We specializes in DUI Defense. This means we ONLY handles DUI cases.
What percentage of your cases are DUI?
That's 100% DUI. We do not accept any other types of cases.
How important is regular DUI training and education in the field?
Training and education are very important.
DUI laws change yearly, statutory laws change, times of suspensions or restrictions and the possible penalties for DUIs change all the time. Recently, in the state of California, the laws changed for the requirement that breathing devices be placed on vehicles. There are four counties in California where breath devices are required on a conviction of a DUI. Those counties are Alameda, Sacramento, Los Angeles and Tulare. Without getting the proper training and attending Mandatory Continuing Legal Education (MCLE) courses in DUI, an attorney may only know just very basic information. Training and education is necessary to properly guide the client through the confusing process of DUI cases.
What is SFST Certified?
That stands for Standardized Field Sobriety Testing. SFST is the physical testing that an officer requests a person suspected of DUI to conduct. Those tests, in order to be used against you, need to be properly conducted. So it's important that the officer who is giving the instructions on these types of tests, give the instructions properly and thoroughly. If the officer fails to do so, that can be used as a potential defense to show that a subject didn't understand what the officer was trying to show them and tell them what to do.
Amy Morell is certified in Standard Field Sobriety Testing. She took the same course that police officers take, and understands the proper instructions that need to be given.
