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Certifications & Trainings

2024

  • Driving Under the Influence SFST / ARIDE / DRE Super Course, Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association (TCDLA), Austin, Texas, February 7 – 10, 2024.

2022

  • How to Defend a Driving Under the Influence of Drugs (DUID) Case in a Criminal or Civil Proceeding, Wyoming Trial Lawyer’s Association (WTLA), Live Online Virtual Seminar, February 25, 2022.

2021

  • Trying Serious Bodily Injury & DUI Death Cases, National College for DUI Defense, Live Online Virtual Seminar, January 15- 16, 2021.

2019

  • Advanced Cross Examination Techniques, National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyer’s, Nashville, TN, May 1, 2019.

  • Forensic Toxicology for Attorneys, Toxicology Laboratories, Inc., Cheyenne, WY, April 26, 2019.

2018

  • Defending Modern Drug Cases, 11th Annual Seminar, National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Las Vegas, NV, October 11- 13, 2018.

  • DWI Means Defend with Integrity (22nd Annual), National College of DUI Defense, Las Vegas, NV, October 10, 2018.

  • DUI and DUID: Advanced Practice, Colorado Bar Association, Denver, CO, August 22, 2018.

2015

  • Anatomy of a DUI Case, Colorado Bar Association, Denver, CO, December 20, 2015.

  • Felony DUI: The Law and Penalties, Colorado Bar Association, Denver, CO, August 12, 2015.

  • Criminal Law Spring Update: Criminal Law Jury Instructions and Motions Practice, Colorado Bar Association, Denver, CO, April 9, 2015.

2014

  • Annual Colorado DUI Conference at Breckenridge, Colorado Criminal Defense Bar, Breckenridge, CO, April 3, 2014.

  • Mastering Scientific Evidence (21st Annual), Texas Criminal Defense Lawyer’s Association, New Orleans, LA, March 20, 2014.

2013

  • Guest Speaker, Criminal Law / DUI Seminar, Jefferson County Bar Association, Golden, CO, June 7, 2013.

  • Annual Colorado DUI Conference at Breckenridge, Colorado Criminal Defense Bar, Breckenridge, CO, April 4 – 5, 2013.

2012

  • DWI Defense Project Seminar, Texas Criminal Defense Lawyer’s Association, Arlington, TX, May 3 - 4, 2012.

  • Colorado Legal Ethics Refresher, Rocky Mountain Legal Education, Inc., Denver, CO, April 12, 2012.

  • Mastering Scientific Evidence (19th Annual), Texas Criminal Defense Lawyer’s Association, New Orleans, LA, March 22 - 24, 2012.

2011

  • Guest Speaker/Instructor, Trial Skills Series: Motions Practice, Colorado Criminal Defense Bar, University of Denver College of Law, February 11, 2011.

2010

  • Rocky Mountain High DUID Defense School at 10,000 Feet, Colorado Criminal Defense Bar, Keystone, CO, March 4 – 5, 2010.

  • Mastering Scientific Evidence (17th Annual), Texas Criminal Defense Lawyer’s Association, New Orleans, LA, April 8 - 10, 2010.

  • Annual Aggressive Defense of the Accused Impaired Driver, Arizona Attorneys for Criminal Justice, Tucson, AZ, May 7, 2010.

2009

  • National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) Refresher in Standardized Field Sobriety Testing Practitioner Course, Platt & Associates, Inc., Denver, CO, August 21 – 23, 2009.

  • Gas Chromatography: Fundamentals, Troubleshooting & Method Development, Dr. Lee Polite & Axion Laboratories & Training Institute, Inc., Chicago, IL., July 20-24, 2009.

  • Advanced Scientific Evidence DUI Seminar, Ohio Criminal Defense Bar, Columbus, Ohio, March 5, 2009.

2008

  • Forensic Blood & Urine Testing Seminar (Special Guest Lecturer, Dr. A.W. Jones, Sweden), Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, December 3 - 7, 2008.

  • Mastering Scientific Evidence in DUI cases, National College of DUI Defense Annual Summer Session, Harvard Law School, Boston, MA., July 17 - 20, 2008.

  • Understanding the Intricacies of the DUI case, National College of DUI Defense/Wyoming Trial Lawyer’s Assoc., Laramie, Wyoming, June 5 - 7, 2008.

  • Guest Speaker/Instructor, Strategies in Handling DUI,DWAI & DUID Cases in Colorado, Lorman Education Services, Denver, Colorado, April 25, 2008.

  • Mastering Scientific Evidence in DUI cases (15th Annual) – National College of DUI Defense – Dallas, Texas, March 27 - 29, 2008.

  • Evidence Refresher, Colorado Bar Association, Denver, CO March 7, 2008.

  • Drug Recognition Expert / DRE - NHTSA Drug Evaluation and Classification Program (DECP), Walden, Platt & Assoc., Austin, Texas, February 15 - 17, 2008.

  • Best and Worst Trial Tactics, Colorado Bar Association, Denver, CO, February 29, 2008.

