Peter Carini

Peter Carini

Oregon Criminal Defense and DUII Law Specialist

Peter Carini is an Oregon trial lawyer specializing in the defense of persons accused of Oregon criminal charges and Driving Under the Influence of Intoxicants. He is a lecturer on effective trial tactics and strategies for DUI cases at legal seminars.

MY PROMISE: I will use all of my skills and talents to achieve the goals that you set out for your matter, for the least amount of money possible.

I can be retained on an hourly basis or on a flat fee basis. Once you know the benefits of each you will know which is best for you. You will have my personal cell phone number and you will deal directly with me and only me. 

Here is what I think you may want to know about me. I was born in Brooklyn, NY in 1962. I came to Oregon in 1990 to attend Willamette Law School. I graduated in 1993 and began work as a public defender with the Southern Oregon Public Defenders Office in Medford, Oregon. In 1999 I left the public defender officer and started my private practice.  

Professional and Board Memberships

  • Past-President of the Jackson County Bar Association
  • Former Member, House of Delegates, Oregon State Bar
  • Life Member: Oregon Criminal Defense Lawyers Association
  • Sustaining Member, National College for DUI Defense
  • DUI Defense Lawyers Association
  • Oregon State Bar
Academic
  • Doctor of Jurisprudence, Willamette University, 1993
  • Graduate, National College for DUI Defense, convening at Harvard Law School, Cambridge, Massachusetts
  • Graduate, American Chemical Society Forensic Chromatography IV, Chicago, Illinois
  • Graduate, Gerry Spence Trial Lawyers College, Dubois, Wyoming
  • Graduate, Robert F. Borkenstein curriculum, Alcohol and Highway Safety: Testing, Research and Litigation, Indiana University. (Crime-lab scientists complete this curriculum before they are sent to court to testify as expert witnesses for for the prosecution.)
Specialized Training
  • Standardized Field Sobriety Test practitioner.
  • Standardized Field Sobriety Test Instructor trained. 
  • Intoxylizer 8000 Breath Alcohol Test device operator trained.
  • Intoxilyzer 5000 Breath Alcohol Test device operator trained. 
  • Gas Chromatography trained under American Chemical Society guidelines. 
  • Drug Recognition Expert trained. 

Notable Professional Training 

BECOMING AN EXPERT DUII LAWYER: Advance Your Skills and Take Charge of the Case.  Valley River Inn, Eugene, Oregon. March 11-12, 2016.

  • DRE: The Inside Scoop. Paul Steigleder, II, Portland.
  • DMV Hearings and License Issues.
  • Mistrials? Objections? How to Handle Admissible and Improper Arguments and Evidence Offered by the State. Ben Eder, Portland, with David Eder & Colin Andries, Portland.
  • Voire Dire: Setting Up the Case. Peter Carini, Medford.
  • Crossing the Lab Tech: Let's Have Some Fun! Richard Oberdorfer, Portland.
  • Using `The Force' in Cross: How Trainning Records, Police Reports and Your Personality Empower Effective Cross - Examination. 

13th ANNUAL MASTERING SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE IN DWI/DUI CASES
Sponsored by: Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association and National College for DUI Defense; Dallas, Texas. March 30-April 1, 2006

BLOOD AND URINE TESTING, ALCOHOL AND DRUGS, GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY CALIBRATION: Anne Rummel Manly, Forensic Associates, Deerwood, MN. FORENSIC GAIT ANALYSIS:  Dr. Clark Miller and Dr. Paul Greenberg, New York, New York. SCIENCE FOR JURORS, MAKING IT UNDERSTANDABLE, KEEPING IT SIMPLE: THE FINE ART OF EXPLAINING "FORENSIC SCIENCE" Edward Fiandach, Rochester, New York. ELECTRICAL ISSUES IN BREATH TESTING, DMV ISSUES, "THE DVM AND OTHER MYTHS":  John Churchill, Auckland, New Zealand. SOLUTIONS AND MIXTURES, WHY SOME RESULTS MAY NOT BE RELIABLE: DEMYSTIFYING THE INTOXILYZER 5000:  Mary McMurray, Wisconsin. WINNING A BREAT TEST CASE WITHOUT AN EXPERT: HOW TO WIN A BREAT TEST WITH THE STATE'S TECHNICAL SUPERVISOR:  Mimi Coffey, Fort Worth, Texas. POWERFUL ANALOGIES, TECHNIQUES, ANECDOTES, SIMILES, METAPHORS - William C. Head, Atlanta, Georgia. THE TWELVE STEP APPROACH TO PROPER EXPERT PREPARATION:  Dr. Joseph Citron, M.D., J.D., Atlanta, Georgia. INTOXILYZER 5000: Jay Zager, Florida and Charles Sifers, Oklahoma. INTOXILYZER 8000:  Vic Carmody, Mississippi.

