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Hunter J. Tzovarras is a Bangor OUI DUI defense and criminal defense lawyer helping people charged with OUI DUI, and serious felonies. Hunter has obtained dismissals and not guilty verdicts for his clients in OUI DUI, felony and misdemeanor cases.
Hunter has been named as a top-rated criminal defense lawyer by Super Lawyers since 2016. Hunter is a past President of the Maine Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. He is an active member of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and National College of DUI Defense.
Education
- University of Maine - Orono
- B.A.
- Honors: Rezendes Ethics Award
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- Quinnipiac University School of Law
- J.D.
- Honors: Outstanding Legal Scholarship Award; Best Brief National Moot Court Honor Society; Am Jur Award Advanced Trial Practice
- Activities: Editor, Quinnipiac Law Review
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Professional Experience
- President of Maine Criminal Lawyers Association
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Publications
Articles & Publications
- National Health Law Moot Court Competition: Best Brief
- The Journal of Legal Medicine
Speaking Engagements
- Faculty, Maine Commission of Indigent Legal Services Training, Maine
Certifications
- DUI Defense Lawyer
- National College of DUI Defense
Awards
- SuperLawyers
- SuperLawyers
- Super Lawyers is a rating service of outstanding lawyers who have attained a high-degree of peer recognition and professional achievement.
- SuperLawyers
- SuperLawyers
- SuperLawyer
- SuperLawyers
- Best Brief
- National Moot Court Society
Professional Associations
- Maine Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
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- Maine Trial Lawyers Association
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- National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
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- National Police Accountability Project
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- National Lawyers Guild
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- National College of DUI Defense
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Jurisdictions Admitted to Practice
- Maine
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- 1st Circuit
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- 2nd Circuit
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- U.S. Supreme Court
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Fees
- Credit Cards Accepted
Practice Areas
- DUI & DWI
- Criminal Law
- Sex Crimes, Theft, Violent Crimes
Additional Practice Area
- Operating Under the Influence (OUI)
Languages
- English
Legal Answers
- Q. Help with boyfriend on probation hold due to false report.
- A: On a probation hold, the officer would have to file a motion to revoke probation within 5 days, and then he would be see by the court within 2 days of the motion being filed. Once he's seen by the court, the Judge can either set a bail or hold him to a final hearing on whether he violated probation or not. The best step he can take at this time is to obtain a lawyer to represent him. If he can't afford to hire a lawyer, the court will appoint one at his initial appearance.
- Q. Do I have to submit to a breathalyzer at a DUI checkpoint?
- A: Law enforcement needs probable cause to believe you are impaired in order to ask you to submit to a breath test. Portable breath test results are not admissible in Maine to establish a breath alcohol measurement. Only Intoxilyzer test results from a properly conducted test, and State approved machine, can be admitted in Court as evidence of a breath alcohol measurement.
- Q. How to correct errors in my criminal history report for current Maine charges?
- A: You will want to obtain a certified copy of the judgements in the prior cases. The certified copies are the official record of what occurred in the prior cases. Your lawyer can request these from the Court.
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