How can I get 2 unpaid speeding tickets taken care of?

The following response is intended for general information purposes only and is not to be construed as legal advice. In Wake County, there is a process for adding cases, such as the speeding tickets you described, that requires either the individual or an attorney representing that individual to go to the local clerk's office and fill out a form requesting the case be added back on to a court calendar.  The individual or attorney is provided a date when the case will be added on.  On that proscribed dated, the individual or attorney may discuss the matter(s) with an assistant district attorney and eventually resolve the matter(s) either by plea or dismissal, depending on the nature of the charge.  The aforementioned procedure is only known for Wake County and may differ from county to county.  It would be best to contact an attorney or the clerk's office in the county where the speeding tickets were issued to find out the exact procedure of how to have the cases added back on to a court calendar.  With regards to the second question of whether it would be better to pay the tickets off or get a lawyer, I think that it is something that an individual can do themselves, though an attorney may have a better chance of getting some of the late fees that go along with the tickets waived.  For example, for an individual that I represented last week on a speeding ticket that was added back on from 2008, the individual would have had to pay $188.00 of court costs, $200.00 in late fees, and a $10 fine.  We were able to get the late fee waived and saved the client a little bit of money.  I cannot advise you as to whether you should or shouldn't hire an attorney, but generally speaking, it wouldn't hurt (as in any situation you encounter with legal implications) to contact an attorney to discuss the matter.