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CRIMINAL DEFENSE LAWYERS
9TH ANNUAL DUI SEMINAR
DWI MEANS DEFEND WITH INGENUITY
Co-Sponsored by the National College for DUI Defense
September 29-October 1, 2005

EXPERT LESS CROSS OF THE BREATH TEST EXPERT:  Edward Fiandach, Rochester, N.Y. ATTACKING CORRUPTION IN CRIME LABS: Janine Arvizu, Tijeras, NM. MEDICAL CONDITIONAL AND DUI CHALLENGES: Dr. A.W. Jones. VOIRE DIRE: FACING EXPERT WITNESSES & CHEMICAL TESTS HEAD ON: Robert Hirschhorn, Lewisville, TX. ATTACKING THE CRIME LAB RESULTS : Dr. Frederic Whitehurst, Bethel, NC. DUI CASE LAW UPDATE: Fleming Whited, Daytona Beach, FL. THE IMPORTANCE OF PEER-REVIEW & PUBLICATION FOR ADMISSION OF EXPERT TESTIMONY IN DWI LITIGATION: Dr. A.W. Jones, Linkoping, Sweden. DRUG RECOGNITION TRAINING:  Jim Nesci, Tuscon, AZ. COURTROOM COMMUNICATION: STYLE & SKILL: Lisa DeCaro & Len Natheo, Evergreen, CO. NAILING YOU CLOSING ARGUMENT:  Tommy Kirk, Montgomery, AL. LEARNING STANDARDIZED FIELD SOBRIETY TESTS:  Tracey Wood, Madison, WI. 5 KEYS TO A GREAT LEGAL PRACTICE - Sandi Gordon, Janesville, WI. CROSS-EXAMINATION OF THE BLOOD TEST EXPERT: Flem Whited. CROSS EXAMINATION OF THE BREATH TEST EXPERT:  Ed Fiandach. DRUG RECOGNITION EXPERT CROSS-EXAMINATION:  Jim Nesci. EFFECTIVE USE OF POWERPOINT IN YOUR DUI CASE:  Steve Oberman. FIELD SOBRIETY TEST CROSS-EXAMINATION:  Larry Taylor, Tracey Wood & Jim Nesci. PREPARING YOUR ATTACK OF THE CRIME LABORATORY:  Fred Whitehurst & Steve Oberman. HONING YOU VOIRE DIRE SKILLS:  Robert Hirschhorn.

NATIONAL COLLEGE FOR DUI DEFENSE
2005 WINTER SESSION
Hotel Monteleone
New Orleans, LA
January 21-22, 2005

ETHICAL MISSTEPS IN CLOSING ARGUMENTS -Regent Leslie F. Hulnick : THE PROCESS OF INTERVIEWING THE CLIENT HOOK, LINE & SINKER
-Glynn J. Delatte, Jr. : VOIR DIRE/JURY SELECTION -Joseph D. Johnson : THE EAST COAST CROSS: SAVE THE KILL FOR THE JURY -Regent Stephen L. Jones : THE WEST COAST FEEL GOOD THEORY OF CROSS EXAMINATION -Regent Bruce Kapsac : STANDARDIZED FIELD SOBRIETY TESTING -Robert F. La Pier : NORTH-WESTERN SCRAMBLE FOR THE VERDICT -Kenneth W. Fornabai : CLOSING ARGUMENTS SOUTHERN STYLE -Robert W. Chestney


CMI, Inc., INTOXILYZER 5000 series Certified Operator; United States Department of Transportation, 49 CFR Part 40. Orlando, Florida. 2005.

WALDEN, PLATT & ASSOCIATES Boerne, Texas NHTSA/IACP STANDARDIZED FIELD SOBRIETY TESTING INSTRUCTOR CERTIFICATION COURSE. June, 2005
FORENSIC: Certified as instructor in Standardized Field Sobriety Testing used by law enforcement nationwide.

WALDEN, PLATT & ASSOCIATES Atlanta, Georgia Washington DRUG EVALUATION AND CLASSIFICATION (DECP) OVERVIEW COURSE. 2004
FORENSIC: Course in Drug Recognition Expert (DRE) discipline used by law enforcement nationwide. 

