Matthew Ruff, DUI Attorney – Huntington Beach Office is a specialized criminal defense firm exclusively focused on DUI and DWI cases in Huntington Beach and throughout Orange County. With over 25 years of dedicated experience, the firm stands out for its aggressive, detail-oriented defense strategies and its commitment to protecting clients’ driving privileges, reputations, and futures.
The firm takes an innovative and scientifically-informed approach to challenging DUI allegations, emphasizing constitutional rights, procedural errors, and flaws in breath or blood testing methods. Matthew Ruff personally handles each case with the goal of achieving acquittals—not quick plea bargains—and has a proven record of securing not guilty verdicts and successful DMV hearing outcomes. The practice is particularly skilled at representing out-of-state clients and those facing complex charges such as evading arrest or high BAC levels.
Services Offered
- DUI and DWI defense
- DMV administrative hearings and license suspension challenges
- Defense of public intoxication tickets
- Blood test result challenges
- Breath test defense (including Drager 7410 handheld device inaccuracies)
- Sobriety checkpoint legality evaluation
- Fourth Amendment violations and illegal stop challenges
- Felony DUI cases
- Refusal allegations
- Expungement of prior DUI convictions
- Drug-related DUI (DUID) cases, including marijuana
- Representation for out-of-state and non-California license holders
- Court appearances on behalf of clients unable to attend
Serving clients throughout Huntington Beach and Orange County, the firm is highly familiar with local law enforcement practices, including the Huntington Beach Police Department’s strict DUI enforcement strategies. Matthew Ruff offers representation to both in-state and out-of-state residents and provides services in English.
