Protecting Your Driver's License in New York State
To keep a minor traffic infraction from becoming a major inconvenience, contact a skilled attorney at the law firm of Jonathan R. Sennett, P.C. in Kingston. A routine traffic violation can increase insurance rates, result in a license suspension and even appear on your criminal record.
Our office helps drivers resolve moving violations on terms that can keep their licenses intact. We represent drivers in courts throughout the Hudson Valley. Contact us online or call us at 845-943-2261 or toll-free at 866-585-1091.
Consequences of a Traffic Violation
Speeding tickets (under section 1180 of the New York State Vehicle & Traffic Law) and other traffic violations are big enough problems by themselves, as the surcharges and court fees keep increasing. Many traffic tickets (known as moving violations) also represent a given number of points against your driver's license, and in New York, 11 points in an 18-month period can result in suspension. You can also get your license suspended for failure to appear and answer any vehicle and traffic law offense, regardless of whether it is a moving violation.
Call our office at 866-585-1091 when you get a ticket or suspension notice
Most traffic tickets in New York State are handled in the local Justice Courts. With years of experience practicing in the different towns and villages of the Hudson Valley, Jonathan Sennett knows how to protect your interests regarding traffic violations. His ability to present a strong defense before a local justice can help you avoid the need for an administrative hearing before the state DMV.
Even if you were stopped by state police on the New York Thruway, attorney Sennett can usually find a way to help, including possibly pleading your case to a violation with fewer or no points, reopening old tickets for which you did not appear, or trying your case to the justice when defects in the citation or the evidence favor your position.
Our methods to defeat serious moving violations and overturn driver's license suspensions help local drivers, student drivers, commercial drivers and out-of-state drivers alike. You can even take advantage of a provision of New York criminal procedure that allows you to appear through your lawyer in court - in other words, you likely will not have to take a day off from work or even return to the Hudson Valley to resolve the problem.
Find out more about:
- DWI defense
- Felony and repeat DWI
- Chemical test refusal
- New York thruway tickets
- Out-of-state traffic violators
- Driver's license suspensions and violations
- Commercial Driver's Licenses (CDL)
Contact Us
Don't let a failure to appear or your next speeding ticket expose you to the inconvenience and expense of a driver's license suspension. Contact Jonathan Sennett, P.C., in Kingston, and learn about your options for resolving old traffic violations and suspended license problems. Contact us online or call us locally at 845-943-2261 or 866-585-1091 toll-free.