OREGON CRIMINAL DEFENSE LAWYERS ASSOCIATION
DUII SEMINAR
EUGENE HILTON HOTEL
EUGENE, OREGON
MARCH 12 - 13, 2004

THE FUNDEMENTALS OF THE INTOXILYZER What's inside the box - The Basics of Evidential Breath Testing -Phillip Price. WHAT TO DO WITH IT AND HOW TO USE IT When the state brings in an expert -Phillip Price. DMV LICENSING HEARINGS -Bob Thuemmel. NEWS LAWS AND CASE LAW UPDATE -Cate Wollam & Lisa Ludwig. VOIR DIRE -Bob Thuemmel & Bill Uhle. CASES OF ALCOHOL AND DEATH -Flem Whited. HANDS-ON INTOXILYZER 5000 DEMONSTRATION-Peter Carini CUTTING EDGE ARGUMENTS WHEN THERE IS...A REFUSAL, A HIGH BLOW, A BLOW CLOSE TO .08, AN HGN TEST -Flem Whited. QUIVERING MUSCLES AND GREEN TONGUES: PHYSICAL MANIFESTATIONS OF CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES WHEN THE INTOXICANT ISN'T ALCOHOL -Dr. Robert Julien.  DREs - VOODOO OR SCIENCE? AND CROSSING THE DRE EXPERT -Peter Carini. SEARCH AND SEIZURE ISSUES REGARDING: BLOOD DRAW URINE SAMPLE, MANSLAUGHTER -John Henry Hingson WHOSE GRID BLOCK IS IT, ANYWAY? DUI SENTENCING FOR EVERYONE-Jannelle Barton TOP TEN FAVORITE DUII DEFENSE ARGUMENTS -Mark Gorski, -Peter Carini, -Jack Hingson, -Bill Uhle, -Carte Wollam

THE 11th ANNUAL MASTERING SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE SEMINAR - 2004
GEORGIA TECH HOTEL
ATLANTA, GEORGIA
APRIL 22-24, 2004

SIGNIFICANT SCIENTIFIC ARTICLES ON ALCOHOL TESTING AND PHYSIOLOGY -Dr. A.W. Jones (Linkoping, Sweden) : POWERPOINT DISK FOR TRIAL LAWYERS AND HANDLING SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE -Ed Loss : DEBUNKING THE TOP 20 STATE EVIDENCE PREVARICATIONS ABOUT BLOOD, BREATH AND URINE TESTING USINC CASE LAW & SCIENTIFIC ARTICLES -Lenny Stamm : DEBUNKING THE TOP 20 STATE EVIDENCE PREVARICATIONS ABOUT FIELD SOBRIETY TESTS BY USE OF THE NHTSA MANUAL AND SCIENTIFIC STUDIES -Dr. Steve Rubenzer, Ph.D : PRELIMINARY BREATH TESTERS: HOW DO THEY WORK AND WHERE CAN THEY BE INACCURATE? -Marry C. McMurray, B.Sc & Anne Imobersteg, JD, MBA, M.Sc. : DRE's: HOW MUCH IS "SCIENCE" COMPARED TO HOW MUCH IS "GUESSWORK?" -Hon. Roderick Kennedy, New Mexico Court of Appeals : CHEMICAL TEST TRAINING INTOXILYZER 5000 - William C. Head : INTOXILYZER 8000 - Jay Zager : DATAMASTER - Mary McMurray : EC-IR - Dr. David Stafford : DRAEGER - Anne Imobersteg : BLOOD/URINE - Dr. Robert Middleberg

THE ROBERT F. BORKENSTEIN COURSE ON ALCOHOL AND HIGHWAY SAFTEY: TESTING, RESEARCH AND LITIGATION. Founded by R.F. Borkenstein, Professor Emeritus, Indiana University. Center for Studies of Law in Action. May 18-33, 2003

Brief Historical Perspectives on Alcohol and Transportation and the Alcohol Tradition at Indiana University.- Dr. Kurt M. Dubowski, George Lynn Cross Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Medicine, University of Oklahoma College of Medicine. Pharmacology of Alcohol: Dr. Robert B.Forney, Jr., Director of Toxicology, Medical College of Ohio. Mathematics of Breath and Blood Alcohol Analysis:  Sgt. Rodney Gullberg, Washington State Patrol Crime Laboratory Breath Test Unit. Pharmacology of Alcohol-Extrapolation: Dr. Robert B. Forney, Jr., Director of Toxicology, Medical College of Ohio. Alcohol: Psychomotor Effects and Driving: Dr. Barry K. Logan, Washington State Toxicologists, Seattle WA. Theory and Practice of Breath-Alcohol Analysis: I. Selected Biological Aspects:  Dr. Kurt M. Dubowski, George Lynn Cross Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Medicine, University of Oklahoma College of Medicine. Theory and Practice of Breath-Alcohol Analysis: II. Selected Physico-chemical Aspects:  Dubowski. Breath Alcohol Instrumentation: Current State of the Art:  Sgt. Rodney Gullberg, Washington State Patrol Crime Laboratory; Mr. Robert Zettl, Forensic Alcohol Consultants. Recent Research on Breath-Alcohol Analysis:  Dr. Kurt M. Dubowski. Blood Alcohol Analysis:  Dr. BK Logan, Washington State Toxicologist. Recent Research on Forensic Alcohol Analysis:  Dr. A.W. Jones, Department of Alcohol Toxicology National Laboratory of Forensic Chemistry, Sweden. The Current Scene:  Dubowski, Forney, Gullberg, Harding, Jones, Logan, Montgomery, Zettl. Legal Aspects - Constitutional Issues and Case Law: Mr. Robert H. Montgomery, Jr., Assistant District Attorney General, Sullivan County, Tennessee. Tutorial on Statistical Applications of Breath Alcohol Data:  Sgt. Rod Gullberg; Presentation of Expert Testimony:  Montgomery. Analysis of Defense Challenges to Breath-Alcohol Testing:  Mr. Patrick Harding, Wisconsin Department of Health.

