Last time I had to go to traffic court due to reckless driving=120+ mph in a 35 zone with 5-6 cops chasing me at 1-2 am. My best friend called a lawyer friend of his that he parties with here and there and that lawyer called a buddy of his to do him a favor since he was busy and couldn't be where my case was.
Go to court and the lawyer is a slick ass Italian with a dope ass suit on. Walk up to the bench with him. Judge says hi to my lawyer, lawyer responds back, few papers get shuffled and my lawyer walks away. I'm still standing there like what's up. My guy waves me over like come on dumb ass. I ask him what the deal is fines, traffic school etc... and he says nothing all dropped.
Moral of the story, have a best friend that deals blow to a lawyer that knows a dope ass Italian Lawyer.
On another instance I had a cop give me a ticket and tell me point blank I won't be at court, so I say so basically your saying go to court and it gets dropped and he says something like that.