2023 Fall Seminar Atlanta

Kim Keheley Frye, JD
Kim Keheley Frye is an experienced Georgia criminal defense trial attorney with over 50+ felony and
misdemeanor jury trials. A graduate of the University of Georgia and the Georgia State University School of
Law. Previously working as a prosecutor in both felony and misdemeanor court gives Kim special insight into
the workings of the prosecution and law enforcement. In 2008, Frye Law Group was born as a law office to
champion and protect the rights of the accused. Kim has lectured in Georgia, nationally, and internationally on
topics relating to criminal defense. She is an approved mentor of new law students entering the profession and
has trained and assisted many young lawyers early in their quest to become trial attorneys.
Attorney Frye is a 2013 graduate of the Gerry Spence Trial Lawyers college and has previously served on the
faculty. Knowing that the best defense is a strong offense, she seeks out every opportunity to continually
improve her trial skills. Kim has held chair and vice president positions in many bar, legal and community
organizations— Cobb County Bar Association, Georgia Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, DUI
Defense Lawyers Association.
Kim has completed training and holds certificates in the following: Standardized Field Sobriety, Advanced
Roadside Impaired Driving Enforcement, DNA for Lawyers, Forensic Chromatography- Theory and Practice,
Forensic Drug Analysis, and Forensic Principles of DUID. She has been named a lawyer-scientist by the
American Chemical Society based on her course work and the passing of a rigorous exam.
As a member of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Charter Member of DUIDLA, and as a
previous faculty member of the Trial Lawyers College, she enjoys a national and international network of
friends and esteemed colleagues to collaborate with around the world. Kim has been named a Super Lawyer,
Martindale-Hubbell AV rating and was chosen by her peers for the Jimmy D. Berry Champion of Justice Award
in 2022.
She loves kareoke and the pool on a hot day. She is known to select an Italian red wine with her dinner. She
likes kayaking, camping and 5 star hotels.

Tim Huey, JD
D. Timothy (Tim) Huey has spent over 35 years developing a well-earned reputation as an authoritative source
on practically any issue that can come into play in Ohio OVI, vehicular assault or, vehicular homicide related
matters and tries to pass on what he has learned through writing and teaching.
Mr. Huey is the lead author of Ohio OVI Defense – the Law and Practice, which is published by Lawyers &
Judges Publishing Co.
Tim loves to teach and has given over 100 DUI related CLE presentations to lawyers in Ohio, Oklahoma,
Georgia, Texas, Wyoming, Florida, Arkansas, South Carolina, Colorado, Michigan, Illinois, Arizona,
Maryland, Tennessee, New Hampshire, Indiana and Texas and has led Intensive Trial Skills Training sessions
for the Ohio Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, the national DUI Defense Lawyers Association, the
National College for DUI Defense, and the Trial Skills University and other organizations.
Below are some of his recent accomplishments in the courtroom and in the profession.
• In 2022 Tim successfully passed the rigorous DUIDLA Board Certification Exam.
• In 2021 Tim was honored to have received the DUIDLA’s Badass Award.
• In 2019 Tim was lead counsel for the DUIDLA on an Amicus Brief filed in the Supreme Court of
the United States in Mitchell v. Wisconsin which involved warrantless blood draws in DUI cases.
• In 2018 Tim was elected as President of the national DUI Defense Lawyers Association and
currently serves as CLE Chair for the DUIDLA.
• In 2017 Tim once again cross-examined the head of ODH Alcohol and Drug Testing Program and
even after she had gone through extensive training at the DataMaster factory, once again convinced
a judge that she should not be qualified as an expert on the DataMaster – even though she is the
official who approves the breath testing machines for use in Ohio and writes the rules and protocols
governing these machines. State of Ohio v Zack Benner, Lima Ohio Municipal Court case number
16 TRC 05502, ruling January 30, 2017.
• In 2016 Tim cross-examined the head of the Ohio Department of Health’s Alcohol and Drug
Testing Program, who is also their chief toxicologist, and convinced the court to find that she: 1)
was not qualified to give expert testimony about the BAC DataMaster breath testing instrument and
2) has very little training in toxicology. State of Ohio vs Michael Venturelli, Lima Municipal Court
Case Numbers: 15 TRC 07221 transcript of trial April 19, 2016.
• In 2015 the speaker of the Ohio House of Representatives appointed Mr. Huey to the Ohio Criminal
Justice Recodification Committee where he may have an opportunity to help infuse a little common
sense and justice into the process as he and other committee members rewrite the Ohio Criminal
Code. He is one of only four criminal defense lawyers on the committee and the only committee
member whose practice is primarily focused on DUI defense.
• In 2014 Tim became a Charter Member of the DUI Defense Lawyers Association (DUIDLA) and a
Trustee for the DUI Defense Lawyers Association’s Justice Foundation.
• In 2014 in Cincinnati v Ilg, in the Ohio Supreme Court, Tim argued as Amicus Counsel and the
case resulted in a holding that (contrary to 30 years of case law and judicial wisdom in Ohio) the
accused can challenge and question breath results and breath instruments and thus the defense has
the right to obtain electronic (COBRA) data to bring such challenges and raise such questions.
• In 2013 Tim again worked with and led a team of lawyers in State of Ohio v Chelsea Lancaster
where the State presented testimony of CMI Engineer Brian Faulkner and other experts and the
defense presented testimony of Dr. Al Staubus, Dr. Mike Hlastala and Tom Workman. The results
was a ruling that the Intoxilyzer 8000 results “are not scientifically reliable” and was the first time an
Ohio court has held that the defense has proven that a breath testing device is unreliable. As a result
the majority of Ohio police departments ceased using the Intoxilyzer 8000.
• In 2012 Tim was elected President of the Ohio Assn. of Criminal Defense Lawyers (OACDL) and has
run their annual three (3) day Advanced DUI Defense Seminar which runs March 12-14, 2020 (feel
free to ask for details.)
• In 2011 Tim helped lead a team of lawyers in the first case in Ohio where the defense undertook a
head-on challenge to the Intoxilyzer 8000, the ODH procedures and the head engineer for CMI / the
manufacturer of the 8000; State of Ohio v. Nicole Gerome. The result was a ruling that the Intoxilyzer
8000 has vulnerabilities and limitations and the accused shall be permitted to introduce all relevant
evidence about the machine at trial.
Tim has authored many articles on DUI issues for publications such as The DWI Journal: Law & Science, the
National College for DUI Defense Journal, the OACDL Vindicator. He has authored or co-authored as
Amicus Curiae briefs in: State v Ilg where the issue is whether State v Vega prohibits an accused from
seeking to challenge the reliability his Intoxilyzer 8000 breath test results and in numerous other matters
including Ohio Supreme Court cases involving preliminary breath testing and field sobriety testing, including
HGN (State v Derov), blood testing (State v Mayl) and destruction of video tapes (State v Lupardus) all of which
made or preserved favorable case law for those accused of OVI in Ohio.

