Harold Dee, Attorney at Law, P.C.

Harold Dee, a former NYS and NYC Traffic Court Judge, officiated at over twenty five thousand (25,000) hearings involving violations of the Vehicle and Traffic Law. Mr. Dee is based in the Hudson Valley in Westchester County, New York. He appears regularly in all Westchester, Rockland, NYC, Putnam, and Dutchess County Courts. The practice is limited to alcohol and operation related issues as well as violations of speeding and other traffic related issues throughout New York's Hudson Valley.

Please call for a free telephone consultation. 1-800-HAROLD Dee (800-427-6533)

Attorney Harold Dee, a former New York State Traffic Court Judge, located his law  practice in Mt. Kisco, in Westchester County, in 1993 shortly after leaving the Bronx Traffic Court bench. In both the Bronx and Harlem Traffic Courts, former Judge Dee decided over 25,000 traffic violations including speeding cases and other traffic tickets in Manhattan and Bronx and Queens Counties. The practice is limited to Vehicle and Traffic Law and has been for the last eighteen years.

Harold Dee has been a practicing lawyer for thirty four blemish free years since 1974. Former Judge Dee is a member of the New York State Bar Association, the Westchester County Bar Association, and the New York State Association of Criminal Defense Attorneys.

Mr. Dee can go to Court with you, or for you, (non criminal) and represent you on the criminal Drunk Driving charge, speeding ticket or any other traffic or DMV matter. A criminal charge such as DWI, Reckless Driving, Speed Contest, Driving While Suspended, or any other criminal charge, normally requires your personal appearance before the local criminal court. Our location in northern Westchester County allows us to be in Bronx, Dutchess, Orange, Putnam, and Rockland Counties on your behalf within thirty minutes.

TRAFFIC TICKETS

As a practicing NYS Vehicle and Traffic Attorney, Mr. Dee knows most of the Hudson Valley's Traffic Court's Judges and Clerks. We work on a weekly or monthly basis with the busiest traffic courts in the area.

IN WESTCHESTER COUNTY

In the County of Westchester, Harold Dee brings his expertise to the following courts: Bedford Town Court, Cortlandt Manor Town Court, Croton on Hudson Village Court, Dobbs Ferry Village Court, Eastchester Village Court, Elmsford Village Court, Dobbs Ferry Village Court, Greenburgh Town Court, Harrison Town Court, Hastings on Hudson Village Court, Mount Pleasant Town Court, Mount Vernon City Court, New Castle (Chappaqua) Town Court, North Castle (Armonk) Village Court, New Rochelle City Court, North Salem (Lewisboro) Village Court, Ossining Town and Village Courts, Sleepy Hollow Village Court, Somers Town Court, Tarrytown Village Court, Yorktown Town Court, Yonkers City Court and the White Plains City Court in Westchester County on a weekly or fairly often basis.

We know the Westchester court clerks and Judges and their tolerance levels. Twenty five thousand (25,000) Vehicle & Traffic Hearings in the Bronx and Manhattan Traffic Courts involving common traffic offenses such as speeding, disobeying signs, red lights, uninsured, unregistered, uninspected, following to closely, school bus violations, and a host of other traffic ticket violations, has made him very knowledgeable in defending traffic tickets written in the Hudson Valley and the City of New York.

In addition to his appearances in Westchester County, Harold Dee also appears in Putnam County, Duchess County, Rockland County, Columbia County, Sullivan County, Orange County, New York County, Bronx County, Queens County, Kings County, (Brooklyn), Richmond County, Nassau County and Suffolk County and surrounding counties.

Speeding (VTL 1180) and Drunk Driving, DWI (VTL 1192) are violations of the New York Vehicle and Traffic Law. The Department of Motor Vehicles or DMV, where Mr. Dee sat as a Judge for four years, is an integral partner with the Town Court, Village Court, or City Traffic Court, and you, in the outcome and subsequent penalties for your traffic ticket or other charge.

SPEEDING TICKETS

Harold Dee knows the penalties and DMV sanctions that await you if you make an uninformed decision regarding a Drunk Driving or DWI arrest or for a Speeding ticket or other traffic ticket matter. Mr. Dee has plea bargained thousands of traffic tickets including speeding tickets in local Village Courts, Town Courts, and City Courts in Westchester County, Rockland County, Putnam County, Dutchess County, Columbia County, Orange County, Sullivan County, Nassau County, and Suffolk County. Our affilates, all experienced Vehicle and Traffic Lawyers,  represent the firm throughout the State of New York.