THE NATIONAL COLLEGE FOR DUI DEFENSE
DWI DEFENSE
ACCORDING TO THE CODE OF THE WEST
THE MENGER HOTEL
SAN ANTONIO, TX
January 23 - 24, 2003

UNDERSTANDING HGN: THE "EYES" DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE IT -Dr. Joe Citron : FIELD SOBRIETY TESTS: NOT EVERYONE WITH "TANGLEFOOT" IS DRUNK -W. Troy McKinney : PHARMACOLOGY: CIRCLING THE WAGONS AGAINST BAD SCIENCE -Dr. Fran Gengo : KNOWING THE ROPES OF IMPEACHING DRUG RECOGNITION EXPERTS -Doug Hazelton : DWI DEMONSTRATIVE EVIDENCE: A TOYS R US ROUND-UP -Phillip B. Price, Sr :
DWI EVIDENCE OBJECTIONS & PROFFERS: HAPPY TRAILS & BLIND TRAILS -Chuck Morgan & Steve Jones : BREATH TESTING DEFENSES: CALLING IN THE CALVARY OF REAL SCIENCE -Charles Sifers & Mary McMurray : JURY VOIR DIRE & COMMUNICATION SKILLS: AVOIDING STAMPEDES -Robert B. Hirschorn : ETHICS: HOW TO WEAR THE WHITE HAT -Leslie F. Hulnick : CROSS-EXAMINATION: HOW TO CORRAL THE ARRESTING OFFICER CALIFORNIA AND GEORGIA STYLE -James Farragher Campbell & George Stein : GIVING THE WINNING CLOSING ARGUMENT: HOW TO TELL A CAMPFIRE STORY -Richard "Racehorse" Haynes

NATIONAL COLLEGE FOR DUI DEFENSE
2003 Summer Session Schedule
Presented at Harvard Law School
July 23 - 26, 2003

OPENING REMARKS -Gary Trichter, Victor Carmody : ESSENTIAL CASES TO KNOW IN HANDLING CHALLENGES TO SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE
-Lenny Stamm : COMMUNICATION: STYLE & SKILL -Lisa DeCaro & Len Matheo : HGN SUPPRESSION & CROSS - EXAMINATION -Dr. Joseph Citron & Troy McKinney : ETHICS -Victor Pellegrino : CROSS-EXAMINATION LECTURE -Terry MacCarthy : ADVANCED CROSS-EXAMINATION DEMONSTRATION & LECTURE -James Farragher Campbell & Randy Moore : BEGINNING TO INTERMEDIATE CROSS-EXAMINATION DEMONSTRATION & LECTURE --Steve Jones & Jim Nesci : STANDARDIZED FIELD SOBRIETY TEST - ANOTHER PERSPECTIVE -Troy Walden & Lance Platt : DWI EVIDENCE OBJECTIONS & PROFFERS -Doug Murphy : DEFROCKING STANDARDIZED FIELD SOBRIETY TESTS -Steve Oberman & Ed Loss : ADVANCED CROSS - EXAMINATION: TIPS AND TRICKS FOR BREATH TESTING -Charles Sifers and William Head : BEGINNING TO INTERMEDIATE CROSS-EXAMINATION: TIPS & TRICKS FOR BREATH TESTING -George Stein & Les Hulnick : PHARMACOLOGY -Dr. Fran Gengo : ACCIDENT RECONSTRUCTION -Steve Rickard :

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CRIMINAL DEFENSE LAWYERS
DWI MEANS DEFEND WITH INGENUITY
Las Vegas, Nevada
October 16 - 18, 2003