Travis Noble, JD
Travis L. Noble, Jr. is a principle in the law firm of Travis Noble, P.C. Mr. Noble graduated from the Maine
Criminal Justice Academy, Maine State Police Canine Academy and the Drug Enforcement Administration
Basic Agent Academy. He received his B.S. from the University of Maine and J.D. from St. Louis University.
Before attending law school he was employed as a police officer from 1985 until 1990 and a narcotics agent
from 1990 until 1995. Mr. Noble has been a lecturer for the Missouri Bar, Missouri Association of Criminal
Defense Lawyers, Maine Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, New Hampshire Bar, Kentucky
Prosecutors Association, Missouri Public Defenders, and numerous Federal, State and local law enforcement
agencies in the areas of DWI Investigation and Standardized Field Sobriety Testing. Mr. Noble concentrates in
the areas of DWI, federal and state drug charges and other felonies. He was recently asked to be a guest speaker
at Queens University in Belfast, Ireland regarding jury trials in the United States.
Mr. Noble has successfully tried some of the most difficult DWI cases in Missouri securing a not guilty verdict
for a 12 offense DWI with a .23 BAC, not guilty verdict for a 5th offense DWI hitting a police car head on with
a .14 BAC and a not guilty verdict for a 7th offense DWI involving a serious accident. In addition to trying
cases throughout the State of Missouri, he has represented and tried cases in both federal and state courts
throughout the United States.
He is a member of the Missouri Bar, National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, National College for
DUI Defense and is a past president (2010) of the Missouri Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers

James Huff, JD
Mr. Huff is one of only one hundred founding members of the National College DUI Defense (NCDD). He is a
founding member, 25 year board member and Past President of the South Carolina Association of Criminal
Defense Lawyers (SCACDL). He received the association’s President’s Award in 2022. He was named one of
the top DUI attorneys in South Carolina by The State newspaper. He is DataMaster and NHTSA SFST
Certified.
Mr. Huff is a 1984 graduate of the USC School of Law. He is admitted to practice law in all South Carolina
state and federal courts, the US 4th Circuit Court of Appeals, and the United States Supreme Court.
He served as a circuit judge law clerk, Assistant Solicitor, City Attorney/Prosecutor and has been in private
practice since 1988. He has coauthored several publications regarding DUI and Traffic law, including Handling
Traffic Cases in South Carolina, 1st-6th Editions, South Carolina Traffic Law Manual 2nd Edition, and South
Carolina DUI Defense Manual, 3rd Edition.
He has spoken at over 60 DUI and criminal law seminars and annually teaches at Magistrate and Municipal
Judge seminars. He founded and chairs SCACDL’s annual Criminal Sexual Conduct CLE. He served on the SC
Bar Ethics Advisory Committee for many years.
He is actively involved in the legislative process and serves on the South Carolina Association of Criminal
Defense Lawyers’ Legislative Committee. He regularly drafts and testifies before legislative committees on
proposed DUI and criminal justice legislation. Mr. Huff proposed and assisted in the passage of the first
national mandatory DUI video recording statute.
For the last 32 years he has been a member and is current leader of a private statewide group of DUI defense
attorneys that he calls “the best DUI lawyers in the state”. The groups influence is well known in South
Carolina. It has helped successfully lobby for balanced DUI legislation, financed appeals of bad case law
decisions and changed the standard of DUI defense in the state. The efforts of this group was noted in a DWI
Journal article which stated “Nowhere in America do the DUI defense attorneys act in unison better than South
Carolina.”

Joshua Ott
Joshua Ott was an officer with the Roswell, Georgia Police Department for nearly 11 years. He was certified as
a Drug Recognition Expert and a Drug Recognition Expert Instructor. He is also a Standardized Field Sobriety
Testing Instructor. He conducted approximately 3000 – 4000 DUI investigations. He has attended The Robert F.
Borkenstein Course on Alcohol and Highway Safety: Testing, Research and Litigation course at Indiana
University. He also attended the Robert Borkenstein Course: Effects of Drugs on Human Performance and
Behavior. He has been certified by NASBLA in BUI detection, and the Seated Battery of Standardized Field
Sobriety Tests. He now provides case reviews and testimony for cases involving possible alcohol and/or drug
impairment.

