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Proven Experience In Multiple Practice Areas
Criminal and traffic charges can have consequences that extend well beyond the courtroom. An experienced attorney can help you understand the charge, the available options, and the best way to move forward.
Edward L. “Eddie” Alley represents clients facing criminal charges, DUI, drug offenses, and traffic violations in Athens and Limestone County, Alabama. With more than 24 years of legal experience, including nearly a decade as a state and federal prosecutor, Eddie brings experience from both sides of the courtroom to every case.
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Drug Charges
Drug cases can range from misdemeanor possession offenses to serious felony charges with substantial consequences. Eddie represents clients charged with possession of controlled substances, marijuana offenses, possession of drug paraphernalia, prescription drug offenses, and other drug related crimes in Athens and Limestone County.
Eddie has extensive experience with drug cases. As a former prosecutor, he handled narcotics investigations and prosecutions before entering private practice. His experience on both sides of these cases helps him evaluate issues involving searches, traffic stops, possession, statements, laboratory evidence, and the State's ability to prove its case.
Depending on the charge and the client's circumstances, alternatives to a traditional conviction may also be available. Every case requires an individual evaluation.
Criminal Defense
Being charged with a crime can affect your freedom, employment, finances, driving privileges, and reputation. Every criminal case is different, and the right approach depends on the facts, the law, the available evidence, and the client's individual circumstances.
Eddie represents clients charged with misdemeanor and felony offenses in Athens and Limestone County, including domestic violence, theft and property offenses, assault, weapons offenses, probation matters, and other criminal charges.
Before entering private practice, Eddie spent nearly a decade as a state and federal prosecutor. That experience provides valuable perspective when evaluating the State's evidence, identifying potential problems with a case, and determining the best strategy for moving forward.
If you have been arrested, received a summons, or learned that you are under investigation, contact the office to discuss your case.
DUI Charges
A DUI charge can have consequences both inside and outside the courtroom. Depending on the circumstances, a conviction may affect your driver's license, insurance costs, employment, and criminal record.
Eddie represents individuals charged with DUI in Athens and Limestone County. Each case is evaluated individually, including the circumstances of the traffic stop, field sobriety testing, breath or blood testing, video evidence, and other evidence available to the prosecution.
With experience as both a prosecutor and defense attorney, Eddie understands how DUI cases are evaluated and prosecuted and can help clients understand their options.
If you have been charged with DUI, it is important to address both the criminal case and any potential driver's license consequences promptly.
Traffic Tickets
A traffic ticket may seem minor, but simply paying a ticket generally means resolving the case as a conviction. Depending on the offense and your driving history, that can result in fines, court costs, points on your driving record, increased insurance costs, or other consequences.
Eddie regularly represents drivers charged with speeding and other traffic offenses in Athens and Limestone County. Representation is available for speeding tickets, moving violations, reckless driving, driving while suspended or revoked, and other traffic charges.
For clients who live outside Athens or Limestone County, it may also be possible in some cases to resolve a traffic matter without requiring the client to make an unnecessary trip to court.
Before simply paying a traffic ticket, contact the office to find out whether another option may be available.