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CDL Defense

LOJM understands that fighting traffic tickets, to the CDL driver, means much more than just paying some fines and accruing points. It’s about professional drivers losing their livelihood. LOJM understands that summonses issued, while operating a CDL vehicle, are much more harmful than those written when driving a nonCDL. And, most of the time, if represented by counsel, the client need not appear in court. This is ideal, as the CDL client is busy crisscrossing this bicoastal country of ours.

Traffic Violations

The New York State Department of Motor Vehicles administers the Traffic Court in all 5 boroughs of New York City. The Commissioner of Motor Vehicles’ employs Administrative Law Judges, or ALJ’s. The commissioner prohibits the ALJ’s from plea bargaining, or automatically dismissing 3 tickets in a bunch of 5, or even automatically dismissing tickets when the cop is a no show.

Criminal Traffic

Criminal court DAT’s and pink summonses can name either a corporation or a human being as a defendant. When tickets allege that the driver’s license or registration is suspended, or that he or she has been driving recklessly, or without insurance, that person must appear in court with counsel. The vehicle involved is generally a passenger car. However, when it’s a tractor trailer or other commercial vehicle, the corporation is usually named, and it can only be represented by a lawyer, never by a principal or sole shareholder.

Speeding Tickets

Do you know what the speed limit is, on the streets of NYC, when there is no sign? It’s 25, lowered from 30 a few years ago. No, there doesn’t have to be a speed limit sign posted on every block. There are just some things that a driver has to know.

Protecting Your Driver's License

You may have unanswered summonses or unpaid drivers responsibility assessments (DRAs) that you were not aware of. Perhaps your car is registered out of state, so that you do not directly receive important DMV mail. You could even have open tickets, picked up on your out of state vacation, that have ripened into NY suspensions. Let LOJM navigate the internet highway of traffic tickets for you today!

Driving with a Suspended or Revoked License

Sometimes a driver gets arrested, during a routine seat belt checkpoint, because he was not aware that his drivers license was suspended. LOJM offers potential clients a free consultation, via telephone, and a “license lookover.”