Victorville DUI Attorney

Every day, dozens of law-abiding citizens cruising Highway 15 find themselves being stopped by overly zealous police officers who slap them with DUIs. That's where we come in.

If you've been arrested for driving under the influence, our Victorville DUI defense attorneys are here to help eliminate or reduce your charges, suspend the jail sentence, and fight for you to keep your drivers license. And if it comes to it, we can ultimately take your case to trial.

We handle DUI and drunk driving cases throughout the Victor Valley area, including Hesperia, Apple Valley and Adelanto.

On this page, our San Bernardino County criminal defense attorneys give an overview of the following DUI topics and how we may help:

Victorville DUI lawyer Michael Scafiddi

Your Drivers License

Your Criminal Case

Local Jail & Courthouse Information

Victorville DUI Schools

Don't hesitate to call our Victorville DUI Defense Law Office at (760) 430-0400 for a free consultation.

Victorville DUI lawyer Michael Scafiddi

As a former police officer, Victorville DUI lawyer Michael Scafiddi has learned all the tricks of the trade of fighting DUIs. Michael Scafiddi meticulously researches your case to uncover every possible hole in the state's evidence and uses them to help persuade the prosecutors to dismiss or lower your charges. And since he used to be a cop, he knows exactly how to negotiate with them and how far they're willing to go.

A graduate of California Southern Law School, Victorville drunk driving attorney Michael Scafiddi has defended every kind of DUI case, from California misdemeanor DUI and California DUI causing injury to California felony DUI and California vehicular manslaughter.

Your Drivers License

A DUI arrest in Victorville actually triggers two separate cases: One in criminal court (which we talk about below), and one in the Department of Motor Vehicles. Once you're arrested, the officer will confiscate your drivers license and replace it with a temporary thirty-day one. And you have only 10 days from the date of your arrest to contact the DMV and request a haring to contest the license suspension.

Since California DMV hearings are like mini-trials, you should definitely hire a Victorville DUI attorney right away to request the hearing as well as to appear on your behalf, present evidence, and cross-examine witnesses. If it's your first California misdemeanor DUI, then the DMV may suspend your license for a few months, but we can almost always get you a restricted license so you can continue commuting. License suspensions may last a year or more, however, if you have prior DUIs or if the charge is for California felony DUI.

Your Criminal Case

A Victorville misdemeanor DUI case consists of two charges: DUI under Vehicle Code 23152(a), and Driving with Excessive Blood Alcohol Content under Vehicle Code 23152(b). More serious DUI cases, however, may be chargeable as felonies if someone was injured or killed or if you had three misdemeanor DUI convictions in the past ten years.

Since DUI cases often drag out over several months, we use the time to collect evidence, keep the prosecutors busy with answering motions, and pressure them to resolve your case as positively as possible. And if your charges are for a misdemeanor DUI in Victorville, we'll be able to appear for you in court throughout most if not all of your case.

The usual penalties for a first-offense Victorville DUI include the following:

• a three-to-four figure fine, that we may be able to switch to community service.



• 3 years of probation.



• 4 month suspension of your drivers license, but we may be able to get you a "restricted license" so you may continue working or going to school.



• A few hours of DUI School (read below for more information).



• 2 days to 6 months of jail, that we can usually get suspended or switch to community service.

Local Jail & Courthouse Information

People arrested for DUI in Victorville are usually booked at the Victor Valley Jail, a temporary holding facility, located behind the courthouse at 14455 Civic Drive. (Their phone number is (760) 243-8719.

DUI cases will then be handled in either department four or department eight of the Victorville Courthouse, located at 14455 Civic Drive. Their number is (760) 245-6215. (There is free parking.)

Victorville DUIs are prosecuted only by DA's, and which judge your case is assigned to depends on your case number (even or odd) and whether you have a criminal history. DUI cases rarely have Friday hearings. And if you're sentenced, you can contact the "criminal division" at the Victorville Courthouse at (760) 254-6215 for information about DUI School.

Victorville DUI Schools

If you're convicted of drunk driving in Victorville, the judge will demand that you complete California DUI school. The length of the program will depend on what your blood alcohol content was and whether you have prior convictions of driving under the influence. Two local Victorville DUI Schools are:

Jackson-Bibby Awareness Group, Inc.
Programs: First Offender; Eighteen Month
14420 Civic Dr. Suite 3
Victorville, CA 92392
(760) 241-3300

Dalton & Associates
Programs: First Offender; Eighteen Month
16200 Bear Valley Rd. Suite 111
Victorville, CA 92392
(760) 241-1777

Wright Education Services
Programs: First Offender
2525 Victor Ave.

Have you been charged with a DUI in Victorville?

Call us at (760) 430-0400 for a free consultation with our Victorville DUI defense lawyers. We'll do everything we can to ensure that your case receives utmost attention and is resolved as constructively as possible.

Join us to discuss your DUI case at any of our
local offices: You can also contact us 24/7 at
888.327.4652 for a free consultation