{"id":3476,"date":"2013-05-29T18:56:34","date_gmt":"2013-05-29T18:56:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.markagallagher.com\/socaldefenselawyers\/los-angeles-traffic-ticket-attorneys\/"},"modified":"2020-10-30T20:47:12","modified_gmt":"2020-10-30T20:47:12","slug":"los-angeles-traffic-ticket-attorneys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.markagallagher.com\/socaldefenselawyers\/los-angeles-traffic-ticket-attorneys\/","title":{"rendered":"Los Angeles Traffic Ticket Attorneys"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flockoflegals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/MAGphoto-e1308269412598.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-180\" src=\"http:\/\/www.flockoflegals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/MAGphoto-e1308269412598.jpg\" alt=\"Los Angeles Traffic Ticket Attorney Mark A. Gallagher\" width=\"156\" height=\"187\" \/><\/a><a title=\"LA traffic ticket law firm\" href=\"http:\/\/www.socaldefenselawyers.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Los Angeles traffic ticket attorneys<\/a>\u00a0face the same problem as everyone else in LA. \u00a0 \u00a0It doesn&#8217;t matter what you do for a living in Los Angeles, we all end in the same place, on the freeway, sitting in traffic. \u00a0 \u00a0How do you get to traffic court in LA? You sit in traffic. \u00a0Then to go fight the next ticket in the next LA traffic court? Have some more traffic. \u00a0The irony is strong and just when you think you have had enough, there is always a friendly officer willing to drive it home further by pulling me over and issuing me a ticket. \u00a0 That&#8217;s right, I get traffic tickets in LA, while sitting in LA traffic, to get to LA traffic court to fight LA traffic tickets. \u00a0Such is the life of Los Angeles traffic ticket attorneys.<\/p>\n<p>So now that I got my venting out of the way, what&#8217;s going on out there? \u00a0 Well for starters, traffic courts are closing all over California. \u00a0 Almost every county in the <a title=\"California Court System\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flockoflegals.com\/california-court-directory\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">California Court system<\/a> is in the process of closing down courtrooms and even closing down entire court houses. \u00a0 Could it be that in a post recession world the government is actually shrinking and becoming more efficient in the administration of criminal justice? \u00a0I doubt it. \u00a0 It does seem that they are operating more like a business and less like government. \u00a0There is definitely an eye on the bottom line and cuts are being made to courts that are not profitable. \u00a0 Your courthouse isn&#8217;t making money in your small town? \u00a0We will just close it! \u00a0On the other hand profit centers for the court, such as collections in traffic and DUI court are being streamlined, automated, and fine tuned to yield maximum returns.<\/p>\n<p>The current shake up in Los Angeles traffic court involves the closure of several local courthouses that previously handled traffic tickets. \u00a0 \u00a0Anyone who has been to traffic court in Los Angeles can tell you, these places aren&#8217;t being closed because they stopped giving out traffic tickets. \u00a0 \u00a0EVERY Los Angeles Traffic Court is packed EVERY day. \u00a0 <a title=\"You think this place has long lines?\" href=\"http:\/\/www.disneyland.go.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Lines to see the clerk or judge can often take over an hour<\/a>. \u00a0The traffic clerk&#8217;s office will not answer the phone (you only get an automated service that will waste half an hour of your time and frustrate you). \u00a0 Email, fax, mobile apps, online bill payment, and other technological advances are ignored. \u00a0 The few employees servicing our traffic courts are over worked and dealing with an angry mob of citizens with unjust traffic court problems. \u00a0 So what are they doing to fix it? Shut her down!<\/p>\n<p>Over the course of the next week or two, NINE courthouses in Los Angeles are shutting down business on traffic tickets. \u00a0 \u00a0Closures are already in place for traffic court in Alhambra and East Los Angeles and over the next week closures will take place in Central Arraignment Court, Huntington Park, Malibu, Pomona, San Pedro, West Los Angeles, and Whittier. \u00a0 The remaining traffic court in Santa Monica, Beverly Hills, <a title=\"Riding on the metro\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flockoflegals.com\/california-court-directory\/los-angeles-superior-court\/metropolitan-courthouse-los-angeles-metro-court\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Metro Court (Downtown LA)<\/a>, and Long Beach are going to become a complete zoo. \u00a0 These courts are already overflowing, and things are about to get crazy. \u00a0 \u00a0Only time will tell how this will shake out, but if you are headed to traffic court in Los Angeles, get ready for an all day affair. \u00a0If you need help sorting through the mess, call\u00a0<a title=\"LA traffic ticket defense\" href=\"http:\/\/www.markagallagher.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Los Angeles Traffic Ticket Attorneys<\/a>. \u00a0I&#8217;m here at 800-797-8406 or attorneygallagher@gmail.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Los Angeles traffic ticket attorneys\u00a0face the same problem as everyone else in LA. \u00a0 \u00a0It doesn&#8217;t matter what you do for a living in Los Angeles, we all end in the same place, on the freeway, sitting in traffic. \u00a0 \u00a0How do you get to traffic court in LA? 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