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Finding the Right DUI Lawyer in Arizona

A DUI arrest in Arizona starts two separate processes, and most people only find out about the second one when it is nearly too late. The criminal case moves through the court on its own schedule. Alongside it, the Motor Vehicle Division can suspend your license administratively, without a judge, on a much shorter clock. You have 15 days to do something about that one.

So the pressure is real, and it lands at the worst possible time. You are trying to work out who to hire, what it will cost, and whether the person on the phone is any good, while a deadline you did not know about is already running.

Every attorney bidding through LegalBid holds an active Arizona license. The offers you see come from lawyers who work in Maricopa, Pima and the other Arizona courts and know how these cases move. We serve people across Arizona, including Phoenix, Tucson, Mesa, Chandler, Scottsdale, Gilbert, Glendale and Tempe.

This page is for you if you are:

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Facing a first offense DUI

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Looking at an Extreme
or Super Extreme charge
because of your test result

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Dealing with a second or
third DUI inside the seven
year window

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Charged with Aggravated
DUI, which is a felony

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Facing a DUI involving
drugs, including prescription
medication

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Trying to save your
license before the 15 day
window closes

Arizona DUI basics

Two things make Arizona tougher than most states.
The first is that 0.08 is not a safe harbor. Under ARS 28-1381 you can be charged if alcohol or drugs impaired you to the slightest degree, whatever the number on the machine says, if it is over .05, you can be charged!

The second is jail. Every DUI conviction in Arizona carries a mandatory minimum, including a first offense with a clean record. Judges do not have the option to skip it entirely, though most of a first offense sentence can be suspended if you complete screening.

Which tier you face depends on your alcohol concentration within two hours of driving, or of being in actual physical control of the vehicle. That phrase matters more than people expect. You can be charged sitting in a parked car with the engine running and no
intention of going anywhere.

Arizona also looks back 84 months, seven years, measured from offense date to offense date. A prior inside that window changes
everything about what you are facing.

Arizona DUI penalties, first offense

Roughly $1,250 and up

Roughly $2,500 and up

Roughly $2,750 and up

$4,000 and up

Fines and assessments

10 days, some days can be suspended with screening

30 days, partial

suspension possible

45 days, partial

suspension possible

4 months in prison for most triggers

Mandatory minimum jail

0.08 to 0.149

0.15 to 0.199

0.20 or higher

Any level, plus an aggravating factor

Alcohol level

Standard DUI

(ARS 28-1381)

Extreme DUI (ARS 28-1382)

Super Extreme DUI (ARS 28-1382)

Aggravated DUI (ARS 28-1383)

Charge

When a DUI becomes a felony

Most Arizona DUIs stay misdemeanors. Even Super Extreme, with a 0.20 reading and 45 days of jail attached, is still a misdemeanor. What turns a DUI into a felony is not how drunk you were. It is the circumstances.

ARS 28-1383 lists five aggravating factors. Any one of them is enough:

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Driving while your license is already suspended, canceled, revoked or refused

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A third DUI within 84 months

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A passenger under 15 years old in the vehicle

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Driving while you are under a court order to have a certified ignition interlock device installed

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Driving the wrong way on a highway

Four of those five are charged as a Class 4 felony, which carries a mandatory minimum of four months in the Department of Corrections before probation is even on the table. The child passenger trigger is different. It is a Class 6 felony, and the incarceration follows the underlying DUI rather than the four month prison minimum.

Worth knowing: four of the five triggers have nothing to do with prior convictions. A first ever DUI can be charged as a felony if a child was in the car or your license was already suspended.

Your license and the 15 day deadline

This is the part that catches people out.

When you are arrested, the officer usually takes your license and hands you an admin per se form. That form is your license for the next 15 days. Under ARS 28-1385, on day 16 the suspension starts by itself unless you have requested a hearing with the MVD. No judge is involved. The MVD process is separate from the criminal court case, and the administrative deadline continues to run
regardless of what happens in court.

Request the hearing in time and the suspension is put on hold until it is decided, and you keep driving in the meantime. Miss it and you are done, even if the criminal case later falls apart.

Two details people get wrong. The clock runs from the date you were served the notice, not always the date of the arrest, and in blood test cases the notice can arrive by mail weeks later. And the suspension length depends on what you did at the roadside: a test result of 0.08 or higher means 90 days, while refusing the test triggers 12 months under Arizona's implied consent law.

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Why it pays to look at more than one lawyer

The first firm you call is one data point. Prices for the same charge tier vary by thousands, and so does the amount of DUI work the attorney actually does. A few things you can only judge by comparing:

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What the case will cost, which varies more than most people expect

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Whether the attorney handles DUIs regularly or takes them occasionally

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Whether they will handle the MVD hearing or only the criminal case

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How fast they respond, which matters when you have a deadline running

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How they explain things, which tells you a lot about the months ahead

On LegalBid the attorneys come to you and compete, which is the opposite of spending a week chasing callbacks.

How to Choose a DUI Lawyer in Arizona

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Experience with your tier
and your facts

A Super Extreme case, a drug DUI

and a standard first offense are

not the same job.

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Local court knowledge

Practice varies between Arizona

counties, and familiarity with the

prosecutors matters.

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Whether the MVD hearing
is included

Ask directly. Some quotes cover

only the criminal case.

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Their strategy

Challenging the stop, attacking the

testing, negotiating, or going to

trial are different paths with

different costs.

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Active Arizona licensing

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Speed

With 15 days on the clock, a

lawyer who calls back next week

is not much use.

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Marcos Stevens

Defensa de DUI

4.8

Disponible para consulta inmediata

Propuesta de tarifa fija: $2,500

Sarah Johnson

Especialista en Defensa Civil

4.9

Responde en un plazo de 2 horas

Propuesta de tarifa fija: $2,800

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What DUI Defense Costs in Arizona

Attorneys on LegalBid bid a flat fee for the case, so you know the number before you hire and there is no meter running afterward. What they bid still varies, and for good reason: an attorney who expects to take your case to trial is pricing different work than one who expects a plea. When you read the offers, check what the fee actually covers, whether the MVD hearing is part of it, and how much work the attorney does at your charge level.

Watch: Arizona DUI Explained

First Offense DUI Within 7 Years: A Guide to the Process, Lawyer Representation, & What to Expect

First Offense Extreme DUI Within 7 Years: A Guide to Procedures, Outcomes & Finding Legal Help

First Offense Super Extreme DUI Within 7 Years: Consequences, Process & Legal Help Explained

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