Michelle Edens, Attorney at Law

Darien DUI Attorney

As someone who was recently arrested for DUI in Darien, seeking legal counsel immediately is the best defense. According to the Illinois Department of Transportation, approximately 30% of all Americans will be involved in an alcohol-related accident at some point in their lives.

In 2002, Illinois state police arrested nearly 52,000 people for DUI. That same year, nearly 46% of drivers who died in crashes tested positive for alcohol in their blood. Nearly 40% of these drivers had a blood alcohol concentration (BAC) above the legal limit for Darien DUI (0.08%). Nearly 310,000 people in the United States get hurt in DUI accidents every year – that’s one person injured every 2 minutes.

Understanding Alcohol Impairment

Impairment works on a sliding scale. Just because you were slightly below the 0.08% cut off for DUI doesn’t mean you’re not impaired. Illinois law takes that subtlety into account. You can be arrested for DUI if your blood alcohol concentration is less than 0.08% but above 0.05%.

Practical Assistance with Your Darien DUI Defense

To develop a compelling DUI defense, you must analyze the list of possibilities:

• Perhaps the police made errors or procedural mistakes. For instance, perhaps your arresting officer forgot to give your Miranda Warnings. Or maybe the police lacked a legal basis to pull your vehicle over for suspicion of Darien DUI.
• Perhaps the chemical test results or field sobriety test results were flawed. DUI breath tests and DUI blood tests can be flawed. Many circumstances can throw off a breath test, for instance, including calibration errors and sample size errors. Even blowing “too hard” into a breath test machine can lead to a false DUI positive reading.
• Other factors can influence your defense. For instance, perhaps this was your first arrest, and you didn’t injure anyone. An experienced DUI defense attorney can use this fact to help you negotiate a more lenient sentence and get your life back on track.

Call attorney Michelle Edens today for a free Darien DUI consultation at 630-665-8978, or connect with us online. We represent clients in Naperville, Wheaton, Warrenville, Aurora, Schaumburg, Villa Park, Lombard, Glen Ellyn, Addison, South Addison, Downers Grove, Bensenville, Elmhurst, Carol Stream, Oak Brook and Cook County.