Leonard R. Stamm

Leonard Stamm has been a practicing drunk driving, DUI, DWI, and criminal defense lawyer in the District, Circuit, and appellate courts of Maryland since 1984. Stamm is recognized as an authority in the area of drunk driving defense and Motor Vehicle Administration hearings in Maryland and has lectured and written extensively on this topic in Maryland and around the country. He has been a speaker at and has organized numerous continuing legal education seminars since 1986.

He is presently a Fellow of the National College for DUI Defense, and was previously Chairman of its Curriculum Committee and Amicus Committees. He is a former President of the Maryland Criminal Defense Attorneys’ Association. In September 2008 the first edition of Stamm’s book, Maryland DUI Law, was published by West Publishing Company. The book is updated by Stamm every year. He won a jury acquittal for a state delegate charged with driving while impaired (read the story) and was recognized by the Daily Record for having joined in an amicus brief on behalf of the National College for DUI Defense, authored by the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, and filed on behalf of the winning side in the United States Supreme Court in Melendez-Diaz v. Massachusetts. (Read the story). In December 2010 Stamm co-authored the amicus brief filed in the Supreme Court by the National College for DUI Defense and the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers in Bullcoming v. New Mexico. In December 2012 Stamm co-authored the amicus brief filed in the Supreme Court by the National College for DUI Defense and the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers in Missouri v. McNeely. In February, 2016, Stamm co-authored the amicus brief filed in the Supreme Court by the National College for DUI Defense and the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers in Birchfield v. North Dakota.

He also serves on the Maryland Criminal Pattern Jury Instruction Committee of the Maryland State Bar Association. He has had a number of articles published in the Champion magazine, the magazine of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. He has been qualified as a practitioner and an instructor in standardized field sobriety tests in accordance with standards set forth by the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and completed a certification class as an operator and maintenance technician for the Intoxilyzer 5000. He hosted a training seminar in the Intox EC/IR. Stamm holds a certificate of successful completion for the Robert F. Borkenstein Course on “ Alcohol, Drugs, and Highway Safety: Testing, Research, and Litigation ” based out of Indiana University at Bloomington. He also completed a four and a half day course called Forensic Chromatography: Theory and Practice.

He is one of the few lawyers in the country to have taken a two and a half day overview of the Drug Recognition Expert (DRE) program. Martindale-Hubbell gives him its highest rating – “AV Preeminent.” He has also been listed in “Super Lawyers” and “Best Lawyers.” Stamm was named Best Lawyers®“Lawyer of the Year” for 2015, 2016, and 2017 in the area of DUI/DWI defense in the metro Washington, D.C. area. He has the highest Avvo rating – “10-Superb.”

On May 1, 2013, Stamm was given the first annual Fred Bennett Zealous Advocacy Award by the Maryland Criminal Defense Attorneys’ Association (MCDAA). This award will be given annually to the member of MCDAA who best exemplifies the qualities that Fred Warren Bennett possessed which made him a courageous litigator and tireless advocate for criminally accused individuals. On October 16, 2014, Stamm was given the prestigious Legal Excellence Award for Advancement of Professional Competence by the Maryland Bar Foundation. On May 20, 2019, the Maryland Public Defender presented Stamm with the first Champion of the Maryland Office of the Public Defender award.

Legal Positions

• Legal intern to Judge Rita C. Davidson, Court of Appeals of Maryland (1981)
• Law clerk to Judge Howard S. Chasanow, Circuit Court for Prince George’s County, Maryland (1983-84)
• Associate attorney – Horowitz, Oneglia, Goldstein, Foran & Parker, P.A. (1984-85)
• Associate attorney – Alan J. Goldstein, P.A. (1985-91)
• Attorney (firm owner) – Goldstein & Stamm, P.A. (1991—)

Books

• Maryland DUI Law (Thomson-West 2008-present)(updated annually)
• Pocket part for Maryland Evidence State and Federal by Professor Lynn McLain (2015-present)(updated annually)
• Offensive Use of Discovery by the Defense in DUI Cases, in Trends in DUI Discovery, 2012 ed.: Leading Lawyers on Developing Effective and Innovative Discovery Practices for DUI Cases (Inside the Minds)(Aspatore 2012)
• Contributing Editor, The Maryland DWI Manual (Hanford Pub. Co. 1995-2007)

