DUI / DWI

Jacksonville DWI Lawyer

DUI / DWI / Drunk Driving Defense in Northeast Florida: (904) 396-3335

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If you or someone you know was arrested in northeast Florida for driving drunk, the attorneys at Stone, Taylor & Associates in Jacksonville can help. Contact our firm and ask for a free consultation with a DUI defense lawyer.

Charges of driving while intoxicated or driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs can have a serious impact on your life, work, and family. You need the help of an experienced criminal defense attorney to ensure protection of your legal rights. The consequences of a DUI conviction may include jail time, fines, license suspension, license revocation, chemical dependency treatment, ignition interlock device on your car, and even loss of employment. The Florida Legislature recently changed a third offense to a felony with mandatory incarceration for felony DUI conviction.

Stone, Taylor has had great success challenging the new Intoxilyzer 8000 breath test machines (see below), and in reinstating drivers' licenses for DUI.

We don’t simply take a DUI case and advise you to plead guilty.

Our DUI / DWI lawyers challenge the reason for the stop, detention and arrest, and we challenge the results of breath tests and roadside sobriety exercises in the pretrial stages. We have won DUI cases by suppressing evidence, getting DUI charges reduced to simple traffic offenses, or obtaining the outright dismissal of charges. We are one of the only DUI defense law firms prepared to take any DUI case to trial. We have won many acquittals, dismissals and not guilty verdicts at trial.

Stone, Taylor has earned a reputation as one of the most effective DUI / DWI defense firms in Florida. The strength and aggressiveness of our defense strategies cause prosecutors to seriously consider reducing or dismissing DUI charges prior to trial. As a result, most DUI cases trial is not necessary.

Read our DUI defense success stories.

Often, in DWI / DUI cases, the prosecuting attorney will rely on a breathalyzer test or blood test, as well as the testimony of an arresting officer who administered a roadside sobriety test to establish impairment. We have researched and understand the weaknesses of breathalyzers and poorly administered roadside sobriety exercises, and we present that information to judge or jury in order to better your chances in court. We also examine the police procedures used in traffic stops, arrests, and during detention in jail.

Experienced  Defense for All Drunk Driving Offenses

Stone, Taylor is leading the charge in analyzing legal issues associated with the Intoxilyzer 8000 breathalyzer. As a result of information we have uncovered, the state of Florida has had to acknowledge deficiencies in this breath-testing machine used widely by Florida law enforcement. Some counties have even halted Intoxilyzer 8000 alcohol breath tests until the problems are corrected. Many of those counties have reverted to the old Intoxilyzer 5000 which we have also successfully challenged.

Experienced  Defense for All Drunk Driving Offenses

• Stone, Taylor & Associates is your advocate for all DUI-related issues:
• Administrative License Hearings to repair drivers record and win back driving privileges after suspension
• Charges of driving after a DUI license suspension or revocation
• Severe drunk driving offenses, such as DUI Manslaughter, DUI Causing Serious Bodily Injury, DUI Causing Property Damage, vehicular homicide, and vehicular manslaughter.

Board Certified in Criminal Defense

Criminal defense attorney Mitch Stone has served on the faculty of seminars specifically designed to instruct defense attorneys on ways to successfully challenge police procedure, the accuracy of breath tests and field sobriety exercises that are commonly used in DUI arrests in Florida. As an assistant state prosecutor, he worked with the State’s breath test expert and DUI Enforcement officers who are specifically trained in making DUI arrests. He learned how evidence should be collected as well as the limitations of such evidence. He is one of only a few Board Certified Criminal Trial Lawyers in the entire state of Florida who focus on DUI defense.

Contact a Jacksonville DWI lawyer at Stone, Taylor & Associates immediately if you have been charged with drinking and driving or DUI. We are available 24/7 to protect your rights.

The criminal defense firm of Stone, Taylor & Associates, located in Jacksonville, Florida, represents clients in the courts of northeast Florida and statewide, including the communities of Fernandina Beach, Green Cove Springs, Saint Augustine, Baldwin, and Mayport, FL.

Duval County, Nassau County, Clay County, St. Johns County, 91 Freeway