Speeding trials involve violations of Vehicle and Traffic Law (VTL)1180a, charging unreasonable speed for the conditions, VTL 1180b, for speeds greater than 55 mph, VTL 1180c, for offenses occurring in school zones, VTL 1180d on roads with and requiring posted signage, VTL 1180e, when approaching railroad crossings, and VTL 1180f , when occurring within a "work zone". The work zone speeding tickets are assessed at double fines but not double points. A conviction of VTL 1180f leads to double fines and a second conviction within eighteen months causes license or privilege (out of state motorists) suspension. Please see the speeding section for points attributable to these and other charges. Points are held against you for eighteen months from the violation date, not the conviction date.

Speeding tickets are commonly issued by New York State Troopers in Westchester County on I 684, I 84, I 87 (The Deegan or NYS Thruway), I 95, the Cross Westchester Expressway (I 287), the Sprain Brook and the Taconic Parkway. The Westchester County Police typically write speeding tickets on the Parkways within the County, namely The Hutchinson Parkway, the Bronx River Parkway, the Saw Mill River Parkway, the Cross County Parkway and, like the Troopers, wherever else they observe a violation. Various Town and Village Police write tickets generally for speeds exceeding 30 mph. The DEP Police write tickets for speeding violations around the water shed areas in Westchester County and in surrounding counties. The New York State Park Police will also write traffic and speeding tickets in areas surrounding NYS Parks within the State of New York. This practice is called "poaching" as they infringe on "territory" covered by other police departments.

In PUTNAM COUNTY the New York State Police are joined by the Putnam County Sheriff's Department and local Town and Village Police. Police enforce traffic violations throughout the County but especially on Route I684, Route I84, Route 22, Route 9, Route 6, Routes 311 and 312, and very often on the Taconic State Parkway. We appear weekly in the Towns of Southeast, Carmel, Kent and Putnam Valley Town Court.  The firm appears less often in Phillipstown, Cold Spring Village Court and Patterson Town Court.

In DUTCHESS COUNTY the New York State Police are joined by the Dutchess County Sheriff 's office and the various city, town, and village police departments.  They enforce traffic violations throughout the County including on Route I84, Route 55, Route 44, Route 9, Route 22, and again, very frequently on the Taconic State Parkway as it meanders north through the County to Columbia County and eventually ends at Interstate 90 near Albany. The Harold Dee Law Firm will appear on your behalf in Beacon City Court, Beekman Village Court, Chatham Town Court, Clinton Town Court, Dover Town Court, East Fishkill Town Court, Fishkill Town Court, Hyde Park Village Court, LaGrange Village Court, Millbrook, Standford Village Court, Pawling Town Court, Pawling Village Court, Pleasant Valley Village Court, Poughkeepsie City Court, Poughkeepsie Town Court, Red Hook Town Court, Red Hook Village Court, Rhinebeck Village Court, Wappingers Town Court, and the Wappingers Village Court.

In ROCKLAND COUNTY the Rockland County Sheriff's Department enforces traffic rules throughout the county along with the various town, village and city police departments and the ever present New York State Police. Speeding tickets are typically written on I87, The New York State Thruway, I287, and the Palisades Interstate Parkway which has it's own police force, The Palisades Parkway Police. The Rockland County Sheriff's officers' enforce traffic on the Garden State Parkway as it makes it way south into New Jersey. The firm can represent you in Airmont, Chestnut Ridge, Clarkstown, Grandview on Hudson, Haverstraw, Nyack, Ramapo, Sloatsburg Village Court, South Nyack Village Court, Spring Valley Village Court and West Haverstraw Village Court.

In ORANGE COUNTY the Law Firm of Harold Dee will appear on your behalf in the Courts of Blooming Grove, Chester Town, Chester Village, Crawford Town, Florida, Goshen, Harriman, Highland Falls, Mamakating, Monroe, Tuxedo Park, Tuxedo Town, Walkill Town, and the Woodbury Town Court, a busy Court off the New York State Thruway, I87, at exit 16 by the Woodbury outlet mall.

Three (3) speeding convictions in 18 months leads to a 6 month suspension of your license (or out of state privileges) here in New York State.

Harold Dee has represented motorists in most Hudson Valley Counties Town, Village and City Courts and has had Drunk Driving Trials (DWI) and Speeding cases in half of all local Courts.

For some other moving traffic violations you may not need an attorney or an attorney may not be able to do any better than you may be able to do for yourself, assuming there is no defense to the charge be it unlicensed, uninspected or uninsured, with a  particular court with a particular Judge. One caveat to remember is that an attorney can appear on your behalf. If this is the case please call us for a no fee consultation.

