Reinstating Your License: Traffic Tickets

Many of our clients that require a DUI-related driver’s license reinstatement hearing have other significant traffic tickets, such as driving on a suspended or revoked license, illegal transportation of alcohol, or a prior revocation or suspension of their license for too many moving violations in a given period.

Our office addresses all traffic ticket suspension and revocation issues at a driver’s license revocation hearing. We do not charge extra fees for a hearing if a client is revoked or suspended for multiple reasons – Our goal is to get you back on the road and clear all holds on your license.

As part of this process, we may recommend a Defensive Driving Course to help prove that you are likely to be a safe driver in the future. The defensive driving course can be taken online or in-person. After successfully completing the traffic course, you will be provided with a Certificate of Completion to present to the Secretary of State as part of your overall case.

In cases where a traffic ticket suspension does not require a hearing (or will end before a hearing can take place), we recommend checking to see if there is a reinstatement fee to end the suspension. If a suspension or revocation has an outstanding reinstatement fee, a driver’s license will remain suspended/revoked until the fee is paid.

To find out if there are any open traffic ticket suspensions or unpaid reinstatement fees on your record, we recommend obtaining a court purposes driving abstract. This can be done online in many cases. A driving record can also be obtained through the mail or by visiting any driver’s services facility. 

Our office provides free consultations, and we are happy to review a driving record to determine if there are any open suspensions, revocations, or unpaid reinstatement fees. You can call us at (312) 761-8290 or email us at jennifer@wirthlaw.org.