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“When I was fresh out of college and starting my professional career I made the mistake of drinking and driving. I was pulled over and arrested for OWI as a first offense. I sought out the Law Offices of Patrick Stangl; I was very impressed with his diligence and tenacity in the matter. After being convicted in municipal court, Mr. Stangl worked diligently and professionally to appeal the case to the circuit court level, where he negotiated the case and was able to get the OWI conviction amended to reckless driving. I cannot express how thankful I am to have made the appropriate decision to hire Patrick Stangl to represent me in the matter. I would recommend him to anyone who has the misfortune of experiencing an OWI. My professional career was in jeopardy and he took that into consideration and helped greatly during the case.”

Dave was unrepresented by counsel when he pled guilty to domestic battery. Even though it was a misdemeanor offense, and given the domestic nature of the conviction under federal law he was prohibited from possessing a firearm. As a truck driver he would occasionally haul equipment for the United States Military and because of the conviction he would not be able to perform his job function. Learning of the problem he contacted Attorney Stangl to initiate an appeal to determine whether there was anything that could be done about his conviction. Attorney Stangl argued in the Court of Appeals that the trial judge failed to comply with certain procedural requirements when it accepted Dave’s plea.

Attorney Stangl previously filed a motion to withdraw the guilty plea, which was denied by the same trial court that he contended failed to comply with the appropriate procedure. The matter was briefed in the Court of Appeals and the State recognized that the court did indeed fail to comply with the appropriate procedure and the Court of Appeals ordered that the trial judge hold a hearing on the issue of its compliance with the appropriate plea procedure.

“I am from out of state and was charged with an OWI fist offense and a refusal. Based upon Attorney Stangl’s reputation and the fact that he has won very many difficult OWI cases, it didn’t take me long to hire Attorney Patrick Stangl.

I was impressed immediately with his knowledge, forthrightness, and honesty. He told me from the start that this would be a difficult case but that he would do everything he could to win the case. Because of my employment I simply could not have either a refusal or any type of OWI conviction on my record.

Attorney Stangl proceeded to beat the refusal charge at the Municipal Court trial and I was convicted of the OWI first. During the trial in Municipal Court and through his thorough and aggressive cross-examination of the arresting officer, Attorney Stangl was able to establish how poorly trained the officer was in field sobriety tests and pointed out numerous mistakes which he had made.

We then appealed the OWI conviction to the Circuit Court for a new trial and the charge was amended to reckless driving. Did I forget to mention that the alleged driving conduct, witnessed by the arresting officer, included backing into a building and driving off the end of a raised cement parking lot? Needless to say Attorney Stangl is a superb defense attorney and I highly recommend him.”