Driving Under the Influence of Alcohol (DUI) – License Suspension Removed

My client was driving on Dearborn in Chicago and struck five (5) vehicles. When the Chicago Police arrived, she stumbled out of the vehicle and admitted to drinking alcohol earlier in the evening. The officer observed slurred speech, bloodshot eyes, smell of alcohol on her breath and a flushed face. She refused the breathalyzer test so the Secretary of State was going to suspend her license for 1 year. I filed the paperwork to have a hearing to prevent the license suspension. Because my office was able to file the paperwork so quickly, the prosecutor was not able to have the hearing within the required statutory period of 30 days. Therefore, we won the 1 year suspension!