VOIR DIRE IN THE DIFFICULT CASE -William Head : CROSS-EXAMINING THE OFFICER ON FST'S -Bob Chestney : CLOSING ARGUMENTS: HOW TO TELL COWBOY CAMPFIRE STORIES -Gary Trichter : ACCIDENT RECONSTRUCTION -David Casteel : BACK TO BASIC -Steve Jones & Gus McDonald : CROSS OF THE CHEMICAL TEST EXPERT -Charles Sifers & Phil Price : ETHICS -James A. H. Bell & Vic Pellegrino : FIELD SOBRIETY TEST EXAMINATION -Bob Chestney & Larry Taylor : VOIR DIRE -William Head & Gary Trichter : BREATH TESTING: A CURRENT STATE OF THE ART  -Phil Price : WHAT EVERYONE NEEDS TO KNOW ABOUT ACCIDENT RECONSTRUCTION -David Casteel : LEGAL UPDATE -Flem Whited : CHALLENGING FORENSIC EXPERTS -Sasha Natapoff

MASTERING SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE IN DUI/DWI CASES
Atlanta, Ga
April 10 - 12, 2003

LIMITATIONS OF BREATH TESTING DEVICES - Mary C. McMurray : FIFTEEN SFST ZINGERS: NEW IDEAS & DEFENSE TOOLS TO SECURE AQUITAL -John Henry Hingson, III : NHTSA: PERPETRATOR OF FRAUD? : -Dr. A.R.W. Forrest, LLM, FRCP. FRC Path. : DEBUNKING THE "VALIDATION STUDIES" AND THE REVISIONIST SFST MANUALS -Dr. Spurgeon Cole, Ph.D. : POWERFUL ANALOGIES, TECHNIQUES, ANECDOTES, SIMILES, METAPHORS, "SEGUE WAYS" AND OTHER TOOLS TO EXPLAIN "SCIENCE" AND "LAW" TO JURORS OR JUDGES -Dr. A.R.W. Forrest, John Tarantino, lawrence Taylor, John Henry Hingson, William C. Head, James Farragher Campbell. : PREPARING FOR TRIAL: BEING RADICALLY READY -Norman Teague : BLOOD TESTS: FINDING THE ACHILLES HEEL -Edward Fitzgerald : USING DISCOVERY TO UNCOVER THE LIES: WHAT DOES THE GOVERNMENT HAVE TO HIDE? -Charles Morgan : ESSENTIAL CASES TO KNOW IN HANDLING CHALLENGES TO SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE -Leonard Stamm

DUI REVOLUTION IN BOSTON
NATIONAL COLLEGE FOR DUI DEFENSE
SUMMER SESSION 2002
PRESENTED AT HARVARD COLLEGE
CAMBRIDGE, MA
July 25-27, 2002

HGN AND OTHER FIELD TESTS: THE VOODOO OF POLICE SCIENCE -Dr. Joseph Citron : PHARMACOLOGY AS A DEFENSE TO A .08 BAC (OR HIGHER) CASE -Dr. Fran Gengo, Ph.D. : THE MECHANICS OF BLOOD TESTING -Patrick M. Demers, B.S., M.S. : CONSTITUTIONAL AND EVIDENTIARY FOUNDATIONS -Edward Imwinkelried : DUI LAW UPDATE -Flem K. Whited : DEMONSTRATIVE EVIDENCE -Phillip B. Price, Sr. : THE PAPERLESS OFFICE: TAMING THE PAPER MONSTER -Ross Kodner : DUI ACCIDENT AND RECONSTRUCTION -James Farragher Campbell & Steve Rickard : STANDARDIZED FIELD SOBRIETY TESTS, DRUG RECOGNITION OFFICER, DRUG RECOGNITION EXPERT UPDATE -Troy McKinney & Ed Loss : VOIR DIRE LECTURE AND DEMONSTRATION -Robert Hirschhorn : CREATING VOCAL THUNDER IN THE COURT ROOM -Lisa DeCaro & Lynn Mateo
THE MOBILE LAWYER: ALL THE TIPS, TRICKS AND REASONS TO PRACTICE ANYTIME, ANYPLACE -Ross Kodner : ADVANCED JURY COMMUNICATION -Lisa DeCaro & Lynn Mateo : ACCIDENT RECONSTRUCTION DEMONSTRATION -James Farragher Cambell & Steve Rickard : TECHNOLOGY FOR THE REST OF 2002: THE DUI LAWYER'S TECHNOLOGY SURVIVAL GUIDE -Ross Kodner : SIXTY LEGAL PC TIPS AND WEB SITES IN 60 MINUTES -Ross Kodner : OPENING STATEMENT AND DEMONSTRATION -Tommy Kirk & Jes Paul : CROSS EXAMINIATION OF THE ARRESTING OFFICER AND DEMONSTRATION -Lawrence Taylor and Bob Chestney : CROSS EXAMINATION OF THE STATE'S BLOOD TEST EXPERT AND DEMONSTRATION -Leslie Hulnick & William C. Head : CROSS EXAMINATION OF THE ARRESTING OFFICER SYMPOSIUM -Barry Simons, Charles Sifers, Vic Pellegrino & George Bianchi : CROSS EXAMINATION OF THE STATE'S BLOOD EXPERT SYMPOSIUM -Steve Oberman : FEAR AND CLOSING ARGUMENTS LECTURE AND DEMONSTRATION -Ed Fiandach

