With a lengthy record, this 2nd offender motorcyclist was likely facing 180 days in jail plus a 2 year license loss. The officer made him walk an "imaginary line" without stepping off. At trial, I asked the officer, "Exactly how wide was that imaginary line?" As he stammered to answer, the jury got the point. They found my client not guilty in 15 minutes.

A 2nd offender was stopped for going 71 mph in a 45 zone and straddling the fog line. After failing 2 sobriety tests and admitting to 4 drinks, he made the above statement to the cop at the station after being arrested. I got the cop to admit on the stand he waited in that area nightly because "he caught a lot of speeders on that stretch." Then I demonstrated the 2 sobriety tests in front of the jury, pointed out they were done at 1 AM on the fog line of a highway with CARS SPEEDING BY just 2-3 feet away.

(If convicted, my client would have lost his license for 2 years and his dream job as a cameraman at a top TV news station.)

Dear Attorney Waldbaum,

Thank you so much for taking my case and working it as you did. I am truly pleased with the outcome. After hearing the District Attorney go on for it seemed like a lifetime... I was resolved to the fact that I was going to be charged with a felony. But when the Judge read the verdict, my mouth dropped. I wasn't sure I heard it right, but I guess I did. I hope I showed you appreciation outside the courtroom. I was just so elated I wasn't sure I had. Thank you again for everything!

John W.; Newburyport; 10-2-09

"Our son had been arrested at three AM and had to be in Court at nine AM. We submitted a question on your website at 7 AM and you called back 2 minutes later. It was pretty respectful and made us feel you cared."