Articles

• Chapter 12 – Vehicular Crimes in Maryland Automobile Accident Desk Book (Maryland State Bar Association 2021)
• Handling MVA Hearings, Maryland Bar Journal (January/February 2006)
• The Top 20 Myths of Breath, Blood, and Urine Testing, The Champion (Part 1, August 2005) (Part 2, September/October 2005), reprinted in, Lawrence Taylor and Steven Oberman, Drunk Driving Defense (Aspen Publishers 6th ed., 2007 supplement)
• Essential Cases to Know to Challenge Scientific Evidence, The Champion (Part One, August 2003) (Part Two, September/October 2003)
• I May Be Crazy – But I Ain’t Drunk: The Psychiatric Defense to Drunk Driving, The Champion (July 2002)
• The State’s Weak Link: Simulator Solutions, The Champion (April 1998)
• The Fourth Amendment and Search and Seizure Update, Prince George’s County Bar Association Alan J. Goldstein Annual Criminal Law Seminar (1983—)
• Casper v. State and DWI Discovery, The 1992 Maryland DWI Manual, Hanford Publishing Company (1991)
• The Application of Grady v. Corbin to DWI Cases, The 1993 Maryland DWI Manual, Hanford Publishing Company (1992)
• Handling Implied Consent and Administrative Per Se Hearings at the Motor Vehicle Administration, The 1994 Maryland DWI Manual, Hanford Pub. Co. (1993)
• Practice Manual for the Maryland Lawyer, Chapter 15, Traffic Law, MICPEL (1996-2012).

