Learn more about how an experienced mission traffic lawyer can amend or "fix" your Mission Municipal Court traffic/speeding ticket/Citation:
At the Law Office of Scott McFall, LLC, we make it easy to hire a traffic lawyer to represent you on your Mission traffic/speeding ticket/citation/violation. In nearly every case, an experienced ticket attorney will be able to appear in court on your behalf and negotiate with the Mission Municipal Prosecutor, saving you the time and frustration of a trip to the courthouse.
Most ticket amendments will change the ticket from a moving violation to a non-moving violation, such as illegal parking. If you have a Kansas driver's license, the amendment will insure that there are no "moving violations" on your driver's license record as s a result of the ticket. If you're a resident of a "points" state, this amendment will result in ZERO points being assessed against your driver's license.
A typical speeding/traffic ticket in Mission Municipal Court is handled by this law office in the following manner:
1. Call our law office with your Mission, Kansas ticket/citation number:
The first step in hiring this law firm regarding your Mission Municipal Court ticket is to call us with your ticket number and information. We will discuss the ticket or citation with you and give you a price for our legal fees and the Mission Municipal Court fines/fees/costs.
You can make payment via credit card, or by bringing cash, check or a money order to our office. In some instances, such as when you were also ticketed for not having your proof of insurance with you, we will need additional information from you.
Once you have paid us and we have agreed to handle the ticket, we will be your attorneys and will begin our representation of you.
More serious matters such as driving under the influence charges in Mission will require an in person consultation before we can agree to represent you in Mission Municipal Court. These charges are misdemeanors, punishable by significant jail time and driver's license suspensions, so it is imperative that you contact us as soon as possible.
2. Our Johnson County traffic law firm will call the Mission Municipal Court Clerk and place the case on an attorney plea docket:
The next step involves our firm contacting the court and entering an appearance on your ticket which means that we let the court know we are representing you. The Mission, Kansas Court Clerk will then move the case to an "attorney plea docket." The attorney plea docket is a separate court date in Mission Municipal Court which replaces your original court date.
In nearly every Mission traffic ticket case, the lawyer will be able to appear on your behalf saving you the inconvenience of having to travel to Court yourself.
3. Our Mission traffic law firm will send you a letter confirming that an attorney will be representing you in Mission Municipal Court:
Once we have your Mission speeding or traffic ticket information, payment, and we have entered an appearance on your behalf, we will send you a letter confirming that we will be taking care of your Mission traffic/speeding ticket and appearing in Mission Municipal Court on your behalf.
This letter will include a copy of the receipt from our credit card machine if that is how you made payment.
4. A Mission traffic attorney will appear at the "attorney plea docket," negotiate with the Mission Municipal Prosecutor, and pay Mission Municipal Court for your ticket amendment:
The next-to-last step in our law firm's Mission ticket representation is for one of our Mission traffic attorneys to appear in Mission Municipal Court, negotiate with the Mission Municipal Prosecutor in order to secure an amendment or "fix" for your Mission traffic ticket.
Once we have negotiated an advantageous resolution with the prosecutor, our traffic attorneys will pay the Mission Municipal Court for your ticket. We will get a receipt from the Mission Municipal Court as well.
5. Our Johnson County law office will send you a letter confirming that we have taken care of your Mission traffic ticket:
Once our law firm's traffic attorney has negotiated a resolution for your Mission traffic ticket/citation, we will send you a letter confirming that we have amended or "fixed" your speeding/traffic ticket. This will conclude our representation on your ticket, however you are always welcome to contact us with any questions you may have.