Harold Dee, Attorney at Law, P.C.

Harold Dee, a former NYS and NYC Traffic Court Judge, officiated at over twenty five thousand (25,000) hearings involving violations of the Vehicle and Traffic Law. Mr. Dee is based in the Hudson Valley in Westchester County, New York. He appears regularly in all Westchester, Rockland, Putnam, Dutchess, and Columbia County courts as well as the City of New York. The practice is limited to 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 stop violations such as speeding, red lights, stop signs, 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 violations including 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 nineteen 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 and call for a free telephone consultation.

Harold Dee has been a practicing lawyer since 1974, thirty five 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 ticket or any other traffic 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, the Judges and their tolerance levels. Twenty five thousand (25,000) Vehicle & Traffic Hearings in the Bronx and Manhattan Traffic Courts involving common traffic 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, Duchess 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.

SPEEDING TICKETS

Harold Dee knows the penalties and DMV sanctions that await you if you make an uninformed decision regarding a Drunk Driving or DWI arrest or for a Speeding ticket or other traffic ticket matter. Mr. Dee has plea bargained thousands of traffic tickets including speeding tickets in local Village Courts, Town Courts, and City Courts in Westchester County, Rockland County, Putnam County, Dutchess County, Columbia County, Orange County, Sullivan County, Nassau County, and Suffolk County. Our affilates, all experienced Vehicle and Traffic Lawyers,  represent the firm throughout the State of New York.

Speeding trials involve violations of Vehicle and Traffic Law (VTL)1180a, charging unreasonable speed for the conditions, VTL 1180b, for speeds greater than 55 mph, VTL 1180c, for offenses occurring in school zones, VTL 1180d on roads with and requiring posted signage, VTL 1180e, when approaching railroad crossings, and VTL 1180f , when occurring within a "work zone". The work zone speeding tickets are assessed at double fines but not double points. A conviction of VTL 1180f  leads to double fines and a second conviction within eighteen months causes license or privilege (out of state motorists) suspension. Please see the speeding section for points attributable to these and other charges. Points are held against you for eighteen months from the violation date, not the conviction date.

Speeding tickets are commonly issued by New York State Troopers in Westchester County on I 684, I 84, I 87 (The Major Deegan or NYS Thruway), I 95, the Cross Westchester Expressway (I 287), the Sprain Brook and the Taconic Parkway. The Westchester County Police typically write speeding tickets on the Parkways within the County, namely The Hutchinson Parkway, the Bronx River Parkway, the Saw Mill River Parkway, the Cross County Parkway and, like the Troopers, wherever else they observe a violation. Various Town and Village Police write tickets generally for speeds exceeding 30 mph. The DEP Police write tickets for speeding violations around the water shed areas in Westchester County and in surrounding counties. The New York State Park Police will also write traffic and speeding tickets in areas surrounding NYS Parks within the State of New York. This practice is called "poaching" as they infringe on "territory" covered by other police departments.

In PUTNAM COUNTY the New York State Police are joined by the Putnam County Sheriff's Department and local Town and Village Police. Police enforce traffic violations throughout the County but especially on Route I684, Route I84, Route 22, Route 9, Route 6, Routes 311 and 312, and very often on the Taconic State Parkway. We appear weekly in the Towns of Southeast, Carmel, Kent and Putnam Valley Town Court.  The firm appears less often in Phillipstown, Cold Spring Village Court and Patterson Town Court.

In DUTCHESS COUNTY the New York State Police are joined by the Dutchess County Sheriff 's office and the various city, town, and village police departments.  They enforce traffic violations throughout the County including on Route I84, Route 55, Route 44, Route 9, Route 22, and again, very frequently on the Taconic State Parkway as it meanders north through the County to Columbia County and eventually ends at Interstate 90 near Albany.

In ROCKLAND COUNTY the Rockland County Sheriff's Department enforces traffic rules throughout the county along with the various town, village and city police departments and the ever present New York State Police. Speeding tickets are typically written on I87, The New York State Thruway, I287, and the Palisades Interstate Parkway which has it's own police force, The Palisades Parkway Police. The Rockland County Sheriff's officers' enforce traffic on the Garden State Parkway as it makes it way south into New Jersey.

In ORANGE COUNTY the Law Firm of Harold Dee will appear on your behalf in the Courts of Blooming Grove, Chester Town, Chester Village, Crawford Town, Florida, Goshen, Harriman, Highland Falls, Mamakating, Monroe, Tuxedo Park, Tuxedo Town, Walkill Town, and the Woodbury Town Court, a busy Court off the New York State Thruway, I87, at exit 16 by the Woodbury outlet mall.

