Bay Area DUI Defense Attorneys

If charged with driving under the influence (DUI) in California, you have 10 days to request a DMV hearing and prevent your license from being automatically suspended. If you have not lost your license yet, do not waste time -- contact the lawyers of Traback & Du Bois immediately for a free consultation and prevent license suspension.

Even if you have lost your license, there may be ways to get it back. The Contra Costa County lawyers of Traback & Du Bois have each spent over 30 years helping people charged with drunk driving. We know how to fight for your license back and then immediately begin work to keep you out of jail.

At Traback & Du Bois, we know that for many people facing DUI, this is their first contact with the criminal justice system. Our California DUI defense attorneys work to help clients understand the consequences of a conviction, then work for acquittal. If acquittal proves impossible, we try to minimize punishment and have sentences arranged so your job will not be affected.

We will investigate the scene, re-interview witnesses, re-do the chemical tests, challenge the testing equipment, question the validity of field sobriety tests, and do what it takes to build a strong defense. Our lawyers appear at DMV hearings, file motions to suppress evidence, and challenge any illegal search and seizure. Sometimes we have DUI cases dismissed due to illegal stops, faulty testing equipment, or other circumstances.

California DUI Laws

California drunk driving laws do not mention DWI (driving while intoxicated); there is only DUI. If you are stopped for drunk driving, you should not refuse a breath or blood test to measure your BAC (blood alcohol level), or you will risk even more severe punishment.

Our lawyers have an enviable track record of preventing many penalties the DMV automatically imposes when people are arrested for DUI:

First DUI – Four months to one-year loss of license
Second DUI – One to two-year loss of license
Third DUI – Three-year loss of license

The maximum penalties for a first offense:

Up to six months in jail – 48-hour minimum
$1,500 fine and penalties
16-week drinking driver program
3-5 years probation
2 points on your driving record

For more DUI information, see our DUI information center.

Rehabilitation Instead of Incarceration

In Bay Area courts, the DUI defense attorneys of Traback & Du Bois are well known and well respected. They advocate skillfully before judges and other authorities for clients to undergo alcohol rehabilitation instead of prison.

Contact Us

If you have been charged with driving under the influence (DUI), contact Traback & Du Bois immediately to set up a free consultation. Call our Oakland office (510) 835-8005 or our Pleasanton office (925) 463-3311.

We represent clients throughout the greater San Francisco metropolitan region, including Alameda County and Contra Costa County, in Oakland, Hayward, Pleasanton, Walnut Creek, Fremont, Martinez, Richmond, and Pittsburg. See our Regions We Serve.