About 15 years ago, I didn't have the $$$ to to pay my registration when I could have done it by mail. By the time I had the $$$ to pay the reg, I had to go to the DMV directly as it was too late to do it by mail. Like you, I was too busy with my job to take an hour or so in the midle of a weekday to go.
From there, I just let it go for awhile. Finally, while my car was parked in the parking lot at my office, I got a reg ticket. Yep, I wasnt even driving the car and still got a ticket in a private parking lot!
It gets worse:
I then did not take the time to go to the DMV and register the car, nor appear on the reg ticket because I "didn't have the time" plus had not registered the car yet. So, the reg ticket when to an FTA and eventually my DL got suspended.
I drove with expired tags and a suspended license for a few months until one night I got pulled over and got a suspended license ticket. Fortunately, I was near my home and the police let me drive the car the remaining few blocks home and did not tow my car.
I thought I was smart and put a set of dealer "paper plates" on my car in place of my plates. Since my car was immaculate and still the latest body style, it passed as a "new" car to unsuspecting law enforcement. About 3-4 months later, I had the same policeman see the car in the company parking lot and he figured out my scam. He waited for me to leave my job that night and wrote me for driving on a suspended license (again) and expired reg. He didnt tow the car because fortunately my girlfriend was in the car and drove it home.
From there, I thought I was smart and parked the car in a lot about 3 blocks away as it was across city limits and walked to my job from there. I ended up getting transferred to another office in San Diego and one night while driving home I got stopped near Carlsbad. Car got towed andI had to take a taxi home.
The next day I got the car out of the towing lot (don't ask how I did it without a license) and finally decided to get my shizit straight.
The final score was 4 reg tickets, 3 Driving on a suspended license tickets, 7 total FTA's. Fines exceeded $7000.00 and my insurance premiums sucked for the next 3 years. Add in towing costs, lost time from work (I had to go to 3 different courthouses) to confront the issue. All because I didn;t think I had the time to go to DMV or court and my job was "more important"
Since learning the hard way, I have only gotten one ticket in the last 10 years for a 0 point fix-it violation. You can bet I went to the courthouse and handled it ASAP. Thank god for on-line registration with DMV, as I now get the reg renewal in the mail ad don;t even put it with the bills anymore. I stop what I am doing, go straight for the computer and pay it. (My 911 had renewal in November and I paid it in August!)
So again, not to preach as if I am your dad, but more from a standpoint of a friend whose been there before and would hate to see another guy go down the same spiral.
#9
10-08-2005, 08:27 AM
Re: Re: Re: Need Referral for Traffic Lawyer in LA
Originally posted by BlackBear
Sounds like you went through hell. Thank you for sharing your experience.
Sounds like you went through hell. Thank you for sharing your experience.
Originally posted by BlackBear
After reading about your experience I went to the court's website and set a court date for the 20th.
After reading about your experience I went to the court's website and set a court date for the 20th.
Originally posted by BlackBear
Hope the judge will be reasonable.
Hope the judge will be reasonable.
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