Legal Teaching Positions & Seminars

• Public Defender Training, Linthicum, MD (September 19, 2024)
• Maryland State Bar Association – Maryland DUI Institute (zoom)(July 17, 2024)
• DUI Update, MCDAA’s 20th Annual Advanced DUI Defense Seminar, Linthicum, MD (May 17, 2024)
• DUI Update, The Maryland Office of the Public Defender’s 2023 Annual Justice For All Conference, Cambridge, MD (May 6, 2024)
• DUI Update, The Maryland Office of the Public Defender’s 2023 Annual Justice For All Conference, Cambridge, MD (May 23, 2023)
• DUI Update, MCDAA’s 19th Annual DUI Defense Seminar, Linthicum, MD (May 5, 2023)
• MVA Update, MCDAA’s 19th Annual DUI Defense Seminar, Linthicum, MD (May 5, 2023)
• Public Defender Training, Linthicum, MD (March 17, 2023)
• Public Defender Training, Linthicum, MD (Oct. 13, 2022)
• Maryland DUI Institute, Maryland State Bar Association (Oct. 12-13, 2022)
• Public Defender Training, Webinar (Apr. 5, 2022)
• DUI Update, The Maryland Office of the Public Defender’s 2022 Annual Justice For All Conference (virtual) Ocean City, MD (May 24, 2022)
• DUI Update, MCDAA’s 18th Annual DUI Defense Seminar (virtual)(May 13, 2022)
• The Top 20 Guidelines for Bench Trials – National College for DUI Defense and Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, – Mastering Scientific Evidence in DUI/DWI Cases – New Orleans, LA (Mar. 25, 2022)
• Public Defender Training, Webinar (Dec. 20, 2021)
• Handling DUI Cases and Motor Vehicle Administration Hearings, St. Mary’s County Bar Association, Leonardtown, MD (October 8, 2021)
• Anne Arundel County Public Defender Training (Apr. 8, 15, May 12, Jun. 16, 2021)
• MCDAA 17th Annual Advanced DUI Defense Seminar (Jun. 4, 2021)
• MVA Hearings, MCDAA Zoom Webinar (Mar. 24, 2021)
• Hot Issues in DUI Cases, Alan Goldstein Criminal Law Seminar (Mar. 20, 2021)
• Baltimore City Public Defender Training (Mar. 4, 11, 16, & 23, 2021)
• Public Defender Training, Webinar (Dec. 9, 2020)
• Tips on Openings and Closings, MCDAA Zoom Webinar (May 20, 2020)
• Public Defender Training, Linthicum, MD (Feb. 26, 2020)
• Traffic Law, Essentials of Maryland Practice, Conference Center at Shephard Pratt, Towson, Maryland (Oct. 23, 2019)
• Public Defender Training, Linthicum, MD (Oct. 11, 2019)
• DUI Seminar, Maryland State Bar Association, Columbia, MD (Aug. 28, 2019)
• Cross-examination of the Arresting Officer Demonstration, National College for DUI Defense Summer Session, Cambridge, MA (July 19, 2019)
• Public Defender Training, Cross-examination of the Arresting Officer in a DUI Case and Other Nuggets, Ocean City, MD (May 20, 2019)
• MVA Hearings – Panel discussion, MCDAA’s 16th Annual Advanced DUI Defense Seminar, Maryland Criminal Defense Attorneys’ Association, BWI Marriott (May 10, 2019)
• Public Defender Training, Linthicum, MD (Nov. 8, 2018)
• 15th Annual Advanced DUI Defense Seminar, Maryland Criminal Defense Attorneys’ Association – Glen Burnie, MD (May 18, 2018)
• What’s New in Handling Drunk Driving Cases in Maryland, Baltimore, MD (April 13, 2018)
• War Stories Become Techniques for Winning Cases – Plus, Public Defender Training, Montrose, CO (March 30, 2018)
• The Top 20 Guidelines for Bench Trials, The Top 20 Myths in Breath, Blood, & Urine Testing – National College for DUI Defense and Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, – Mastering Scientific Evidence in DUI/DWI Cases – New Orleans, LA (Mar. 23, 2018)
• Public Defender Training, Linthicum, MD (Mar. 20, 2018)
• American University Law School, Judge Irma Raker’s Trial Advocacy Class, Cross-Examination in a DUI Case, Washington, D.C.(Mar. 7, 2018)
• Public Defender Training, DRE “Experts,” Hyattsville, MD (January 3, 2018)
• Defending DUI in a Nutshell, Montgomery County Bar Association, Rockville, MD (Nov. 2, 2017)
• Public Defender Training – Linthicum, MD (Sep. 18, 2017)
• Defending Blood Test Cases, Cook County Public Defenders, Chicago, Ill. (Aug. 31, 2017)
• The Top 20 Myths of Breath, Blood & Urine Testing, Cook County Public Defenders, Chicago, Ill. (Aug. 31, 2017)
• Implied Consent: Is there such a thing? McNeely to Birchfield, National College for DUI Defense Summer Session, Cambridge, MA (July 20, 2017)
• The Confrontation Trilogy – Crawford, Melendez-Diaz, & Bullcoming, National College for DUI Defense Summer Session, Cambridge, MA (July 20, 2017)
• The Top 20 Myths of Breath, Blood & Urine Testing, Masters of DUI Seminar, The Florida Bar CLE Committee and Criminal Law Section, Tampa, Fl. (Apr. 28, 2017)
• Public Defender Training, Baltimore, MD (Apr. 27, 2018)
• SFST Training, Maryland Association for Justice, Columbia, MD (Feb. 17-19, 2017)
• State’s Attorney Training, Annapolis, Maryland (January 27, 2017)
• State’s Attorney Training, Rockville, Maryland (December 7, 2016)
• Public Defender Training, Upper Marlboro, MD (November 18, 2016)