The firm knows the Judges and their proclivities. We will tell you what an offer might be to a particular charge in lieu of trial. Do you have a clean license heretofore and are fearful of insurance increases? Did you know that not all point bearing traffic convictions cause an insurance increase? Are you from a neighboring State or Ontario, Canada where the violation may not be reported to such sister State or Canadian province.

TYPES OF LICENSES:

EM - Full Unrestricted License. May require corrective lenses (eyeglasses), hearing aids, wide mirrors, or other operating requirement.

Junior license (youth) and the charge is violating a restriction like home by 9 PM.

Restricted license which is issued after suffering 11 points or three (3) speeding convictions in 18 months. Valid for work, school, and medical for you and household members. The license also allows a three hour weekly time slot for personal errands.

A conditional license allows motor vehicle operation to, from, and during work. It is issued after an alcohol related violation.

A Commercial Driver's License for truckers. The maximum BAC level when operating on a CDL can't be greater than .04. If a CDL holder iis convicted of an alcohol violation the commercial license is suspended one year regardless of what type of vehicle the motorist was operating when stopped.

THE WESTCHESTER COUNTY COURTS WHERE WE APPEAR:

In Westchester County, Mr. Dee appears on a weekly, or monthly basis in most Courts. He has successfully gone to trial in cases involving the following criminal and non-criminal charges: Drunk Driving, DWI, Driving Under the Inluence (of drugs) or DUI, Driving While Ability Impaired by Alcohol or DWAI, Aggravated Unlicensed Operation or AUO, Reckless Driving, Engaging in a Speed Contest or Drag Racing, Speeding, Road Rage, and other crimes and non-crimes in the following courts: Bedford Hills Town Court, Briarcliff Manor Village Court,  Cortlandt Manor Village Court, Croton on Hudson Village Court, Eastchester Village Court, Elmsford Village Court, Greenburgh Town Court, Harrison Town Court, Mamaroneck Town Court, Mamaroneck Village Court, Mount Kisco Village Court, Mount Pleasant Town Court, Mount Vernon City Court, New Castle Town Court or Chappaqua, North Castle Town Court or Armonk, , North Salem Village Court, Ossining Town and Village Courts,, Rye City Court, Rye Town Court, Scarsdale Village Court, Sleepy Hollow Village Court, Somers Town Court, South Salem Village Court or Lewisboro, Portchester Village Court, Yonkers City Criminal Court, Yonkers City Traffic Court, Yorktown Town Court, Tarrytown Village Court, Ossining Town Court, Ossining Village Court, Peekskill City Court, White Plains City Court and at DMV Refusal and Safety Hearings in the City of Yonkers and in the City of New York.

The firm also appears as requested in Ardsley Village Court, Bronxville Village Court, Buchanan Village Court, Dobbs Ferry Village Court, Hastings on Hudson Village Court, Irvington Village Court, Larchmont Village Court, Lewisboro Village Court, (also known as South Salem Village Court), Mount Vernon City Court, Pelham Village Court, Pleasantville Village Court, Pound Ridge Village Court, and Tuckahoe Village Court in Westchester County and in the courts of neighboring counties such as Columbia Count, Rockland County, Putnam County, Dutchess County, New York County (Manhattan), Queens County, Kings County (Brooklyn), Nassau County and Richmond County or Staten Island and in Suffolk County.

Mr. Dee normally appears himself in local criminal courts to represent you!

In the past 18 years our Vehicle and Traffic practice in Westchester and surrounding Counties has grown to representing over a thousand motorists annually. Before that, the firm represented clients in New York City starting after being admitted to practice law after graduation from Brooklyn Law School in 1973. Mr. Dee was admitted into the First Department in 1974. Harold Dee enjoys a 34 year, blemish free, record in the practice of law in New York State.

There are 10,000,000 drivers in the greater New York City metropolitan area and many motorists receive tickets every day! We have helped thousands of motorists since1974. Because of that assistance, we have gained countless referrals. Please call our toll free number to learn our thoughts as to whether it may make sense to retain an attorney in a particular traffic matter. An attorney may not be necessary or frugal.

Harold Dee has the unique experience, knowledge, and the particular background to best represent you in your current Drunk Driving, DWI or Speeding ticket or DMV matter. Vehicle and Traffic Law is what we are about! Dee's thirty four years as a lawyer and four years as a Judge at the NYS Department of Motor Vehicles Traffic Violations Division (NYS/DMV/TVB) has made him more knowledgeable than most lawyers in the requirements (and defenses) of the V&T Law. Is your lawyer DMV savvy? Is DMV going to have something to say about your lawyer's result?

