During a Saturday night after an exciting party with friends and colleagues you might be leaving home happily in your car. While you are on your way to home, you might be stopped a traffic police who gives you the reason for stopping that he noticed you driving carelessly and also observed a strong odor of alcohol in your breath using the breathalyzer test. He questions whether you have drunk tonight and you will respond with a strong yes. Then you will be asked to undergo a sobriety test and the police officer has the rights to arrest you with DUI (Driving under influence) charges. When you need to go to office on Monday, you will not have your car as it might also taken under control by the police and you need get a ride from your friend. You will still feel confused and disoriented regarding what happened the other day and first thing you should look for is hiring a qualified DUI attorney for dealing with your unfinished court proceedings and help you with DUI process. You could easily search online or open the yellow pages to get the phone number of some random DUI lawyer in your area to handle your case, but following such a method could turn out as a big disaster. In order to succeed in your case, you should hire a well-experienced and qualified DUI attorney. The 1st thing you must do is creating a list of suitable candidates whom you consider to be better than other lawyers. There are various places to search for details such as online search engines, news papers and local phone books. Another important thing you must be aware about is the fact that not all DUI attorneys have same experience and qualification. The important point in hiring and holding a qualified DUI attorney for handling your case is asking the necessary questions while you interview the potential candidates. You should arrange for initial discussion with the attorney and explain your case in brief to discuss possible options. You can ask about the qualifications and experience of the attorney to ensure that he/she is suitable for handling you case. Before you hire an attorney, you should have a good understanding of the attorney’s working style and fees charged by him. Never get intimidated by the lawyer and their popularity, they are just normal people like us. The only difference between you and them is that they are experts in field of DUI law whereas you might be an expert in your field of career. The below guidelines must be followed to interview a DUI attorney, 1. Does the attorney completely focuses on DUI defense or is he/she an expert in other fields of criminal law? You should choose a DUI attorney who is experienced very much in DUI laws and is expert in DUI defense rather than one who handles other criminal cases apart from DUI law. 2. Are items like your expert fees, blood reanalysis, court hearing etc, included in the total quote price which is mentioned upfront before handling the case? 3. If the attorney provides a guarantee to expunge your DUI record, then you should definitely hire such an attorney. Hence no qualified and trustworthy DUI attorney will make such a promise since it depends on various factors and not all applications who file to expunge their DUI records get success. So, no qualified attorney will make such false claims and you should never attorneys who make such promises. 4. Before you sign up with an attorney, you should ask for written contract in order to record all expenses involved. 5. Make sure that the attorney board is certified and licensed by American Bar Association. 6. Check whether the attorney is member of National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL). When you interview an attorney, it is crucial that you feel like you could work with the person and he/she listens to your concerns sincerely and answers your questions promptly. If you are not able to trust the attorney for the first time and you are not get able to get such satisfaction in your interview with him, then you can switch to next person and keep trying till you find some one more qualified and suitable to handle your DUI case.