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Jim Butler is one of the few attorneys in Houston to focus exclusively on DWI defense.

“I chose DWI because I really want to help people,” says Butler. “My clients are good, hardworking people. When they come to me, they’re worried about the future—they’re afraid of losing their jobs, they’re concerned that their insurance rates will go up. My goal is to help these people return to normal, productive lives.”

Butler belives that while DWI laws are good laws that should be enforced, he also believes that many innocent people end up arrested. “Many people don’t realize that it’s perfectly legal for an adult in Texas to drink alcohol and drive—as long as that adult maintains his or her mental and physical faculties. And the problem with most field sobriety tests is that they don’t give you the whole picture—if a person is nervous or tired, or even if they have a medical condition, they might ‘fail’ a test, even if they’re not intoxicated," he says.

During his more than 20 years as a DWI defense attorney, Jim Butler has helped hundreds of clients avoid harsh punishments such as jail time and hefty fines. Butler takes his DWI training very seriously. He is a certified field sobriety test instructor, and he remains up-to-date on all new tools and methods used to evaluate DWI evidence.

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