Greg Willis, JD
Through years of work and specialized training, Attorney Greg Willis has established himself as a top DUI
defense attorney in the State of Georgia. His legal career is dedicated to the representation of individuals who
have been charged with driving under the influence. Due to his success and masterful defense techniques,
Attorney Willis has garnered many positive testimonials from clients and attorneys alike.
Attorney Willis has a 93% success rate of defending DUI charges over the past 5 years. His experience has
prompted other DUI lawyers to pay money to hear about the firm’s strategies at seminars.
As Atlanta’s legal and scientific authority on chemical testing, he has a reputation of being the most credible
source of knowledge in this field in the courtroom.
Dr. Spurgeon Cole
Expert in Psychophysical Testing Protocol and Standardized Field Sobriety Tests. Expertise regarding stressrelated
error and cross-racial misidentification. Retired Clemson University Professor. Ph.D, Psychology.

John Bateman, JD
John C. Bateman is dedicated to defending clients accused of DUI. He is a founding member of the DUI
Defense Lawyers Association and has been featured on WYFF4 and Fox Carolina.
John has been nominated and accepted to the Board of Directors for the DUI Defense Lawyers Association
(DUIDLA), which is the preeminent association for DUI defense lawyers in the country. It is composed of the
very top-tier lawyers from the United States, as well Canada. John is a founding member of this organization.
John C. Bateman is a former Army JAG prosecutor, with experience prosecuting criminal conduct at courtmartials
at Fort Jackson, South Carolina. John was also sworn in as a Special Assistant United States Attorney
and was tasked with trying civilian traffic offenses including DUI, DUS, and speeding tickets in federal district
court.
John also served with the 95th Civil Affairs Brigade (Airborne), a subordinate unit of the United States Army
Special Operations Command at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Upon ending his active duty military career, he
relocated to Greenville, South Carolina.
Since opening his own practice, John has aggressively fought to bring cutting edge DUI defense techniques to
his clients. The National Highways Safety Administration publishes the curriculum for DUI enforcement
training, and John Bateman was certified as an instructor on the latest May 2013 NHTSA DUI enforcement
curriculum before it was fully implemented by the South Carolina Department of Public Safety. So what does
this mean? It means that, in many circumstances, John has had more training on DUI enforcement than the
arresting officer on a case, and he can bring that experience to his client’s defense.
John had the pleasure of instructing with nationally acclaimed DUI expert, Tony Palacios, in Atlanta, Georgia,
where they taught the NHTSA DUI Detection Curriculum. This instruction is the only curriculum utilized
nationwide by law enforcement for DUI detection. As NHTSA-certified instructors, John and Scotty have
taught in numerous cities across the country.
John attended the DUI Defense Lawyers Association (DUIDLA) national conference held in Denver, Colorado.
This seminar brought the top attorneys in the United States and Canada for several days of intensive training in
trial preparation and execution, as well as instruction in DUI evidence collection and implementation.
In his free time, John enjoys board games, grilling out, and camping on the weekends with his wife, Eva, and
their two children, Jack and Clark.

Matt Olszweski, JD
Matthew J. Olszewski practices criminal defense in Orlando, Florida, but limits his practice to Orlando and
Central Florida DUI and traffic related crimes. He is admitted to practice law in the State of Florida.
Experience:
Before founding the FL DUI Group law firm in Orlando, Florida, Mr. Olszewski served as the coordinator of
the Florida Traffic Safety Resource Prosecutor (TSRP) Program. As the state-wide coordinator of the Florida
TSRP Program, Mr. Olszewski was responsible for conducting training and providing guidance for Florida
prosecutors and law enforcement officers in matters related to DUI investigation and prosecution. Mr.
Olszewski coordinated DUI training seminars for the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) with
funding from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA).
Mr. Olszewski has trained thousands of Florida prosecutors and law enforcement officers in Orlando, Central
Florida and officers spanning each of Florida’s 20 judicial circuit courts. Mr. Olszewski has trained thousands
of prosecutors and law enforcement officers in the State of Florida as well as throughout the country on DUI
investigation and DUI prosecution, DUI breath testing, drugged driving, DUI report writing, DUI courtroom
testimony, DUI jury selection, DUI opening statements, DUI direct and cross examinations, and DUI closing
arguments.Mr. Olszewski is one of 6 people in the State of Florida and the only Orlando and Central Florida
DUI defense lawyer that has worked with the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) to write the
DUI curriculum used by the State of Florida at its law enforcement training academies. Mr. Olszewski coauthored
the book that is used to train every law enforcement officer in Orlando and Central Florida when it
comes to making DUI arrests.
Mr. Olszewski has attended the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) Standardized Field
Sobriety Testing Course (presented by the Orlando Police Department) and attended the NHTSA Standardized
Field Sobriety Testing Instructor Course (presented by the Orange County Sheriff’s Office in Orlando, Florida).
These DUI courses are designed to teach law enforcement officers how to properly conduct DUI roadside field
sobriety tests like the walk and turn and one-leg stand.Mr. Olszewski also attended the Florida Department of
Law Enforcement (FDLE) DUI Breath Test Operator Class, a course designed to teach DUI law enforcement
officers how to properly conduct DUI breath alcohol tests.
Mr. Olszewski has attended the factory training from the manufacturer of the DUI breath test machine used in
Orlando and Central Florida. As part of this training, Mr. Olszewski learned the intricate parts of the machine
and the science behind the machine. Additionally, Mr. Olszewski was taught how to take apart and reassemble
an actual DUI breath test machine.
In his role as TSRP Coordinator for the State of Florida, Mr. Olszewski was sworn in as a Special DUI
Prosecutor by the State of Florida to argue motions to exclude breath test results in Orlando, Osceola County,
Seminole County, Volusia County, Brevard County, Hernando County, Marion County, Alachua County,
Broward County, Lee County, Collier County and Monroe County. Mr. Olszewski worked closely with
members of the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) Alcohol Testing Program on DUI breath test
machine issues.
Mr. Olszewski has instructed on DUI cases in Texas, Georgia, North Carolina, Tennessee, Alabama,
Mississippi, Missouri, Oregon, North Carolina, Arkansas and Alaska and at three international DUI
conferences.
Prior to his DUI experience as TSRP Coordinator, Mr. Olszewski served as an Assistant State Attorney for the
Orlando/Osceola State Attorney’s Office in Florida’s 9th Judicial Circuit in Orlando, Florida. While a
prosecutor, Mr. Olszewski had the opportunity to handle over 100 criminal trials. At the State Attorney’s
Office, Mr. Olszewski was designated a Lead DUI Prosecutor for Orange County and was assigned to handle
high profile DUI cases.

