DUI Attorney: Stewart Bergman

Stewart Bergman is an experienced trial lawyer.

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Stewart Bergman is an experienced DUI and Criminal trial attorney practicing in Arizona.

DUI EXPERIENCE:

Mr. Bergman has significant DUI trial experience both as a prosecutor and a defense lawyer. He had handled thousands of cases in his career, and yet he still tries to learn something new from each case and each client.

He was originally admitted to practice law in 1992. He started out in the prosecutor's office, where he gained his early experience. While employed as a Deputy District Attorney, Mr. Bergman was responsible for prosecuting vehicular crimes. This included not only DUI cases but cases regarding impairment and reckless conduct involving the operation of motor vehicles. As a part of his duties, Mr. Bergman conducted training programs designed to assist law enforcement officers in administering field sobriety tests and issues relating to proper searches and seizures of evidence in the field.

He has been a defense lawyer since 2000. He worked as a Maricopa County Deputy Public Defender, in the vehicular crimes bureau handling a complex caseload of felony cases ranging from aggravated DUI to vehicular assaults and Manslaughter cases.

Handling thousands of cases in Maricopa County, Mr. Bergman obtained invaluable training and experience in every issue that may arise in a DUI case up to and including vehicular homicide cases. In fact, he was instrumental in having an aggravated assault case (a crash involving the accused driver being impaired and causing injury to another driver), dismissed by the State after he successfully argued the statute (A.R.S. 28-673), relied upon by the State for introducing the defendant’s blood sample, was unconstitutional.

After leaving the vehicular bureau, he went into private practice. He handles a wide range of vehicular offenses, ranging from basic first-offense misdemeanor DUI charges to serious felonies, as well as other criminal matters.

COURTROOM EXPERIENCE:

Mr. Bergman is a veteran of many DUI trials and evidentiary hearings. He knows that cases can be decided in the initial investigation stage. For that reason, he starts his courtroom preparation long before he ever gets near the courthouse by doing an complete and exhaustive investigation. His systematic approach ensures that all possible advantages are exposed and leveraged in his clients' favor. In court he is is equally at home in front of a judge and jury, and most often avoids the need to litigate cases by getting a favorable settlement through negotiations.

SMALL PRACTICE - FOCUS ON WHAT MATTERS:

Mr. Bergman is a professional. He keeps his practice small by choice. His modest office and low overhead allow him to comfortably carry less than 1/3 of the caseload of a typical associate attorney at larger law firms. He sets his fees such that he can give each client's case the attention it needs. This means more attention and less stress for his clients.

He is regularly recommended by former clients, by other attorneys, police officers and judges to their friends and family members facing DUI charges in Maricopa County.

NETWORK:

When appropriate, Mr. Bergman calls on a network of experts to clarify issues that permeate various aspects of DUI and vehicular charges. He is not afraid to seek help and share the credit if doing so opens the door to a better result for his clients.

APPROACHABLE:

Mr. Bergman is very approachable and friendly. He is always willing to talk with you and provides a no-obligation case evaluation to those who are unrepresented and serious about retaining private counsel, so that you can get to know him before making your choice of which DUI attorney to hire.