Hunter J. Tzovarras is a Maine OUI DUI defense lawyer and criminal defense lawyer representing clients in the greater Bangor area and throughout eastern and northern Maine. Hunter has successfully defended clients on cases ranging from homicide to OUI DUI DWI. Hunter’s criminal defense knowledge and experience offers clients sound legal guidance and to fight aggressively in court. Hunter understands being charged with a crime is a serious matter. You face serious potential consequences, including the loss of your freedom, professional license, and forfeiture of money and assets.
Hunter has been named as a top rated criminal defense lawyer by Super Lawyers since 2016. Hunter is a past President of the Maine Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. He is an active member of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and National College of DUI Defense. He is admitted to practice in all courts within the State of Maine, the United States District Court for the District of Maine, the First Circuit Court of Appeals, and the United States Supreme Court.
- DUI & DWI
- Criminal Law
- Drug Crimes, Fraud, Gun Crimes, Internet Crimes, Sex Crimes, Theft, Violent Crimes
- White Collar Crime
- Domestic Violence
- Domestic Violence Criminal Defense, Domestic Violence Restraining Orders
- Operating Under the Influence (OUI)
- Credit Cards Accepted
- Maine
- 1st Circuit
- 2nd Circuit
- U.S. Supreme Court
- English
- President of Maine Criminal Lawyers Association
- Current
- University of Maine - Orono
- B.A.
- Honors: Rezendes Ethics Award
- Quinnipiac University School of Law
- J.D.
- Honors: Outstanding Legal Scholarship Award; Best Brief National Moot Court Honor Society; Am Jur Award Advanced Trial Practice
- Activities: Editor, Quinnipiac Law Review
- SuperLawyer
- SuperLawyers
- Best Brief
- National Moot Court Society
- Maine Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
- member
- Current
- Maine Trial Lawyers Association
- member
- Current
- National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
- member
- Current
- National Police Accountability Project
- member
- Current
- National Lawyers Guild
- member
- Current
- National Health Law Moot Court Competition: Best Brief
- The Journal of Legal Medicine
- Faculty, Maine Commission of Indigent Legal Services Training, Maine
- Top 100 Trial Lawyers
- National Trial Lawyers
- Q. What is the statute of limitations on being charged with Class E misdemeanor? How does Maine issue warrants?
- A: The statute of limitations for a Class E misdemeanor is 3 years. There are some exceptions and exertions that can apply, such as when the person is absent from the State of Maine. You'll want to review Title 17-A Section 8 of the Maine Revised Statutes. https://legislature.maine.gov/statutes/17-A/title17-Asec8.html
A warrant is issued by either Judge, Justice, or Justice of the Peace. In order for a warrant to issue, the Judge, Justice, or Justice of the Peace must find there is probable cause that a crime has been committed for an arrest warrant to issue.
- Q. How long after indictment returned does a state have to prosecute of you're already incarcerated serving another county
- A: You have a right to a speedy trial on an indictment. If the State failed to prosecute the case for 12 months--due to no fault of your own--you can raise this as a speedy trial claim and request a dismissal. There are four factors the court considers in whether to dismiss a case for a speedy trial violation: (1) the length of the delay, (2) the reasons for the delay, (3) the assertion of the right, and (4) prejudice.
- Q. I'm on a deferred disposition And am not aloud to use or posses alcohol but on the marijuana box it has nothing
- A: If the deferred disposition agreement and bail bond do not prohibit using marijuana then using it will not be considered a violation of either. Possessing marijuana is still a federal crime in Maine. The Justice Department is unlikely to charge or prosecutor misdemeanor possessions of marijuana in the District of Maine.