Dr. Lee N. Polite, BA, MBA, PhD
Dr. Lee N. Polite is the president and founder of Axion Analytical Labs, Inc. Since its inception in 1995, Axion
has provided in-depth chromatography training to every major pharmaceutical, chemical and petroleum
company in the US. Axion has also provided these services to most of the major government labs including the
FDA, DEA, DOE, DOD, EPA, USDA, Homeland Security, etc. Lee has been teaching chromatography to
professionals for more than 25 years. He has been invited to lecture on the topic in 17 countries and has trained
more than 13,000 professionals. Axion’s Chicago training facility is equipped with 8 modern HPLC’s and 16
state of the art GC’s. All dedicated to Axion’s hands-on training courses.
Dr. Polite also serves as the Chief Science Officer for Sweetwater Energy (a leading renewable energy and
chemicals company), is an Adjunct Professor of Chemistry at the Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) and
continues to teach as the National Instructor for the American Chemical Society.
Dr. Polite earned his Ph.D. in Chemistry from Virginia Tech, where he worked under the direction of Professor
Harold McNair. Dr. McNair is recognized as one of the premier chromatography professors in the world, and
one of the pioneers in the field.
In addition to his technical degrees, Lee holds an MBA from Northwestern University’s Kellogg Graduate
School of Management, where he majored in both strategy and marketing. Throughout his four years at
Kellogg, it was ranked as the top business school in the US.
Prior to receiving his advanced degrees, Dr. Polite received his Bachelor of Arts Degree (BA) in Chemistry
from DePauw University in Greencastle, Indiana, where he was a Rector Scholar, a member of Sigma Pi Sigma
(Physics honor society) and Sigma Xi (Chemistry honor society).
After receiving his Ph.D., Lee spent 9 years with Amoco Corporation, holding a variety of scientific and
management positions, including Research Scientist, HPLC Team Leader, Group Leader of Environmental
Analysis, and Laboratory Supervisor of one of the largest refinery labs in the US.
Dr. Polite is a recognized authority in the field of chemistry, demonstrated by the fact that he has taught
chromatography courses for more than 30 years to a variety of professionals in 17 countries. He is the professor
in charge of the popular American Chemical Society’s “Fundamentals of HPLC Course”, and “Practical and
Applied Gas Chromatography Course”. His company (Axion Analytical Labs, Inc) is the sole supplier of
hands-on chromatography courses to the ACS and its 165,000 members. He has served as chromatography
instructor for the DEA, United States Food and Drug Administration (USFDA), the New York City Police
Department’s crime laboratory, DOE’s Argonne National Labs, Hewlett Packard, Agilent Technologies,
Phenomenex, Shimadzu, along with pharmaceutical, petroleum, chemical and environmental companies
throughout the world. Dr. Polite has authored countless professional course books on chromatography, a
number of publications, and 3 book chapters on Chromatography.
Dr. Polite also founded the renewable energy company, “Helios Scientific, LLC”, where he helped to develop
“sunburst” technology. Sunburst facilitates the economical production of clean burning ethanol along with a
variety of renewable chemicals from a wide variety of waste plant material. This technology will help to
significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions throughout the world. Helios Scientific, LLC was acquired by
Sweetwater Energy, Inc. in 2015. Dr. Polite now serves as the Chief Scientific Officer of Sweetwater Energy,
Inc., where he will help direct the building and startup of one of the world’s first cellulosic ethanol plants in
October 2020.

Christine Koehler, JD
Christine Koehler’s peers have voted her a Georgia Super Lawyer for the last 20 years in a row. She has been
ranked in the top 50 women lawyers in Georgia for the last 10 years. She is consistently recognized as one of
the top 100 lawyers in the State of Georgia and has been named numerous times as one of Georgia Trend
Magazine’s Legal Elite.
Christine is a founding member of both the Georgia Innocence Project and the DUI Defense Lawyers
Association. She is a Fellow of the American Board of Criminal Lawyers, a Life Member of NACDL and a Past
President and Life Member of GACDL. She is the past Chair of the State Bar of Georgia Investigative Panel
and has been qualified in Georgia Courts as an expert in legal ethics, as well as an expert in criminal law. She
has served as an Adjunct Professor at Georgia State University College of Law, teaching Advocacy and has
been an instructor with the Bill Daniel Trial Advocacy Program since 2000. She is on faculty at the National
Criminal Defense College and is a frequent lecturer at seminars throughout the country.
In addition to her criminal defense practice, Christine represents judges being investigated by the Judicial
Qualifications Commission and she represents lawyers being investigated by the State Bar of Georgia.

