DWI AND DRIVING CHARGES

People charged with driving offenses often face a loss of license, fines, and sometimes incarceration. Naturally, these consequences can be devastating because driver's licenses are needed to get to and from work, to transport children and other aspects of daily life.

Attorneys Jonathan Cohen and Andrew Winters have extensive experience defending virtually every type of driving charge, including:

DWI
Habitual Offender
Operating After Revocation
Conduct After an Accident
Reckless Operation
Speeding
Cohen and Winters also regularly appear in hearings at the Division of Motor Vehicles where they aim to help people who have lost their license get it back and people facing a loss of license either avoid or minimize it.

Case results:

Not Guilty: Andrew Winters represented a man who was charged with driving while intoxicated after testing .08 on the breathalyzer machine. Even though .08 is the legal limit in New Hampshire, the test has a margin of error of +/- .01. Winters was able to convince the jury that his client was not impaired at the time he was driving, and his client was found not guilty. Because the man had a prior conviction, he avoided not only a fine and loss of license, but a minimum 10-day jail sentence.
Reduced to Lesser Charge: Jonathan Cohen represented a man accused of driving while intoxicated. The man needed to minimize his license loss in order to keep his job and to support his family. Cohen cross-examined the arresting officer during the administrative license suspension hearing and was able to demonstrate weaknesses in the State's case. The State then reduced to charge to reckless operation as part of subsequent plea negotiations saving the man from being convicted of a DWI and potentially losing his license.
Not Guilty: Andrew Winters represented a man charged with driving while a habitual offender and driving while intoxicated. On the habitual offender charge, which is a felony, the client could have faced up to five years in prison, and a minimum of one year in jail. Nobody saw the client driving but the police found his car stuck in a ditch and the client standing right next to it. Winters presented the client's brother as a witness, who testified that in fact he, the brother, had been driving, and when the car got stuck, the brother went to look for help, leaving the client to wait by the car. The jury believed the brother and found the client not guilty of both charges, saving him from certain jail time.
Placed on File Without Finding: Jonathan Cohen represented a man accused of speeding. Cohen was able to convince the arresting officer to allow the man to complete a safe driving course and the speeding ticket was placed on file without a finding. The man was able to avoid the fine as well as the points he would have received from the DMV if he had been convicted of that violation.
Not Guilty: Andrew Winters represented a commercial truck driver who was charged with reckless operation of his truck after he rear-ended a car at stoplight. A police officer claimed that at the scene of the accident, the truck driver stated that his frustration at the driver ahead of him for not moving on a green light, and so had intentionally tapped the back bumper with his truck. Winters convinced the judge that this story was impossible. The truck driver was found not guilty, sparing him loss of his commercial driver's license, and saving his livelihood.
Reduced to Lesser Charge: Jonathan Cohen represented a woman accused of operation after suspension, a class A misdemeanor. Cohen convinced the prosecutor that the woman did not know she was under suspension at the time because she had failed to receive notice from the Division of Motor Vehicles, and the prosecutor agreed to reduce the charge to a violation-level offense.
Not Guilty: Andrew Winters represented a young man charged with driving away from an accident. The officers claimed that paint on the young man's car must have been a result of the accident, but the judge agreed with Andrew's argument that the paint transfer was inconclusive, resulting in a not guilty verdict for the young man.