2007

  • Advanced Trial Cross-Examination: Science and Techniques, Pozner & Dodd, Denver, Colorado, December 14, 2007.

  • Breath Alcohol Technician Training for Legal Professionals, Industrial Training & Design Ltd., Denver, Colorado, June 10, 2007.

  • Mastering Scientific Evidence in DUI cases (14th Annual) – National College of DUI Defense – Dallas, Texas, April 17, 2007.

  • Guest Speaker/Instructor, Advanced DUI for New Mexico Attorneys, Albuquerque, New Mexico, February 15 - 16, 2007.

  • Evidentiary Breath Alcohol Technician Training & Certification, CMI Intoxilyzer Model 5000 in accordance with the United States Department of Transportation CFR 49 Part 40, Industrial Training & Design Ltd., Denver, CO, January 20, 2007.

2006

  • Breath Alcohol Technician Training for Legal Professionals, Industrial Training & Design Ltd., Las Vegas, Nevada, October 9, 2006.

  • Criminal and Administrative Consequences for Commercial Driver’s (CDLs), Colorado Department of Revenue, Denver, Colorado, September 26, 2006.

  • Mastering Scientific Evidence in DUI cases, National College of DUI Defense Annual Summer Session, Harvard Law School, Boston, MA., July 19 - 22, 2006.

  • NHTSA / IACP Horizontal Gaze Nystagmus / Standardized Field Sobriety Testing Instructor School, Lapier & Associates, Las Vegas, Nevada, May 3 - 6, 2006.

  • Mastering Scientific Evidence in DUI cases (13th Annual) – National College of DUI Defense – Dallas, Texas, March 30 – April 1, 2006.

  • Advanced Scientific Evidence DUI Seminar, Ohio Criminal Defense Bar, Columbus, OH, March 2 – 3, 2006.

2005

  • NHTSA / IACP Advanced Horizontal Gaze Nystagmus / Standardized Field Sobriety Testing Course – Walden, Platt & Assoc. – Atlanta, Georgia, December 2, 2005.

  • NHTSA / IACP Horizontal Gaze Nystagmus / Standardized Field Sobriety Testing Refresher Course – Walden, Platt & Assoc. – Atlanta, Georgia, December 2-4, 2005.

  • Strategies in Handling DUI and DWAI Trials in Colorado – Denver, Colorado, 2005.

  • Under The Microscope – Beating DUIs with Science – National Assoc. of Criminal Defense Lawyers – Las Vegas, Nevada, September 29, 2005

  • Maintenance and Repair of the Intoxilyzer 5000 – C.E.S. Consulting – Palm Beach, Florida, June 24 – 25, 2005.

  • The ABCs of DUI Law, Colorado Bar Association, Denver, Colorado, June 1, 2005.

  • DUI Scientific Evidence Seminar, Colorado Bar Association, Denver, Colorado, May 2005.

  • NHTSA / IACP Horizontal Gaze Nystagmus / Standardized Field Sobriety Testing – Walden, Platt & Assoc. – San Antonio, Texas, May 12 - 14, 2005.

  • Mastering Scientific Evidence in DUI cases (12th Annual) – National College of DUI Defense – Dallas, Texas, April 28 - 30, 2005.

  • Preventing Legal Malpractice, Colorado Bar Association, Denver, Colorado, March 10, 2005.

2004

  • Recent Trends in the Law of Arrest, Search and Seizure in Colorado, Lorman Education Services, Inc., Denver, CO, August 26, 2004.

  • Advanced Colorado DUI Litigation, Colorado Bar Association, Denver, Colorado, May 6, 2004.

2001

  • Domestic Violence and Non-Stranger Sex Assault Training for Prosecutors, Sponsored by the Ending Violence Against Women (EVAW), Greeley, CO February 13 – 14, 2001.

2000

  • Colorado District Attorneys Counsel Annual Legal Refresher Training, (CDAD Annual Fall Conference), Steamboat Springs, CO, September 26 - 28, 2000.

  • Trial Techniques School, Colorado District Attorney’s Counsel (CDAC), Denver, CO, June 4 – 9, 2000.

LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER TRAINING:

  • Horizontal Gaze Nystagmus / NHTSA Standardized Field Sobriety Testing– Arizona Highway Patrol, Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona, May 18, 1993.

  • Intoxilyzer 4011 Operator’s Course – Arizona Highway Patrol, Tucson, Arizona, November 2, 1994.

  • Intoxilyzer 5000 Operator’s Course – Arizona Highway Patrol, Tucson, Arizona, November 2, 1994.

  • Drug Recognition Screening – Arizona Highway Patrol, 1993

  • Advanced Narcotics Investigations – DEA, 1991

  • Emergency Medical Technician – U.S. National Park Service / Red Cross, 1989

  • Basic Standardized Field Sobriety Testing at the following police academies:

    • United States Air Force Police Academy, December 19, 1985.

    • Charlotte (North Carolina) Police Academy, March 22, 1988.

    • Federal Law Enforcement Training Center, October 29, 1992.

    • Received over 2,000 hours of miscellaneous law enforcement and investigative training from 1987 – 199