Bucks County ARD Program
“The First Offender’s Program”
The Bucks County District Attorney’s office is known for being strict on Drunk Driving (DUI) charges. You may think you are eligible for the Bucks County Accelerated Rehabilitative Disposition (A.R.D.) program, when at the last minute or the eve of your Bucks County DUI trial you find out you are ineligible for the Accelerated Rehabilitative Disposition (A.R.D.) program.
To be eligible for the Bucks County Accelerated Rehabilitative Disposition (A.R.D.) program you should prepare and file a Bucks County A.R.D. Application with the Accelerated Rehabilitative Disposition (A.R.D.) Unit of the Bucks County District Attorney’s Office. This application must be filed at a specific time in your case process, or your ability to get into the A.R.D. program will be waived.
The law firm of Saile & Saile LLP will help you determine whether you will be eligible for the Bucks County Accelerated Rehabilitative Disposition (A.R.D.) program. Pennsylvania criminal and DUI-drunk driving law permits each county to establish its own Accelerated Rehabilitative Disposition (A.R.D.) program. This means that you may be eligible in one county in Pennsylvania, but not another. It takes an experienced and local Bucks County DUI-drunk driving lawyer such as Caterina Saile, Esq., to give you an informed opinion as to your chances of getting into the first offender’s program.
The Bucks County District Attorney has the full legal authority under the Pennsylvania DUI law to determine which Bucks County Drunk Driving (DUI) cases will be admitted to the Accelerated Rehabilitative Disposition (A.R.D.) program. It is the decision of the District Attorney’s office alone and not the judge.
Do not assume that because it is your first DUI, whether in Pennsylvania or not, that you will be admitted into the Accelerated Rehabilitative Disposition (A.R.D.) program. There are many types of cases that will be denied from the Accelerated Rehabilitative Disposition (A.R.D.) program, that an experienced DUI attorney will be able to advise you on.
