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| - Two police officers on dirt bikes gave me a ticket at Las Vegas Blvd and Harmon Avenue - was turning right onto Harmon and did not come to a complete, rocking back stop at the stop sign. Be aware that this is a stop and not a yield situation - the soft turn to the right makes it seem like more of a merge/yield scenario and the stop sign is not situated right at the end of the curve.
When I looked up my case on the Las Vegas Justice Court website, I found that the fine they quoted for this would be $258 and that I would get 0 points on my license with completion of five hour traffic school. This is a 4 point violation if you just pay the fine.
I looked over the LV Traffic Ticket Guy's website, submitted my ticket information online and paid the fee, then contacted the office to ask a couple of questions and was really surprised to be connected with the attorney Joseph Maridon himself. He answered all of my questions and told me up front that things have changed with the way the courts handle tickets and that the resolution of cases are different than they have been in the past.
My major concern was avoiding any points on my license and the insurance rate increase resulting from them, that I really wanted to get the charge knocked down to a non-point violation. Getting a reduced fine and no traffic school like other cases have in the past would be a bonus. I told him my main concern was to avoid the points and he said they should be able to do that for sure, worst case was that I would end up paying and doing exactly what the court had stated on their site.
We spoke about this again a week before the attorney was due to meet with the judge on my behalf and he again said there was not much leeway in the handling of these cases lately. I understood from the beginning that it could go either way as far as getting the fine reduced or avoiding traffic school - told him again that I'd do whatever I needed to do to avoid the points. Obviously that was with the understanding that he would do his best to get the best deal he could for me - it wasn't a free pass to just roll over or whatever.
The results of the attorney session with the judge were just posted online yesterday - zero points !! - and the charge was reduced to just illegal parking on my record - but it will be the same $258 fine and I will have to go to five hour traffic school.
I would've loved to get a reduced fine, no traffic school and no points like attorney Joseph Maridon has been able to do in the past - but that was months ago when things were different. The thing I wanted most of all though was no points on my license and avoiding the insurance rate increase and this was the result. After talking with him the first time, I felt my chances were better having this attorney handle it - really didn't totally trust the court to knock it down to 0 points because I've always heard that if you pay the fine you get the points.
Some might say (and maybe it's true) that I could've just paid the fine, gone to school and the court would've given me 0 points anyway just for doing what they said to do, but I felt like it was worth the shot based on his experiences in the past to see if the attorney could do better for me as well. I'm not sorry in the least for signing up on the site and using this process. It was really very nice to just hang and wait for a result and have him take care of everything.
Great communication both on the phone and through their website, you always know what's going on with your case. This is a friendly and straightforward attorney who who is so easy to talk to and was honest with me about things from the beginning and all the way through. Very nice telephone/front staff as well.
Here's hoping I never need an attorney in the future, for tickets or anything else - but this guy is the first one I'll think about if I do.
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