Paid lawyer for speeding ticket, just received a failure to appear I got a speeding ticket for a different county I live in. Called a lawyer office for that county and paid $500 to have a lawyer appear in court and have the ticket taken care of. This was several months ago. Just received a letter from DMV stating that my license will be indefinitely suspended unless the citation is taken care of before March 27th. It is the weekend and I can not call the lawyer until tomorrow. Is it possible that the lawyer forgot to handle the case, and if so what rights do I have? Will the failure to appear remain on my record even if I'm not at fault?