Joshua Price

Top rated DUI-DWI attorney in San Diego, California

Defending Rights Law Center
Joshua Price
Defending Rights Law Center

Practice Areas: DUI-DWI; view more

Licensed in California since: 2009

Education: Thomas Jefferson School of Law

Selected to Rising Stars: 2017 - 2021

Defending Rights Law Center

4025 Camino Del Rio South
Suite 300
San Diego, CA 92108 Visit website

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The founder and managing attorney of the Defending Rights Law Center, Joshua Price assists the residents of San Diego, California, with their DUI/DMV defense issues. Owing to his aggressive tenacity, extensive knowledge and rich experience over the years, he has handled more than 1500 such cases and has obtained numerous positive verdicts for his clients. Given that most DUI/DMV cases are intricately complex, he ensures to handle them adeptly, and fights for his clients every step of the way. 

In addition to handling DUI/DMV defense on the civil and administrative front, Mr. Price represents his clients with the criminal sides of these cases as well. Emphasizing his drive to center his legal service completely on DUI practice, he has accomplished many training programs to grasp the nuances of this practice area, including the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) training for the DWI Detection and Standardized Field Sobriety Testing (SFST), the Advanced Roadside Impaired Driving Enforcement (ARIDE) training, and the five-day training on testing blood for drugs at Shimadzu Laboratory at The University of Texas at Arlington. 

A 2008 alumnus of the Thomas Jefferson School of Law in San Diego, California, Mr. Price completed his bachelor’s degree at the San Diego State University in 2003. During law school, he was involved in many internships including one with the San Diego County Alternate Public Defender and a Post Bar Internship with the San Diego County Office of the Public Defender. An eloquent speaker and a defender of the citizens’ constitutional rights, he has put together many DUI seminars and talks to teach other attorneys about the current developments in the field. 

An upstanding figure in the legal community, Mr. Price maintains memberships with many notable legal organizations such as the California DUI Lawyers Association (former specialist member, member of the board of directors and president), the DUI Defense Lawyers Association, the Better Business Bureau, the National College for DUI Defense, the San Diego Criminal Defense Bar Association and Criminal Defense Lawyer's Club, The State Bar of California, the California Public Defenders Association, the American Bar Association, and the San Diego County Bar Association. 

Renowned in the DUI practice field for his dedication and work ethic, Mr. Price is acknowledged by many prominent legal associations including the American Institute of Legal Counsel (2015 Top 10 Attorney for Client Satisfaction), the California DUI Lawyers Association (President's DUI Achievement Award) and the National Trial Lawyers (Top 100 Trial Lawyers for 2014 and 2015). Furthermore, he is rated “Superb” on Avvo and has many positive client testimonials and peer endorsements on the site.

Practice areas

Criminal Defense: DUI/DWI

Focus areas

DUI/DWI

  • 100% Criminal Defense: DUI/DWI

First Admitted: 2009, California

Professional Webpage: https://www.defendingrights.com/about-us/

Bar/Professional Activity:
  • California DUI Lawyers Association (CDLA), Board of Directors, 2017
  • In June of 2018, I completed a 5 day intensive training on testing blood for drugs at Shimadzu Laboratory at University of Texas, Arlington.  During this course, I was able to test actual blood samples for various drugs using Liquid Chromatography with Mass Spectrometry (LC/MS/MS).  This course also focused on intensive trial skill development and education in Drug DUI cases., 2018
  • National College of DUI Defense (NCDD)-member, 2024
  • California Public Defenders Association-Member, 2024
  • San Diego Defense Bar Association-Member, 2024
  • Better Business Bureau, 2024
  • DUI Defense Lawyers Association-Member, 2024
  • California DUI Lawyers Association (CDLA), Member, 2024
Verdicts/Settlements (Case Results):
  • HUNG JURY-.11% BLOOD ALCOHOL CONCENTRATION-JURY TRIAL, 2019
  • HUNG JURY-2ND OFFENSE DUI-.15%/.16% PORTABLE BREATH TEST; .11%/.11% BREATH ALCOHOL CONCENTRATION-JURY TRIAL, 2019
  • NOT GUILTY-.14%/.13% Breath Alcohol Concentration-Jury Trial, 2020
  • NOT GUILTY-.11%/.11% Breath Alcohol Concentration-Jury Trial, 2022
  • NOT GUILTY-.17% Blood alcohol concentration-Jury Trial, 2023
Special Licenses/Certifications:
  • Specialist member of California DUI Lawyers Association-you have to have completed a minimum amount of Jury Trials, appeals, suppression motions, etc and then you must be approved by the Board of Directors to achieve this status., 2017
Honors/Awards:
  • I was selected as Attorney of the Month in San Diego for the month of May 2021 and featured on the cover of San Diego Attorney Journals magazine., San Diego Attorney of the Month, San Diego Attorney Journals, 2021
Educational Background:
  • San Diego State University, B.A. in Psychology & minor in social work, 1999-2003
  • Graduated Thomas Jefferson School of Law, 2005-2008
Scholarly Lectures/Writings:
  • I spoke to a group of attorneys and taught them how to competently defend a DUI case both in Court and at DMV., Speaker, The Anatomy of a DUI Case-Court and DMV, Foothills Bar Association, Defense Attorneys, 2017
  • I spoke at a conference with over 100 attorneys, teaching them creative ways of attacking and defending DUI cases to get them dismissed., Speaker, Strategies for DUI Dismissals: Thinking Outside of the Box, California DUI Lawyers Association, DUI Defense/Constitutional Law, 2017
  • Conducted a case analysis of a .15% Blood alcohol concentration Jury Trial where I obtained a complete acquital of my client and taught the audience how I did it from start to finish., Speaker, Case Analysis of a Not Guilty Jury Trial on a .15% Blood Alcohol Concentration, Trojan Horse Method, DUI Defense/Constitutional Law, 2019
  • Took the audience through a case from initial intake, through motions, the DMV hearing, discovery, medical documentation, the Jury Trial, where a Jury came back Not Guilty on a .14% breath alcohol test., Speaker, The Anatomy of a DUI Case-BREATH/GERD/INTERFERRING SUBSTANCES, Case Analysis, DUI Defense/Constitutional Law, 2020
  • Went through DUI and DMV training with the Public Defenders office., Speaker, DUI Training, San Diego Public Defender's Office, DUI Defense/Constitutional Law, 2022
  • I was a speaker Richard Hutton Rules of the Road XXVI and lectured on various breath testing defenses to attorneys from all over the state., Speaker, BREATH TESTING AND DISCONNECT DEFENSES, California Attorneys for Criminal Justice (CACJ), DUI Defense/Constitutional Law, 2023
  • I lectured on various GERD/LPR defenses to breath testing and problems/pitfalls that can be associated with these tests., Speaker, Breath Testing and the GERD Disconnect Defense, California DUI Lawyers Association, DUI Defense/Constitutional Law, 2024
Other Outstanding Achievements:
  • Elected President of California DUI Lawyers Association by the Board of Directors, 2021

Office location for Joshua Price

4025 Camino Del Rio South
Suite 300
San Diego, CA 92108

Phone: 619-786-5775

Selections

5 Years Rising Stars
  • Rising Stars: 2017 - 2021

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