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How to Beat Speeding Tickets Before and After You Get One - What the Courts Don't Want You to Know

Posted by Brian Laviage on Wednesday, Nov 23, 2016
Tips From Your Local Texas Traffic Ticket Attorney NEVER: Act like you know the law better than the officer does. Law Enforcement Officers, especially Traffic Enforcement Officers hate drivers that quote the law to them. I have had many a client who have ended up in the back of a patrol car following a heated debate on the law with a Traffic Cop. More often than not, the Officer finds more reasons to hand out citations.

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What happens if you get caught drinking under 21 in Texas?

Posted by Brian Laviage on Tuesday, Nov 15, 2016

I get asked regularly what happens if you get a minor in possession in Texas and how to get an MIP off your record.

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What happens legally after getting caught drinking alcohol under the age of 21?

Posted by Brian Laviage on Wednesday, Nov 9, 2016

Hi Mr. Laviage! You helped a friend of mine out with a legal case and I got your information from him. I’m 16 and was at a party this past weekend when the cops showed up. I don’t do this very often, but I was drinking that night and was kind of drunk. None of my friend’s parents were home and they ended up taking me and a few others to the Harris County Juvenile Detention Center over off Congress in downtown Houston. Maybe you know the place? My parents were able to pick me up fairly quickly so I didn’t have to stay long. They were not happy with me.

Anyway, I just got my license 6 months ago and I heard that it could be suspended after a minor in consumption charge. Is that true? What else can happen to me legally after getting caught drinking at 16? Thanks!

16 year old in Houston, TX

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What should I do after being charged with public intoxication and taken to jail?

Posted by Brian Laviage on Thursday, Oct 27, 2016

Hi Mr. Laviage - I found your website while searching for a public intoxication lawyer. Last weekend I went to jail on a public intoxication charge. I was pretty drunk, but not drunk enough to not remember the arrest - though I really don’t remember what I admitted to during the arrest or in jail. My court date is next month and I’ve already paid the ticket. Do I need a lawyer for this? I’m new to Texas and don’t have any prior arrests. Thanks!

John in League City, Texas

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Third public intoxication charge in 10 years

Posted by Brian Laviage on Tuesday, Oct 25, 2016

Hi Mr. Laviage, I have a question I’m hoping you can help me out with. I was arrested for public intoxication one year in college while floating the Guadalupe river. I was put on deferred adjudication for this charge in 2006. Then, a few years later in 2010, same thing, different place - this time in Austin outside of a restaurant. Now I’m thinking about getting out of my typical office job and applying for a job as a police officer. But, I just got another public intoxication charge about a month ago in Houston and am worried that they won’t accept me due to these infractions.

Is there anything I can do to get these public intoxication charges cleared from my record? How fast can this be done? And can all three be done at the same time to save money?

Thanks!

Jesse in Houston, TX

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