DWI or DUI in Austin

If you have been accused of a DWI or DUI in Austin, TX, Travis County, or the surrounding area, it pays to have good legal counsel on your side. If you are in need of experienced Austin DWI lawyers, research is key. Many lawyers claim to have appropriate experience in this area, but few have the means to truly help you with your case.

Finding the right Austin DWI or DUI attorneys now can often save you a lot of headaches in the future.

Also, if you or a loved one have been a victim of a DUI or DWI driver's negligence, you may be entitled to a lawsuit against the offender. Experienced personal injury lawyers or accident lawyers are the key to winning your case.

Trying to prevent a dui? Not drinking and driving is the best prevention. If you are going to drive, you can research Austin DUI checkpoints before you plan your driving route.

Austin DWI Lawyer

Austin DWI Lawyer Kyle Lowe is an experienced DWI lawyer in Austin with a concentration in DWI defense, drug offenses, violent offenses and other criminal defense areas.

DWI bills in the 82nd Legislature

In this session, like in previous one, some state legislators targeted drunk drivers but most of those proposals, seem to be going nowhere. Here are some of the bills and their status three weeks before the Legislature adjourns. .

Bill Goal Status

• SB 231 To revoke driving privileges of anyone with two convictions. In committee

• HB 99 Third-degree felony for anyone with a previous conviction. House calendar

• HB 101 A hotline to report suspected cases of impaired driving. In committee

• HB 189 Mandating ignition interlock for any DWI conviction. Attached to other bill

• HB 237 To mark driver’s license of anyone with a prior conviction. In committee

• HB 3477 Ten-year driver’s license suspension after five convictions. To full House

Fortunately, the Legislature seems distracted with cutting education funding, cutting back who can vote, and making sure the police don't give immigrants any protection from deportation even when they are witnesses to a crime, to care much about DWIs this session.

So That's What SOAH Stands For

Administrative Law Judges handle all sorts of cases for the State Office of Administrative Hearings – aka SOAH - from the tremendously boring, such as boat motor sales and use tax cases, to the no doubt endlessly fascinating scenarios where a trucking company is alleged to have failed to carry a required certificate of registration. (I know so little about those cases that I can barely understand what is written in the previous sentence; frankly, I cribbed it from the “about us” page on the SOAH website.)

Of course, they also handle license revocations arising out of DWIs. I got to my ALR this week a little early, and stuck my head in a different courtroom than the one my client’s case was being heard, to chat with a Judge. He handed me a printout of this – sorry, just click the link – it’ll look better from the original website than if I try to cut and paste it into a little box on this blog.

Apparently that site is all the rage on whatever informal listserv the subset of ALR Administrative Law Judges use. Probably the others too, but it seems most (least?) appropriate for the DWI court personnel.