You hang up the phone and feel a wave of relief–you’ve just chosen the Trenton NJ DUI attorney who will handle your drunk driving conviction case. But hold on. You aren’t done yet. Hiring a lawyer isn’t like asking for forgiveness, and you certainly aren’t washing yourself clean of anything so quickly. This is a process and it requires you to be involved.

Now that you have finished your first consultation, you will need to create a new form of conversation between you and the lawyer, now as a lawyer and client instead of lawyer and potential client. Essential to this is having a set of realistic goals. So get out a piece of paper and, thinking about your case, scribble down a few goals you have for it. What exactly do you plan on accomplishing–that is, are you looking to get a jail sentence or fee reduction, do you need limited driving priveleges, and so on. You also need to create a frame in which you want this all to be done with, so that your lawyer can pace accordingly.

Communicate these goals to your Trenton NJ DUI attorney, and in fact communicate anything else related to your case. Supply your attorney with all the necessary information, and call up anytime some new piece of information arrives. Keeping up a constant conversation will keep your case from running astray.