On or about September 19, 2024, our client was accused of shoplifting from Publix in Orlando. After stopping our client for the alleged Theft, law enforcement officers noticed a cloud of smoke that smelled like burnt cannabis coming from inside the vehicle. Based upon the observations made of our client, he was asked to participate in Field Sobriety Exercises, which our client agreed to do. After the completion of the exercises, Law Enforcement arrested our client and charged him with Driving Under the Influence. After his arrest, our client was taken outside of the jurisdiction of the arresting agency, and asked to provide a breath and urine sample, to which our client agreed. The urine sample came back positive for THC. The breath sample was .000, indicating that no alcohol had been consumed. Upon reviewing the case, our Firm immediately got to work investigating the facts of the case, and protecting our client’s rights. Based upon the facts alleged by police, our Firm filed a Motion to Suppress Evidence, alleging numerous violations of our client’s Constitutionally protected rights. Prior to any hearing on the Motion to Suppress Evidence, the State dismissed the case in it’s entirety against our client.

Our client was stopped by Law Enforcement due to having an expired vehicle registration. Officers alleged that “immediately” upon making contact with our client, they smelled the odor of an alcoholic beverage emanating from the vehicle – which was occupied by more than one person. Officers asked our client to step out of the vehicle, for nothing more than an alleged odor of alcohol, and proceeding to question him about how much he had drank while at the beach. Our client, submitting to the authority of the police, admitted to drinking 3 White Claws over the course of the day. Based upon this admission, officers asked our client to participate in Field Sobriety Exercises. After his performance on the exercises, our client was arrested and charged with DUI. Our client refused to provide a breath or urine sample to police. Immediately upon receipt of the case, our Firm began investigating the facts alleged by law enforcement and protecting our client’s Constitutional Rights. Based on potential issues in the investigation, as well as our client’s lack of criminal history, our attorney’s were able to negotiate our client an outcome to a reduced charge of Reckless Driving. Our client avoided a criminal conviction on his record, and avoided further penalties against his license. Once he is done with his conditions, he could even apply to have his record sealed to potentially avoid it being used against him for future employment purposes.  

Our Client was arrested for DUI that stemmed from a traffic accident.  A Sergeant was the first to arrive on scene, but the case was investigated by a road officer.  Our Client cooperated with law enforcement and blew 0.141/0.136 on the Intoxilyzer. During the course of our representation and investigation into the case, the road officer was arrested for theft.  As such, the State would be unable to call him and unable to admit the breath test at trial but still had the Sergeant and others at the scene to testify against our Client.  With a case that could go either way for either side, through proper negotiations, we resolved the case to a wet reckless.  As our Client had a commercial driver license, this resolution avoided a permanent disqualification of his commercial driver license and complete loss of employment.

Our Client was arrested for DUI, but the case was a triple refusal: no field sobriety exercises, breath test or questions/answers.  Prior to making a request for a wet reckless, out Client completed DUI school; the counseling required by the school; a 12-hour advanced driver improvement school; attended MADD’s victim impact panel; impounded his vehicle for 10 days; and, submitted to testing at Quest Labs.  Our employment requires travel back and forth across the Canadian border.  A DUI conviction would result in our Client’s employment being terminated, as a DUI conviction bars entry into Canada.  Our Client is the sole breadwinner for the family, including two children.  Our Client has no other experience or skills outside of the current employment; thus, the potential for finding other employment is quite bleak.  Through proper negotiation with the State, our Client was permitted to plea to a wet reckless, avoiding a devastating DUI conviction.

Our Client was charged with battering a longtime friend.  The named victim and their spouse had attended a BBQ at our Client’s home.  The “victim” and their spouse argued, with the “victim” leaving the BBQ; leaving the spouse and children behind.  This was out of character, so our Client, along with others at the BBQ were concerned for the “victim’s” safety.  Eventually, the spouse and children returned to their residence, with our Client, along with another friend, not far behind them.  According to the “victim,” our Client was upset with “victim” and committed an unprovoked attack on the “victim.”  At our Client’s Stand Your Ground Motion to Dismiss, the spouse attempted to support the “victim’s” claims but admitted to not being present for the actual altercation.  Our Client and his friend, who was present for the actual altercation, testified that when the “victim” finally came home, the “victim” accused our Client of attempting to have an affair with the spouse.  Upon the “victim” approaching our Client aggressively, our Client held his hand out to keep the “victim” at bay.  Upon the “victim” taking a swing at our Client, our Client had no choice but self defense, taking the “victim” to the ground until the “victim” calmed down.  The Court found our Client acted in self-defense, standing his ground and DISMISSED the case.

Our client’s car was stopped and after a DUI investigation was arrested and charged with DUI. Later, a breath test was taken which resulted in a result over the legal limit. Our client also admitted to smoking marijuana. Ticket Clinic lawyers took over the case and provided a mitigation packet to the State, pointing out a traumatic event in our client’s life when she was much younger.  We also focused on the fact that the State had no expert who could testify to anything relating to the marijuana use. After fierce negotiations, the DUI charge was dropped and the client’s driver license was not suspended by the court.

