Being charged with a crime is serious. You stand to lose your freedom and many privileges, plus you may be closing the door to many future opportunities.

Located in Marshfield, Missouri, Emily A. Prestidge, Attorney at Law, LLC, is committed to guarding your freedom and liberty. Our firm mounts an aggressive defense designed to procure the best possible results.

 

We are detail-oriented and thoroughly examine all the facts and the evidence. We listen to your side of the story and we want your active participation in your defense. After all, no one knows the facts about you better than you know them.  We believe our aggressive approach and attention to detail leads to better plea negotiations from prosecutors.

 

We are prepared to provide an excellent defense against drug possession (e.g., cocaine and crack), drug trafficking (e.g., prescription narcotics), drug manufacturing (e.g., methamphetamine - crystal meth) and drug cultivation (e.g., marijuana).

 

We defend DWI and DUI charges, as well as administrative hearings concerning your driver's license suspension.

 

We defend individuals who are being investigated or who have been charged with a white collar crime such as fraud, money laundering or embezzlement.

 

If you have been arrested for possession of an illegal substance, you may be tempted to simply plead guilty and put the incident behind you. However, this can prove to be a major mistake. You will be left with a drug conviction on your permanent criminal record and have to cope with the accompanying social stigma. Your employment prospects, housing options and educational opportunities will all be limited. In these difficult times, you should strongly consider retaining the services of an experienced and highly skilled criminal defense attorney.

 

If convicted of narcotics possession, you could be facing incarceration and fines, as well as probation and rehabilitation. These consequences can have a very grave impact on your life.

 

Our firm has successfully represented many clients accused of possession of the following illegal drugs:

 

When you are charged with narcotics possession, you are presumed innocent until proven guilty. This means the state must prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the illegal substance actually belonged to you. Often, through careful investigation, we can expose weaknesses in the prosecution's case against you.

 

We defend all types of state charges. Other state crimes in which we provide a quality defense include: