For you, it is just hiring us and paying the court fine, if there is one.

For us there are several steps:

Once you retain us and pay the fee, we send a letter to the court stating that we represent you. 

If your court date is coming soon we also request an adjournment and a copy of the ticket if you haven't provided it.

Then we meet with the prosecutor to negotiate an outcome for your ticket.  These negotiations result in a "plea bargain."

We then inform you of that disposition and if you consent, we send the proposed disposition to the court. 

If the court agrees, it will enter the plea to the reduced charge and issue a fine. If we can get the ticket dismissed there will be no fine or plea.

We then send you the court's fine notice to you for payment.  

Most all of this can be handled by mail, fax, and if you consent - by email.