Jan Vogelsang, LISW-CP, BCD
Jan Vogelsang is a clinical social worker in private practice in Greenville, South Carolina. According to the
Boston Globe among other major media, “…Vogelsang is on the short list of the nation’s leading forensic social
workers and they cannot imagine a scenario in which Tsarnaev’s team doesn’t rely heavily on her.”
Jan received her undergraduate degree in psychology from Pepperdine University and her graduate degree
in clinical social work from the University of South Carolina. For over thirty-four years, she has testified as an
expert witness in the sentencing phase of over eighty death penalty cases in the United States. She has also
conducted her assessments and consulted in places as far away as Russia, France, Turkey, Kyrgyzstan,
Kazakhstan, Chechnya, Dagestan, Morocco, El Salvador and Puerto Rico.
Jan humanizes her clients for attorneys, officers, judges and jurors. She has offered opinions based on the
biopsychosocial assessment in other state and federal cases such as Miller cases, RICO cases, family court and
DUI cases. She has forty-four years of experience as a psychotherapist in the field of trauma including complex
trauma, neurological impairments that affect learning, substance abuse and other mental health disorders. She is
licensed and board certified to diagnose and treat. In addition to her local work, her national and international
cases and consultations have included Zacarias Moussaoui (911 defendant), Dzhokhar Tsarnaev (Boston
Marathon defendant), Ahmad Salad (Somali terrorist defendant, the Quest, Gulf of Aden), Eric Rudolph
(Atlanta Olympic bombing defendant), Khalid Sheihk Mohammed (911 defendant), and Steven Green (Iraqi
Triangle of Death war crimes defendant).
Training attorneys nationally and internationally, Jan has been able to demonstrate the many areas where
mitigation is useful. Jan has been using the biopsychosocial assessment and showing the advantages of
mitigation in DUI cases and has worked closely with the Bateman Law Firm who recognized that mitigation
could assist them in their defense of DUI clients. She continues to practice at her office in Greenville and can
be reached at 864-346-2804 or vog12@me.com.

Bill Powers, JD
Bill Powers is well-known throughout North Carolina among courtroom lawyers. As the former President of the
North Carolina Advocates for Justice, through his work teaching lawyers, and as a founding member of the
Center for Legal Education and Advocacy, Bill Powers is a “Lawyer’s Lawyer.”
Education
J.D., Campbell University School of Law, 1992
B.A., NC State, 1988
Jurisdictions Admitted to Practice
North Carolina, 1992
Professional & Bar Association Memberships
North Carolina
Member Since: 1992

John Fanney, JD
John Fanney is a North Carolina Board Certified Criminal Law Specialist in both State Criminal Law and
Federal Criminal Law, and has devoted his practice exclusively to defending clients against criminal charges,
with an emphasis on courtroom advocacy.
DWI Training
• National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) courses in Standardized Field Sobriety Tests
(SFST), bot h the student and instructor courses (The same training police officers use.).
• NHTSA Drug Recognition Expert (DRE) course
• Intoxilyzer 5000© operator and technician course
• Intoximeter EC/IR II© training course
Education & Bar Admission
• Juris Doctorate – Norman A. Wiggins School of Law at Campbell University, Raleigh, North Carolina,
1991
• Bachelor of Arts in Political Science – University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 1987
• Board Certified Specialist in State & Federal Criminal Law – 2003-present
• North Carolina State Bar, admitted 1991 Peer Recognition
• U.S. News & World Report™ Best Law Firms – 2014
• Best Lawyers™ Top DWI Attorney for Raleigh, North Carolina – 2013
• The Best Lawyers in America™ – 2012-present
• SuperLawyer ™ – 2008-present
John has been a regular speaker at DWI Defense seminars since 2004 and is a member of the North Carolina
Advocates for Justice and the National College for DUI Defense (State Delegate).

Denise Childress, JD
Focusing her practice on DWI law, Denise L Childress defends citizens who stand accused by the government
and safeguards their constitutional rights. She has become a sought-after instructor in this field. She has trained
officers at both the St. Louis Police Academy and the Missouri State Highway Patrol Academy. She co-founded
The Missouri DWI Institute, LLC, with a mission to educate Missouri’s lawyers, judges, and law enforcement.
Denise is a DUIDLA Board Member and CLE Co-Chair, coordinating national seminars and training lawyers
and judges across the country. Denise hung out her own shingle, Childress Legal, in 2019 after working for and
then partnering with Carl Ward. She is a trial attorney and has represented clients in over 41 Missouri counties.
Denise is proud to be hired by other lawyers to try their clients’ DWI cases.
Denise is the immediate past president of the St. Charles County Bar Association, where she remains as en
banc-bar liaison and social chair. She has been proudly awarded the Women’s Justice Award for General
Practitioner, Missouri Lawyers Weekly, 2020; President’s Award for Distinguished Service, Missouri
Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, 2019; and Up & Coming Law Firm Leader Award, Missouri
Lawyers Weekly, 2016.
Denise was recently married to Matthew Barker. In her free time, she serves on the St. Charles City Parks and
Recreation Executive Board, and regularly volunteers at the Foster Adoption Support Team (F.A.S.T.) pantry.
She also serves on the Board of Directors for BCI, Inc., a non-profit company that employs adults with
disabilities with a mission to inspire and support people with disabilities, challenging personal growth and
development through a continuum of innovative employment opportunities, and ensuring that adults with
disabilities have a chance to enjoy productive, fulfilling work and to know the satisfaction that comes from a
job well done.