• DUI Update, Maryland Criminal Defense Attorneys’ Association, Columbia, MD (November 2, 2016)
• Public Defender Training, Hanover, MD (August 30, 2016)
• Suppression Motions, National College for DUI Defense Summer Session, Cambridge, MA (July 22, 2016)
• Defending Federal DUIs, National College for DUI Defense Summer Session, Cambridge, MA (July 22, 2016)
• The Top 20 Guidelines for Bench Trials, Mastering Scientific Evidence in DUI/DWI Cases, Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association and National College for DUI Defense, New Orleans, LA (March 31, 2016)
• Defending Blood Test Cases, California Public Defenders, Marina Del Rey, CA (January 20, 2016)
• Handling Drinking and Driving Cases in Maryland, Maryland State Bar Association, Columbia, MD (November 13, 2015)
• Top 20 Myths of Blood, Breath and Urine Testing – Revisited, Oklahoma Public Defenders – Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (October 23, 2015)
• Defending DUI Cases, DC CJA and Maryland PDs, Washington, D.C. (Oct. 17, 2015)
• Cross Examination of the Breath Test Operator, NACDL and NCDD annual seminar – Las Vegas, NV (Oct. 3, 2015)
• Magical Techniques and Strategies to Win, NACDL and NCDD annual seminar – Las Vegas, NV (Oct. 1, 2015)
• Maryland State Bar Association, MVA Hearings, Annapolis, Maryland (April 29, 2015)
• Maryland Association for Justice, How to Survive an MVA Hearing, Columbia, Maryland (March 30, 2015)
• Calvert County Bar Association, Hot Topics in DUI Defense, Prince Frederick, Maryland (March 12, 2015)
• Charles County Bar Association, Hot Topics in DUI Defense, White Plains, Maryland (January 28, 2015)
• Using and Abusing (Direct and Cross of) Expert Witnesses, Florida Public Defender DUI Training Seminar, Orlando, Fla. (Jan. 21, 2015)
• Maryland Public Defender, DUI Training, Baltimore, Maryland (November 3, 2014)
• Wisconsin Public Defender Seminar, Discovery, Fourth Amendment Defenses, Expert Witnesses, Lake Lawn Resort, Delavan, Wisconsin (October 8-10, 2014)
• Ethics Panel, NACDL and NCDD Annual Seminar – Las Vegas, NV (September 12, 2014)
• The Top 20 Myths of Breath, Blood, and Urine Testing – Revisited, Nebraska Criminal Defense Attorneys Association, Omaha, Nebraska (June 6, 2014)
• Handling the Difficult Judge, Nebraska Criminal Defense Attorneys Association, Omaha, Nebraska (June 6, 2014)
• The Top 20 Myths of Breath, Blood, and Urine Testing – Revisited, Utah Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Salt Lake City UT (April 25, 2014)
• McNeely and What it Means, Mastering Scientific Evidence in DUI/DWI Cases, Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association and National College for DUI Defense, New Orleans, LA (March 22, 2014)
• Public Defender Training, Baltimore, Maryland (March 14, 2014)
• The Top 20 Myths of Breath, Blood, and Urine Testing – Revisited, National College for DUI Defense Winter Seminar, San Diego, Ca. (Jan. 24, 2014)
• Defending DUIs from A-Z, Maryland Criminal Defense Attorneys’ Association, BWI Marriott (Jan. 17, 2014)
• Missouri v. McNeely: A View from the Supreme Court, Mississippi DUI Defenders Annual Conference, Gulfport, MS (Oct. 25, 2013)
• Motions to Suppress Workshop, NACDL and NCDD Annual Seminar, Las Vegas, NV (October 5, 2013)
• SFST Training, Maryland Association for Justice, Glen Burnie, MD (Sep. 26-26, 2013)
• Implied Consent and Administrative Per Se Hearings at the MVA, Maryland Criminal Defense Attorneys’ Association, Baltimore, MD (May 17, 2013)
• The Top 20 Guidelines for Bench Trials, New Hampshire Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Manchester, NH (April 19, 2013)
• The Top 102 Medical Defenses to DUI, New Hampshire Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Manchester, NH (April 19, 2013)
• MVA Hearings, Maryland State Bar Association, Annapolis, MD (April 16, 2013)
• The Top 10 Breath Test Defenses, Colorado Criminal Defense Bar, Breckenridge, CO (April 4-5, 2013)
• Closing Argument In A DUI Case, Alan Goldstein Criminal Law Seminar, Upper Marlboro, Maryland (March 30, 2013)
• How to Handle the Difficult Judge, Mastering Scientific Evidence in DUI/DWI Cases, Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association and National College for DUI Defense, New Orleans, LA (March 22, 2013)
• Intox EC/IR II, Mastering Scientific Evidence in DUI/DWI Cases, Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association and National College for DUI Defense, New Orleans, LA (March 22, 2013)
• Public Defender DUI Training, Linthicum Maryland (March 11, 2013)
• Confrontation From Crawford to Williams and Beyond, Key West Seminar, Key West, FL (February 22, 2013)
• The Top 20 Guidelines for Bench Trials, NCDD Winter Seminar, Scottsdale, AZ (January 17, 2013)
• Public Defender Training – Linthicum, MD (Dec. 3, 2012)
  
