TERMS AND CONDITIONS
The terms of service are listed below for your review. Please read over the terms carefully before submitting your information to insure that you are in agreement with how your case will be handled.
Please be aware that filling out the questionnaire above does not make you a client of Hawkins & Walker, PC. These terms are listed to assist you in making a decision as to whether or not our office is the right fit for you. If after reading the terms, you are satisfied with how your case will be handled and you choose to submit your information, we will send you a confirmation e-mail that it has been received. Thereafter we can discuss payment arrangements so that we may finalize our attorney-client relationship. As always, if you have any questions feel free to call us at 817/877-3355.
ATTORNEY FEES NON CDL HOLDERS
We charge $40.00 PER OFFENSE for each citation represented in Tarrant County for a plea arrangement and an additional $30.00 PER WARRANT for each bond posted in Tarrant County. We charge $75.00 PER OFFENSE for each citation represented outside of Tarrant County for a plea arrangement and an additional $50.00 PER WARRANT for each bond posted outside of Tarrant County. We charge an additional $450.00 PER TRIAL, which must be paid prior to the time of trial. The foregoing charges are for attorneys’ fees only and do not cover court costs and fines that may be assessed by the court.
In addition, we charge $100.00 if the client is in custody at the bonds are signed and an attorney must meet the client at jail. We charge an additional fee of $50.00 for each additional jurisdiction the attorney must travel to post bonds.
Please note, the jurisdictions we cover outside of Tarrant County are limited. Please contact us at 817/877-3355 with specific citations.
ATTORNEY FEES CDL HOLDERS
We charge $100.00 PER OFFENSE for each citation represented in Tarrant County for a plea arrangement and an additional $40.00 PER WARRANT for each bond posted in Tarrant County. We charge $100.00 PER OFFENSE for each citation represented outside of Tarrant County for a plea arrangement and an additional $50.00 PER WARRANT for each bond posted outside of Tarrant County. We charge an additional $450.00 PER TRIAL, which must be paid prior to the time of trial. The foregoing charges are for attorneys’ fees only and do not cover court costs and fines that may be assessed by the court.
In addition, we charge $100.00 if the client is in custody at the bonds are signed and an attorney must meet the client at jail. We charge an additional fee of $50.00 for each additional jurisdiction the attorney must travel to post bonds.
Please note, the jurisdictions we cover outside of Tarrant County are limited. Please contact us at 817/877-3355 with specific citations.
APPEARANCE BY OTHER ATTORNEYS
In addition to the attorneys from Hawkins & Walker, PC, we may and do sometimes designate other attorneys from other offices to handle our client’s citations.
INSURANCE CITATIONS
If you had insurance on the date that you received the citation, you must supply our office with such proof along with a copy of a valid driver’s license within ten (10) days of hiring our firm. If you did not have insurance on the date of the offense, you must provide our office with proof of current insurance at least ten (10) days prior to your court setting along with a copy of a valid driver’s license. If you fail to supply our office with this proof, the attorney will attempt to obtain deferred adjudication probation for you if possible, or withdraw from your case if it is in your best interest. Further, it is not our responsibility to call your insurance company to procure a copy of your insurance establishing coverage on the date of the offense.
YOU MUST PROVIDE OUR OFFICE WITH THE CORRECT INFORMATION ESTABLISHING PROOF OF INSURANCE AND VALID DRIVER’S LICENSE. IF YOU FAIL TO PROVIDE OUR OFFICE WITH THIS INFORMATION, OR PROVIDE OUR OFFICE WITH INCORRECT INFORMATION, THE ATTORNEY WILL OBTAIN DEFERRED ADJUDICATION PROBATION IF POSSIBLE, OR WITHDRAW FROM YOUR CASE IF IT IS IN YOUR BEST INTEREST. MANY COURTS WILL NOT ALLOW DEFERRED ADJUDICATION WITHOUT THIS PROOF.
NO DRIVERS LICENSE
If you had a Driver’s License on the date that you received the citation, you must supply our office with proof within ten (10) days of hiring our firm. If you did not have a driver’s license on the date of the offense, you must provide our office with proof of current driver’s license at least ten (10) days prior to your court setting. If you fail to supply our office with this proof, the attorney will attempt to obtain deferred adjudication probation for you if possible. Further, it is not our responsibility to call DPS or any other state agency to procure a copy of your driver’s license establishing proof on the date of the offense.
YOU MUST PROVIDE OUR OFFICE WITH THE CORRECT INFORMATION ESTABLISHING PROOF OF DRIVER’S LICENSE. IF YOU FAIL TO PROVIDE OUR OFFICE WITH THIS INFORMATION, OR PROVIDE OUR OFFICE WITH INCORRECT INFORMATION, THE ATTORNEY WILL ATTEMPT TO OBTAIN DEFERRED ADJUDICATION PROBATION IF POSSIBLE, OR WITHDRAW FROM YOUR CASE IF IT IS IN YOUR BEST INTEREST. MANY COURTS WILL NOT ALLOW DEFERRED ADJUDICATION WITHOUT THIS PROOF.
EXPIRED INSPECTION OR REGISTRATION
If you received a citation for expired registration and/or expired inspection, you must provide our office with proof that you have obtained valid registration and/or inspection at least ten (10) days prior to your court setting. If you fail to supply our office with this proof, the attorney will plead nolo contendere and attempt to obtain a reduction on any fine.
PAYMENT PLANS
We do accept payment plans for most cases. In order to qualify for a payment plan you must have a valid credit/ATM card from VISA, Mastercard or Discover. You will be required to accept a monthly recurring charge on your credit account until the balance is paid in full (not to exceed 6 months). Once this number is calculated, we will round up to the next round dollar figure to alleviate odd billing amounts and to cover the cost that we incur by running your card multiple times. Further, if your card is declined anytime during the payment plan period, we reserve the right to modify the payment terms in order to avoid having an unpaid balance for the fees you owe at the time the card is declined, or withdraw from representation.
We may agree to accept monthly cash payments on a case-by-case basis. You will be required to pay a monthly payment until the balance is paid in full (not to exceed 6 months). An additional fee of $50.00 will be accessed to cover the administrative costs of accepting and collecting cash payment plans.
COURT APPEARANCES
It is your responsibility to notify this office as soon as possible of your inability to appear on your scheduled court date, if your appearance is required by the Court. Should a court require your appearance and you fail to appear, the attorney will attempt to obtain deferred adjudication probation for you if possible, reset the court setting, or withdraw from your case if it is in your best interest.
TRIALS
In the event that you elect to have a trial, all attorneys’ fees for such trial must be paid in advance. If you request but fail to pay for a trial, the attorney will attempt to obtain deferred adjudication probation for you if possible, reset the court setting, or withdraw from your case if it is in your best interest.
WITHDRAWAL OF ATTORNEY
Should client fail to abide by the terms and conditions of a payment plan and/or fails to provide necessary documentation, client agrees and expressly authorizes attorney to withdraw from any further representation. NO REFUND WILL BE PROVIDED IN SUCH SITUATIONS.
