Fred Fisher is one of Suffolk County, New York's most experienced DWI attorneys. Mr. Fisher has been a criminal defense attorney in New York State for approximately 27 years. As he began the practice of law, he was an associate attorney for Hochheiser & Aronson, one of the most well respected criminal defense firms in Manhattan. Then in 1983, Fred Fisher took a position as a staff attorney in the criminal defense division of the Legal Aid Society for the City of New York, where he practiced criminal defense law for approximately four (4) years.

In 1988, Mr. Fisher was in private practice working out of an office, located in the Murray Hill section of Manhattan. In 1998, Fred Fisher moved both his residence and law practice to Southampton, Suffolk County, Long Island, New York. Fisher attributes most of his knowledge of criminal defense law to the excellent training which he got from attorney Kenneth J. Aronson, Esq., a partner in the firm of Hochheiser & Aronson. Mr. Fisher emulates the skill and expertise which he saw in Mr. Aronson, while working closely with him. In fact, he oftentimes reminds himself, that as a young lawyer working for Lawrence Hochheiser, Esq. and Kenneth J. Aronson, Esq., there were many nights when both he and Mr. Aronson worked into the early morning hours of the following day. Mr. Fisher loved the law, and is exceedingly grateful for the opportunities that were made available to him either in second seating Lawrence Hochheiser, Esq, at trials or working on motions and appellate briefs with Kenneth Aronson, Esq.

In 2000, Mr. Fisher, still relatively new to the area of Southampton specifically and Suffolk county generally had a conversation with his eye doctor, Peter Michalos, M.D. Then, during that conversation with Dr. Michalos, Fred Fisher was encoursgaged by him to consider limiting his practice to DWI defense. For almost the past ten (10) years, Mr. Fisher has limited his practice solely to representing individuals charged with DWI, either at the misdemeanor or felony level. Mr. Fisher is highly experienced in representing individuals who have been accused of driving while intoxicated. Fred Fisher, oftentimes, tells prospective clients what has already happened to them when they were arrested. His clients are always impressed with Mr. Fisher's grasp of DWI law, and his association with the National College for DUI Defense ("NCDD"). Through the NCDD, Mr. Fisher attends seminars held all over America where he gets the opportunity to sharpen and expand his legal skills in DWI defense, but is also afforded the opportunity to hear and participate in lectures given by most of the finest DWI lawyers in the United States, be they Lawrence Taylor, Esq., from California to William "Bubba" Head, Esq., from Atlanta. To Mr. Fisher, the NCDD has given him access to the best, the very best, DWI lawyers in the United States. Their war stories, if you will, are not only informative but also very entertaining. Through the NCDD, Mr. Fisher, has access to a listserve, where he can pose an e-mail question about any issue of DWI law and send the question to every DWI lawyer in the country who is privileged to be a member of the NCDD which is comprised of approximately one thousand (1,000) DWI lawyers across the country.

When asked why an individual, accused of DWI, should retain the legal services of Fred Fisher, Mr. Fisher oftentimes is not modest in informing an accused individual with the fact that he is probably the most experienced DWI attorney in Suffolk County, Long Island, New York. He has a good working relationship with the Assistant District Attorneys from Suffolk County District Attorney Thomas Spota's office and with this "goodwill," he is, when appropriate, often able to negotiate a reasonable disposition of his clients' DWI cases with the District Attorney's Office whether in Central Islip, Southampton, Quogue, Southold, Islandia, Westhampton Beach, East Hampton, and Suffolk County Court in Riverhead, just to name some jurisdictions.

