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Effective Traffic Ticket Defense | El Paso Traffic Ticket Firm - Attorney Robert Navar
El Paso Traffic Ticket Firm – Attorney Robert Navar Interview Recap
Overview:
In this episode of El Paso Local Area Business Talk, Attorney Robert Andrew Navar of the El Paso Traffic Ticket Firm shares insights into his legal services, client process, and commitment to defending Class C misdemeanors, traffic tickets, and occupational driver’s license cases in El Paso, Texas.
1. Commitment to Clients & Case Handling
- Direct Representation: Unlike many attorneys who delegate to less experienced lawyers, Robert personally attends all court hearings and manages every stage—from pleadings to courtroom defense.
- Specialization: His practice focuses 100% on traffic tickets and Class C misdemeanors, ensuring deep expertise and high dismissal rates.
- Client Convenience: Once hired, clients typically do not need to appear in court; his office handles all paperwork, pretrial hearings, motions for discovery, and status updates.
2. Traffic Ticket Defense in El Paso
- No Guaranteed Outcomes: State Bar ethics prevent promising results, but Robert guarantees 100% dedication and detail review of each case.
- High Dismissal Potential: Many cases result in dismissal due to procedural errors, officer mistakes, or insufficient evidence.
- Alternative Outcomes: If dismissal isn’t possible, Robert works to ensure violations don’t appear on a permanent record, protecting job opportunities and insurance rates.
3. Defense for Class C Misdemeanors
Covers more than traffic tickets, including:
- Disorderly Conduct
- Criminal Mischief
- Public Intoxication
- Animal Control Violations (e.g., unvaccinated pets, lack of microchip, confinement issues)
Robert uses body cam footage, officer reports, and witness testimony to challenge inconsistencies and protect client records.
4. Occupational Driver’s Licenses in Texas
- Purpose: Allows driving for work, school, medical needs, or essential errands during license suspensions.
- Common Reasons for Suspension:
- Driving While Intoxicated (DWI) charges
- Driving without insurance
- Unpaid surcharges or multiple citations
- Fast Processing: Typically secured within 2–3 business days after hiring his office.
5. Why Choose the El Paso Traffic Ticket Firm
- Local Expertise: Extensive knowledge of El Paso courts, officers, and legal procedures.
- Comprehensive Service: Handles everything from ticket dismissal to license reinstatement.
- Proven Results: Strong track record of keeping violations off permanent records and avoiding costly penalties.
📍 Information:
El Paso Traffic Ticket Firm - Attorney Robert Navar
Address: 11860 Vista del Sol #119, El Paso, TX 79936
📞 Contact: 915-503-1600
🌐 Website: ElPasoTrafficTicket.com
All right. We're here with another episode of El Paso Local Area Business Talk. We're here with Attorney Robert Navar of the El Paso Traffic Ticket Firm. Attorney Robert Navar. How are you doing, Robert?
SPEAKER_00:Good, good. Thank you. Nice to see you again, David. Same here. Same here. Thanks, man.
SPEAKER_01:So how's the ticket business going?
SPEAKER_00:It's great. We're number one in the city, and I think that's the reason for it is we get a lot of repeat clients and a lot of referrals. And one of the things I strive myself on is making sure to provide the best legal defense that I can for my clients. And we get a lot of dismissals. So getting a lot of dismissals helps with the referrals and it's been going very good, very strong.
SPEAKER_01:Cool. Yeah. When I looked you up, I noticed how much further you guys have gone up on the rankings and you guys are like a lot of things they say is the best traffic ticket lawyer, go to him. I'll take care of you and stuff like that. So you guys really have put on a really built your presence here in El Paso. So that's pretty cool.
SPEAKER_00:And I think one of the things that helps is that unlike a lot of attorneys where you'll hire them to represent you, they often times will have some other lawyer handle it because they're so busy with their workload. They, handle other cases. My practice is focused 100% on traffic tickets. I attend all my court hearings personally because I don't feel comfortable having another lawyer who maybe is not as experienced as I am, is gonna miss things. And so I take great pride in making sure that I handle everything from the pleadings to actual appearing in court. I personally appear on all my clients' cases.
SPEAKER_01:That's nice. That's good to know. So this is kind of just mostly what you do. So let me ask you a question. As a ticket lawyer, I'm going to come to your office or call you guys or hire online. I'm going to go ahead and hire you guys for my citation. What should I expect from that point on after I hire your firm?
