Joseph Anthony Breidenbach

Joe beat the machine. Let me tell you my story. I got stopped in Burien on July 4th because I was throwing fire crackers out of my car window when I was driving on 4th Avenue Southwest. I also had an open can of beer in my car. The police officer stopped me because of the fireworks but I ended up bei...ng arrested and charged with a DUI in King County District Court. Sometime earlier that year I heard some of my coworkers talking how many Boeing workers that Joe had represented. One coworker was joking that Joe should have a slogan that said, “Joseph A. Breidenbach, representing drunk Boeing workers for the last 40 years.” I laughed at this at the time. I never thought that I would ever get into that kind of trouble. I was wrong. By the time I got my DUI I had forgotten all about what my coworkers had said about Joe. I did not know who to hire so I started doing research on the internet and while doing my Google research I recognized his name and ended up going to his website at duijoe.com and I decided that he was the attorney for me. I should mention that I blew into the breath testing machine twice and I blew .16 and .17 which is over twice the legal limit. He won the DOL hearing for me. That was great. Later, the prosecutor offered to reduce the charges so that I would have not had to go to jail for so long but Joe said that he did not think that the offer from the prosecutor was good enough. We turned it down. Originally I was charged with a DUI with a BAC of over .15. The prosecutor threatened to add the additional charge for the Illegal Use Of Fireworks if the case went to trial. Joe still thought that we should turn down the prosecutor’s offer and not be intimidated by his threats. Joe said that he thought that we should take the case to trial and that is exactly what we did. We went to trial and we got an acquittal on the fireworks charge but we ended up with a hung jury on the DUI. The King County Prosecutor was still not willing to make us a better offer so we ended up going to trial again. The trial ended today: NOT GUILTY. So, long story short. We WON on the Illegal Use Of Fireworks Charge. We WON on the DUI charge. We won at the DOL hearing. We lost at… well, we did lose some small battles along the way but, in the end, we won the war. I want to add that when Joe goes to court he is VERY well prepared and it really shows. So If you got a DUI go to duijoe.com and get Joe

Mr. Breidenbach represented me on a DUI in 1996. He did a great job and got great results. Unfortunately, I got another DUI in 2011. I was really scared. I went back to Joe for help again. He did it again. He was great. He got a much better deal than I would have even hoped for. Through all of that I... did not have to go through an alcohol treatment program nor did I spend even a day in jail. Joe really helped me in court but he did more than that. He helped me become a better man.

I was charged with 2nd Degree Assault DV in King County Superior Court. The judge issued a warrant for $75,000.00 for my arrest. Thank god my parents were able to get a bail bondsman to bail me out of jail after just a few hours. After being in jail for a few hours I knew that I never wanted to go... back. The only attorney that we knew was Marie White who was doing a great job handling my divorce. Marie told us (my parents and I) that we needed serious help and to call Joe. Marie told us that a conviction for any DV charge would have meant that I would have had no chance of getting child custody and a real disaster in more ways than we could count. We ended up hiring Mr. Breidenbach and, to make a long story short, he got the charges against me dismissed. No Jail, no fine, no probation, no nothing. My parents and I worked on this review together. This is what we think. Joe is dedicated. He is honest, reliable, and intelligent. He knows the law and how to interpret it so that we were able to have a clear understanding of the law and his actions as he moved through my case. His resources are many and he utilizes them as needed to his client's benefit. Mr. Breidenbach did all that to represent me and my best interests. He kept us all well informed. Sometimes that meant giving information, that as a client, was tough to hear, i.e. the ramifications of the charges, both the worst case scenario and the best. When he speaks you need to listen because he knows what he is talking about. Our personal experience with Mr. Breidenbach brought tears and laughter. Serious moments and casual moments. He worked tirelessly to serve us to the best of his ability and was able to obtain the results we desired. Our family respects Mr. Breidenbach as a lawyer and as a gentleman. You won’t receive better council than you would from Mr. Breidenbach. He is the lawyer you want on your team.

When I got my DUI I knew that I needed help. A friend of mine suggested that I call Joe Breidenbach. My blood test came back with a result of .24. That is three times .08. I was worried. I felt a lot better after I hired Joe to represent me. Joe ended up working out a deal were the charges were amen...ded to Negligent Driving in the First Degree. As a result of the deal that Joe got me got: 1) I got NO JAIL instead of having to serve a minimum of two days in jail if I had been convicted as charged; 2) I got a much smaller fine; 3) I got two years of probation instead of the five years that I would have almost certainly received if I had been convicted as charged; 4) My driver’s license was NOT suspended would have been suspended but it would have been suspended for one year if I have been convicted as originally charged; 5) I never had to have an Ignition Interlock on my car; 6) I never had to have SR-22 insurance; and I did not have to go through a lengthy alcohol treatment program. I really liked the methodical way he approached my DUI. I value his judgment and his results oriented thinking. I highly recommend him.

When I got my DUI I was very stressed out but Joe helped me understand what was going on. I was really stressing out about small things that turned out to be unimportant. Joe helped me understand that. Joe told me what was important and when and how to do things step by step. This made me feel much b...etter and gave me much needed peace of mind. When I was looking for an attorney I was looking for someone with a lot of experience and he stood out head and shoulders above the rest. I was very happy that we did not have to take the trial and I got a much better deal than I expected. I had a DUI with a Breath Test Refusal and Joe got a great deal for me. The charges were amended to Negligent Driving 1st . He helped me get this behind me and now I can move on with the rest of my life.