The most common question after "what am I facing?" is "how fast can this be over?" Brian Foley explains in this video why the answer has two parts — some things cannot wait, and some things should not be hurried.
What has to happen now
- The 15-day ALR deadline in a DWI case to save your driver's license.
- Preservation letters to businesses, bars, and agencies whose surveillance video is overwritten in days.
- Witness contact while memories are fresh and phones still hold the messages.
- Bond conditions that are keeping you out of your home or job — a motion to modify should be filed at once.
- Silence. No statements, no contact with the complainant, no social media.
What should not be rushed
Harris County cases are reset repeatedly, and that is not always a bad thing. Discovery arrives in waves — the body-camera video may take weeks, the lab result months. Complainants move, lose interest, or change their stories. Officers leave the department. Prosecutors rotate courts. A case that looks strong at the first setting often looks different at the fifth, and the offer changes with it. Pleading at the first setting means pleading before any of that has happened.
Reason over emotion
The decision to resolve should be driven by the evidence and the alternatives, not by exhaustion or fear. A good lawyer will tell you when speed is in your interest — a diversion offer that will disappear, a witness who is about to become available to the State — and when it is not.
Brian Foley and Luis Baez resolved cases as prosecutors and know how time works on both sides. Call or text (713) 703-1718 for a free consultation.