DUI Defense Attorney Fees by State

DUI/DWI defense, license reinstatement, plea negotiations, trials. Fee ranges below are based on Bureau of Labor Statistics 2024 wage data for lawyers (SOC 23-1011), adjusted by practice area market data.

$2,000+
First-offense floor
$20,000
Felony / repeat ceiling
10.0x
Offense-grade span (floor to ceiling)

DUI Defense: first-offense floor vs felony ceiling

Flat fees standard; covers arraignment through trial. Offense grade drives the published flat: first-offense misdemeanor work commonly quotes $2,000-$5,000; felony or repeat matters climb to $20,000 (10.0x span) or shift to hourly near $57/hr. Scope covered: DUI/DWI defense, license reinstatement, plea negotiations, trials.

Grade
First offense
$2,000-$5,000
Misdemeanor flat · arraignment through disposition
Grade
Felony / repeat
$5,000-$20,000
Ceiling before hourly takeover

First-offense misdemeanor DUI; felony DUI or repeat offense

All dui defense state hubs

Full jurisdiction chip index. Offense-grade flats above stay national; each hub applies that state's BLS lawyer wage index to the first-offense and felony bands.

DC $82/hr NY $71/hr CA $68/hr NJ $64/hr MA $62/hr MD $61/hr WA $60/hr CT $59/hr VA $59/hr DE $58/hr IL $58/hr CO $56/hr HI $56/hr AK $54/hr MN $54/hr NH $54/hr OR $54/hr PA $54/hr RI $54/hr TX $54/hr NV $52/hr AZ $51/hr GA $50/hr MI $50/hr UT $50/hr NC $49/hr OH $49/hr FL $48/hr ME $48/hr MO $48/hr VT $48/hr WI $48/hr NE $47/hr ID $46/hr IN $46/hr IA $46/hr KS $46/hr LA $46/hr MT $46/hr NM $46/hr ND $46/hr OK $46/hr SC $46/hr TN $46/hr AL $45/hr WY $45/hr KY $44/hr SD $44/hr AR $42/hr WV $42/hr MS $40/hr

Adjacent defense and related fee hubs

DUI Defense fee figures use BLS OES 2024 (SOC 23-1011) plus ABA fee-survey matter norms. Estimates only, not quotes or legal advice. Source: BLS OES Lawyers (SOC 23-1011) Matter norms: ABA Law Practice Division publications; see methodology.