Harold Dee, Attorney at Law, P.C.

Harold Dee, a former NYS and NYC Traffic Ticket Court Judge, officiated at over twenty five thousand (25,000) hearings involving violations of the Vehicle and Traffic Ticket Law. Mr. Dee is based in the Hudson Valley in Westchester County, New York. He appears regularly in all Westchester, Rockland, Putnam, Dutchess, Nassau, Suffolk, and Columbia County courts as well as the City of New York. The practice is limited to Traffic tickets, drugs and alcohol operational related matters such as DWI, or DUI. Additionally, Mr. Dee is prepared to represent you in in court for various traffic tickets such as stop sign violations, speeding, red lights, signals, pavement markings, following to closely and/or any other operating issue or possible immigration consequence emanating from driving a motor vehicle or powerboat throughout the State of New York with a concentration in New York's Hudson Valley area.

Please call for a free telephone consultation. 1-800-HAROLD Dee (800-427-6533)

Attorney Harold Dee, a former New York State Traffic Court Judge, located his law practice in Mt. Kisco, in Westchester County, NY, in 1993 shortly after leaving the Bronx Traffic Court bench. In both Bronx and Harlem Traffic Courts, former Judge Dee decided over 25,000 traffic ticket violations including traffic tickets involving speeding, red lights, violating traffic control devices (VTL 1110a), no license (VTL 509), and other traffic ticket matters in Manhattan, and Bronx Traffic Courts. The practice, limited to Vehicle and Traffic Law for the last twenty one years, has recently added an Immigration Law component due to the ever changing immigration consequences that continue to emanate from Vehicle and Traffic Law criminal convictions. Please visit the immigration page for a listing of the services we provide in conjunction with vehicle operation and call for a free telephone consult.

Harold Dee has been a practicing lawyer since 1974, thirty six blemish free years. Former Judge Dee is a member in good standing of the New York State Bar Association, the Westchester County Bar Association, and the New York State Association of Criminal Defense Attorneys.

Mr. Dee can go to Court with you, or for you, (non criminal) and represent you on the criminal Drunk Driving charge, speeding traffic ticket or any other traffic ticket or DMV matter. A criminal charge such as DWI, Reckless Driving, Speed Contest, Driving While Suspended, or any other criminal charge, normally requires your personal appearance before the local criminal court. Our location in northern Westchester County allows us to be in Bronx, Dutchess, Orange, Putnam, and Rockland Counties on your behalf within thirty minutes.

TRAFFIC TICKETS

As a practicing NYS Vehicle and Traffic Law Attorney, Mr. Dee knows most of the Hudson Valley's Traffic Court's Judges and the clerks that run the various traffic courts. The firm appears on a weekly or monthly basis in over 100 of the busiest traffic courts in the area.

IN WESTCHESTER COUNTY

We know the Westchester court clerks, many of the clerks in Putnam, Dutchess, Columbia and Rockland Counties, the Judges and their tolerance levels. Twenty five thousand (25,000) Vehicle & Traffic Ticket Hearings in the Bronx and Manhattan Traffic Courts involving common traffic ticket offenses such as speeding, disobeying signs, red lights, uninsured, unregistered, uninspected, following to closely, school bus violations, and a host of other traffic ticket violations, has made Mr. Dee very knowledgeable in defending traffic tickets written in the Hudson Valley and the City of New York.

In addition to his appearances in Westchester County, Harold Dee also appears in Putnam County, Dutchess County, Rockland County, Columbia County, Sullivan County, Orange County, New York County, Bronx County, Queens County, Kings County, (Brooklyn), Richmond County, Nassau County and Suffolk County and surrounding counties.

Speeding charges are charged as violations of Vehicle Traffic Law Section 1180, further explained below.

Drunk Driving or Driving While Intoxicated (DWI), is a violation of Section 1192 of the New York Vehicle and Traffic Law.

A current copy of the NYS Vehicle Traffic Law law is available in book form at most NYSDMV locations for about $2.00.
 

The Department of Motor Vehicles, NYSDMV, partners with the Town, Village, and/or City Traffic Courts, and you, the holder of the license, in any penalties  to be suffered for violations convicted of, not the violation originally charged with. Plea Bargaining!