Sarah Schielke, JD
Sarah Schielke (pronounced “shell-key”) was born and raised in Rochester, New York. She attended
Middlebury College in Vermont where she received a B.A. in Psychology and graduated magna cum laude.
Sarah then went on to law school at the Boston University School of Law on a full academic merit scholarship.
There, she was the Managing Editor of the Boston University Law Review. After law school, Sarah packed up
her bags, rounded up her dogs, and moved out to Colorado where she opened her own criminal defense and
civil rights law practice.
In over thirteen years of practicing since, Sarah has become an experienced trial lawyer with an unmatched
winning record. She has a reputation for being one of the most intelligent, passionate, and creative attorneys in
the country. In 2023, Sarah was named one of USA Today’s Women of the Year for her civil rights work which
includes her obtaining a record-breaking $3M settlement in the internationally publicized case of Karen Garner
v. City of Loveland in 2021, and her then obtaining yet another record-breaking $7M settlement the following
year, in the police tasing case of Michael Clark v. Idaho Springs. Sarah also received DUIDLA’s Badass Award
in 2021 for her work and impact in the civil rights and DUI defense fields.
Sarah has been repeatedly named a Rising Stars SuperLawyer for DUI Defense (2018-present). She regularly
lectures and presents all over the country regarding marijuana, alcohol and drug DUI defense strategy. Her
material on Winning Marijuana DUIs has been published in the Texas DWI Manual. Sarah is on the Executive
Committee and serves as Vice-President to the national DUI Defense Lawyers Association (DUIDLA). She is
married and has two kids, five dogs, and a definitely normal preoccupation with the band Phish. Go Bills.

William “Bubba” Head, JD
DUI lawyer GA William C. Head is a criminal defense attorney in Atlanta GA with over 47 years of litigation
experience. He has handled trials dealing with murder, homicide by vehicle, serious injury by vehicle as well as
hundreds of DUI cases.
The Atlanta DUI attorney has authored or co-authored over a dozen drunk driving books. He originally wrote
and self-published The Georgia DUI Trial Practice Manual in 1995, and now co-authors the 2023 edition with
Cory Yager and Larry Kohn. He was a Charter Member of DUIDLA and has been Board Certified as a DUI
lawyer by the NCDD.com since 2000.
Best Lawyers in America, Martindale-Hubbell “av” preeminent, and Super Lawyers have recognized his
expertise in impaired driving defense as the best DUI lawyer Atlanta. In 1991, he and the late Reese I. Joye, Jr.
co-authored 101 Ways to AVOID a Drunk Driving Conviction.
The book was the first of its kind to inform accused drunk drivers of their legal rights and explain how to beat a
DUI in Court. He is currently finishing the new 2023 edition, 202 Ways to Avoid a Drunk Driving Conviction.
Using the 1994 inaugural Mastering Scientific Evidence in DUI-DWI Cases seminar in Atlanta to gather top
DWI-DWI attorneys, Georgia DUI attorney Bubba Head helped organize and launch the National College for
DUI Defense with Lawrence (Larry )Taylor, Don Nichols, the late Reese Joye, and several other DWI-DUI
attorneys (in 1995).
He launched national DUI lawyer training for field sobriety tests in 1994. Then, he organized comprehensive
breath alcohol testing courses in 1996 and in 2003. In 2007 and 2008, he sponsored high-level forensic training
for driving under the influence defense attorneys to help expand criminal lawyers’ trial skills in breath alcohol
instrument training, field sobriety tests training, and explaining forensic laboratory blood and urine testing and
reliability issues for various types of police evidence.
In his Sandy Springs GA law firm Bubba is joined by two law partners, each of whom has been with him their
entire careers as criminal law attorneys. Larry Kohn has been with him since the end of his first year of law
school, in June of 1996. Cory Yager, an ex-cop, could only join him after passing the Georgia Bar in October of
2007, since he was an active duty police officer (for nearly a decade) before that time.
In 2023, the firm added Lance Patrick, a former probation officer who left that job to attend Emory Law School.
After graduation from law school, he spent nearly 6 years as a prosecutor before joining
GeorgiaCriminalDefense.com in 2023.
Bubba has two grown daughters and is going to be a grandfather in November. He is married to a former
California attorney, Kristen Campbell, who used to work for Lawrence Taylor’s Law Firm in the Los Angeles
area and is now a GA attorney.

