June 04, 2013

• Steven Topazio wrote this May 5, 2014 at 3:06 am

A 25 year old real estate agent failed to notify the registry of her new address after she moved. The client then received a speeding ticket and appealed to the RMV. The RMV sent the notice of the hearing to the client’s old address, which was not forwarded to the client. The client as a result never received notice of the hearing date and failed to appear and was defaulted. Not knowing she defaulted, the client also did not pay the associated fines and the client’s driver’s license was revoked by the RMV. The client was then stopped for speeding again and was charged criminally for operating with a revoked license. The client hired Boston Criminal Attorney Steven J. Topazio to defend her. While waiting to be notified of her scheduled Magistrate Hearing, the client was stopped a third time and was charged with operating after suspension again when police noticed an expired inspection sticker on the client’s car. Attorney Topazio assisted his client in getting her licenses back before the scheduled Magistrate hearing. Attorney Topazio learned that the RMV required that his client successfully complete 3 driver’s reeducation courses before the reissuance of his client’s driver’s license. Today at the clerk magistrate’s hearing, Attorney Topazio was able to convince the Magistrate, despite a finding of probable cause, to hold the complaint for a period of 6 months with the agreement that if his client encounters no further trouble the complaint would be dismissed and not appear on his client’s CORI.