 The prosecutor normally will offer a lesser charge for the client to consider pleading to in satisfaction of the docket of the original charges. Plea agreements may or may not be  favorable when compared to what the possible consequences might be if one is not successful at trial.


Three (3) speeding convictions in 18 months leads to a 6 month suspension of your license (or out of state privileges) here in New York State. You may be eligible for a "restricted use" license good for work, school, child care, court, medical/dental for you and members of your household, and 3 hours personal time weekly. Cost $75.00. Eligible for restricted use license once every 3 yrs.

ANY GUILTY PLEA TO A TRAFFIC INFRACTION, Other than equipment, VOIDS RESTRICTED/CONDITIONAL LICENSE.

No re-licensing to end date of original suspension. Not eligible for another "Restricted"(3 speeds/11 points within 18 months) for three years. Not eligible for another "Conditional" (alcohol/drugs)  for five years. 
 
For some other moving traffic ticket violations you may not need an attorney or an attorney may not be able to do any better than you may be able to do for yourself, assuming  no defense to the charge (unlicensed, uninspected or uninsured), in a particular court with a particular judge. An attorney can appear without you, on your behalf, with proper authorization, thereby not interfering with your workday.

The firm knows the various traffic court judges and their proclivities, having practiced for over twenty (20) years, in most of the local courts on a monthly or weekly basis on the behalf of clients. We can tell you what an offer might be to a particular charge in lieu of trial.

Do you have a clean license and fearful of insurance increases?

Did you know that not all point bearing traffic ticket onvictions cause an insurance increase? Such no point violations as adult seat belts and cell phone use violations, may incur insurance company increases as these violations, although no-points, evidence  distracted driving. If your license is from "out of state" or Canada, look for a disposition that does not violate a law in your home state or the Ontario Province of Canada's motor vehicle laws, rules and regulations.

DRUNK DRIVING IN NEW YORK STATE

 If you are charged with Drunk Driving, DWI, in the State of New York it is a Misdemeanor, a crime! If this is the second time you are charged with a DWI within ten years of a conviction for DWI, you face a Felony charge. If convicted of any Felony (including multiple DWI convictions) you will be required to surrender your law, medical, or other professional license! Are you ready for a career change? We have successfully represented doctors, lawyers, accountants, stock brokers, and other  professionals whose lives would be devastated by a Felony conviction.

DWI PENALTIES

Penalties for DWI include jail and/or probation, loss of driving privileges for up to five (5) years, a lifetime revocation in some instances, mandatory substance abuse counseling, DWI fines in the thousands of dollars plus surcharges, plus NYS DMV assessments starting at $750.00. Sanctions also include a prohibition against driving into Canada. An individual convicted of, or even simply charged with, an alcohol related violation within the last ten years (reflected on your driver abstract) may fly into or take the Amtrak train into Canada or even be a passenger in a vehicle, but may not drive himself or his vehicle into Canada! After three years from your conviction, a fee of approximately $350.00 may be paid to the Canadian Consulate to lift the prohibition against you.

An alcohol conviction also brings increased auto, homeowner, umbrella and keyman insurance premiums, if not dropped all together! If your reading this prior to a dwi arrest then take heed and keep a $50 bill in your wallet and cab home. The next day get a lift back and pick up your vehicle. You'll save yourself thousands and heartache!

Harold Dee can help. Review the web material, and call our office for a free telephone consultation. Mr. Dee is an experienced trial attorney with over 100 DWI trials and DMV Refusal Hearings.

HAROLD DEE, REPRESENTING GOOD PEOPLE IN BAD SITUATIONS

There are many defenses to alcohol related charges. Tell us what happened and help us to help you! We employ expert witnesses' and investigator' to attack the credibility of the complaining officers, the blood, breath and/or urine testing and results as well as the testing device itself that reported the "blood alcohol content",. We challenge the arresting officer's common law opinion regarding your state of sobriety.

In addition to DWI defense, the firm defends clients charged with other traffic, speeding and/or criminal offenses, including:

Mr. Dee helps people charged with speeding and other traffic and criminal offenses. Harold Dee understands the legal system and works hard to win by presenting the best possible arguments and defenses on your behalf.

Please call our office or contact us online for a free telephone consultation with a knowledgeable paralegal or attorney to discuss your pending New York speeding ticket or other traffic ticket, or DWI misdemeanor or felony matter.

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