Pacia & Pacia, LLP is experienced in all traffic related offenses. Every traffic offense and traffic ticket has unique facts and must be evaluated on an individual basis. Pacia & Pacia, LLP can assist and prepare a defense, will know what evidence is admissible and what evidence is objectionable, and provide a vigorous defense. In some instances you may not even have to appear in court. 

In today’s world, the effects of even a minor traffic ticket can have consequences that far outweigh the cost of the traffic ticket itself. These unexpected consequences could include: 

• Dramatic increases in your insurance rates
• Suspension or revocation of your driving license
• Placing your CDL License in Jeopardy 
• Establishing a lifelong criminal record
• Difficulty in getting auto insurance
• Impacting your job and your livelihood

Driving Under the Influence (DUI) is a criminal offense and is charged in the Rhode Island District Court. A Refusal to Submit to a Chemical Test, however, is a traffic violation and like most other traffic offenses, is a civil offense and is charged in the Rhode Island Traffic Tribunal. Conviction of a DUI or Refusal to Submit to a Chemical Test can result in significant fines, penalties and loss of license privileges. 

Some of the most common traffic offenses which are handled at the Rhode Island Traffic Tribunal include but are not limited to reckless driving, speeding, laned roadway violations, obedience to yield to sign-vehicle entering stop or yield intersection, obedience to traffic devices, no seat belt, driving with suspended/revoked/cancelled license, operation of unregistered vehicle, stopping for school bus required, parking tickets, among many others.

The attorneys at Pacia & Pacia, LLP help clients navigate all these different criminal and civil traffic offenses whether jurisdiction is at the Rhode Island District Court or the Rhode Island Traffic Tribunal.

Pacia & Pacia, LLP also provides representation for clients in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts for any and all traffic offenses. Traffic offenses in the Commonwealth are handled in the Trial Court of Massachusetts. There is what is called a Notice of Magistrate’s Hearing on Complaint Application. These are commonly referred to as “Probable Cause” hearings. At these initial hearings, it is the job of the attorney to convince the Court that the Commonwealth has not met its burden of proof of probable cause for the alleged offenses and if successful, the case is dismissed. If at the Probable Cause Hearing” the Commonwealth meets it burden on probable cause, the case then continues in the district court with jurisdiction where the traffic offense transpires.