• Latest Developments in DUI Defense – Maryland Criminal Defense Attorneys Association Fall Seminar, Turf Valley, MD (November 12, 2012)
• Decision Making Factors of the Fact Finder: From the Street to the Courtroom (with Gareth Norris) – NACDL and NCDD Annual Seminar – Las Vegas, NV (October 2012)
• Traffic Law, Essentials of Maryland Practice, Maryland State Bar Association, Baltimore, MD (September 12, 2012)
• EC/IR II – Defending Against the Test, MCDAA’s 9th Annual Advanced DUI Defense Seminar, Maryland Criminal Defense Attorneys’ Association, BWI Marriott, May 18, 2012
• Defending Blood Test Cases – DWI on Trial – The Big Apple XII, New York, NY (May 10, 2012)
  
• Advanced Cross-examination – Alan Goldstein Criminal Law Seminar, Upper Marlboro, Maryland (March 31, 2012)
• Intox EC/IR II – Mastering Scientific Evidence in DUI/DWI Cases, New Orleans, La. (Mar. 23, 2012)
• Applying SFST Science in the Courtroom – Mastering Scientific Evidence in DUI/DWI Cases, New Orleans, La. (Mar. 23, 2012)
  
• Legal Defenses to Blood Test Cases – North Carolina Advocates for Justice, Greensboro, NC (Feb. 24, 2012
  
• The Top 102 Medical Defenses to DUI – Washington Foundation for Criminal Justice – Seattle, Washington (December 2011); MCDAA 6th Annual Advanced DUI Defense Seminar Baltimore, MD (May 2009); NCDD Winter Seminar, Celebrity Solstice Caribbean Cruise (Jan. 2010); NACDL and NCDD Annual Seminar – Las Vegas, NV (October 2010)
• Defending Blood Test Cases – South Carolina Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers Reese Joye Memorial DUI Defense Seminar, Columbia, South Carolina (Nov. 9, 2011)
  
• Cross-examining the Breath Expert – Virginia EC/IR II Seminar, Williamsburg, Va. (Oct. 22, 2011)
  
• Closing Argument Demonstration – National College for DUI Defense – Summer session – Cambridge, Ma. (Jul. 30, 2011)
• A Legal and Practical Understanding of DUI/DWI – Rules of the Road – Law Day 2011 Conference – The Maryland State Bar Association Public Awareness Committee and Citizenship Law Related Education Program – Baltimore, Md. (May 17, 2011)
  
• Intox EC/IR II – Mastering Scientific Evidence in DUI/DWI Cases – New Orleans, La. (Apr. 14, 2011)
• Caught on Tape – Tips and Tools to Trip the Testa-lyer – Prince George’s County Bar Association – Alan Goldstein Criminal Law Seminar – Upper Marlboro, Maryland (March 26, 2011); Mastering Scientific Evidence in DUI/DWI Cases – New Orleans, La. (Apr. 14, 2011)
• The Top Eleven Silver Bullets for DUI Defense – National College for DUI Defense – Winter session – Mazatlan, Mexico (January 21, 2011)
• Defending Auto Manslaughter and Homicide Cases – NACDL and NCDD sponsored seminar for the Maryland Office of the Public Defender, Annapolis, Md. (Nov. 19, 2010)
• Cross of the Blood Expert – NACDL and NCDD annual seminar – Las Vegas, NV (Oct. 2010)
• Blood Tests – The Good and Bad – NACDL and NCDD annual seminar – Las Vegas, NV (Oct. 2010)
• Closing Argument – National College for DUI Defense – Summer session – Cambridge, Ma. (Jul. 2010); Institute for Continuing Legal Education in Georgia, Atlanta, Ga. (Dec. 3, 2010); Maryland Criminal Defense Attorneys’ Association, Baltimore, Md. (May 20, 2011)
  
