Philadelphia DUI Lawyers · DWI, DUI Defense
South Jersey DWI and Drunk Driving Attorneys

Throughout the past 13 years, the Hark & Hark law firm has represented more than 1000 individuals charged with drinking and driving in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. We are the DUI lawyers who know the judges, police officers, prosecutors, and the law in all the jurisdictions we serve. Our knowledge and experience benefits our clients.

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• In Pennsylvania, a charge of Driving Under the Influence (DUI) has been changed to Driving After Imbibing (DAI).
• In New Jersey, the term for drunk driving is Driving While Intoxicated (DWI).

Whatever it is called, drunk driving in Pennsylvania and New Jersey has severe consequences - even for a first-time offender. There are mandatory minimum sentences for first-time, second-time, and third-time offenders based on blood alcohol content.

If you are charged with violating any state's DUI or DWI, law, your driving license may be suspended or revoked, you may have to pay substantial fines, increased insurance rates, and your freedom may be in jeopardy.

At the Hark & Hark law firm, our South Jersey and Pennsylvania DUI lawyers protect your rights immediately after you retain our services. Our first goal is to obtain a dismissal at the Preliminary Hearing by thoroughly cross examining the police officer who claims he saw you drive illegally or concluded you were drunk. The following factual and legal issues are very important:

• Was there reasonable suspicion for the police officer to stop you?
• Was there probable cause to subject you to DUI field sobriety tests?
• Were the sobriety and breath tests properly administered?
• Was the breathalyzer machine properly calibrated?
• Did the officer personally witness you driving poorly?
• Did you commit any traffic violations?
• Did you pass the field sobriety test?
• Were drugs found in your blood?
• What are the consequences of that?

If the officer or breath machine operator made procedural mistakes in your arrest or when testing your blood alcohol content, we will move to dismiss the charges. We will file pre-trial motions to suppress the illegal car stop, illegally taken statements, and faulty blood and breath tests.

Drunk driving is a criminal charge.
We take it seriously and so should you.

If you have been charged with DUI, or DWI for the first time, and have no prior criminal record, you may qualify for a first-time offender Accelerated Rehabilitation Disposition (ARD) program. In Pennsylvania, your eligibility for ARD or pre-trial probation is determined immediately upon your arrest and at your initial court appearance. Having a DUI lawyer to advocate for your rights at that first appearance is crucial to successful legal representation against drunk driving charges.

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