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Posted by Jalen | July 10, 2019 | Hired Attorney

2nd Dui

Julia did an absolute excellent job on my 2nd DUI case. Before I called Julia I was represented by another attorney who said he would try and fight my case and would drastically reduce my jail time. On my pre-trial court date, my other attorney said I needed to pled guilty and accept the DUI cour...t I was offered by the judge that day and he did not want to try to reduce my jail time or try to get into the "pay to stay" jails and do the work furlough program as we previously discussed. I was very surprised with my other attorney and I did not like the result so I stayed up very late that same night looking for a new attorney to represent me. I found Julia and read of all her great reviews she had and wanted to give it a shot as I was desperate to keep my job and not do the intensive DUI court. I probably wrote my first email to Julia about 11pm at night and she responded with a phone call about 30 min later!! I was shocked seeing a phone call that late at night and we talked for about an hour which went into the next morning about my case and what the best strategy was and I knew instantly I wanted to hire her to represent me. She was very straight forward with me and was always very responsive and is very knowledgeable about the laws and strategies on fighting a DUI case. I was still on probation from my first DUI, so it was between going to jail for a few months or doing the intensive DUI court for 1 year. I work full time so DUI court was out of the question for me because the mandatory meetings and weekly court appearances would keep me away from work and I did not want to lose my job. During our initial phone call interview Julia asked many questions, one of them being if I was a military veteran. I told her yes I was and then she told me about the new diversion court for military veterans which not only keeps you out of jail, but also gets you treatment for alcoholism and PTSD. It is not easy getting into military diversion as you need to pass a certain criteria and the courts usually don't let you in for a second DUI or violating probation. Julia put a package together and wrote a great motion for me in court and she did it!! She got me into the military diversion program. This program is a year long like DUI court, but the difference is that you are getting treatment with other vets and the court appearances are every couple of months but only as a "check up" to see how you are doing. The best part is that after you complete the program, the DUI drops off of your record like it never even happened. I was so happy when we got out of court that day when I was accepted into the program, Julia did a fantastic job on the stand against the DA. They did not make it easy on us at all but Julia was very assertive with them and really took control in court that day. I am so thankful for her and I'm glad that I dropped my other attorney for her, she is worth every penny and more. I highly recommend Julia. She always responded to my emails the same day and called me from time to time to check up on me and give me updates with my case. You can tell she is really on your side and she worked very hard on my case. I was able to stay focused on working while she took care of me and made me feel alot better about my DUI situation. Thank you Julia!!

Posted by Nasreen | April 10, 2019

Toatally at ease

I have a commercial license and had a minor fender bender a few days ago. I’ve been extremely worried since that day. I called Ms. Simmons about my license due to being unaware of how the accident may or may not affect my license. She was very polite and informative. She explained to exactly what I n...eeded to do and what would infect happen to my CDL’s and assured me that I had nothing to worry about. After speaking with her I was totally relieved. I’m giving her 5 stars...I can finally eat again..lol....Thank You

Posted by Adam | November 26, 2018

Gave me good advice and didnt ask for anything

If your looking for someone to give you good advice and not waste your time. Try calling Julia she friendly with a professional attitude and wont try to get you to pay to answer a simple question. I had compleated all my dui requirements classes and fines and california came back at me 6 years lat...er, saying I had a dui 16 years ago out of state so they wanted me to do another 18 months of dui classes. She told me with a 1650, I could avoid doing 18 months dui classes for california. Get my out of state license reinstated and be eligible in 3 years to get a California driver's license again. Thanks for the help

Posted by anonymous | September 18, 2017 | Hired Attorney

DUI lawyer

Julia Simmons will not beat around the bush. She will let you know whether or not she believes you have a case or not. She doesn't just make fake promises and take your money. Her office is prompt and respond to you very quickly with any questions or concerns. Even years later, she will handle your e...xpongement for you. I was so scared during the whole process and her office makes it so you don't have to go in to court yourself. They take the stress for you which I really appreciated. I would recommend Julia Simmons to anyone seeking help with a DUI case.

Posted by Oscar | April 24, 2017 | Hired Attorney

Julia is the best!!!

I was looking all over for a lawyer to help me with my 4th dui case in a period of 5 years. I was looking at prison time. I did my research and it's not a coincidence that when you google best dui lawyer it leads you to Julia. She helped me settle my case for the same result as my previous lawyer got... for the third dui. I am extremely thankful for all her work. She help me stay out of jail and also guide me to get the help I needed to stop drinking. If you have a dui case she's the best you can hire.

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