Law Office of Robert Andrew Navar Esq., El Paso's Trusted Driving Violations Attorney

 In this in-depth episode of our legal advice series, Attorney Robert Navar of the Law Office of Robert Andrew Navar Esq.  shares exactly how he helps clients remove active traffic ticket warrants and fight the underlying charges—without paying unnecessary court warrant fees or risking jail time.

If you’ve ever missed a court date, forgotten to pay a ticket, or received a letter warning of an arrest warrant, you’ll want to hear this. Robert explains that when you fail to appear in court or pay your fine by the deadline, a judge can issue a bench warrant—often called an alias warrant in traffic cases. This warrant attaches to your name and driver’s license, meaning police can arrest you at any time, even during a routine traffic stop.

Ignoring a traffic ticket warrant can lead to severe consequences:

• Arrest at home, work, or during travel
• Additional fines and court costs
• Points added to your license
• Higher insurance premiums
• A permanent conviction on your driving record

Robert breaks down the types of warrants he fights:

1. Alias Warrants – Issued when you haven’t entered a plea or paid the ticket. With these, an attorney can lift the warrant and continue fighting the ticket.
2. Capias Warrants – Issued for not complying with a court order, such as failing to complete a payment plan. These are harder to remove without paying the full amount or serving jail time, but Robert explains your options.
3. OMNI Holds – Restrictions placed by the Texas DPS on your driver’s license for failing to appear in court or pay a fine, preventing you from legally driving.

You’ll learn why hiring a warrant lawyer for traffic tickets is more effective—and more affordable—than using a bail bondsman. Many bond companies can’t post bonds for tickets and will often hire a lawyer anyway. By going directly to an attorney like Robert, you skip the middleman, save money, and get legal advice tailored to your case.

Robert also discusses his process:

• Filing an appearance bond to lift the warrant immediately.
• Requesting discovery, including body cam footage, dash cam video, and officer reports, to identify inconsistencies.
• Challenging procedural errors in the charging instrument or citation.
• Negotiating with prosecutors to secure dismissals or defensive driving eligibility even when clients don’t normally qualify.

Once the warrant is removed, Robert doesn’t stop there—he continues to fight the original ticket to prevent it from becoming a conviction on your record. Paying old tickets without legal help can lead to permanent marks that affect employment, especially for jobs requiring a clean driving record or background check.

Key Topics Covered in This Episode:

• What triggers a traffic ticket warrant.
• Why you should never ignore a bench warrant.
• The difference between alias and capias warrants.
• How OMNI holds affect your license and ability to drive.
• Why hiring a lawyer is better than using a bail bondsman for traffic tickets.
• How to lift a warrant quickly without paying court warrant fees.
• Steps to fight the underlying ticket after warrant removal.
• Protecting your record and avoiding higher insurance rates.

If you have an active traffic ticket warrant—or think you might—don’t wait. Acting quickly with the help of an experienced traffic ticket attorney can mean the difference between a clean record and long-term consequences.

Contact Information:
📍 Law Office of Robert Andrew Navar Esq.
Address: 12324 Tierra Arroyo Dr, El Paso, TX 79938
Phone: 915-613-3993
Website: https://trafficticketlawyerelpaso.com/

Transcript

SPEAKER_01: 0:00

Okay, we're here with another episode of El Paso Local Area Business Talk. We're with Mr. Navar, the one and only traffic ticket attorney here in El Paso, Texas. Robert, how are you? Good. Thank you, David. Nice to see you again. Same here, man. Thank you. So, you know, I noticed that you started doing occupational licenses since the last time we talked. Can you just give us a little bit of information about what it is that you do? What kind of client comes to you? First, kind of describe what an occupational driver's license is. And then what kind of people need something like that?

SPEAKER_00: 0:33

Okay, well, what an occupational license is, is it's a, essentially, it's like a temporary driver's license that allows you to drive for a period of up to eight hours per day for purposes of work or school or, you know, to carry any essential needs like getting groceries or taking somebody who's sick to the hospital or for medical care, any kind of thing that would be deemed essential. And it happens, unfortunately, quite often because people get their license suspended for various reasons. Very commonly here in El Paso, unfortunately, if you get charged with driving while intoxicated, it's an automatic one-year suspension. and or if let's say you have a lot of surcharges the state has your license suspended because you owe a lot of fees and you can't afford it and or let's say you moved from another state where they have your license suspended for maybe some of the other reasons and so the state of Texas won't let you get your license reinstated until you figure out what's going on with your other home state and how you can get your license active again. Or if you just rack up a bunch of tickets, or let's say you get charged and were found guilty for operating a motor vehicle without financial responsibility, that'll trigger a suspension. And so what happens is once you get your license suspended, then legally you're not allowed to drive. And that can create a lot of problems for you if you get pulled over for a traffic violation. The officer will ask you for your driver's license. And you'll have to say, I don't have one. And he'll ask you for your name, date of birth. He'll run it in his computer system. And he'll come back and show that it's been suspended. And he'll give you a citation for that more times than not. If the officer wants to, he could technically arrest you for driving the vehicle with a suspended license, or he could require you to have somebody who has a valid license come and pick up the vehicle. He'll prevent you from leaving the scene driving, and so that could create a lot of problems for you. If you don't have anybody, that can immediately come by and take your vehicle and drive you to wherever you need to go. You'll be stuck stranded there. The officer is not going to let you leave. Or you'll have to call a tow truck. So you're looking at a lot of expense and burden on somebody else to help you out. So it's not recommended to be driving if your license has been suspended. Gotcha. Okay, cool.

