After the first step (hiring a DUI lawyer), you have to make a few more steps to guide you along the way. A DUI case is very serious, and it’s something you have to navigate, not wander through without making any sense of things. The one thing you need to get you and your College Park Maryland DWI lawyer through it, working together? Goals.

Schedule a second consultation with that College Park Maryland DWI lawyer of yours, but before time, take out a piece of paper and write down what you’re expecting out of your case. How long do you think it will take? What do you want to have accomplished in the end? Then, take these and communicate them to your lawyer so that the two of you can discuss them and agree on which ones are best.

Your lawyers won’t just nod and agree, though. They will help you make your goals more reflective of reality. You can’t have everything you want (no fines! no jail time! full driver’s license!), but the lawyer can tell you realistically what your case can possibly achieve, and what it probably will achieve, so that you can keep your expectations on level with that. Having steps to follow and a schedule will help you help your lawyer.