A look at the kind of work this practice does — cases won, charges reduced, and motions that made a difference. They are illustrations of past work, not promises. Your case stands on its own facts.
Call 904-383-7448The matters described below are illustrations of past work from the practice of Graham W. Syfert, Esq. They are offered only to show the kind of work this practice does. Every case is different, the facts of your case will differ, and prior results do not guarantee or predict a similar outcome in any future case. Some examples are described in general terms and do not identify clients.
Graham W. Syfert focuses on criminal defense and regularly handles DUI, felony and misdemeanor charges, traffic citations, and cases that turn on scientific evidence across Duval, Clay, Nassau, and St. Johns Counties. The representative results that follow span that range of work.
DUI defense is where careful attention to the stop, the field exercises, and the breath machine most often changes an outcome. These four matters from Mr. Syfert's practice are described with client initials.
D.B. was arrested for DUI in Riverside and blew a 0.13. The officer said the reason for the stop was failing to remain in his lane. Mr. Syfert filed a motion to dismiss noting that the Riverside street in question has no lane lines that would require staying within a lane. The first DUI was dismissed.
E.P. was arrested for DUI in Riverside. The officer claimed she was traveling 39 in a 30. A review of the DUI video and the time stamps showed it was nearly impossible for her to have been over the limit at the moment the officer would have initiated his radar.
E.P. was involved in a three-vehicle accident with a 0.18 while on a suspended license. After Mr. Syfert filed motions to dismiss and to suppress, the State agreed to drop the DUI to reckless driving. The result was six months of probation rather than a DUI conviction.
P.O. was arrested for what the State charged as a fourth DUI, which would have carried a mandatory jail sentence. Mr. Syfert convinced the State it was a third DUI, and the case was resolved on that basis.
The same approach — test the stop, test the evidence, and read the record more carefully than the State did — carries into felony and other criminal matters. The examples below are described in general terms.
In 2010 Mr. Syfert secured the dismissal of a felony sale-of-cannabis charge. Like every result here, the outcome turned on the particular facts and the proof the State could actually muster.
Also in 2010, Mr. Syfert obtained the dismissal of a carjacking and kidnapping case — among the most serious charges Florida brings. The result reflected the specific evidence in that matter and is not a promise of any future outcome.
As the youngest partner of a Jacksonville firm, Mr. Syfert served as lead attorney on a plaintiff's personal-injury case arising from a multiple-injury accident, which led to a recovery of nearly a million dollars for one injured party. He now focuses his practice mainly on criminal defense.
Some of the most lasting work is the kind that outlives the single case. The examples here show how thoroughness on a small matter can reach well beyond it.
Mr. Syfert has obtained dismissals of various traffic citations, including several in 2010 alone. Traffic cases reward the same close reading of the paperwork and the procedure that drives the DUI work.
In 2009, Mr. Syfert's twelve-page motion to dismiss a $1,000 traffic ticket changed the method of citation writing among Florida law enforcement. A single ticket, taken seriously, altered how officers across the state filled out their forms.
Mr. Syfert authored a motion to quash, a motion to dismiss, and an incorporated affidavit designed to help individuals targeted in the mass BitTorrent litigation brought by the US Copyright Group. The forms were praised by judges, attorneys, media, and consumer advocates as examples of how ordinary people might defend themselves, and weeks later nearly 5,000 defendants were dismissed from those cases.
No. They are illustrations of past work only. Every case is different, the facts of your case will differ, and prior results do not guarantee or predict a similar outcome in any future case.
The practice focuses on criminal defense, including DUI, felony and misdemeanor charges, traffic citations, and cases that turn on scientific evidence, across Duval, Clay, Nassau, and St. Johns Counties.
The call is free and confidential. Whether it is a traffic citation or a felony, the sooner a defense begins, the more can be done. Graham W. Syfert answers his own phone.
Call 904-383-7448Graham W. Syfert, Esq., P.A. · Jacksonville, Florida
Serving Duval, Clay, Nassau, and St. Johns Counties