I've been in your shoes before. A traffic citation is stressful and I was worried that my insurance rate would go through the roof. Would I lose my license? I wasn't sure where to turn. Then, the overwhelming pile of letters that came in the mail from attorneys that wanted my business. I didn't know where to start.

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Oddly enough, in North Carolina you can have license points and not have insurance points, or visa versa. North Carolina has a dual points system license/DMV points and insurance points. In most cases, however, license points translate to insurance points, but not always. Insurance points can mean drastic increases to your North Carolina auto insurance premiums for 3 years (only 1 point is a 30% increase). If you were convicted …

When you received a speeding ticket or a traffic citation in North Carolina, a Prayer for Judgment Continued or "PJC" may be a beneficial option. A Prayer for Judgement Continued is an antiquated North Carolina law that can be a beneficial outcome for certain lower level citations. A PJC is like a "get out of jail free card" that can be potentially be used in your case - at the …

If you've been charged with Driving While Impaired, we know that this is probably one of the most stressful times of your life. You don’t know where to turn and you may feel apprehensive about legal options. Please give us a call today. Together, we can walk through the next steps for developing a strategy and seek to build the best defense available. Our driving while impaired attorneys can help …

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