After You Hire Merrill Law for a Traffic Ticket

What happens after you hire Merrill Law for representation for a traffic ticket?

After You hire means that you have completed the client agreement form and provided payment. Our legal team members will process the proper paperwork to fight your ticket.

We will notify the court in writing that Merrill Law is representing you, and we will request the Discovery.

The Discovery are documents that include the sworn reports from the arresting officer. The Attorney will review and build a defense for your specific case.

Setting a Court Date

When the court receives our notice of appearance, the court clerks will assign a court date. We watch your case closely for this date to be set. It will then be added to our calendar for the attorney to appear on your behalf.

The court has 120 days to hold a hearing for the traffic infraction.

Sometimes the courts will send you a notice of the hearing date. You are not required to attend or fill out the statement. We will address your infraction at the court hearing. You do not need to miss any of your own obligations.

Sometimes an infraction will have more than one hearing date for a variety of reasons. We will address this infraction for you until it has been resolved.

The day of your hearing

It is not necessary for you to attend the court date. We will address your traffic infraction at the time of the hearing. When you completed the client agreement form, you authorized Merrill Law to act on your behalf at the court hearing.

What happens next?

We will monitor your file for the court clerks to complete the updates in the court docket regarding your case.

This is a very important step as the Docket Entry directly affects your driving record. We want to make sure that this has been correctly entered to reflect the decisions that were made at Court.

Once the docket has been updated and the outcome is verified by the attorney. We will notify you by mail of the outcome of your case. This process normally takes several days to a week.

Call us now to ask additional questions or to hire an experienced attorney who has deep connections with the local legal system.

There are many ways an experienced traffic attorney can fight your ticket for you.

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Shajn Bakhit
October 9, 2026
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I highly recommend Merrill Law! I had a traffic ticket with multiple charges totaling over $700, and they were able to get all of the charges dismissed! I am beyond grateful for their help and the amazing outcome. They were professional, helpful, and made the whole process much less stressful. I truly appreciate everything they did for me. Thank you so much, Merrill Law! Definitely a 5-star experience!
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Jose Baez
September 26, 2026
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Excellent firm to work with got my speeding ticket dismissed highly recommend
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Nikhil Kalia
September 16, 2026
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Highly recommended never visited everything done on call thank you
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Mohammed Muktadir
September 11, 2026
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They were very straight forward and easy to communicate with. I had a pending deferral speeding ticket which i did my community service hours for and did the 4 hour arive at 25 class to get dismissed. But while I was doing that, I got a second speeding ticket and I was worried it will void my deferred ticket. But they got it dismissed. Thank you very much.
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Shannon Jackson
September 6, 2026
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He’s like Santa for speeding tickets. Anytime someone says they got a ticket, I always tell them “I got a guy”
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Nathan Turner
September 6, 2026
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My son got his first speeding ticket. We called these guys and sent them a photo of the ticket. They took care of everything and got the ticket dismissed. Lucky kid. Hope he learned his lesson...
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Kymberly Hoyle
September 3, 2026
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I have gone through Merrill Law 3 times now for speeding violations and expired tabs and they are efficient and super easy to work with every time. Reece is fantastic and communicative. I highly recommend them as they have saved me a lot of money in the end.
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Jamie Lee Fada
September 3, 2026
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I have used Merrill Law several times from speeding tickets to HOV violations. Everyone has been dismissed. I can't reccomend them enough.
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Laura Taylor
August 18, 2026
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Going to Merrill Law was one of the best decisions I could have made. From start to finish, their team was kind, professional, helpful, and excellent at communicating throughout the process. I truly appreciated their support and would highly recommend Merrill Law to anyone in need of their services.
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Xavier Hecker
August 17, 2026
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Second speeding ticket in a row dropped, and I never had to step foot in a court room.
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Matthew Matyuk
August 15, 2026
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Great experience, big thanks, ticket dismissal went smoothly.
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Jordan Cabral
August 14, 2026
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Huge thank you to Reece Merrill for helping me resolve an issue with the Department of licensing. He was so quick to help me fix what seemed to be an overlook on the DOL’s part. I highly recommend him to anyone who needs legal help big or small.
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edgar guzman
August 12, 2026
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This place is amazing. They had a super simple process, provided clear instructions, and were able to get a speeding ticket dismissed, FAST!
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Nancy Roach
August 12, 2026
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Merrill law saved the day, I will highly recommend. All I had to do was stop in and tell them I needed help they did EVERYTING else!!
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Jasmine Bahena
August 4, 2026
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I had a great experience with Merrill law and would recommend them to anyone!

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