I just started blogging last week with my bankruptcy blog at www.kcattorneyingladstone.com. However, it was clear that I need a different blog for different areas of law. So, this blog is about traffic cases including DUI and DWI and other muni (city) court cases.
I learned to handle traffic cases as an attorney at Legal Aid of the Western District of Missouri. I started working there even before I passed the bar. Of course at first I was working for free because there were not many jobs in 1993, when I passed the Missouri Bar. Working at Legal Aid was wonderful training. After all there is nothing like meeting your client in court for the first time and trying the case. It honed my ability to think on my feet. I had Monday morning domestic violence court. I was appointed to represent about 8 to 12 people before noon.
Kansas City Missouri Muni Court had court rooms A-D on the lower floor and E through H on the upper floor. Because Legal Aid had (and still does) the City's contract to represent indigent clients on jail able offences, two attorney worked the afternoon dockets covering all of the courtrooms. One of the Judges, who is since retired, sent an officer down to another courtroom to arrest me and bring up to their courtroom so that they could finish their docket. The Judge on the bench in the courtroom that I was in was just finishing with my cases. So, I did not get hauled up to the other courtroom. When I got to the second courtroom the Judge was laughing and asked me if I was afraid. I explained that I was not. He never sent an officer for me again. It was just a test. I really enjoyed my job at Legal Aid. The cases were interesting. But I wanted to do more things and I resigned that job after about 1 year.
We want your business, and we will fight hard for you!
Donna in my office is my traffic assistant. Call her today. (816) 453-2240 Kansas and Missouri (Kansas City Area only)
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