DUI & criminal defense in Park City — resort-town cases, statewide counsel.
Park City DUIs are different: a Main Street bar district dense with visitors, ski-season enforcement on SR-224 and SR-248, festival-week saturation patrols, and defendants who fly home before their first court date. Every Summit County case lands at the Silver Summit Justice Center — and we handle it whether you live on the mountain or in another state.
Silver Summit — every Summit County court
Summit County consolidates its courts at the Silver Summit Justice Center off I-80 and US-40: the Summit County Justice Court for Class B and C misdemeanors, and the 3rd District Court for felonies and Class A charges. Park City police, county deputies, and highway patrol all file there.
Resort-town prosecution has its own rhythm. The docket swells in ski season, out-of-state defendants complicate scheduling, and the county has every incentive to resolve visitor cases efficiently. We use that: for many clients we can appear on their behalf at routine hearings, keep travel to a minimum, and drive the case toward a resolution that does not require a second trip to Utah — while never giving up the option to litigate a bad stop or a shaky breath test.
Why Park City clients hire us.
Skiers, second-home owners, festival visitors, and Summit County locals hire us for the same reason: serious courtroom representation without resort-town pricing.
Attorney-reviewed — from the first call.
Our staff answers 24/7, and an attorney personally reviews every case assessment. The lawyer you hire is the lawyer who appears at Silver Summit on your behalf — and for out-of-state clients, we minimize the appearances you must make in person.
10-day DLD hearing filing — same day.
Once retained, we file your Driver License Division hearing request immediately. Missing that 10-day window triggers automatic license suspension regardless of your criminal case outcome.
Evidence preservation — before it disappears.
Police dashcam, bodycam, dispatch audio, and breathalyzer maintenance records have short retention windows. Preservation letters go out within 24 hours of retention.
Honest fee structure — no surprises.
We discuss fees clearly at the first meeting. Most cases are flat-fee so you know your maximum cost upfront. The first case assessment is always free.
What makes a Park City DUI different.
The nation’s strictest BAC limit, two license systems, and event-season enforcement — a visitor’s case has moving parts a local one does not.
Utah’s 0.05 limit ambushes visitors.
Utah’s BAC limit is 0.05 — the lowest in the nation, and lower than the 0.08 every neighboring state uses. Two glasses of wine at altitude after a ski day can put a lighter adult over. Visitors often learn this when the lights come on behind them on SR-224. How the 0.05 law works — and how altitude, fatigue, and cold corrupt field sobriety testing — is the backbone of many Park City defenses.
Out-of-state drivers, two license systems.
Utah can only suspend your privilege to drive in Utah, but a conviction is reported home through interstate compacts, where your own state applies its own penalties. The out-of-state DUI playbook — the 10-day Utah DLD deadline, appearance strategy, negotiating with home-state consequences in mind — is a regular part of our practice.
Festival and ski-season enforcement.
Festival weeks and holiday ski weekends bring saturation patrols around Kimball Junction, SR-248, and the routes out of the Main Street district. High-volume enforcement produces high-volume mistakes: rushed field tests on snow and ice, portable breath tests stretched past their role, stops premised on little more than the hour. Those files have handles, and we pull them.
Quiet matters here.
For professionals and public-facing clients, discretion is part of the representation: privileged intake from the first call, court appearances handled without drama, and outcomes structured — reductions, pleas in abeyance where eligible, later expungement — to keep the record as clean as the law allows.
Frequently Asked Questions
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I live out of state. Do I have to fly back for court?
I would be legal at home. How is 0.05 a DUI?
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