SPEAKER_00:Well, we do all the paperwork. I make the court appearances and One of the benefits of hiring my office is once you contact my office, we get all your information. You don't need to appear. You don't need to worry about it anymore at that point. Just kind of forget it. Trust that we're going to handle everything from doing the pretrial hearings to filing motions for discovery. Those discovery entail looking at video, dash cam footage from the officer, body cam footage from the officer, reviewing the paperwork, the formal complaint, which is a charging instrument. I handle all that. So you don't need to worry about that. Let me take care of all that for you, getting all the discovery. We do all that. And normally the process takes about a couple of months. And that's just because the courts are so backed up that they have to stagger these cases. And sometimes There are delays, but trust that my office will get in touch with all the clients and keep them apprised of what the status of their case is. And we will stay on top of it. We will let you know if there is any updates. If we need any information from the client, we'll contact them. But otherwise, just rest assured that I've got it handled from the point that you contact us and officially hire us. You don't need to worry about it. You don't need to do anything unless... you hear from our office. But otherwise, we will keep you updated when something significant happens in the case. But of course, my clients are always welcome to call if they want to get any status updates. We're happy to provide that to the clients.
SPEAKER_01:That sounds pretty convenient. One of the things I was going to ask you, so what can I expect? Full dismissal? Is that guaranteed? What are some of the outcomes that happen once we hire you?
SPEAKER_00:As lawyers, we're prohibited ethically from the state bar from ever guaranteeing any outcome to our clients. But having said that, the guarantee that I can make is that I will give 100% of my attention to each and every one of my clients' cases. Like I said, a lot of lawyers... have other areas of practice that they focus on. That's not the case with me. I dedicate 100% of my time to my clients cases and that I can guarantee to my clients is that I'm going to look at each and every one of your cases. I'm going to look for any violations of the law with regards to the complaints itself, the charging instruments, oftentimes, You have people that don't spend a lot of time on them. The courts, the officers, they don't dedicate their time to it. I dedicate 100% of my time making sure that everything is accurate and complete. And if it's not, we're going to challenge them in court. So that guarantee I can give to my clients is that I will give 100% of my focus to each and every one of their cases. And we get a lot of dismissals because of my attention to every detail.
SPEAKER_01:Okay. So dismissal is very likely, but not guaranteed. What would it be another outcome like?
SPEAKER_00:Well, another outcome is in the alternative, if I can't get your case dismissed, I'm going to make sure that it doesn't go on your permanent record. That's very important to me is that I don't want a misdemeanor offense to prevent one of my clients from obtaining lawful employment. A lot of times, especially if you want to work for the government, you wanna make sure that you have a clean, perfect record. I can guarantee you that I will make sure that if I can't win the case in court, the worst case scenario is that it'll be a situation to where the client may have to pay some court fees, may have to take a class, but it's not gonna be on the record. The case will get dismissed. Awesome.
SPEAKER_01:Well, that's pretty good. So you guys do traffic tickets. Do you do like all classy misdemeanors or just traffic tickets?
SPEAKER_00:We do all kinds of classy misdemeanors. Just the other day, I had a case involving a disorderly conduct case. That's basically where you get into possibly a physical altercation with somebody else. Oftentimes, police officers will just issue it as a classy misdemeanor, disorderly conduct. or let's say you cause damage, minor damage to somebody's property. They'll charge you with what's called criminal mischief. Or let's say you're at a bar and an altercation happens. You get into a physical fight with somebody there. A lot of times you'll see get charged Class C public intoxication. Now, Class C intoxication a lot of people think, okay, it's not that serious if I just go to the court, handle it myself, just pay a fine. Yeah, you can do that, but I don't recommend that because you don't want those types of offenses to be on your record. And if you hire my office, I will make sure that at the very worst case scenario, assuming I can't fight the case in court. I can't get it dismissed because of a technicality or because a witness recants or there's a lack of cooperation by other witnesses. If I can't get it dismissed at the trial, I will at the very least get it to where the clients, it's not going to be on their permanent record. Because like I said, if you apply for a job, especially with a government They are not going to, it's likely that they won't want to hire somebody who has a record for disorderly conduct or let's say a public intox. They might unfairly assume, okay, this person may be a drinker. We may have problems with liability down the road if they get into a fight with somebody else. They could sue the company, especially if they're on duty for us. They may not want to take that chance. And so it's highly recommended that you contact my office so that those types of offenses won't be on your record.
