Another option is to try your luck without a lawyer the first time around, and if the turn out is bad you could appeal the case (within ten days) and get a lawyer for the appeal. Court cost will be more since it will be moved from district court to circuit but generally speaking circuit courts are usually easier on traffic cases. Remember those judges usually see real crimes and look at traffic as well... thats not so bad. Getting a calibration thats off helps alot as well as taking the drivers improvement course, its +5 points if taken on your own without any court telling you it must be completed. Again this is an option and will not always work, and I can’t say I have any experience in the Hampton area. Id suggest the same as some previous members, find out who the judge will be and possibly a lawyer who has dealt with him in the past. Traffic court is all about who and what you know, at the end of the day its a money game. If you do find a lawyer that you like you can ask him to speak with the cop before the case goes to court some of them will actually request or push for it to be reduced because of the situation or how cooperative you were with them.