Derek can help you with your DUI, DWI or other serious traffic or criminal offense!

If you are charged with a DUI, DWI or other serious traffic or criminal offense in the State of Maryland, contact Derek J. Howell and The Howell Firm, LLC. Derek is a former Maryland State Trooper who spent over 10 years with the state police before he left to earn his law degree with honors. Derek has actually made DUI, DWI and other serious traffic and criminal offense arrests. He knows the tactics and methods used by law enforcement, which are not taught in law schools. Derek learned them on the streets making arrests.

Now Derek pulls from his police experience for the zealous representation of his clients. Do not attempt to represent yourself on a DUI, DWI or other serious traffic or criminal offense, contact Derek J. Howell for your best legal defense.  You may be facing the possibility of fines, imprisonment and accumulation of significant points in a case involving DUI, DWI or other serious traffic or criminal offense.

The Maryland Rules of Evidence and the body of Maryland case law can help to level the playing field for defendants charged with DUI, DWI or other serious traffic offenses. Therefore, it is critical to have a skilled attorney on your side who is familiar with your case, who can subpoena witnesses and records and who can apply the rules to argue for exclusion or limitation of unfavorable evidence.

Derek J. Howell is a DUI, DWI and serious traffic and criminal offense attorney proudly serving in Baltimore County, Baltimore City, Harford County, Cecil County, Anne Arundel County, Carroll County, Howard County, Prince Georges County, Calvert County, Caroline County, Charles County, Dorchester County, Frederick County, Garrett County, Allegany County, Kent County, Prince Georges County, Queen Anne’s County, Saint Mary’s County, Somerset County, Talbot County, Washington County, Wicomico County and Worcester County.

For a detailed overview of the Maryland points accumulation and suspension process in a DUI or DWI:http://www.mva.maryland.gov/About-MVA/INFO/26100/26100-02T.htm

For an in-depth discussion on Maryland’s approach to DUI and DWI:

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