Mark Thiessen, JD
Mark Thiessen prides himself on being an aggressive trial lawyer. If the district attorney will not bargain or
justice will not be served by allowing the client to plead guilty, Mark passionately and professionally represents
his clients at trial. He has won DWI cases from total refusals up to quadruple intoxication manslaughter. Mark
has earned formidable reputation for being a tenacious Houston DWI trial lawyer, and he works hard to
maintain that status. Mark is licensed and tries cases in Texas and Colorado.
Since opening Thiessen Law Firm, Mark has continued to add to his growing list of accomplishments. In
addition to his widely publicized feats as a winning Houston intoxication manslaughter lawyer, Mark Thiessen
was the youngest criminal Super Lawyer in Texas in 2013. As of 2021, Mark is a 9 time Texas Super Lawyer, 5
time Top 100 Super Lawyers in Houston and 3 time Top 100 Super Lawyers in all of Texas. For the past two
years, Mark has been the only DWI lawyer listed in the Top 100 in Houston and the only criminal Super
Lawyer listed in the Top 100 Lawyers in Texas.
Mark is the only lawyer in America who is triple board certified in:
1. Criminal Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization
2. DUI Defense by the National College for DUI Defense as approved through the American Bar Association
3. DUI Law by the DUI Defense Lawyers Association.
Mark has also earned the American Chemical Society-Chemistry and the Law’s (ACS-CHAL) Forensic
Lawyer-Scientist designation — the highest form of scientific recognition available for lawyers.
Mark is also a frequent legal seminar lecturer, author of numerous published legal articles, and a faculty
member for various organizations. Mark is an international lecturer and is regularly called on to speak and
educate students, police officers, lawyers and judges.
Mark Thiessen was born and raised in Houston, Texas. Mark attended the Village School and St. Francis
Episcopal Middle School before graduating from the Kinkaid School in 1996. Mr. Thiessen then attended and
graduated from Texas Christian University in 2000 with a Bachelor’s of Business Administration in Marketing.
While at TCU, Mark was a member of Phi Delta Theta fraternity and on the dean’s list.
Following his time at TCU, Mr. Thiessen returned to Houston and began his law school education at South
Texas College of Law (STCL). Mark made the most of his time at STCL, actively taking part in mock trials and
campus law societies. Mark’s passion for the law also took him abroad: he has studied at the International
Criminal Law at the University of Malta, the BPP Law School in London, England, and at the University of
Hawaii. Studying in these unique legal environments required Mark to adapt to various social, cultural, ethnic,
and economic groups, which is evident in his approach and personality to this day.
After graduating from law school, Mark practiced civil law at Bell, Ryniker & Letourneau and at Brown Sims,
P.C. In 2006, he followed his passion for criminal law by joining the team at Trichter & Murphy, P.C., where
Mark was able to study under some of the foremost legal authorities in Texas. After five years with Trichter &
Murphy, P.C., Mark decided to start his own law firm, thus opening Thiessen Law Firm.
Although his practice includes all areas of criminal defense, Mr. Thiessen specializes in cases regarding DWI,
drugs, and controlled substances. The trial of a DWI case dictates that, on any given date, a trial lawyer must be
not only well-versed in Rules of Evidence, case law pertaining to DWIs, and constitutional law, but also
numerous areas of science such as anatomy, physiology, toxicology, chemistry, computer science, biology, and
physics. Additionally, Mark has studied many hours of trial strategies in order to properly educate jurors and
judges on the sciences involved.
Mark is the current DWI Committee co-chair and on the Board of Directors for the Texas Criminal Defense
Lawyers Association (TCDLA), the 50th President and on the Board of Directors for Harris County Criminal
Lawyers Association (HCCLA) and a Charter Member and Treasurer and Director for DUI Defense Lawyers
Association (DUIDLA).
Mark’s reputation as a fearless, famous Houston attorney extends beyond his presence in the courtroom. In his
free time, he competes in Brazilian jiu-jitsu as a black belt for Brazil-021 School of Jiu Jitsu in Houston and
also trains Muay Thai. Mark is an avid snow skier, tennis player and waterman. But above all else, he loves
going on adventures with his family.

Deandra Grant, JD, GC, MS
AV-rated attorney Deandra Grant is the Managing Partner of Deandra Grant Law’s 6 offices in Texas and is an
international speaker on DWI law, science and trial skills.
A graduate of Trinity University in San Antonio with a degree in business (Finance) and Southern Methodist
University’s School of Law, Grant went on to earn a Graduate Certificate in Forensic Toxicology from the
University of Florida’s College of Veterinary Medicine and a Master’s Degree in Pharmaceutical Science –
Concentration in Forensic Science from the University of Florida’s College of Pharmacy in 2016. In 2019
Grant joined the faculty at Axion Analytical Labs as an Assistant Chromatography Instructor for the American
Chemical Society. She also serves on the faculty of the Borkenstein Drug Course.
Grant is the author of the annually updated book, The Texas DWI Manual (James Publishing), now in the 11th
edition. She has been trained as a Standardized Field Sobriety Testing Instructor and has completed the Drug
Recognition Overview course. She was the first attorney in Texas to pass the Forensic Sobriety Assessment
Certification exam. In addition, Grant has completed coursework in DWI forensic blood and urine testing and
was trained as an operator and maintenance technician of the Intoxilyzer 5000. Deandra has certificates in
Forensic Chromatography: Theory & Practice (2011 & 2015), Forensic Analysis of Solid Drugs (2014) and
Forensic Principles of DUID (2015) issued by Axion Labs and the American Chemical Society. In 2015, Grant
earned the distinction of being named an ACS-CHAL Forensic Lawyer-Scientist.
Grant is a member of the Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association (Board Member 2011-2016), the Dallas
Bar Association, the Collin County Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, the Dallas Criminal Defense
Lawyers Association (Board Member 2007-2019, Treasurer 2020, President-Elect 2021, President 2022), the
American Chemical Society and the American Academy of Forensic Sciences. In addition, she is a Charter
Member, President-Emeritus and Executive Director of the DUI Defense Lawyers Association.
D Magazine has named Grant to its list of Best Women Lawyers and Best Lawyers in Dallas. Fort Worth
Magazine has named her a Top Lawyer in Fort Worth. She’s been named a “Texas Super Lawyer” for 12 years
and one of Texas’ Top-Rated Lawyers. Best Lawyers in Dallas named her one of the Top 10 DWI Lawyers in
Dallas.
On a personal note, Grant is the Vice President of Living the Doxie Dream Rescue & Sanctuary in Royse City,
Texas. She devotes much of her time to fundraising efforts for their rescue dogs. She has been married to Eric
Clendenin for over 20 years and is the proud mom of Keegan and Rowan.

