Legal Question in DUI Law in California

Employment Background Checks and DUI

As a professional and current job

seeker I have recently been pulled over

for DUI at a checkpoint. The case is still

pending. I have not been to court yet. I

have hired a lawyer, I take this very

serious as I have my career on the line.

My question concerns employment and

how many companies are using

backgrounds for prescreening, how

long does it take a DUI conviction to

showup, and does it eliminate one from

the pool, if everything else is good to

go- best person for the job, I get the

feeling that this ruins ones life to the

point that one cannot secure a new job,

it seems very self defeating if one

cannot bring in an income and learn

from their mistakes and move on to live

a happy life, never to repeat again with

a spotless driving record for over 15

years and noting at all in criminal

history.


Asked on 11/22/06, 12:37 am

1 Answer from Attorneys
Michael Stone Law Offices of Michael B. Stone Toll Free 1-855-USE-MIKE

Re: Employment Background Checks and DUI

We all sympathize with you regarding the all-pervasiveness of "background checks" and what many lawyers have come to describe as the Economic Death Penalty. Hope your lawyer beats the DUI or gets you a favorable outcome.

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Answered on 11/22/06, 12:43 am


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