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Finding a prospective DUI attorney, generally involves simple contact with the American Bar Association. Yet, determining which are most effective for a given case involves more thorough research.

Because so many police officers take advantage of their power and, all too often, do not follow the letter of the law, statistically, many cases are discharged on a technicality, while most could have been. The outcome, almost invariably, depends upon the skills, capabilities, and ethics of the defendant's attorney. Ask questions, make telephone calls, and query the internet. The investment of this time and effort could be essential to the case.

A genuinely skillful attorney is ethical. Jurors are, generally, keen to sense deception, and take exception when anyone attempts to bamboozle them, be it attorney or defendant.

A genuinely successful case, most often, depends upon whether or not the attorney believes his or her defendant, despite all good intentions, the subconscious mind functioning as it does. A technically (=) innocent defendant must not be hesitant to find another attorney, as quickly as possible, if the chosen attorney does not BELIEVE him or her.

Regarding presentation skills, I have yet to witness a more skillful attorney in action than F. Lee Bailey. Even one technicality, if PROPERLY presented, can protect any defendant from conviction. The attorney needs to speak loudly enough to be clearly heard across a crowded room with no acoustical benefits. I once witnessed a case within which the defense presented 14 legitimate technicalities, however, the neophyte, meek, soft-spoken defense attorney was barely speaking above a whisper throughout the case. Despite a dozen complaints by the jurors and staff, and an admission by the judge that he had not heard that which she had said at one point, her nearly-whispered presentation cost the man his case, because the jurors had not even heard the most critical information tying the technicalities in. The attorney needs to emphasize and repeat critical points, because jurors' memories are often tied to their obligations at home or work, like it or not. As such, with respect for the jurors' intellects, the attorney needs to make his or her case so clear and obvious that a first-grader could not help but to understand and explain it to another. Time is granted to do so, so the attorney needs to be willing to invest that time. After all, people's lives are on the line. Any conviction effects each defendant for life,

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