GETTING TOUGH ON DWI: THE DEFENSE
SEVENTEENTH NATIONAL SEMINAR
Sponsored by The Minnesota Society For Criminal Justice
ORLANDO, FLORIDA
Hard Rock Hotel
February 14-16, 2002

INVESTIGATION PREPARATION -Jessica Towne : RAISING STATE CONSTITUTIONAL DEFENSES THE "RIGHT" WAY - TO SATISFY THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT -John Henry Hingson, III : ATTACKING BLOOD TESTS & FORENSIC EVIDENCE IN THE INJURY OR FATALITY CASE -Michael Snure : MEDICAL ISSUES IN FIELD SOBRIETY TESTING -Joe Citron : ETHICS -Lawrence Volgelman : CROSS EXAMINATION TECHNIQUES
-Roger Dodd : SOMETHING TOTALLY DIFFERENT IN CROSS EXAMINATION IN DUI CASES -Robert Reiff : CASE LAW UPDATE -Flem Whited : FIELD SOBRIETY TESTS, PBT's, INTOXILYZERS AND THE FOURTH AMENDMENT: THE NEXT FRONTIER -Jeffery Sheridan :

9th ANNUAL
MASTERING SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE IN DUI/DWI CASES
Crowne Plaza Ravinia Hotel
Atlanta, Georgia
April 11-13, 2002

FIFTEEN SFST ZINGERS: THE BEST DEFENSE TOOLS TO OBTAIN ACQUITTAL- Timothy D. Huey : TWELVE ESSENTIAL ISSUES TO ADDRESS IN HANDLING DEATH OR SERIOUS INJURY CASES - James Farragher Campbell : MAKING CHICKEN SALAD OUT OF CHICKEN SHIT: WORKING WITH NO BUDGET OR NO BUDGET AGAINST THE STATE'S EXPERTS - Flem K. Whited, III : POWERFUL ANALOGIES, TECHNIQUES, ANECDOTES, SIMILES, METAPHORS, "SEQUE WAYS" AND OTHER TOOLS TO EXPLAIN, "SCIENCE" AND "LAW" TO JURORS OR JUDGES - Dr. A.W. Jones, Flem K. Whited, III, Lawrence Taylor, Dr. Christiana Correa, Timothy D. Huey, Dr. Robert A. Middleberg, James Farragher Campbell, Edward Fitzgerald, Dr. Joseph Citron, MD & William Taylor : PREPARING FOR TRIAL - David M. Manilla : CUTTING EDGE CASE LAW FOR EXCLUDING SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE -R. Michael Vang : ALCOHOL - MAN'S FAVORITE DRUG: THE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS IN SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH ON BLOOD AND BREATH TESTING - Dr. A.W. Jones

LAPIER & ASSOCIATES San Francisco, California NHTSA/IACP STANDARDIZED FIELD SOBRIETY TESTING INSTRUCTOR CERTIFICATION COURSE. 2001
FORENSIC: Certified as instructor in Standardized Field Sobriety Testing used by law enforcement nationwide.
THE ROBERT F. BORKENSTEIN COURSE ON ALCOHOL AND HIGHWAY SAFTEY: TESTING, RESEARCH AND LITIGATION. Founded by R.F. Borkenstein, Professor Emeritus, Indiana University. Center for Studies of Law in Action. May 18-33, 2003
FORENSIC: Successful completion and Graduate of required course for state scientists to qualify as an expert in the field of blood alcohol testing.


