Arrested for a Maine DUI/OUI/DWI?

If you face a Maine DUI arrest and prosecution, you need access to useful information and rock-solid legal advice. You need to be able to rest and relax, confident in the fact that when you hire your Maine OUI law firm, you are in highly competent, experienced, well-known and caring hands. In your search for the right Maine DWI Attorney, your research will be worth while if you call Bill Bly and Chris Nielsen .

A Maine DUI Lawyer Can Make THE Difference in Your Case

You need a firm that will give you fanatical personal attention and support, and fight for every inch of ground in your case. Attorneys William Bly and Chris Nielsen will not be satisfied until every possible avenue of advantage is explored in your case. They will not rest until everything possible has been done, and all of your questions have been answered, and your fears and concerns addressed.

At Nielsen and Bly, the Attorneys and staff understand that your Maine DUI case is, above all else, about you. When you are their client, everything that they do is designed to advance your best interests. William Bly believes that you deserve personal attention and an attorney who will not only fight vigorously and passionately for you, but also take the time to make sure you feel comfortable with the process and timing of your case.

Attorney William T. Bly

William Bly devotes his career exclusively to defending people who are charged with DUI and other crimes.

Mr. Bly is a U.S. Army veteran who has completed tours of duty in Georgia, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Ft. Benning and Korea. He was Honorably Discharged from the Army in 1997, and thereafter enlisted in both the New Jersey and Maine National Guard from 1997-2004. His entire military career was spent as a 19D Cavalry Scout. Mr. Bly is proud of his service to both state and country.

Attorney William Bly is an Honors Graduate of Rutgers College and a graduate of the Maine School of Law. He has extensive experience defending DUI cases including DUI felonies involving serious bodily injury and complex accident reconstruction issues. Attorney Bly's practice is devoted exclusively to criminal defense with approximately 90% of his practice focused on DUI defense. In addition, Attorney Bly handles criminal cases involving violent crimes, complex drug conspiracies and white collar crimes in both state and federal court.

Attorney Chris A. Nielsen

Attorney Chris Nielsen strives to better his clients' positions, and approaches case with the mindset that he can do better for his clients than what the government has to offer. Chris works strategically and relentlessly towards securing you a result that keeps you free and protects your future.

Chris is trained in the administration of the Standardized Field Sobriety Tests according to the standards used by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and the International Association of Chiefs of Police. He has been through the same training that local police officers receive and apply to DUI cases in New Hampshire. He is also trained in Drug Recognition Expert (DRE) techniques that police officers use in drug-related impaired driving cases.

Mr. Nielsen is a graduate of the University of Maine School of Law and an honors graduate of the University of New York at Plattsburgh. He also completed two internships that have contributed to his success as a criminal defense lawyer: One with the Clinton County District Attorney's Office and the other with the New York State Senate. Attorney Nielsen has extensive experience handling cases involving felony drug possession, drug trafficking, domestic violence as well as minor criminal offenses such as misdemeanor drug possession and simple assault.

He is admitted to practice law in all Maine and New Hampshire State Courts, as well as in the Federal District Courts in Maine. He is a member of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, and devotes 100 percent of his practice to defending DUI and other criminal matters.

How a Maine DUI lawyer can help you

If you are not a lawyer well versed in Maine DUI law, criminal procedure, forensics and advocacy, it should be apparent to you that you should look into getting serious professional help A good and experienced Maine DUI lawyer can make all the difference in your case. The best way to find out what a lawyer can do for you is to interview at least a couple of lawyers. Most ME DUI attorneys will offer a free initial consultation.

If you have a prior DUI conviction in Maine, or in any other state, you should definitely not try to navigate the ME DUI court system or talk with a prosecutor without the advice of counsel.

A good Maine DUI lawyer will do many things at your initial consultation

1. Give you a good and honest assessment of your case;
2. Point out the strengths and weaknesses in the State's case, and explain to you how those things might help or hurt your chances;
3. Assess your goals, your needs, your career and your license to give you a picture of what is realistic, including best and worst scenarios;
4. Provide you a quote of what their fees will costs, along with projected expenses, fines and other incidentals so that you can start to prepare yourself financially early on;
5. A good Maine DUI attorney will take the time to listen to your concerns, and realize that while it is his or her job, it is your life. You should be treated like a human being, and not talked down to.
6. Most of all, the Maine DUI lawyer who is right for you and your case will intuitively feel that way to you. You may need to interview several attorneys before you find the right one. Realize that you don't owe a lawyer that you meet with anything, and you are under no obligation to hire him or her unless the "feel" is right.