• The Top 10 Breath Test Defenses – Mastering Scientific Evidence in DUI/DWI Cases – New Orleans, La. (April 9, 2010); Virginia EC/IR II Seminar, Williamsburg, Va. (October 1, 2010)
• Making Your Appeals More Appealing – NACDL and NCDD annual seminar – Las Vegas, NV (Oct. 2009)
• Melendez-Diaz – National College for DUI Defense – Summer session – Cambridge, Ma. (Jul. 2009)
• Public defender training, Salisbury, Md. (Jul. 2009); Linthicum, Md. (Oct. 2009)
• Intox EC/IR – Mastering Scientific Evidence in DUI/DWI Cases – New Orleans, La. (Apr. 17, 2009; April 9, 2010)
• Crawford 2009 – National College for DUI Defense – Winter session – Atlantis Hotel, Paradise Island, The Bahamas (Jan. 15, 2009)
• Getting the Blood Out!; Trial Tactics in Blood Cases; Legal Issues in Homicide Cases; So-called Drug Recognition “Experts” – Atlanta Blood Seminar – Atlanta, Ga. (Dec. 4-7, 2008)
• Advanced Cross-Examination – Stuart Kinard Memorial Advanced DWI Seminar – San Antonio, Tx. (Oct, 2008)
• Intox EC/IR – Mastering Scientific Evidence in DUI/DWI Cases – Dallas, Tx. (Mar. 28, 2008)
• Handling the Problem Witness – National College for DUI Defense – Summer session – Cambridge, Ma. (Jul. 2007)
• Mock Trial – lead defense counsel – Mastering Scientific Evidence in DUI/DWI Cases – Dallas, Tx. (Apr. 20-21, 2007)
• Beating ’em with Discovery – ECIR Training Seminar, Alexandria, VA (Oct. 2006)
• Winning with Crawford – NACDL and NCDD annual seminar – Las Vegas, NV (Oct. 2006)
• The Top 20 Guidelines for Bench Trials – National College for DUI Defense – Summer session – Cambridge, Ma. (2006); MICPEL Seminar (2006); Carteret, NJ (2006); University of Mississippi DUI Practitioners 2007 CLE Seminar – Jackson, MS (2007)
• The Top 20 Myths in Breath, Blood, & Urine Testing – University of Mississippi DUI Practitioners 2004 CLE Seminar – Jackson, Miss. (Oct. 22, 2004); Minnesota Society for Criminal Justice, 20th Annual Seminar – Las Vegas, Nev. (2005); Maryland Criminal Defense Attorney’s Association – Balt., Md. (2005); Prince George’s County Bar Association – Upper Marlboro, Md. (2005); Mastering Scientific Evidence in DUI/DWI Cases – Dallas, Tx. (Apr. 28, 2005); Ohio Association of Criminal Defense Attorneys, Dublin, Oh. (Mar. 8, 2007); Stuart Kinard Memorial Advanced DWI Seminar – San Antonio, Tx. (Nov. 3, 2007); Worcester County Bar Association, Fager’s Island, Ocean City, Md. (Nov. 7, 2008); Stuart Kinard Memorial Advanced DUI Seminar, San Antonio, Texas (Oct. 13, 2011).
• Debunking the Top 20 State Evidence Prevarications about Breath, Blood, and Urine Tests Using Case Law and Scientific Articles – Mastering Scientific Evidence in DUI/DWI Cases – Atlanta, Ga. (Apr. 22, 2004)
• MICPEL Seminar, Traffic Law (2004—)
• Instructor – NHTSA/IACP Student Class in Administration of Standardized Field Sobriety Tests – Baltimore, Md. (Nov. 21-23, 2003); (Feb. 4-6, 2005); (Feb. 29-Mar. 2, 2008)
• Essential Cases to Know in Handling Challenges to Scientific Evidence, Mastering Scientific Evidence in DUI/DWI Cases – Atlanta, Ga. (2003); National College for DUI Defense – Summer session – Cambridge, Ma. (2003); Maryland Criminal Defense Attorneys’ Association- Fall Seminar Baltimore, Md. (2003); Minnesota Society for Criminal Justice, 19th Annual Seminar – Las Vegas, Nev. (2004); Ohio Association of Criminal Defense Attorneys, Dublin, Oh. (Mar. 9, 2007)
• Maryland National Capital Park and Planning Police, Training (2003)
• How to Survive an MVA Hearing, MCDAA Seminar (2003)
• Hot Topics in DUI Defense, Public Defender Spring Conference (2002)
• DUI Defense Secrets, MCDAA Annual Spring Meeting and Seminar (2002)
• Cross-examination of Drug Recognition Experts, Public Defender for Baltimore County (2002)
• MICPEL Seminar, Handling the DWI Case (’91, ’94, ’96, ’98, ’00, ’02)
• MICPEL Seminar, Motor Vehicle Administration Hearings (’86, ’89, ’92, ’94,’97, ’99, ’01, ’06)
• Strategies in Handling DWI Cases in Maryland, Lorman Educational Services (1999, 2000, 2003, 2004)
• Cops as Experts: Law and Strategy, Public Defender Spring Conference (1998)
• Georgetown University Law Center Criminal Justice Clinic, Guest lecturer, Pre-trial Motions (1991-94)
• Maryland State Public Defender Training Program, Defending DUI Cases (1995-2008)
• Maryland Institute for Continuing Professional Education of Lawyers (MICPEL) Seminar, New Perspectives on Sentencing and Forfeiture (1994)
• Alan Goldstein’s Not Just Another Maryland DWI Seminar (1989)

