Keenan Headen

As an out of state driver I had to hire an attorney to represent me in court since North Carolina forces you to appear in court for traffic tickets rather than simply giving you a fine. I paid $125 for his services and while he did appear in court for me, he would email me telling me that I need to a...ttend a driving school program to receive the best plea. Again, I just wanted to receive a fine to get the process over with and I live out of state as I mentioned so I could not attend a driving course in the state of North Carolina. I emailed him telling him this and he wouldn't respond until the next trial date where he sent the same email he had two month prior. Again I responded saying I am not able to attend an out of state driving class and again I received no answer from him. At this point I should have called the court myself but that was almost just as complicated. I finally was able to pay my fine 10 MONTHS after the initial incident because I received a notice from my states MVA saying my license was about to be fined for missing a trial. Alamance fined me $315 so at the end of the day I ended up forking over $440 just for driving 86mph in a 70mph zone.