In this economy why hire a traffic ticket defense attorney?

I was in court this morning in Osceola County Florida when I witnessed the following situation. The traffic ticket hearings were scheduled to start at 8:00AM. Present in the courtroom was one other Osceola County Traffic Ticket Defense attorney, the in court clerks, the State Trooper who wrote all the tickets for that session and people who were representing themselves. A court deputy showed a video about the traffic school process just after 8:00 AM. The video finished and we waited.

The traffic hearing officer came out to take care of the cases at 8:30AM. Right before the traffic hearing officer came out, one of the people representing themselves asked out loud "Can I get another date? This was supposed to start at 8:00 AM and I have to get going." The person kept asking about a new date because they had to get to work.

What the person did not know when the question was asked is they would have to wait even longer as it is common practice for the hearing officers and Judges to take Attorneys before those people not represented by attorneys. It is often the case that traffic ticket defense attorneys have to be in other courtrooms and by allowing traffic ticket defense attorneys to go first it gives those who are not represented an idea of how the process works.

There were a total of 52 cases set for 8AM. 30 cases were handled by attorneys. The hearing officer addressed my cases and then the cases of the other attorney in court.

After the attorney cases, the hearing officer did not start calling the cases for unrepresented people until about 9:15AM. Those cases were then called alphabetically. The people who expected to be in and out of court were very surprised.

By hiring a traffic ticket defense attorney, you take that burden of finding a parking space, appearing in court, waiting for your case to be resolved off of your shoulders. This only accounts for the time aspects of hiring an attorney and not the legal expertise in resolving cases which I will post about in the future.

Attorney Jason Shepelrich and The Shepelrich Law Firm, P.A. is a Kissimmee, Florida Traffic Ticket, Traffic Citation, Traffic Infraction Law Firm dedicated to defending traffic tickets, traffic citations, traffic infraction, speeding tickets, suspended license tickets, habitual traffic offenders, leaving the scene of accident cases, DUI, and other moving and non moving traffic violations. Attorney Jason Shepelrich has handled thousands of traffic and traffic criminal cases in the following counties since 1998: Osceola County Florida, Orange County Florida, Lake County Florida, St. Lucie County Florida, Martin County Florida, Indian River County Florida, and serving the following cities: Kissimmee, Florida, St. Cloud, Florida, Celebration, Florida, Harmony, Florida, Orlando, Florida, Tavares, Florida, Port St. Lucie, Florida. All cases are handled by Attorney Jason Shepelrich and The Shepelrich Law Firm's Network of Co-Counsel and Coverage attorneys throughout the State of Florida.