SPEAKER_01: 3:36

So how long does an occupational driver's license last?

SPEAKER_00: 3:40

So the according to the law it's uh it's for a period of two years because the state of texas figures that two years is enough for you to get whatever you need worked out uh but sometimes you can't uh and so if you're approaching let's say i got you an occupational license and the two-year is coming up call our office and i can get it extended for an extra year And then let's say you still have that problem after three years, call our office. I can get it extended for another year. I can essentially get it extended because of my working relationships with the judges. I know who all the judges are. I can talk to them and explain the situation. I can keep getting you a year after that extension. You just need to make sure and keep in contact with my office and let us know what the reason is. If you still need it, we'll get it extended for you. So I can potentially get it extended indefinitely if necessary

SPEAKER_01: 4:38

yeah and so you guys um really your bread and butter is doing basically traffic tickets and warrants right occupational license is something

SPEAKER_00: 4:47

yeah that's that our 100 of our focus is on uh fighting traffic tickets uh or fighting any type of classy misdemeanor that you'll get and um a part of that I dedicated, started doing research and investigating the occupational license aspect of it because oftentimes traffic tickets will lead to license suspensions or you may have already had your license suspended. And so we dedicated a portion of our practice to focus on occupational licenses because that's something that our clients are continually having that problem affecting them. And so we focus on that as well.

SPEAKER_01: 5:36

Okay, cool. So let's just talk about traffic tickets. People just get tickets here all the time for stop sign violations, speeding, no insurance, registration. I see it all the time when I'm just driving on the west side or 375 on the loop. I see people being pulled over all the time. So let's say I get a traffic ticket. Officer gives me a ticket. I drive home. uh what would you recommend i do next

SPEAKER_00: 6:07

okay if if uh you got a ticket and uh normally on the citation i'll give you a period between 10 to 10 to 20 days to go down to the court and entering a plea uh you know and uh it's very time constrained and so if you don't do it within that certain period of time the court will issue a warrant for your arrest and you certainly don't want that to happen. What I recommend you do is you call my office right after you got your citation. We will charge you a very nominal amount or represent you. We've dedicated our servers, our process to where you don't even have to physically go into my office. You can do everything by the phone. We have apps that you can go onto that you can put in all your information. Somebody from my office will contact you. We can take care of everything over the phone so you don't have to burden yourself by traveling to an office or you can do it all at the comfort of your home or your office, wherever you're at. And we'll file all the paperwork. We'll do everything that needs to be done. Normally what we file is what's called an entry of appearance. I'll let the court know that... I'm now representing you. You're my client. To cease any and all further communication with my client, I will send in some pretrial discovery motions because I want, whenever I get a client that's entrusting their ticket to me, I want to make sure I have all the information that I need to adequately represent them. So I'll take care of all that process. I'll attend all the court hearings. I don't need my clients to worry about showing up to court. In fact, it's better if they don't show up to court. because I don't want the officer to remember them or say, oh yeah, I remember you. It's better that they just don't show up and let me handle it and trust that I can take care of it. From the moment you hire my office, we take care of everything. If we need any information from our clients, we'll contact them. My clients are always welcome to call our office with any case updates. This process, unfortunately, can take several months to get it resolved. Right. that doesn't mean that's a bad thing. It just means that the courts are backed up. And generally as a general rule is the longer the citation is pending, also the greater likelihood is that I can also get it dismissed that way as well because the officer's mind isn't as fresh, those sorts of things. And one of the easiest ways to get it is if the officer doesn't recall because it's been a year, that your case has been pending. So

SPEAKER_01: 8:49

that's one of the tactics you use, right? You kind of drag it out. So the longer it takes, the better.

