One of the most common questions I get when people contact me about a regular speeding ticket is whether or not it makes sense to hire a lawyer. I practice in a handful of courts around Fredericksburg, Spotsylvania, Stafford, King George, and Caroline, but these tips should apply to any situation where you have a Virginia speeding ticket. First of all, you should at the very least talk with a local, experienced, knowledgeable, traffic attorney who regularly handles cases like yours in the county where your ticket is pending. Typically it’s free to call a traffic attorney and talk with them briefly about your case. You can always give them a call or send an online message to see how they can help you. You can find out a little bit about what they can do for you, what you’re really facing in court, and what it would cost to hire a lawyer to help you. Without having that basic information in hand you really can’t even begin to decide whether or not you should hire an attorney. If you don’t make that first call, you’re never going to know what an attorney can hopefully do and what it’s going to cost. You may be surprised to learn that an attorney may be able to get a case completely dismissed based on you attending driving school and that it might only cost a small amount of money. Deciding whether or not to actually hire an attorney for your speeding ticket comes down to a cost-benefit analysis, in my opinion.