About Driving on a Suspended License in Northern Virginia

Northern Virginia DUI Attorney

If you were arrested and charged with DUI your license will be suspended for seven days.  This is an administrative suspension.  Actually the Department of Motor Vehicles has the authority to revoke or suspend a driver's license for a number of reasons.  You need to take action immediately and request a DMV hearing to challenge the suspension as time is limited.  You could preserve your driving privileges by enlisting the help of a respected Northern Virginia DUI attorney with many years of experience in defending clients from a DMV suspension.

DUI Lawyer serving Fairfax, Fauquier & Prince William County

Most Virginia drivers are not aware that their license may be suspended without a hearing.  Once you have been notified, or in the case of alleged DUI after you have been arrested, you can request a hearing to challenge their reasons and present evidence as to why your license should not be suspended.  Usual grounds for license suspension include:

• Failure to pay traffic fines or court costs timely
• Driving without insurance
• Driving without a license
• Multiple traffic tickets
• Child support payment delinquency
• Arrest for driving on a suspended license
• DUI arrest

The regulations involved in license suspension are complex.  Your best chance of successfully challenging the suspension rests in utilizing the insight and expertise of an established DUI lawyer who has a thorough working knowledge of how these hearings are conducted and decided.

Do not try driving on a suspended license.  There is a very good chance that you will be caught and this is considered a serious offense.  Conviction can result in six months in jail, and hefty fine and an additional suspension which may be for an indefinite time.  A tenacious DUI lawyer with the firm handles a number of DMV hearings every month and defends numerous clients from charges of driving on a suspended license.  Don't put your future at risk.  Call Attorney Pignone for a consultation right away.