Hunter J Tzovarras

Hunter J. Tzovarras is a Bangor OUI DUI defense and criminal defense lawyer helping people charged with OUI DUI, and serious felonies. Hunter has obtained dismissals and not guilty verdicts for his clients in OUI DUI, felony and misdemeanor cases.

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.

• Operating Under the Influence (OUI)

• Credit Cards Accepted

Maine

1st Circuit

2nd Circuit

U.S. Supreme Court

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

SuperLawyers

SuperLawyers

2024

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SuperLawyers

SuperLawyers

2023

SuperLawyer

SuperLawyers

2022

Best Brief

National Moot Court Society

2005

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

2005-2006 National Health Law Moot Court Competition: Best Brief

National Health Law Moot Court Competition: Best Brief

The Journal of Legal Medicine

December, 2006

Faculty, Maine Commission of Indigent Legal Services Training, Maine

October 10, 2016

DUI Defense Lawyer

National College of DUI Defense

2024

Q. Falsely accused of assault, ex-partner now assaulted me; concern over reporting due to breaching release conditions.

April 28, 2025

A: Any contact would be a violation of the condition of release. Depending on the charge for which you were placed on bail it can either be charged as a misdemeanor or felony. Her assaulting you would also subject her to possible criminal charges, but would not be a defense to a bail violation charge if you allowed her into the home. It could be a mitigating factor in the court opposing a sentence if convicted of the bail violation. You should consult with a criminal defense lawyer before taking any further action on this.

Q. My boyfriend sits in Cumberland County jail been there since last Thursday he can’t bail out has no bail. Why?!!

April 18, 2025

A: There are a few reasons, he could be held with no bail: (1) If he is serving a sentencing there would be no bail, or (2) If he was previously on bail before the new charge, the State could have filed a motion to revoke bail and the Court can be holding him with no bail pending a motion to revoke or (3) the court revoked his bail and is holding him with no bail. You should contact the Clerk's Office and ask what he is being held on and his current bail.

Q. Falsely accused of assault, lost in Supreme Court of Maine without a lawyer; seeking next steps.

April 14, 2025

A: If your case was already appealed to the Maine Supreme Court then the only other avenue for an appeal is to the United States Supreme Court. In order to have the U.S. Supreme Court hear an appeal an application must be filed with the Court within 90 days of the date the Maine Supreme Court denied the appeal. The U.S. Supreme Court only grants the applications to appeal in a small percentage of cases. You should consul with an appellate lawyer about filing such an appeal, and find more information on how an appeal is filed on the Court's website. https://www.supremecourt.gov