DRIVING WHILE INTOXICATED

What you can tell your clients.

Benson VargheseVarghese & Smith, PLLC

420 Throckmorton, Suite 200Fort Worth, TX 76102

(817) 203-2220benson@versustexas.com

5, 339

CONVICTION RATES IN DWI

• Tarrant County

20112012

2013

0

20

40

60

80

JURY TRIALS (2012)

72%

28%

Guilty Not Guilty

NOT GUILTY VERDICTS

74%

20%6%

Total Refusals Breath Blood

TEXAS DISCIPLINARY RULES OF PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT

• TDRPC 1.02 (c)

• …shall not assist …to engage in conduct that the lawyer knows is criminal or fraudulent.

• A lawyer may discuss the legal consequences of any proposed course of conduct …

• Preamble 5:

• As a member of a learned profession, a lawyer should cultivate knowledge of the law beyond its use for clients, employ that knowledge in reform of the law and work to strengthen legal education.

WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU’RE PULLED OVER

Benson VargheseVarghese & Smith, PLLC

420 Throckmorton, Suite 200Fort Worth, TX 76102

(817) 203-2220benson@versustexas.com