DUI Committee - Roster

NACDL's DUI Committee is committed to the support of quality impaired driving defense. The Committee is devoted to ensuring that lawyers who provide DUI defense services have the training, resources, and support to effectively represent their clients. The objectives of the Committee are to: (1) Present an annual seminar focusing on alerting defense lawyers to significant changes in DUI laws and law enforcement training, DUI defense trial techniques; and impeachment of relevant field sobriety and chemical testing; (2) Provide relevant DUI defense articles for publication in The Champion; (3) Raise awareness of DUI defense issues; (4) Support the protection of the constitutional rights of citizens accused of impaired driving and related offenses; (5) Bolster reforms in DUI laws, including Field Sobriety Testing and Chemical Testing, through a combination of education, public outreach, legislation, and litigation; (6) Advocate DUI penalty uniformity across the nation; (7) Suggest reforms in DUI penalties to reduce mandatory minimum jail sentences, license revocation periods and fines; (8) Advance alternative penalties such as volunteer community service, and monitoring consumption of impairing substances; (9) Encourage substance abuse treatment; (10) Promote legislation allowing for the expungement of convictions after a period of time, and/or by diversion or deferral of DUI related crimes; (11) Ensure strict compliance with sound scientific principles in all DUI investigations; and (12) Encourage the exchange of ideas and techniques among NACDL members to assist others in their legal and business practices as it relates to this area of law.