On March 1, 2025 police were doing a routine business check of the Blondie’s Truck stop around 4 am. They noticed a blue Ford F-150 parked with the engine running.  In order to conduct a “safety check” the officer approached and noticed several open containers in the bed of the truck and found the driver asleep in the driver’s seat, keys in the ignition, engine running.  The officer could hear the radio playing.  The officer attempted to wake the driver with no success.  The officer’s body camera was activated and again he tried to wake the driver.  After “popping” the door, the driver woke up and admitted to drinking 2 beers.  The officer noticed the odor of alcohol, and found 2 open containers within the truck.  A DUI investigation was started and the driver agreed to perform roadside tasks with the officer.  After a poor performance (according to the officer) the driver was arrested and taken to the breath testing center.  There, he agreed to a breath test which registered .17 and .18.  Ticket Clinic lawyers were retained and aggressively defended the case. A Motion to Suppress: Unlawful Detention was filed, argued and denied.  Next, the case was set for a jury trial.  After a 2-day trial the jury returned a verdict after 6 PM…NOT GUILTY!!

On May 3, 2023, our client was arrested for Fleeing and Eluding with High Speed or Wanton Fleeing, a second degree Felony carrying up to 15 years of prison, and an automatic adjudication of guilt. This would make him a convicted felon. Our client was lost and following his GPS but was speeding.  He was clocked going 30 miles over the speed limit. As he made the wrong turn, the Officer attempted to pull him over but his patrol vehicle stalled out for several moments. He accused our client of fleeing his vehicle for less than a mile after the stall. Our client was stopped at a red light and was figuring out where he was. The officer saw him and pulled him out of the vehicle. He did not get a confession or a motive. On May 11, 2025, our client elected to reject the State’s offer which included jail time and let a jury decide his case. We were able to show the jury he had a pizza order around the same time and showed them a map of the simple driving pattern. His wrong turn was just before the pizza shop and then he overshot it. He was lost and late. We asked the State for two years to file the charges as a lesser reckless driving which would carry a maximum of 90 days in jail. They refused. The jury decided the case and found our client not guilty of ANY Felony. They did find him guilty of reckless driving. He was sentenced to 6 months probation, 12 hour driving class, and community service.

Our client was arrested and charged with 1 count of felony child neglect, 2 counts of DUI Enhanced, and 1 count of DUI. Officers say they observed our client driving on the wrong side of the road going northbound in the southbound lane towards oncoming traffic. Officers also stated our client failed to stop immediately and was observed swerving. Officers say once they made contact with our client, they noticed 2 minors in his vehicle, the odor of an unknown alcoholic beverage coming from his person, red bloodshot glassy eyes, slurred speech, and droopy eyelids. In their report, officers say our client admitted to consuming 2 alcoholic beverages. The Officers further stated they saw a 24 ounce can of Corona beer on the ground near our client’s vehicle that was cold to the touch. Our client denied that this can belonged to him. Officers asked our client to perform field sobriety exercises, and he agreed. Despite his agreement, officers arrested him. After his arrest he agreed to provide a breath sample. We immediately began working on the case. We got the discovery and spoke with the prosecutor and presented them with legal and factual arguments regarding the felony charge as well as the multiple DUI charges. Over the course of time, and after many discussions, the prosecutor agreed their case had problems. The State dismissed the felony charge and the DUI Enhanced charges.

On October 18, 2024 at approximately 3:40 PM, two Road Rangers discovered our client unconscious behind the wheel in the middle of I-95. After unsuccessfully attempting to wake him up, they called for Florida Highway Patrol and Paramedics to respond to the scene. Paramedics removed our client from the vehicle just before Troopers from Florida Highway Patrol arrived on the scene. The Troopers met our client at the hospital, where they conducted a DUI investigation which revealed that his breath alcohol level was .317, nearly 4 times the legal limit. The State Attorney’s Office charged him with Driving Under the Influence with a breath alcohol level over .150 and he was facing up to 270 days in jail if he was convicted. The Ticket Clinic attorney for Broward County filed a motion to suppress, arguing that our client’s arrest was unlawful because the Troopers never observed him driving or in actual physical control of his vehicle. On the day of the hearing on this motion, the State Attorney’s Office conceded that the arrest was unlawful and dismissed the entire case.

Our Client was arrested for DUi after allegedly running a red light.  We successfully moved the suppress the refusal to submit to breath testing due to law enforcement’s failure to follow the breath testing laws. We then moved to suppress all of our Client’s statements because the Officer patted our Client down for weapons, without justification for the pat down and transforming a routine traffic stop into something else.  We also moved to prevent the Officer from testifying about the HGN test, as there was no measured alcohol level in the case.  The day our last two motions were set to be heard by the Court, the State dropped the DUI outright.  We were fully prepared to try the case, as our Client did not look impaired on the roadside video.

On the morning of December 14, 2024, our client was stopped by a Florida Highway Patrol trooper after allegedly driving 73 mph in a 50 mph zone, failing to maintain their lane, and making several improper lane changes on State Road 80 in Palm Beach County. The officer reported that the client exhibited signs of impairment—including the odor of alcohol, slurred speech, bloodshot eyes, and poor performance on field sobriety exercises—and later refused to submit to a breath test. The client retained The Ticket Clinic to challenge the DUI charge. After thorough investigation and aggressive legal advocacy, our team succeeded in getting the DUI charge dismissed.