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, 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 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 in your workday. .

The firm knows various traffic court judges and their proclivities, having practiced 20 years, in most of the local courts on a monthly or weekly basis on the behalf of clients. however the election is weeks away in November, "09. New proclivities may emerge after the new year, We can however, 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 convictions 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 Country look for a disposition that is not violative of your home state or Ontario Province motor vehicle laws and regulations.

TYPES OF LICENSES and SANCTIONS:

EM - Full Unrestricted License. May require corrective lenses (eyeglasses), hearing aids, wide mirrors, or other operating requirement.

Junior license (youth) and the charge is violating a restriction like home by 9 PM, or failing to have an adult passenger.

Restricted license which is issued after suffering 11 points or three (3) speeding convictions in 18 months. Valid for work, school, and medical for you and household members. The license also allows a three hour weekly time slot for personal errands.

A conditional license allows motor vehicle operation to, from, and during work. It is issued after an alcohol related violation if the motorist is otherwise eligible..

A Commercial Driver's License for truckers. The maximum BAC level when operating on a CDL can't be greater than .04. If a CDL holder iis convicted of an alcohol violation the commercial license portion is suspended 18 months regardless of what type of vehicle the motorist was operating when stopped.

In the past 20 years our Vehicle and Traffic practice in Westchester and surrounding Counties has grown to representing over a thousand motorists annually.

Mr. Dee previously represented clients in New York City after graduation from Brooklyn Law School in 1973. Mr. Dee was admitted into the First Department in 1974 and enjoys a 35 year, blemish free record, in representing clients in New York.

There are 10,000,000 drivers in the greater New York City metropolitan area and  motorists receive tickets every day! We have helped thousands of motorists since1974. Because of that assistance, we have gained countless referrals. Please call our toll free number to learn our thoughts as to whether it may make sense to retain an attorney in a particular traffic matter. An attorney may not be necessary or frugal.

Harold Dee has the unique experience, knowledge, and the particular background to best represent you in your current Drunk Driving, DWI or Speeding ticket or DMV matter. Vehicle and Traffic Law is what we are about! Dee's thirty four years as a lawyer and four years as a Judge at the NYS Department of Motor Vehicles Traffic Violations Division (NYS/DMV/TVB) has made him more knowledgeable than most lawyers in the requirements (and defenses) of the V&T Law. Is your lawyer DMV savvy? Is DMV going to have something to say about your lawyer's result?

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 sucessfully 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.

THE TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS BUREAU

Non criminal traffic tickets are addressed by the local city, town, or village criminal court in most of New York State.

The New York State DMV Traffic Violations Bureau (TVB) adjudicates non-criminal moving violations issued in certain jurisdictions, including New York City, Buffalo, Rochester, and the five towns of Western Suffolk County. If you receive a traffic ticket in these areas, your case will be heard at an administrative hearing rather than in a local criminal court. There are many rules which make it difficult for motorists who contest a TVB traffic ticket or summons. For example, you cannot plea bargain your case, there is no right to discovery, no supporting deposition are available, hearsay evidence is admissible and many rules of evidence do not apply. Additionally, if you are more than one hour late for a scheduled hearing it could result in a suspension of your operating privileges.

We can provide answers, suggestions and defenses to help your speeding or traffic tickets violation. If you plead guilty to a traffic ticket offense such as speeding or disobeying a Traffic Control Device (VTL 1110a) your auto insurance rates will undoubtedly increase. Many times other protective policies such as Homeowner, Keyman and Umbrella Insurance policy premiums also increase. You will also accumulate points on your New York State driver's license which may lead to additional driver responsibility assessment charges which are three hundred dollars ($300.00) once your point total reaches six (6) points, and an additional $75.00 for every additional point charged against you within the same 18 month period. This new assessment program is applicably to any driver incurring six points in NYS regardless of what state they are licensed in.

In addition, if a New York State driver is convicted of three speeding tickets, all issued in NY within the same 18 month period, the New York State license (or out of state driver privileges) will be revoked for a minimum six months. A restricted license may be available to you if you have not been issued a restricted license within the last three years.

Our goal is to obtain a dismissal or reduction of the charge to one that will have no or little impact on your driver's license (suspension at eleven points) and auto insurance expense. If you have past charges which have not been resolved, our lawyers work with the New York Department of Motor Vehicles, the Traffic Violations Bureau (TVB), and the various local municipalities to clear those tickets and keep your driver's license from being suspended or revoked. We help to restore suspended licenses nationwide!

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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