Mr. Fisher admonishes prospective clients who contact him at his Southampton office that most lawyers, if contacted by one accused of a DWI, will say to prospective clients that they know DWI law, that they know how to handle DWI cases and most often charge smaller legal fees than Mr. Fisher. Mr. Fisher tells these prospective clients to be careful when securing the services of such lawyers. He goes on to say that individuals, accused of DWI, should if they can, hire him to protect their constitutional and statutory rights. He, attorney Fisher, has gotten his hands dirty, if you will, by actually trying DWI cases in Suffolk County courts. According to Mr. Fisher, he is one of only two attorneys in Suffolk County, Long Island, New York, who is privileged to be a member of the NCDD. Mr. Fisher, when speaking with a prospective client, over the telephone has an uncanny way of telling his clients what they have already experienced. Clients seem to feel that Mr. Fisher was with them when they were first confronted by law enforcement to the time when they have finished providing a chemical sample of their breath on a machine called the Intoxilyzer 5000, which is one of the most common breathalyzer machines in Suffolk County. Mr. Fisher has attended seminars where the breathalyzer machine has actually been opened, analyzed and studied. In fact, Mr. Fisher has an Intoxilyzer 5000, model 66, in the waiting room of his office in Southampton. Attorney Fred Fisher explains to his clients that after their arraignments, the proceeding when they are first formerly charged with DWI offenses, that he will prepare discovery demands and serve same on the District Attorney's Office. That he, Mr. Fisher and no one else will appear with his clients at every court appearance that his clients have. He further informs his clients that at their second court appearance with his clients, the District Attorney will respond to his discovery demands. Then, at their third court appearance, Attorney Fred Fisher, will appear in court with his clients and serve Omnibus Motions on the Office of the District Attorney and copies of same on the courts. During a client's fourth appearance in court, the District Attorney will typically file a response to his Omnibus Motion. Thereafter, the presiding justice will decide the motion and make a judicial decision as to what pretrial hearings Mr. Fisher's clients will have in the context of what are referred to as pretrial hearings. At the pretrial hearings, Mr. Fisher appears with his clients with a wealth of experience in DWI law, but also through hours upon hours of preparation, he will, to the extent that the Judge will allow him to, ask the arresting officers literally hundreds of questions which he has customized for each client's individual case.

Mr. Fisher discourages individuals, accused of DWI, from securing a lawyer to represent them, unless that lawyer can prove and demonstrate to them how they will handle their cases. Most lawyers, who have very little, if any, DWI trial experience, who have not been trained on how standardized field sobriety tests should be administered and interpreted, who are not members of the NCDD, will just "wing it," resulting in their clients getting inferior representation. These lawyers do not come to court whether at pretrial hearings or trials with hundreds of questions customized for each DWI defendant's case, to effectively cross examine the arresting law enforcement officer. Furthermore, Mr. Fisher shares with his clients his understanding of the policy of the Suffolk County District Attorney's Office. More specifically, Attorney Fisher tells his clients that if they provide law enforcement with a chemical sample of their breath and that if the breath results or blood alcohol concentrations ("BAC") are .13 of 1% or more, there is no plea bargaining. In addition, if the accused refuses to submit a chemical sample of his/her breath, there is no plea bargaining. Furthermore, if the DWI accused has been involved in an automobile accident, there is no plea bargaining, and if an accused DWI defendant has previously been arrested for DWI, which is a crime in New York, or DWAI, which is a traffic infraction, referred to as driving while impaired by alcohol, and with a prior conviction to driving while intoxicated, driving while impaired by alcohol, or driving while having a BAC of at least .08 of 1%, which is also a crime, there is no room for plea bargaining. In those instances where there is no room to consider plea bargaining one's case, the accused DWI defendant has the following two options: first, pleading guilty to the crime of DWI or the crime of operating a motor vehicle while having a BAC of .08 of 1%; or second, they can, if they choose, have pretrial hearing(s) and a trial. Before a trial, during a trial and until the jurors begin their deliberations in the jury room, the accused DWI defendant is presumed innocent. This presumption of innocence is the law, and the only way that this presumption of innocence can be taken away from the DWI accused is if the Office of the District Attorney convinces a jury that the accused DWI defendant is guilty beyond a reasonable doubt, which is the highest burden of proof in American jurisprudence. Mr. Fisher has an excellent reputation in the legal community to create reasonable doubt, and if he, in fact does, the jury must return a verdict of not guilty. With that verdict, the case is over, the accused does not have a criminal record and there are no fines, incarceration in jail or probation. In short, the matter is over with a job well done. Furthermore, Fred Fisher tells his clients, at the beginning of handling their cases, that he has a selfish motive to win their case and that motive is that if he is able to get his client found "not guilty," then if the once DWI accused, ever himself gets rearrested for a DWI, ever has a friend accused of DWI or ever has a family member arrested for DWI, then it is highly probable that the once accused DWI defendant, will, if necessary, engage the services of Mr. Fisher, or suggest to his friends or family members that they should contact Fred Fisher. Mr. Fisher highly relies on such referrals from former DWI accused defendants.

Mr. Fisher earnestly believes that if a DWI accused retains an attorney inexperienced in DWI defense, that the inexperienced DWI attorney will inform his/her client that the Office of the Suffolk County District Attorney has a very strong case against his/her client. Therefore, the inexperienced DWI attorney will encourage or persuade his/her client to plead guilty to the crime of DWI. In most cases, the deal with the District Attorney's Office might include a jail sentence with a three (3) year period of probation. Regrettably, the client now and forever is a criminal with a criminal record.