Yes, Yes, Yes ... but you have to act now.  You only have 15 days from the date you were arrested to save your license.  Actually, you have 15 days from the date you were served with the Notice of Revocation.  Since most clients are served with the Notice of Revocation the day they are arrested, we just say that you have 15 days from that day. 

It is common sense, but I can't save your license if you don't hire me.  In fact, I often say to my clients that they are paying for piece of mind as much as paying for legal representation.  When retained, the absolute first thing that happens is I request a hearing to save your license.  This preserves your driving privileges.  Once we do this, you will get paper licenses in the mail from DPS.  They will be sent to my office first and I will forward them to you. 

The hearing can either be a telephone hearing or an in-person hearing.  The good news is that the client doesn't need to be present.  At the hearing the officer(s) that arrested you will testify about the circumstances of the arrest.  I will cross-examine them on every aspect of the arrest and subsequent breathe/blood test, if any.  I always record these hearings and I will use videos obtained from subpoenas to impeach the officer if he testifies inconsistently with what is on the video. 

Sometimes, the officer does not show up and your license is returned.  Sometimes, the hearing is won on the issues; meaning, the officer did something wrong or we can prove you were not intoxicated.  Sometimes, the hearing is lost. 

If a hearing is lost, we move on to appealing that loss to the District Court.  The cost of the appeal is $374.  Once appealed, DPS will often offer you modified driving privileges.  This will only happen if your suspension is 180 days.  If it is a (1) one year or a (3) three year suspension, you are not eligible for a modified license. 

A modified license will be granted by DPS if you are only under suspension for 180 days and you have no other adequate means of transportation.  You will have to install a "Guardian Interlock" in your car.  This device is more commonly called a "breathe machine" or a "blow-and-go."  It is a device that requires the driver to blow into a breathe machine before their car will start.  Once the term of suspension is over, the breathe machine comes out and full driving privileges are restored. 

Make no mistake, the DPS side of a DUI can be just as, if not more important than the underlying criminal case.