Upcoming Presentations

• Criminal Law University – DUI education for judges, Annapolis, MD (Dec. 10, 2024)

Some Seminars Attended

• American Chemical Society, Forensic Chromatography Course II, Chicago, Ill. (Nov. 10-14, 2010)
• Drug Recognition Expert (DRE) Overview, Atlanta, Georgia (May 20-22, 2004)
• Intoxilyzer 5000, Operator and Maintenance Technician Training, Stuart, Florida (June 26-28, 2003)
• The Robert F. Borkenstein Course on Alcohol and Highway Safety: Testing, Research and Litigation, Indiana University (May 18-23, 2003)
• National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL), DWI Means Defend With Ingenuity, Las Vegas, Nevada (1999—)
• Mastering Scientific Evidence in DUI/DWI Cases, Atlanta, Georgia (2000-04); Dallas, Texas (2005)
• National College for DUI Defense, Inc., Summer seminar, Cambridge, Massachusetts (2000-01, 2003-05)
• Winter seminar, San Antonio, Texas (2003), San Diego, California (2004); New Orleans, La. (2005)
• Minnesota Society for Criminal Justice, Getting Tough on DWI: The Defense, Orlando, Florida (2002); Las Vegas, Nevada (2001, 2003-05)
• International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP)/National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) student course in administration of standardized field sobriety tests, San Francisco, California (2001)
• International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP)/National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) instructor course in administration of standardized field sobriety tests, Nashville, Tennessee (2001)

Memberships

• National College for DUI Defense, Inc., Fellow, (General member 1999-2004)(Sustaining member 2004—) (Regent 2005-16)(Treasurer 2012-13)(Secretary 2013-14)(Assistant Dean 2014-15)(Dean 2015-16)(Dean Emeritus 2016-17)(Fellow 2017—)
• National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
• Maryland Criminal Defense Attorneys’ Association (President 2003-04) (President-Elect 2002-03) (First Vice-President 2001-02) (Board of Directors 1991—) (Member 1984—)
• Maryland Criminal Pattern Jury Instruction Committee (2001—)
• Maryland State Bar Association
• Prince George’s County Bar Association (Co-chair, Criminal Law Section (1992-93))
• Montgomery County Bar Association

