Elliott Wilcox serves of counsel to the Florida DUI Group, a boutique DUI defense firm in Orlando, Florida.  If you have been charged with Driving Under the Influence, contact us toll-fee at +1 (855) MY-FL-DUI  (693-5384) to schedule your initial interview.

Important: DUI is a serious crime and has serious consequences.  You don’t want to hire the first attorney you find in the phone book or the attorney who quotes you the cheapest fee.  (Would you choose your heart surgeon based on price?)  Hiring an attorney is an important decision that shouldn’t be made by visiting a website or reading a pamphlet or seeing a TV ad.  Before you retain an attorney, sit down face-to-face and ask questions like these:

1. How many juries have you picked?
2. How many cases have you taken to verdict?
3. How many cases like mine have you taken to trial?
4. Is this your first rodeo?  How long have you been a trial lawyer?
5. What do your peers think of you?  Have you ever written any published articles?  Have you taught other trial lawyers how to try cases?
6. What percentage of your practice is DUI cases?
7. What’s your background with DUI cases?  Were you ever a DUI prosecutor?
8. Will you be doing the work yourself, or am I going to court with some other attorney I’ve never met before?