SPEAKER_01:Interesting. Yeah, that's pretty cool. So that's good to know because I remember I got an animal vaccination. You covered things like that as well. Sure,
SPEAKER_00:sure. We do those all the time. Or if you don't confine your animal, let's say, One of your neighbor calls because your dog is jumping over the fence and going to the neighbor's property. Oftentimes they'll call the police. They'll send their specialized unit that handles with strictly dogs, cats. They'll find out who the owner is. And a lot of times they'll cite the owner. They'll check. They have microchip readers. They'll see if the animal doesn't have a microchip. which is also a city ordinance that you have to have all your animals microchipped. Oftentimes, unfortunately, a lot of people don't have that, the means or financial means to do that. And so they'll get a citation for that. And so we get those all the time and I fight them as well. I look for technicalities in the case. I look for inconsistencies by any of the witnesses. I demand strict proof from the officers. I'm going to ask for discovery. I'm going to ask for video camera footage. These officers have what's called body cameras. Actually, they wear them on their suits. I'm going to ask for that. I'm going to ask for audio as well. They have recording devices that all the officers wear. I'm going to listen to those because I want to see if what the officer puts in his report is the same as what actually happened at the time of the incident. If there's inconsistencies in that, I can question the officers and challenge them on that. So we do those quite often, David.
SPEAKER_01:It's nice to know. You know, I also notice, it looks like, I think you've been doing this before, but I noticed you kind of updated your website. You do occupational licenses, right?
SPEAKER_00:Yes, we do. And... Those are actually pretty common, even though the state of Texas stopped applying surcharges. They used to have a point system where people were getting their licenses automatically suspended after a certain amount of tickets. The state of Texas is still suspending licenses, however. Let's say you get a citation and you're found guilty for not having motor vehicle insurance. The DPS will automatically suspend your license for that. And What happens is if you try to get a job with an employer, they're going to want to make sure and verify that you have the ability to drive. You may be employed in a situation where you don't actually have to drive for your company that you may be working for, but at the very least, they're going to expect you to have some sort of valid license that allows you to drive to their place of business. And so you've got to make sure that you have at the very least what's called an occupational license, which lets whoever owns an occupational license, it gives them the ability to drive legally for purposes of work, for school, if you're attending an undergraduate program or graduate program for whatever reasons, or if you need to drive a car to take somebody who's sick for medical treatment, The occupational license allows you to do that legally because otherwise if you get pulled over and let's say you're driving with a suspended license, the officer can technically arrest you. Sometimes what I've seen them do is they will prohibit you from driving the vehicle at that point. So they'll either make you call somebody who's a valid licensed driver to come and retrieve your vehicle for you or you'll have to call a tow truck and you're looking at hundreds of dollars in expense having to maybe possibly bother a loved one uh and you'll be basically stranded on the street the officer won't let you drive anymore at that point so uh it's it's essential that you have some ability to prove to the officer that you're legally entitled to drive
SPEAKER_01:well that's pretty interesting so do you get a lot of those here in el paso as an occupational driver as occupational drivers Licensed lawyer, do you see a pretty high number? Yeah, we do. What are the reasons for their license of it? What's the most common reason for a license suspension that you see?
SPEAKER_00:Well, the two most common reasons that I see is here in El Paso, unfortunately, there's a lot of people who drive while intoxicated. And so what happens is if let's say you decide to blow a breathalyzer, you fail what's called a standard field sobriety test, and you're charged with driving while intoxicated, the DPS will automatically suspend your license for a year. Even though you haven't actually been convicted of the driving while intoxicated, your license automatically gets suspended. And so what I can do for you is I can get you an occupational license in the meantime while your case is still pending, so that uh you're allowed to still legally drive to work um you know take care of whatever essential needs you need to do and be legal on the street while you're fighting this driving while intoxicated charge gotcha okay and the other reason uh that we see a lot of people get their licenses suspended for is uh they still have surcharges that they owe to the state and so what the state does in order to recoup any monies that are still owed, they will go ahead and also suspend your license. They'll suspend your license if you have multiple citations. They'll suspend your license if you get convicted for driving without insurance on your car. It can trigger a license suspension. And I can get you an occupational license for those offenses as well. We can get them for you pretty quickly. I would say on average, from the time that you contact and hire my office, we can get you an occupational license within two to three business days.
SPEAKER_01:That's pretty good. Well, Robert, thank you so much. This has been very informative. This is El Paso Traffic Ticket Firm, attorney Robert Navar, located at 11860 Vista del Sol, El Paso, Texas, 79936. The phone number is 915-503-1600. And the website is ElPasoTrafficTicket.com. Give them a visit if you need help with a traffic ticket, a warrant, or an occupational driver's license. Robert, thank you. Thank you very much. Appreciate it. Thank you.