Published (and some unpublished) Decisions

• United States v. Hawk, 2018 WL 3241345 (D.Md. 2018)(not reported)
• Owusu v. Motor Vehicle Admin., 461 Md. 687, 197 A.3d 687 (2018)
• Birchfield v. North Dakota, 136 S.Ct. 2160, 195 L.Ed.2d 560 (2016)(co-authored NACDL’s and NCDD’s amicus brief)
• United States v. Sugiyama, 113 F.Supp.3d 784 (D.Md. 2015)
• United States v. Millner, 2015 WL 3557546 (D.Md. 2015)(not reported)
• United States v. Muir, 2015 WL 2165570 (D. Md. 2015)(not reported)
• State v. Norton, 443 Md. 517, 117 A.3d 1055 (2015)(local counsel for amicus brief filed by the Innocence Network)
• Motor Vehicle Admin. v. Deering, Maryland Court of Appeals, 438 Md. 611, 92 A.3d 495 (2014)(filed an amicus brief)
  
• Motor Vehicle Admin. v. Sanner, 434 Md. 20, 73 A.3d 214 (2013)(filed an amicus brief)
• Commonwealth v. Yohe, 2013 WL 5826045 (Pa. 2013)(filed an amicus brief)
• Missouri v. McNeely, 133 S.Ct. 1552 (2013)(co-authored NACDL’s and NCDD’s amicus brief)
• Bullcoming v. New Mexico, 131 S.Ct. 2705 (2011)(co-authored NACDL’s and NCDD’s amicus brief)
• Shea v. Motor Vehicle Admin., 415 Md. 1, 997 A.2d 768 (2010)(co-authored MCDAA’s amicus brief)
• Headen v. Motor Vehicle Admin., 418 Md. 559, 16 A.3d 196 (2011)
• Hill v. Motor Vehicle Admin., 415 Md. 231, 999 A.2d 1019 (2010)
• Melendez-Diaz v. Massachusetts, 557 U.S. 305, 129 S.Ct. 2527 (2009)(signed on to amicus brief of NACDL and NCDD)
• United States v. Darden, 656 F.Supp.2d 560 (2009)
• United States v. Jackson, 352 F. App’x 814 (4th Cir. 2009)
• Alavez v. Motor Vehicle Admin., 402 Md. 727, 939 A.2d 139 (2008)
• United States v. Atwell, 470 F.Supp.2d 554 (D. Md. 2007)
• Fowler v. Motor Vehicle Admin., 394 Md. 331, 906 A.2d 347 (2006)
• Warne v. State, 166 Md.App. 135, 887 A.2d 657 (2005)
• Gwin v. Motor Vehicle Admin., 385 Md. 440, 869 A.2d 822 (2004), cert. denied, 126 S.Ct. 359 (2005)
• State v. Weisbrod, 159 Md. App. 488, 859 A.2d 664 (2004), cert. denied, 384 Md. 582, 865 A.2d 589 (2005)
• White v. State, 142 Md.App. 535, 790 A.2d 754 (2002)
• In re Michael W., 134 Md.App.144, 759 A.2d 322 (2000), aff’d, 367 Md. 181, 786 A.2d 684 (2001)
• State v. Jones, 340 Md. 235, 666 A.2d 128 (1995), cert. denied, 516 U.S. 1173 (1996)
• Simmons v. State, 333 Md. 547, 636 A.2d 463, cert. denied, 513 U.S. 815 (1994)
• Klingenstein v. State, 330 Md. 402, 624 A.2d 532, reversing, 92 Md.App. 325, 608 A.2d 792 (1992), cert. denied, 510 U.S. 918 (1993)
• Tyler v. State, 330 Md. 261, 623 A.2d 648 (1993), reversing, Eiland v. State, 92 Md.App. 56, 607 A.2d 42 (1992)
• Harris v. State, 94 Md.App. 266, 617 A.2d 610 (1992), cert. denied, 330 Md. 319, 624 A.2d 490 (1993)
• Mustafa v. State, 323 Md. 65, 591 A.2d 481 (1991)
• State v. Robertson, 72 Md.App. 342, 529 A.2d 847 (1987)

Awards

• Fred Bennett Zealous Advocacy Award – Maryland Criminal Defense Attorneys’ Association – 2013
• Legal Excellence Award for Advancement of Professional Competence – Maryland Bar Foundation – 2014
• Champion of the Maryland Office of the Public Defender – Maryland Office of the Public Defender – 2019