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PRACTICES / LICENSE DEFENSE

One stop should not cost you your license, or your record.

First offenses, refusal hearings, felony DWI - these cases are built on stops, machines, and paperwork, and all three make mistakes. Finding them is the job.

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★★★★★1,100+ FIVE-STAR GOOGLE REVIEWS
SUPER LAWYERS · 2020-25AVVO · “SUPERB”SECOND GENERATION · SINCE 1976
AS SEEN ON NETFLIX · CNN · FOX NEWS · NY POST
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YEARS, COMBINED
1,100+
FIVE-STAR REVIEWS
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SECOND GENERATION, SINCE
Acquitted.
$26M MONEY LAUNDERING
Dismissed.
RICO · 10-YEAR MINIMUM FACED
Six months.
$12M PONZI · YEARS ASKED
ALL RESULTS →

The stop is where these cases are won.

50+ YEARS COMBINED · NATIONWIDE
01 · THE STAKES
A conviction follows you

A DWI conviction means license revocation, insurance that triples, a permanent record - and for repeat or aggravated charges, jail. For professionals and CDL holders, the collateral damage is the real sentence.

02 · HOW THESE CASES START
A stop, a test, a refusal

Everything starts with the stop - and the stop needs a lawful basis. Then come the field tests, the breathalyzer, the refusal warnings. Each step has rules; each broken rule is a defense. Refusal hearings at the DMV move fast and are winnable with counsel.

03 · HOW WE FIGHT
Fight the machine

Breathalyzers require calibration, maintenance, and proper administration - and the records prove whether they got it. We attack the stop, the testing, and the paperwork, and when the evidence weakens, charges get reduced or dismissed.

What we defend.

EVERY MATTER BEGINS WITH A FREE CONSULTATION
01 First-offense DWI Most first offenses can end without a criminal record - if the defense starts before arraignment.
02 Refusal hearings DMV hearings on chemical-test refusals - fast, technical, and winnable with counsel in the room.
03 Aggravated & felony DWI High BAC, children in the car, repeat offenses - the counts that turn traffic stops into felonies.
04 LICENSE DEFENSE DRE evaluations and blood tests have science to challenge - and we bring the experts who do.
05 CDL & professional licenses Commercial drivers and licensed professionals face career-ending consequences - defended accordingly.
06 Leandra’s Law & interlock Ignition-interlock requirements and child-passenger counts - navigated, modified, and challenged.
DON'T SEE YOUR SITUATION? IT'S LIKELY WE'VE HANDLED IT.
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The questions everyone asks first.

ALL QUESTIONS, ANSWERED →
Q.01
Should I have refused the breathalyzer?

That decision is behind you - what matters now is the hearing it triggered. A refusal suspends your license through the DMV, on a fast clock, but the hearing is winnable and the refusal itself is defensible. Call before the hearing date.

Q.02
First offense - am I going to lose my license?

Not automatically. Hardship privileges, conditional licenses, and negotiated dispositions keep most first offenders driving. The worst outcomes almost always trace back to waiting too long to get counsel.

Q.03
Can a DWI be reduced or dismissed?

Yes - stops get suppressed, machines get discredited, and prosecutors negotiate when the evidence weakens. Reductions to non-criminal violations are real outcomes in the right cases.

THE STANDARD
When the search was illegal, the case falls with it.

We owe loyalty to only you. Strategy starts the day you call, and every client holds the senior partner's cell number.

Start with the free consultation
The street, where these cases start
FIG. - WHERE THESE CASES START
The Spodek Law Group P.C. bench

The team on your case.

EVERY ACCEPTED CASE GETS THE WHOLE BENCH · 24/7
Meet the bench →
Todd A. Spodek
MANAGING PARTNER
Todd A. Spodek
The Netflix defense · Fox & CNN analyst
Ralph P. Franco, Jr.
ASSOCIATE ATTORNEY
Ralph P. Franco, Jr.
Court appearances · case strategy
Alex Zhik
ASSOCIATE ATTORNEY
Alex Zhik
Criminal defense · client strategy
Jeremy Feigenbaum, working the file
ASSOCIATE ATTORNEY
Jeremy Feigenbaum
Motions · investigations
Claire Banks
ASSOCIATE
Claire Banks
Federal motions · S.D.N.Y. & E.D.N.Y.
Joseph Alter
ASSOCIATE ATTORNEY
Joseph Alter
Trial practice · not guilty on all counts, 2025
RB
OF-COUNSEL
Rajesh Barua
Immigration · removal defense
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OF-COUNSEL
Chad Lewin
Los Angeles · 23+ years
50+ years combined
Second generation, since 1976. Selective by design - loyal to only you.
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ALL OF TODD'S APPEARANCES →
HERE'S WHY THIS FIRM
When the biggest cases break, the press calls this firm.
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How your case unfolds.

THE FULL PROCESS →
01 · TODAY
The consultation

Risk-free, in person or by phone. Ask anything, for as long as it takes. Strategy starts the same day.

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Investigation & evidence

Witnesses, reports, footage, experts - building the record that pokes holes in theirs.

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Motions, negotiation - or trial

Suppress, dismiss, negotiate from strength. And if trial is the advantage - we are unafraid.

★★★★★VERIFIED CLIENT · FEDERAL CASE · 2022 · VIA GOOGLE REVIEWS
"The best lawyer anyone could ask for. Todd changed our lives."

"By the time our free consultation was over with Todd, we left his office at ease. All our questions were answered and we had a sense of relief."

1,100+ FIVE-STAR GOOGLE REVIEWS →
THE FIRST 24 HOURS
01You call. A person answers - not a service. 02Free, confidential consultation - ask anything. 03Same-day strategy on every accepted case. 04You hold the senior partner's cell number.
HOW A CASE UNFOLDS →
WHY PEOPLE CALL US FIRST
Selective by design. Loyal to only you.

We take the clients we can truly help - and every accepted case gets the whole bench, 24/7. The consultation is free, confidential, and answered within 24 hours, guaranteed.

FROM THE RECORD · S.D.N.Y. & BEYOND
Acquittal$26M money laundering
DismissedRICO - 10-year mandatory minimum
6 months$12M Ponzi - prosecutors asked for years
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