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Sumpter &
Gonzalez
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Bail
Bondsman
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Can help get a person out of jail before bond is even set
|
Yes |
No |
Can offer advice in the midst of a legal emergency
|
Yes
|
No
|
Views the arrests as the first step in a long-term
relationship of legal representation of a client
|
Yes
|
No
|
Trained in crisis counseling
|
Yes
|
No
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Can meet with the judge to discuss the facts of your case
|
Yes
|
No
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Can advocate for you before charges are filed
|
Yes
|
No
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Can convince the magistrate there was no probable cause
for your arrest, effectively dismissing the case
|
Yes
|
No
|
Can answer legal questions
|
Yes
|
No
|
Can reduce anxiety during time of greatest stress &
uncertainty
|
Yes
|
No
|
Can explain the immediate legal implications of your arrest
|
Yes
|
No
|
Can offer legal advice and counseling about how the arrest
may affect your employment or professional licensure
|
Yes |
No |
Can immediately call witnesses and investigate before
memories fade and evidence is destroyed
|
Yes |
No |
Can begin investigation, mediation and problem-solving
with the complaining witness
|
Yes |
No |
Can answer legal questions that friends, employer, or
family has in the immediate aftermath of the arrest
|
Yes |
No |
In cases where Emergency Protective Order or
Temporary Restraining Order is filed by the police without
consulting or in defiance of the victim's request, can make
appropriate referrals so those orders may be reviewed
and/or modified by a magistrate immediately
|
Yes |
No |
Can locate your car after it was impounded and can help
with the affidavits for your family to get it out of impound
|
Yes |
No |
Invested in the outcome of your case
|
Yes |
No |
Invested in your success after your case is completed
|
Yes |
No |
Requires a co-signer to come to the office and execute
documents in the middle of the night
|
No |
Yes |
Requires you to put your house down as collateral
|
No |
Yes |
Turns you over to a bounty hunter if there's a problem
|
No
|
Yes
|
|
Sumpter &
Gonzalez
|
Bail
Bondsman
|
Can meet with judge to obtain a personal bond for people
who don't live in Travis County
|
Yes |
No |
Can meet with the judge to obtain a personal bond even
though pretrial services denied PR bond
|
Yes
|
No
|
Can meet with the judge to obtain PR bond when bond
amounts exceed the $20,000 ceiling that pretrial services
prefers to stay under
|
Yes
|
No
|
Can meet with a judge to obtain cash bond that can be
applied to legal fees
|
Yes
|
No
|
Can eliminate unnecessary counseling requirements that
are standard, "one size fits all" conditions of personal bond
that may not be necessary for you
|
Yes
|
No
|
Can eliminate "no contact" provisions of personal bond if
the facts and circumstances explain why this would not
be in you, your family, or the community's best interest
|
Yes
|
No
|
Can eliminate "stay away" provisions of a personal bond if
the facts and circumstances explain why this would not
be in you, your family, or the community's best interest |
Yes |
No |