NATIONAL COLLEGE FOR DUI DEFENSE
2001 SUMMER SESSION
Presented at Harvard
Cambridge, Ma
July 25 - 28, 2001

ETHICAL CLIENT INTERVIEW AND ACQUISITION Edward Fiandach, John T. Kirk, Victor Pelligrino. Charles Sifers, Leslie Hulnick, J. Gary Trichter & Troy McKinney : POLICS REPORT -Glynn Delatte : FACT PATTERN SYMPOSIUM - George Bianchi, Victor W. Carmody, J. Gary Trichter, John T. Kirk, Robert W. Chestney & Steve Oberman : VOIR DIRE SYMPOSIUM - Victor Pelligrino, Barry Simons, George Bianchi, Charles Sifers, J.J Paul, III & Steve Oberman :
PICKING AN EXPERT SYMPOSIUM -William Head, J. Gary Trichter, Steve Oberman, Edward Fiandach, John T. Kirk, Robert W. Chestney & Troy McKinney : EXPERT WITNESS VIGNETTES -Dr. Francis Gengo, Joe Citron & Glynn Delatte : PREPARING AND ARGUING TRIAL MOTIONS -JJ Paul & Barry Simons :DEFENSE WITNESS PREPARATION -J. Gary Trichter & Troy McKinney : CROSS-EXAMINATION OF THE STATE'S EXPERT - Steve Oberman & Robert Chestney

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CRIMINAL DEFENSE LAWYERS
8th ANNUAL DUI SEMINAR
DWI MEANS DEFEND WITH INGENUITY
FROM CURBSIDE TO COURTROOM
New York New Yok Hotel and Casino
Las Vegas, NV
October 4 -6, 2001

KEYS TO A USEFUL AND THOROUGH INVESTIGATION --James A.H. Bell : OPENING STATEMENTS: TWO WINNING APPROACHES -John Kirk & Victor Pellegrino : CROSS-EXAMINATION OF ARRESTING OFFICER --James Nesci : CROSS-EXAMINATION OF ARRESTING OFFICER -Jessics Towne : CROSS OF A BREATH TEST OPERATOR: GET WHAT YOU NEED -William Head : CROSS OF A BREATH TEST OPERATOR: GET WHAT YOU NEED -Peter Gerstenzang : CROSS OF A BLOOD TEST EXPERT: HOW IT'S DONE -J.J. Paul, III: LEGAL DEVELOPMENTS UPDATE -Flem Whited : ETHICS AND THE DUI CASE -Larry Vogelman : ORGANIZING YOUR LAW OFFICE -Victor Carmody : CLOSING ARGUMENTS: PREVAILING IN SUMMATION -J. Gary Trichter : -Barry Simmons

DWI ON TRIAL - THE BIG APPLE SEMINAR
A National Program Featuring Some of America's Most Prominent Speakers
Sponsored by the New York State Bar Association
May 25 -26, 2001

CROSS-EXAMINATION OF ARRESTING OFFICER -Peter Gerstenzang, Esq : JURY SELECTION -J. Gary Trichter : OPENING AND CLOSINGS -Leslie Hulnick : WHY BREATH TESTS OF BLOOD-ALCOHOL DON'T WORK -Michael Hlastala, Ph.D. : TAKING ON THE TEST RESULT - ATTACKING THEIR MACHINE -Edward Fiandach : DISCOVER: GETTING IT AND USING IT -Thomas J. O'Hern : HANDLING VEHICULAR HOMICIDE CASES -James Farragher Campbell

NATIONAL COLLEGE FOR DUI DEFENSE
2001 WINTER SESSION
KAUAI, HAWAII
SHERATON HOTEL
February 18 - 20, 2001

HOW TO "ROPE": JURORS INTO YOUR CORRAL: TRICKS FROM THE OLE TRICKSTER -J. Gary Trichter : WAKE UP AND SMELL THE KONA: WHAT IT COSTS IF YOU DON'T HIRE THE BEST -Edward L. Fiandach : PROSECUTORS HAVE ETHICS BUT DON'T KNOW IT: HERE'S WHAT TO TEACH THEM -Victor J. Pellegrino : HOW TO MAKE THE PROSECUTOR SING IN YOUR CHOIR: MOTIONS, MOTIONS AND MORE MOTIONS -George Bianchi : THE VENUE FLYTRAP: SNAGGING THE JURY BEFORE THE VOTE -John T. Kirk : VICTORIA HAS HER SECRETS: VICTOR HAS HIS TOYS! -Victor W. Carmody : HOMAN AND THE ABC'S OF FST -J.J. Paul, III : HOW TO GET INTO THE GAME: SHOOTING HOOPS FOR THE FST HULA BOWL -Phillip B. Price, Sr. : HULA COLLEGE FST REVIEW BOARD PANEL RESPONSE -Steve Oberman, Robert Chestney & Lawrence Taylor : 15 MOST IMPORTANT, WEIRD, FUNNY, BEST, AND WORST DUI CASES -Flem K. Whited, III : SO YOU WANT TO BE A STATE CERTIFIED BREATH TEST OPERATOR AND MAINTENACE SUPERVISOR? -Charles Sifers : 50 WAYS TO BEAT THE BREATH TEST -William Head & Mary McMurray

