CASE EXAMPLES

Traffic/DUI - While many people believe that these cases are very straight-forward, and some even go to court without counsel and plead guilty on defensible charges, the attorneys of Myers, Myers & Myers, carefully examine the facts and law of each case to find all legitimate defenses that can be used to benefit our clients. DUIs, like other offenses in this category, are highly technical charges, with many points of attack for experienced attorneys to consider. For example, in one recent case in which our client was facing a mandatory jail sentence if convicted, a witness failed to establish a necessary element of the charge; when we pointed this out to the Court, citing to the appropriate laws, the case was dismissed. In another case, the prosecution attempted to rely on the field sobriety tests to show that our client was impaired by alcohol at the time he was driving; by careful analysis of the tests used and the client's actual performance on those tests, along with the analysis of the rest of the client's behavior, we were able to persuade the Court that there was not enough evidence to convict our client.

Criminal Law - Just as in traffic and DUI cases, even the most seemingly straight-forward criminal case can sometimes be defeated. In one recent case, by questioning the chain of custody on some evidence and pointing to possible contamination of the evidence, we were able to convince the prosecution to drop the charges against our client before trial. In another case, we had an extensive trial on a charge of Eluding a Police Officer, a felony charge to which the client initially wanted to plead guilty. We questioned the specific time-line involved and used the officer's own words to our client's benefit and were able to convince the Court to reduce the charge to a misdemeanor with a fine and no jail time.

Family Law - Handling a family law case is almost always a combination of preparing for and fighting battles while still looking for common ground and possible resolutions. In one recently tried case, we were successful in obtaining custody of the children for our client, over the objections of a counselor and the court-appointed Guardian ad litem, and we did so by tenaciously pursuing the client's goals until the court finally saw the truth of the current living situation for the children and what our client could offer them instead. On the other hand, in a recent divorce matter, we successfully backed the opposing party into a corner with regard to the evidence that was going to be revealed at trial; when the opposing party realized where things stood, a fair settlement was finally reached.