Brian Blades
Brian Blades is a Co-founder of Scorpion Internet Marketing and the Sr. Vice President of its criminal and DUI
defense division. With over 20 years’ experience, Brian is an expert in digital marketing for DUI attorneys and
speaks frequently at both state and national criminal defense conferences about revenue growth strategies for
small firms. Brian lives in Los Angeles with his wife and two children.

Thursday: [250 minutes – 4.17 hrs (60 min), 5.00 (50 min)]
9:00 am – 12:00 pm	DUIDLA BOARD CERTIFICATION EXAM
10:30 am – 12:00 pm	DUIDLA Committee Meetings
1:00 pm – 1:45 pm	Registration
1:45 pm – 2:00 pm	Welcome Remarks (Kim Keheley Frye, Course Director & Tim Huey, CLE Chair)
2:00 pm – 2:40 pm	Throwing the First Pitch: Tried & True Voir Dire Techniques (Travis Noble, JD – MO)
2:40 pm – 3:20 pm	The Playbook: Hooking Your Jury Through Opening(Jim Huff, JD – SC)
3:20 pm – 3:35 pm	BREAK (Snacks!)
3:35 pm – 4:35 pm	Playing by Their Own Rules: What’s NHTSA Up to Now? (Josh Ott, GA)
4:35 pm – 5:45 pm	Playing by the Rules of Science: Field Sobriety Under Daubert (Greg Willis JD – GA and Dr. Spurgeon Cole)
5:45 pm – 6:15 pm	From the Bullpen: Effective Closing Arguments(Kim Keheley Frye, JD – GA)
6:30 pm – 8:30 pm	DUIDLA Welcome Reception and 10th Anniversary Celebration
Friday: [270 minutes – 4.50 hrs (60 min), 5.40 (50 min)]
8:15 am – 8:45 am	Light Breakfast
8:45 am – 9:00 am	Announcements (John Bateman, Course Director)
9:00 am – 10:00 am	Free Agency: The Ethical Marketing & Business of Law (Kim Keheley Frye, JD – GA)
10:00 am – 10:45 am	Throwing Strikes: Analogies for Beating Breath Tests (Matt Oszlewski, JD)
10:45 am – 11:00 am	BREAK (Bloody Mary/Mimosa Bar & Snacks!)
11:00 am – 12:00 pm	Calling Strikes: Issue Spotting in Blood Test Discovery (Lee Polite, PhD – Axion Labs)
12:00 pm – 12:15 pm	Grab Lunch (provided)
12:15 pm – 1:00 pm	Instant Replay: Trial Do’s and Don’ts from a DUI Appellate Lawyer (Greg Willis JD – GA), ACS-CHAL Lawyer-Scientist Recognition, DUIDLA Prize Wheel & Awards
1:00 pm – 1:30 pm	Scorpion Presentation: “Brand Building: Learning How to Tell Your Story”, Brian Blades, Scorpion Marketing
1:30 pm – 2:30 pm	Too Much Vermouth in my Martini and Other Bar Complaints (Christine Koehler, JD – GA)
2:45 pm – 3:15 pm	PHOTOS – DUIDLA Board, Officers, District Reps,State Ambassadors
3:15 pm – 4:45 pm	DUIDLA BOARD MEETING (all DUIDLA members welcome to attend)
Saturday: [330 minutes – 5.50 Hrs (60 min), 6.60 (50 min)]
8:15 am – 8:45 am	Light Breakfast
8:45 am – 9:00 am	Announcements (Greg Willis, Course Director)
9:00 am – 9:45 am	Tie Goes to the Runner: Client Mitigation Evidence (Jan Vogelsang, LISW-CP, BCD – GA)
9:45 am – 10:30 am	Stealing Home: Effective Plea Negotiations (Bill Powers, JD – NC & John Fanney, JD – NC)
10:30 am – 11:30 am	Unsportsmanlike Conduct: Exploring Bias & Professionalism in DUI Cases (Denise Childress, JD – MO)
11:30 am – 11:45 am	BREAK (Heavy snacks!)
11:45 am – 12:15 pm	Diamond Sponsor: Intoxalock: Equipment Check: NTSB Required Alcohol Monitoring Systems, Part 1
12:15 am – 12:45 pm	Equipment Check: NTSB Required Alcohol Monitoring Systems, Part 2 (John Bateman, JD – SC)
12:45 pm – 1:30 pm	Calling Fouls: Identifying Civil Rights Violations in DUI Cases & Filing Suit (Sarah Schielke, JD – CO)
1:30 pm – 2:45 pm	Defense Hall of Fame: The Past, Present & Future of DUI (Bubba Head, JD – GA, Tim Huey, JD – OH, Mark Thiessen, JD – TX, Deandra Grant, JD – TX)
2:45 pm	Final Wrap up (Course Directors)
Total CLE hours – 855	60 min states = 14.25 50 min states = 17.10 Ethics = 180 minutes (3 hours)**Vendor presentations not included in calculation