GETTING TOUGH ON DWI: THE DEFENSE
Fifteenth National Seminar
Sponsored by: The Minnesota Society for Criminal Justice
Mark Hopkins Inter-Continental
San Francisco, California
February 17-19, 2000

PBT FLUMMOXED: BLO-PAS YOUR INNOCENCE-Gil Sapir, JD, MSC : CHALLENGING A BREATH TEST WHEN YOUR CLIENT IS BROKE
-Flem K. Whited, III : DISCOVERING THE STATE'S SCIENCE-Faison Sessoms, Esq. : "MANDATORY DISCOVERY" For Breath Testing Cases -Mary Catherine McMurray : "DWI FORFEITURE: SUGGESTED APPROACHES (Any Port in a Storm) : -Jeffrey B. Ring, Esq. : PSYCHOLOGY OF TRIAL: JURY SELECTION AND BEYOND : -Clarence E. Mock, III : BLUE LIGHTS AND CIVIL RIGHTS: STOPPING VEHICLES IN AMERICA -John Henry Hingson, III: CASELAW UPDATE -Flem K. Whited, III : CALCULATING BLOOD ALCOHOL LEVELS WITH FISH, FAT AND BONES -Ed Kuwatch, Esq.

NATIONAL COLLEGE FOR DUI DEFENSE
2000 Summer Session
Presented at Harvard College
Cambridge, MA
July 26-29, 2000

MOTION PRACTICE UPDATED -Michael Kennedy : CROSS-EXAMINATION OF THE ARRESTING OFFICER -Tommy Kirk & JJ Paul : CROSS-EXAMINATION OF THE ARRESTING OFFICER DEMONSTRATION -JJ Paul & Tommy Kirk : COMMENTARY OF THE CROSS - PANEL DISCUSSION -Tommy Kirk, JJ Paul, Reese Joye, Barry Simons & Victor Pellegrino : INTRODUCTION TO CHEMICAL TESTING - LECTURE -Dr. Richard Jensen : INTRODUCTION TO CHEMICAL TESTING - DEMONSTRATIONS -Dr. Richard Jensen & Robert Chestney : ADVANCED CHEMICAL TESTING - LECTURE -Dr. Michael Hlastala & Mary McMurray : ADVANCED CHEMICAL TESTING - DEMONSTRATIONS -Dr. Michael Hlastala, Mary McMurray & Steve Oberman : CROSS - EXAMINATION OF THE EXPERT WITNESS -Les Hulnick & Douglas Cowan : DUI/DWI INVESTIGATIONS -Stephen J. Long : ETHICS: SETTING & COLLECTING AN ADEQUATE FEE FOR PROPER REPRESENTATION -Edward Fiandach : ACCIDENT RECONSTRUCTION/VEHICULAR HOMICIDE -Flem K. Whited :OFFICE TECHNOLOGY FOR DUI -Richard Lurye : ESTABLISHING A DEFENSE THEMSE & IMPLEMENTING A THEME IN JURY SELECTION -J. Gary Trichter : CLOSING ARGUMENTS -Kenneth Fornabai.

DWI MEANS DEFEND WITH INGENUITY
NACDL'S 3RD ANNUAL DUI SEMINAR
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA SEPTEMBER 29 - OCTOBER 2, 1999.

FIELD SOBRIETY TESTS: VIEW FROM A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE-John Henry Hingson III. FIELD SOBRIETY TESTS: VIEW FROM A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE:  Steve Oberman. BACK TO THE FUTURE: BREATH AND FIELD TESTING TODAY & TOMORROW:  Larry Taylor. CHALLENGING BLOOD TESTS:  Peter Gerstenzang. SPECIALIZED DUI MOTIONS & RECENT APPELLATE DECISIONS:  Flem Whited. RELIABILITY/UNRELIABILITY OF BREATH ALCOHOL TESTS: A CLOSER LOOK THRU DEMONSTRATION:  Doug Cowan. RELIABILITY/UNRELIABILITY OF BREATH ALCOHOL TESTS: A CLOSER LOOK THRU DEMONSTRATIONS:  Michael Hlastala PhD. RELIABILITY/UNRELIABILITY OF BREATH ALCOHOL TESTS: A CLOSER LOOK THRU DEMONSTRATIONS:  Phil Price. MAINTAINING AND ETHICAL DUI PRACTICE: Victor Pellegrino. SENTENCING ALTERNATIVES: CONTENDING WITH THE GUILTY DEFENDANT:  James Farragher Campbell. VEHICLE FORFEITURE: GETTING BACK WHATíS RIGHTFULLY YOURS OR SOMEBODY ELSES - David Smith. RULES OF EVIDENCE & PROCEDURE AS APPLIED TO DUI CASES:  J. Gary Trichter.

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