Top Rated DUI-DWI Attorney in Helena, MT

Honors/Awards:

• John Adams Award (service to the CJA panel) --2016, Montana Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Lawyer of the Year --2015, Montana Innocence Project, Defender of Justice Awarded - 2013; Montana Justice Foundation, Champion of Justice - 2013; The National Trial Lawyers -- Top 100 Trial Lawyers in Montana. Law School: AmJur Award for Excellence in Labor Law. College: Outstanding Accounting Major 1978; Phi Kappa Phi; Advanced Honor Scholarship; President Tau Pi Phi (Business Honorary); Spurs (Service Honorary)

Special Licenses/Certifications:

• Certified Public Accountant (Inactive Status), 1980

Bar/Professional Activity:

• Public Defender Task Force to study the operations of the Office of the State Public Defender, 2015 – 2016, appointed by Governor Steve BullockNinth Circuit Attorney Admission Fund Advisory Committee, 2015 – present, appointed by Chief Ninth Circuit Judge Sidney ThomasCJA Panel Selection Committee for the District of Montana, 2014 – present, appointed by Chief U.S. District Court Judge Dana ChristensenNinth Circuit Judicial Conference – Conference Executive Committee, 2006 – 2009 Montana Public Defender Commission, 2005 – 2008, appointed by Governor Brian SchweitzerAdvisory Committee on Rules of Practice and Internal Operating Procedures for the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, 2004 – 2007Lawyer Representative to the Ninth Circuit Judicial Conference, 2003 – 2006, appointed by Chief U.S. District Court Judge Donald MolloyMontana Criminal Jury Instruction Commission, 1988 – 2012, appointed by the Montana Supreme CourtMontana Commission on Evidence, 2001 – 2012, appointed by the Montana Supreme CourtSubstitute Justice of the Peace, Jefferson County, Montana, 2002 – present

Scholarly Lectures/Writings:

• DUISFST: Alphabet Soup -- Defending the Drinking Driver (Presentation to Montana Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, March 2015); New Lawyer Workshop (State Bar of Montana, June 2014); Cross-Examination of the Expert in a DUI Case (Presentation to Montana Public Defenders, October 2014); Evidence and Evidentiary Foundations (Presentation for the United States Attorney's Office/Montana Attorney General's Office, June 2014);  Jury Instructions (Presentation to Montana Public Defenders, October 2013); Defending DUI Cases in Montana -- Voir Dire (Presentation to Montana State Public Defenders, August, 2012); DUI Cases: From Stop to Appeal -- the Defense Perspective  (CLE Presented by the Montana Bar Association, May 2012); Rookie Camp Instructor (Presented by the Montana Bar Association, October 2009); Anatomy of a Criminal Case (Presentation by the Montana Judicial Institute to high school teachers, February 2008); The Art and Science of DUI Defense in Montana (Presentation to State Public Defenders, July 2007); How to Keep Your State Court Client Out of Federal Court (Presentation to Montana Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, March 2007); What State Defenders Need to Know About Federal Criminal Law (Presentation to State Public Defenders, February 2007); Ethics (Minnesota Society for Criminal Justice, Twentieth Annual Seminar, February 2005); Montana Bar Association Rookie Camp (2005, 2009); Federal Sentencing Guidelines Panel (Montana Bar Association Annual Meeting, September 2004); Admissibility of the Preliminary Breath Test in Montana (Panel Discussion, Montana County Attorney’s Association Summer Training Conference, July 2004); Ethics 101 for the DUI Practitioner (Minnesota Society for Criminal Justice, Annual Seminar, February 2004); Preparing and Conducting Criminal Litigation in Federal Court, Panel Discussion (United States District Court, Montana Chapter Federal Bar Association, and the Federal Practice Section of the Montana State Bar, Federal Practice Program, September 2003); Appellate Practice – The Montana Perspective (State Bar of Montana CLE Institute – Criminal Defense CLE, June 2002); Finding the Truth Through the Use of Pretrial Motions and Jury Instructions (State Bar of Montana CLE Institute – Criminal Defense CLE, March 1997); Montana Law Enforcement Academy (Presentations on courtroom demeanor and moot court exercises for trainees); Law Day (Presentations at area junior high and high schools in recognition of Law Day)

Educational Background:

• Montana State University, 1975-79, B.S. Accounting - with highest honors; Georgetown University Law Center, 1984-86, L.L.M. Advocacy (degree received in 1988)