SPEAKER_00: 8:53

Yeah, sometimes we will. And so oftentimes what will happen is we'll have what's called the initial pretrial hearing before the court, the judge, the prosecutor, the officer. And if the officer remembers everything and it looks like all the paperwork is correct, there's no deficiencies, There's certain requirements that the law requires that the paperwork have. I look for those errors, those technicalities, so I can get it dismissed. If everything, assuming everything is correct, the officer adequately recalls after I question him, I've looked at some of the evidence in the case to corroborate what the officer is claiming, I will go ahead and ask for a reset. And the reason why I do that is because I want to delay the process. Sometimes it's beneficial to delay it. because there's a chance that the next time around, next time we have court, the officer may not show up or he may not remember because it gets pushed back several months out. And so that's an added benefit to the client by delaying it. Now, there are some certain situations where maybe you don't want it to be delayed. And so call our office and explain to us that you want to try to get resolution on this case as quickly as possible. And we can do that as well.

SPEAKER_01: 10:15

Yeah, so something, for example, maybe like a Fort Bliss soldier is going to go get deployed. They want to take care of it as quickly

SPEAKER_00: 10:22

as possible. Right, right. If you're active military or let's say you're active government and you don't want your employer to maybe do a routine background check because government employees sometimes are a little more scrutinized. And so if they have this on their record, it could create problems. So if you let our office know that, Time is of the essence. You need to get this resolved fairly quickly. What I can do is I can file a motion with the court to set it for a quicker hearing.

SPEAKER_02: 10:52

And

SPEAKER_00: 10:54

then I will do everything I can to get the case dismissed because of a technicality or if I'm cross-examining the officer, making sure that he adequately recalls and can identify my client, can identify where it happened, can verify that what the speed that he's alleging is accurate and true and correct, all those things. The worst case scenario is, David is that we will, I will work out a deal with a prosecutor to where I will get the fine reduced to almost nothing. And I will get it to where the client's not going to be affected. It's not going to go on their permanent record. So if you're worried about an employer, especially the government doing a background check, I will make sure that the case gets dismissed. Once you comply with whatever deal that I'm able to work out with prosecutor.

SPEAKER_01: 11:45

Nice. That's awesome, man. That's awesome. Okay. So I do know people don't, they forget about their tickets. They just put in the glove box and just get distracted or whatever. And they get warrants. And so, you know, if you get a warrant, say from the El Paso municipal court or some of these County courts, we call you, what are you going to do? What can you do for your client?

SPEAKER_00: 12:12

Well, yeah, if they have an active warrant and a lot of times they'll know that because they'll get notices. What the city's done is they've hired an outside attorney firm to start collecting on these warrant fees. And these warrant fees can be anywhere from$250 to$500. And they can be much more. They can be in the thousands of dollars, especially at multiple tickets, multiple warrants. Right. What you do is, The most important thing is call my office. A lot of times people think, oh my gosh, I've got to pay this. And so they'll go down and they'll scrounge for the money. They'll take out of their savings. They'll borrow money because they don't want to get arrested. And we certainly don't want that. But I strongly urge them to not do that because I can get your warrants lifted without you having to pay a single dime. You call my office, tell us what we have. We'll pull up your record, find out how many active warrants you have. I can file motions to recall those warrants. And what I do is I post a surety bond on my behalf. Basically, it's a guarantee to the court that I'm now representing you and I'm going to appear on your behalf. Because essentially what the court wants to ensure is that you're going to be present at your next court hearing. And normally they guarantee that by what's called a cash bond. Well, I post a form of that bond in what's called an attorney surety bond. We will post those for you so you don't have to pay it. And I will get those warrants recalled, and I can usually get them recalled pretty quickly. Especially at warrants, time is important because you don't want to run the risk that you're going to get pulled over again the next day and the cop can potentially arrest you because you have an active warrant. So we move on those pretty quickly. So my suggestion is call our office as soon as possible and we'll work with you so that I can file the necessary paperwork so that you have the peace of mind that the next time if it occurs that you get pulled over, you're not gonna run the risk of having an arrest. or having what oftentimes what the city's doing to generate monies is they'll do what's called warrant roundup. They'll send officers to your work, your place of employment, your home, knocking on your door, threatening to arrest you. Nobody wants that. Nobody wants to see an officer showing up at their place of business. And then you have everybody questioning, well, what's going on? Looking at you, you don't want that. So call my office so that we can avoid that from happening.

SPEAKER_01: 14:46

Okay, well, that's good to know. Well, Robert, thank you so much. This is Robert Navarro, the law office of Robert Andrew Navarro Esquire. He's located at 1-2-3-2-4, Tierra Arroyo, El Paso, Texas, 79938. The phone number is going to be 915-613-3993. And the website is going to be trafficticketlawyerelpaso.com. So if you're a student at UTEP or a community college or you get into any kind of... driving trouble, give this office a call. They'll be happy to help you out. I've met the staff. They're super friendly, super nice. Robert, thank you so much, man. Appreciate it. Have a good day. You too.