The rates are all about the same -- between $800 and $2k, and most of the higher-end law firms who specialize in RD are about the same. Some cursory research will provide you with a few well-reviewed firms -- they're all the same, really. Just pick one.
It's a genuine racket in VA -- it's a real industry here. For most people, the lawyer will do nothing aside from be the foot-in-the-door required to chat with the officer on the day of the court date. Just a checkbox.
Granted, I don't know your specific circumstances so perhaps the lawyer will come in more handy than she did for me (mine was a simple 20-over jobby on I-66).
On the one hand, paying $1500 to a lawyer who clearly just got her J.D. to put in 15 minutes of work to get my ticket reduced to <10mph speeding ticket seems completely ridiculous. But considering judges are more than happy to suspend a license and/or throw someone in jail for a day when they show up without said lawyer (I watched it happen while I was waiting, twice), it seems like cheap insurance.
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