I represented a truck driver charged with driving while intoxicated in Nassau District Court. Any conviction for DWI, or even the reduced charge of driving while ability impaired, would have caused a one-year revocation of his commercial driver's license and ended his career. I negotiated a disposition down to a speeding ticket, avoiding any alcohol-related finding. My client kept his CDL and his livelihood.
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This article was written and reviewed by Edward Palermo, a Long Island criminal defense and DWI attorney with more than 31 years of courtroom experience and over 2,000 clients personally represented across Nassau and Suffolk Counties.
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