[RKDinOKC]

I just have to go appear before an officer and show I paid the fines to appeal the suspension.

At this point I don't think there is much a lawyer can do. I would have gotten a lawyer to handle the ticket in the first place, but was told by others that had gotten tickets like mine all I had to do was call and I would get a deferred sentence so the ticket would not go on my record. And that's what I thought was happening until the failure to appear notice arrived, then I felt pretty much screwed over by the Texas Department of Tourist Taxation and Anti-tourism.

It's pretty dam f'd up when you have to pay a lawyer to handle a freaking traffic violation!!!