DRUNK DRIVING IN NEW YORK STATE

 If you are charged with Drunk Driving, DWI, in the State of New York it is a Misdemeanor, a crime! If this is the second time you are charged with a DWI within ten years of a conviction for DWI, you face a Felony charge. If convicted of any Felony (including multiple DWI convictions) you will be required to surrender your law, medical, or other professional license! Are you ready for a career change? We have sucessfully represented doctors, lawyers, accountants, stock brokers, and other  professionals whose lives would be devastated by a Felony conviction.

DWI PENALTIES

Penalties for DWI include jail and/or probation, loss of driving privileges for up to five (5) years, a lifetime revocation in some instances, mandatory substance abuse counseling, DWI fines in the thousands of dollars plus surcharges, plus NYS DMV assessments starting at $750.00. Sanctions also include a prohibition against driving into Canada. An individual convicted of, or even simply charged with, an alcohol related violation within the last ten years (reflected on your driver abstract) may fly into or take the Amtrak train into Canada or even be a passenger in a vehicle, but may not drive himself or his vehicle into Canada! After three years from your conviction, a fee of approximately $350.00 may be paid to the Canadian Consulate to lift the prohibition against you.

An alcohol conviction also brings increased auto, homeowner, umbrella and keyman insurance premiums, if not dropped all together! If your reading this prior to a dwi arrest then take heed and keep a $50 bill in your wallet and cab home. The next day get a lift back and pick up your vehicle. You'll save yourself thousands and heartache!

Harold Dee can help. Review the web material, and call our office for a free telephone consultation. Mr. Dee is an experienced trial attorney with over 100 DWI trials and DMV Refusal Hearings.

HAROLD DEE, REPRESENTING GOOD PEOPLE IN BAD SITUATIONS

There are many defenses to alcohol related charges. Tell us what happened and help us to help you! We employ expert witnessesand investigators to attack the credibility of the complaining officer, the blood, breath and/or urine testing as well as the testing device itself that reported the "blood alcohol content", and challenge the arresting officer's common law opinion regarding your state of sobriety.

THE TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS BUREAU

Non criminal traffic tickets are addressed by the local city, town, or village criminal court in most of New York State.

The New York State DMV Traffic Violations Bureau (TVB) adjudicates non-criminal moving violations issued in certain jurisdictions, including New York City, Buffalo, Rochester, and the five towns of Western Suffolk County. If you receive a traffic ticket in these areas, your case will be heard at an administrative hearing rather than in a local criminal court. There are many rules which make it difficult for motorists who contest a TVB traffic ticket or summons. For example, you cannot plea bargain your case, there is no right to discovery, no supporting deposition are available, hearsay evidence is admissible and many rules of evidence do not apply. Additionally, if you are more than one hour late for a scheduled hearing it could result in a suspension of your operating privileges.

We can provide answers, suggestions and defenses to help your speeding or traffic tickets violation. If you plead guilty to a traffic ticket offense such as speeding or disobeying a Traffic Control Device (VTL 1110a) your auto insurance rates will undoubtedly increase. Many times other protective policies such as Homeowner, Keyman and Umbrella Insurance policy premiums also increase. You will also accumulate points on your New York State driver's license which may lead to additional driver responsibility assessment charges which are three hundred dollars ($300.00) once your point total reaches six (6) points, and an additional $75.00 for every additional point charged against you within the same 18 month period. This new assessment program is applicably to any driver incurring six points in NYS regardless of what state they are licensed in.

In addition, if a New York State driver is convicted of three speeding tickets, all issued in NY within the same 18 month period, the New York State license (or out of state driver privileges) will be revoked for a minimum six months. A restricted license may be available to you if you have not been issued a restricted license within the last three years.

Our goal is to obtain a dismissal or reduction of the charge to one that will have no or little impact on your driver's license (suspension at eleven points) and auto insurance expense. If you have past charges which have not been resolved, our lawyers work with the New York Department of Motor Vehicles, the Traffic Violations Bureau (TVB), and the various local municipalities to clear those tickets and keep your driver's license from being suspended or revoked. We help to restore suspended licenses nationwide!

In addition to DWI defense, the firm defends clients charged with other traffic, speeding and/or criminal offenses, including:

Mr. Dee helps people charged with speeding and other traffic and criminal offenses. Harold Dee understands the legal system and works hard to win by presenting the best possible arguments and defenses on your behalf.

Please call our office or contact us online for a free telephone consultation with a knowledgeable paralegal or attorney to discuss your pending New York speeding ticket or other traffic ticket, or DWI misdemeanor or felony matter.

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