Forsyth County DUI Attorneys

If you were recently arrested for driving under the influence (DUI) in Forsyth County, Georgia, you may not realize that your driving privileges are at risk.  Indeed, the moment you are arrested for drunk driving, the Department of Driver Services (DDS) will issue an immediate license suspension. Although you have the opportunity to challenge this sentence, in order to do so, you must request an administrative hearing with the DDS within 10 business days. To improve your chances of retaining your driver's license, it is important to discuss your case with Greg Willis, one of the most successful Forsyth County DUI attorneys in the area.

Regardless of the circumstances of your arrest, state law imposes a mandatory license suspension upon drivers who are arrested for per se DUI (driving with an illegal blood alcohol content, or BAC) or less safe DUI (impaired driving). In addition, under Georgia’s Implied Consent Law, your license will also be suspended immediately if you refuse to perform a breathalyzer or other chemical test.

At the time of your arrest, the officer who initially stopped you should have given you a form notifying you of your impending license suspension. Known as a DS-1205 form, this piece of paper provides instructions for requesting an appeal hearing, and also serves as a temporary license until your suspension goes into effect 30 days later.

There are a number of steps that must be taken to request a hearing with the DDS. First and foremost, you must complete the DS-1205 form and submit it to the Department of Driver Services listed on the document. Along with the form, you must also include a detailed summary that explains your legal reasons for challenging the suspension.

It is important to know that, if you do not request an administrative hearing, or the DDS does not receive your request within 10 business days after the date of your arrest, there will be no way for you to avoid losing your driving privileges. Likewise, if your form is not completed properly or you fail to provide a valid legal reason for requesting the hearing, you will lose your one and only chance to keep your driver’s license—and, depending on the results of your criminal DUI case, this suspension can remain in place for a year or more.

Fortunately, being arrested for DUI is not the same as being convicted of the offense, and there are numerous ways to challenge the charges against you to avoid the administrative and criminal penalties that follow a drunk driving conviction. After representing countless drivers charged with DUI in Forsyth County, attorney Greg Willis knows just where to look for holes in the prosecution's case against you.

Whether your best approach is to challenge the results of your chemical test or to prove the officer who arrested you had insufficient cause for stopping your vehicle initially, count on attorney Greg Willis to determine the strategy that is most likely to get your charges dropped or reduced..

Contact the Law Offices of Greg Willis immediately after your arrest to schedule a free, no- obligation evaluation of your case and put one of the top Forsyth County DUI attorneys to work for you.