New Hampshire Motor Vehicle Hearing Defense Attorney

Lothstein Guerriero, PLLC's motor vehicle hearing attorneys routinely handle several types of hearings at the Department of Safety, Bureau of Hearings in Concord, NH. Some hearings may also be held at a “substation” such as the DMV office at Dover Point.

To learn more about how a motor vehicle hearing attorney can help your case, contact our office to schedule a consultation and discuss the details of your case. Our experienced defense attorneys are ready to fight for the best possible outcome for you.

Motor Vehicle Hearings Our Attorneys Handle

Our criminal defense attorneys have experience handling many types of motor vehicle hearing cases. This list includes, but is not limited to:

• Administrative License Suspension (ALS) hearings that are associated with a DWI prosecution.
• Habitual Offender Certification and Decertification Hearings. This occurs when a driver accumulates three major motor vehicle convictions, twelve minor motor vehicle convictions, or a combination of both in a 5 year period.
• Original License Suspension Hearings. These hearings impact drivers under the age of 20 who are convicted of a moving violation.

These hearings can be stressful, and having an experienced traffic violation defense attorney on your side to help guide you through the process can take a weight off of both you and your family.

Entitlement to Hearing – Extenuating / Mitigating Circumstances

The New Hampshire Department of Safety regulations allow the driver, or her lawyer, to present evidence regarding the following “extenuating or mitigating circumstances”:

• The impact a suspension would have on driver’s education or employment
• The length of time that driver has held a license without prior motor vehicle violations
• Driver’s lack of prior motor vehicle violations
• The lack of seriousness of the violation for which the driver has been convicted.

Our lawyers, if hired at the time that a citation is issued, will represent a young, juvenile driver in Court and attempt to avoid a conviction, or attempt to secure a plea to a less serious conviction, either through identifying defenses to the charge, or by presenting positive character evidence regarding the driver and presenting an alternative to conviction such as community service, additional driver education, etc.

If a driver is convicted, our lawyers will represent the driver in the ensuing administrative hearing and present evidence and testimony regarding extenuating or mitigating circumstances, in an effort to avoid an administrative license suspension.