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Experienced DUI Defense Attorneys

Members of the NCDD are the most experienced DUI defense attorneys in the United States and Canada. Regardless of your location, we can connect you with a lawyer who can help you understand the drunk driving laws in your state or province and work with you to determine your best options for defense.

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NCDD Board Certification

Attorneys who are Board Certified by the NCDD can demonstrate that they have a substantive understanding of DUI laws, evidentiary issues, and effective methods of defense. To become Board Certified, a lawyer must pass written and oral examinations that reflect the knowledge and skills needed for an enhanced level of advocacy in the field of DUI defense.

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NCDD National Task Force Committee List 2021-2022

The National College for DUI Defense National Task Force maintains a number of committees that are intended to provide relevant information to members, represent the positions of the NCDD and the Board, and protect the rights of citizens pertaining to impaired driving cases. The individuals who serve on these committees play an important role in fulfilling the overall goals of the NCDD and its Board.

NCDD Sessions and Seminars

2024 Mastering Scientific Evidence-New Orleans, LA

2024 Mastering Scientific Evidence-New Orleans, LA

Mar 21, 2024 - Mar 22, 2024

NCDD and TCDLA is proud to announce that the nation’s premier DUI forensic science seminar will once again be held, March 21-22, 2024, at the Royal Sonesta on Bourbon Street in New Orleans, LA. MSE is the original and preeminent...

2024 Summer Session

2024 Summer Session

Jul 11, 2024 - Jul 13, 2024

As lifelong learners, we should be inquisitive and look forward to new and challenging opportunities to increase our knowledge. Let’s learn together as we listen to some of the nation’s top DUI Defenders present on Trials Skills and Techniques.Demonstrations and...

Serious Science: Advanced Course in Blood Drug Analysis and Trial Advocacy

Serious Science: Advanced Course in Blood Drug Analysis and Trial Advocacy

Aug 09, 2024 - Aug 14, 2024

The Serious Science Blood Drug Analysis course is designed to combine hard science and trial advocacy. There is no better course on forensic science and trial advocacy in America. We start with hard science, including hands-on work in the Shimadzu Laboratory....

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Members in the Spotlight

MEMBERS IN THE SPOTLIGHT


Justin Hall

02/15/2024

Justin Hall: The NCDD Member in the Spotlight is Justin Hall of Rockwall, Texas. Justin has been practicing for over 20 years in north Texas. He particularly focuses on Rockwall (Texas’ wealthiest county), Dallas, and Collin counties. Justin is passionate about pursuing zealous advocacy on complex DWI cases. He emerged from NCDD’s Serious Science as a standout gifted storyteller who can...

LATEST FROM OUR BLOG

LATEST FROM OUR BLOG


Autonomous Vehicles

03/04/2024

By Lance Hendron A couple of months ago, I presented an NCDD webinar highlighting the current state of automatous driving. Since the webinar, there have been recent updates concerning the evolution of automatous driving. Probably the most significant update concerns Telsa's recall of two million vehicles considering serious concerns about its autonomous driving features. Per reports, "numerous reported cases reveal shortcomings in...

DUIs and Women

DUIs and WOMEN

The number of women arrested for DUI has risen significantly in recent decades. Unfortunately, there are many physiological factors, unique to women, that can complicate and often times, negatively affect a female’s ability to defend herself of a DUI accusation.

For this reason, DUI defense for women can be a more complicated field because a wide range of different defenses are available. Breath testing instruments which treat everyone as the same, despite known differences in how women metabolize alcohol create a litany of defensible issues.

Female drivers are faced with additional issues when a police officer requests a woman to perform field sobriety tests (FSTs) or take a breath, blood or urine test at the police station or hospital. For example, many Breathalyzer machines inaccurately give higher readings for women due to the fact most breath screening devices are calibrated for men. This basically means that if a female driver had taken a blood test instead of a breath test at that same time, there is a stronger likelihood the BAC level would be drastically lower than what the breath test readings indicated. To learn more about the many physical challenges presented to women by modern breath testing instruments, visit our Virtual Forensic Library here.

Yet, another issue for women charged with DUI is that a large majority of the arresting officers are male. In most DUI, DWI arrest scenarios, a male officer is the only officer at the traffic stop when they ask a female driver to submit to the roadside field sobriety tests and subsequently, a breath test. Knowing that a large majority of DUI stops happen late at night on a dark roads or isolated areas, women are understandably nervous to perform any form of roadside testing. This hesitation can be viewed as either a test refusal, or misinterpret her demeanor as a consciousness of guilt.

Females and Breath Testing.

Expert testimony has consistently shown that when women are charged with a DUI, they are often put in a bad position by false results from the initial breathalyzer test. For a variety of reasons, the breath testing machine does not calculate female alcohol levels as accurately as it does for men. Several studies have shown that modern breath testing instruments do not account for many of the biological differences in women. They can be viewed here in our Virtual Forensic Library.

Females and Field Sobriety Testing.

All suspected DUI offenders will likely be asked to submit to a series of roadside tests. However, when women are often intimidated into participating in roadside sobriety testing, this puts them at an immediate disadvantage. As is accepted by most medical professionals, women react differently to stress than men do, and many have a rightful fear of getting out of their vehicles at the request of anyone, including a police officer in the process of performing their lawful duties. This heightened stress can cause a personality-slip, and thus a dip in performance in roadside tests, which your attorney in conjunction with using our free online case analysis can potentially help to show how to suppress this evidence. Learn more about the unique challenges women face when charged with a DUI, visit our Forensic Library here.

Often times, female drivers are forced to perform these tests in uncomfortable footwear or even in bare feet which can make performance difficult if not impossible. Even the National Highway Traffic and Safety Administration has acknowledged the difficulty that women face when asked to perform field sobriety tests. Learn more about these challenges and many more that women accused of DUI face in our Virtual Forensic Library.

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Benefits of NCDD Membership

Members of the NCDD not only demonstrate that they are qualified DUI defense attorneys, but they have access to valuable information and resources. We provide access to documentation blood alcohol testing devices and scientific articles related to alcohol, drugs, driving, and testing. We offer training on trial techniques and scientific testing, and we provide access to experts and a comprehensive knowledge base of cases and motions. With all of these resources at your fingertips, you will be able to win more cases.

Membership Plans

Depending on your level of experience, we offer multiple plans for NCDD Membership. Attorneys who have been practicing for less than six years are eligible for a New Attorney membership, while those who have been practicing for over six years can receive a Seasoned Attorney membership. We also offer memberships for Public Defenders. Members may select our Auto-Renew option, or they may manually renew their membership each year.

VIRTUAL LIBRARYVIRTUAL FORENSIC LIBRARY

NCDD members have access to a comprehensive forensic library that provides invaluable information to be used when defending clients charged with DUI. This library includes scientific articles on drug and alcohol intoxication, toxicology and pharmacology, methods of testing for blood alcohol content, field sobriety testing, potential errors that may occur during testing, accident reconstruction, expert testimony, and evidentiary rules. This valuable information can ensure that you provide a high quality defense to clients charged with DUI based on the circumstances of their case and the laws in their state.

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