In this piece for Attorney at Law Magazine, Lou Shapiro describes a client facing felony DUI and refusal charges, with a prior conviction on her record and a prosecution offer of four years in prison.
Rather than accept the offer, he helped her build a documented record of rehabilitation before sentencing, including alcohol monitoring, a court-approved DUI program, and volunteer work. That record persuaded the prosecutor to reduce the offer, and after she entered residential treatment, he argued that further jail time would serve no purpose. The judge agreed and ordered her to complete treatment instead. He uses the case to show how a client’s conduct after being charged can shape the outcome, and why defense strategy must fit the individual.
Published in Attorney at Law Magazine, December 6, 2016.