Andrew R. Bucher of Balyeat, Leahy, Daley & Miller LLC

(419) 227-9595

Andrew R. Bucher of Balyeat, Leahy, Daley & Miller LLC

Lima Ohio OVI Lawyer

Lima Ohio OVI Lawyer Andrew R. Bucher of Balyeat, Leahy, Daley & Miller

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(419) 227-9595

Lima Ohio OVI Lawyer

Andrew R. Bucher of Balyeat, Leahy, Daley & Miller

1728 Allentown Road
Lima, OH 45805

Andrew Richard Bucher of Balyeat, Leahy, Daley & Miller LLC

States / Courts Admitted: Ohio & U.S. Federal Court in the Northern District of Ohio

Law School: University of Toledo College of Law (J.D.)

Undergraduate School: University

Memberships:
Ohio Bar Association
Sandusky County Bar Association
Allen County Bar Association

Societies: Pi Kappa Alpha International Fraternity (Advisor to Undergraduate Chapter)

Practice Areas:

• OVI / DUI & Traffic Defense - Defend all alleged traffic infractions from minor issues such as simple speeding to the serious and complex issues that arise with Misdemeanor and Felony OVI charges.

Representation by a knowledgeable attorney can prevent jail time, hefty fines, civil liability (being sued), and drivers license suspensions.

Why Get a Lawyer for an OVI / DUI?

There are many opportunities and much potential for law enforcement to make mistakes or violate your rights.

The Stop
An OVI typically begins with a traffic stop. If the traffic stop is not valid then all the "evidence" collected by law enforcement after the stop can be suppressed so it cannot be used against you at trial.

Requesting Field Sobriety Tests Be Done
After a valid traffic stop, law enforcement must have a "reasonable articulable suspicion" to request that a person submit to field sobriety testing (more on "passing" those tests below). If law enforcement cannot meet this standard, the field sobriety tests cannot be used against you.

Conducting Field Sobriety Testing
Field Sobriety Tests (FSTs) have very specific guidelines that Law Enforcement must substantially comply with for the tests to be admissible and for them to be used as probable cause for arrest. These standards range from the appropriate conditions for testing, what must be said, specific questions that must be asked, what effect specific medical conditions have on testing, and how long the tests must take to name a few. An attorney that knows the tests well, to the smallest details, can identify mistakes and irregularities that display to the court that the "substantial compliance" standard was not met. This is done through analysis of reports, video, and through cross examination of law enforcement at suppression hearings.

Breath Testing ("Blowing")
Breath Testing is a heavily regulated area with a vast amount of standards to adhere to. Operators and Calibrators must be properly certified, the machines must be calibrated at minimum time intervals, calibration solutions must be stored in certain ways, tests must be done within certain time constraints, a plethora of standards must be adhered to in taking individual tests (these machines are not the simple devices that are often seen in bars that give instant readings for a quarter), and even if all that is done correctly the machine must be monitored for scheduled maintenance and unscheduled repairs (sometimes very major repairs) that took place around the time of your test.

Medical Issues
Your specific medical circumstance and physical limitations can cause both field sobriety testing and brethalyzation to be wildly inaccurate. Essentially a person can appear to be impaired when they are not and certain conditions can cause false increases in the BAC readings the machine generates.

Why Attorney Andrew Bucher?

Experience
Attorney Bucher has handled many many OVI matters, both misdemeanor and felony, in Courts all across Northwest and Northcentral Ohio.

The diversity of OVI cases handled by Attorney Bucher is truly vast. Not only has he acted as legal counsel in a variety of courts, but each case has had its only unique facts that have added to his experience. For example, he has experience not only with your typical cases involving operation of cars and trucks, but he has represented persons charged with OVI in watercraft (boats and jet-skis), on snowmobiles, four-wheelers / ATVs, and even numerous cases involving operation of golf carts.

Education
Attorney Bucher does not have they typical "lawyer educational background" that most expect (political science degrees or some other liberal arts major with heavy emphasis on literature and social sciences). Attorney Bucher is uniquely suited for OVI matters because of his undergraduate degree, a Bachlors of Science in Pharmaceutical Sciences, essentially a non-licensure degree in Pharmacy.

This educational background sets Attorney Bucher apart because he has studied pharmacokinetics (how drugs, including alcohol, are absorbed, distributed, metabolized, and eliminated by the body) pharmacology, medicinal chemistry, biological chemistry, organic chemistry, anatomy with a focus in pathophysiology, microbiology, immunology, and spent two years gaining laboratory experience. OVI litigation is very often the debate of how substances are processed by the body coupled with understanding of laboratory type testing procedures.

Attorney Bucher not only has a meaningful understanding of these scientific principals, he "speaks the language" of the experts that appear in OVI hearings and trials. Essentially, he understands the testimony and will not miss important opportunities and crucial testimony that other attorneys might while refer to other resources or individuals to explain the terminology and principals during hearings and trials.

Every OVI matter is unique and no amount of explanation on a web page can serve as a substitute to the opinion of an experienced OVI Defense Attorney like Andrew R. Bucher. Call to schedule your free evaluation today at (419) 227-9595.