What should I do if I hit someone after having a few drinks?

Yes, hire an attorney immediately even if the injured woman has not hired an attorney. Do not talk to this case to anyone except your attorney. This includes your insurance company as their interest lies in minimizing their exposure, even if it means throwing you under the bus to save a buck.Although you have no criminal record, this DUI arrest can be filed as a felony by the district attorney since it is a DUI causing injury (Vehicle Code section 23153). Your witness (assuming they are not intoxicated) may be valuable in proving that you were not driving impaired.As with all criminal cases, if you do not have the funds to hire a private attorney, one will be appointed to you at court, but not for the DMV hearing. Please call my office to schedule an interview in my downtown Los Angeles or Long Beach office.

You should hire an attorney immediately. Unfortunately you are looking at some serious issues here. You need a serious attorney. Give me a call as soon as possible!

Immediately hire an attorney and follow his advice. Say nothing to anyone but him. You face DUI with aggravating factors, possible felony charges due to the injuries. Jail is a possibility you have to face. You also face a civil suit for personal injury and other damages. I hope for your sake you have adequate insurance. Upon release from jail or booking, you’ll be given documents that include a notice from DMV that you have only ten days to file a request with DMV for a hearing on an appeal of the automatic one-year suspension of your license. Contact DMV and do so, timely. You can hire an attorney for that hearing if you want. He can advise if you have any likelihood of success in that appeal. You also were provided a notice of court appearance for Arraignment. If you don’t hire an attorney, go to that hearing and plead not guilty. You’ll be provided a copy of all the police reports and charging Complaint. There you’ll have to set a date for Pre-Trial hearing where negotiations with the DA are first conducted. If the case is not plea bargained, it will be set for Trial. Prior to that, you’ll file any appropriate Motions. Unless you know how to effectively represent yourself in all this, hire an attorney who does. The conventional wisdom is that the attorney will be able to get you a better deal than you could on your own, or effectively try the case if forced to that. That is what you are paying for. Your attorney will be able to use whatever legal issues, facts, evidence, witnesses, you may have in your defense. If serious about hiring counsel, feel free to contact me.