Do I Need A Lawyer To Contest A Ticket In Missouri? Andrew Russek, and attorney with Combs Waterkotte, Missouri’s leading traffic law firm, talks about the importance of working with an attorney to contest a traffic ticket.
Interview Transcript
Scott Michael Dunn: Do I need – Andrew, do I need a lawyer to contest a ticket?
Andrew Russek: I think, as Chris said, it’s a no-brainer that you would want an attorney. Technically, you could go to court yourself and attempt to contest it, but it’s your word versus a police officer that that judge sees every day, every night in court.
So in order to get discovery, to understand the system, to have access to different databases, understand the statutes and what’s necessary to actually have you found guilty, a lawyer can be extremely helpful.
Even if you think it’s a relatively small ticket, it can have pretty serious collateral consequences. And the judge doesn’t have to tell you that if you try and represent yourself. So you may not even know what you’re getting into.
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