These video recordings & course materials from the 2020 Bernard Edelman DWI Law & Science Seminar include quality CLE programing delivered by our knowledgeable faculty of attorneys and industry experts. Click on the Schedule tab to review the session topics that were presented and included in this self-study product.
Note: This material qualifies for self-study credit only. Pursuant to Regulation 15.04.5, a lawyer may receive up to six hours of self-study credit in a reporting year. Self-study programs do not qualify for GAL Certification, ethics, elimination of bias or Kansas credit.
Kim owns the Missouri DWI & Criminal Law Center at the Benjamin Law Firm, LLC, which is honored to be named in the top 30 of 355 criminal defense firms in KC. She regularly teaches lawyers all over the US how to try criminal and civil cases. www.DWICriminalLawCenter.com - kim@benjaminlawkc.com
Tory Bernsen is a partner at Muhlenkamp & Bernsen and focuses her practice on criminal defense and appellate advocacy. Ms. Bernsen is a Criminal Justice Act Panel Attorney for the United States District Court in the Eastern District of Missouri and the defense attorney for the DWI Court Program in St. Louis County. She sits on the Board of Directors for the Missouri Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (MACDL).
Ms. Bernsen received the Atticus Finch Award from MACDL in 2019 and is a staunch advocate for appellate review on the merits and effective representation of criminal defendants. Ms. Bernsen is a member of the National College for DUI Defense and, while serving as Special Assistant Attorney General and Legal Counsel to the Director of Revenue, she completed the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) course in the administration of standardized field sobriety testing.
Maureen Brady is partner and founder of McShane & Brady, LLC. Her practice focuses on all areas personal injury but has established herself as a leader involving issues of medical privacy, specially HIPAA law.
Dave Cox is the Founder and President of the American Association of Premier DUI Attorneys. Dave has taught approximately 700 DWI Defense Continuing Legal Education Courses across the United States since 2008. Dave is a decorated former police officer and he was recognized as one of the top DWI officers in the country. Dave’s knowledge, experience, and expertise is highly sought after as he is consistently retained nationwide by defense attorneys to help them win their DWI cases. Dave is asked to assist on everything from the highest profile DWI – Drugs accident case with multiple fatalities to the most common DWI – Alcohol case. Dave regularly receives requests to hold special training courses for judges, defense attorneys, prosecutors, and police officers in various locations in the country.
John M. Eccher is a criminal defense and civil plaintiff trial attorney, with the majorities of his criminal practice in the area of DWI defense and his civil practice in the areas of employment and civil rights litigation.
McGill & University of Montreal educated Marisa Feil holds a Bachelor & Master’s of Law. Marisa is the principal/founder of FWCanada, a Canadian law firm specializing in travel waivers for individuals with previous convictions. She offers her expertise at conferences and has written “Inadmissible to Canada” available on Amazon.
Matt Fry is one of Missouri’s top DWI attorneys. He has successfully defended every type of DWI case, including assault, manslaughter, and felony murder. There is no DWI fact pattern Matt has not seen. Outside of DWI offense, Matt is passionate about teaching Trial Advocacy II at SLU Law and running his non-profit, St. Louis Impact.
Atlanta attorney Bubba Head was named “Best DUI Lawyer in Atlanta” in 2017 and 2012 by Best Lawyers in America. No DUI attorney in the State of Georgia has been named to Super Lawyers more times or maintained the highest possible Martindale-Hubbell ratings longer than Mr. Head. Plus, he has been nominated and named to Best Lawyers in America longer than any other Georgia attorney.
Jason Heany earned his Juris Doctor degree from Southern Illinois University in 2006. He practices in the counties of Johnson, Henry, Benton, Bates, and St. Clair here in Missouri. He practices in the firm of Dull & Heany, LLC with offices in Windsor, Clinton and Sedalia, Missouri.
John M. Lynch is an attorney in St. Louis, who also serves as a legal commentator for a host of news/media outlets across the country. Presently, he concentrates in areas of federal law, civil litigation, criminal defense and personal injury.
Kathy Matthews graduated from the University of Missouri-Columbia in 1980 with a Bachelor of Arts in History and UMKC Law School in 1983. For the past 33 years she has represented commercial motor vehicle clients in a diverse range of CDL matters as a solo practitioner in Kansas City, Missouri.
Michael Sharma-Crawford is a principal in Sharma-Crawford Attorneys at Law. He has been defending non-citizens in removal proceedings since 2002. In 2011 he and his partner Rekha Sharma-Crawford opened The Clinic, a 501(c)(3) non-profit law clinic that provides representation to indigent non-citizens in the Kansas City Immigration Court.
Dr. Valentine has B.S. degrees in both Biology and Chemistry from Centenary College of Louisiana; M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from The University of Mississippi in Medicinal Chemistry. He retired in 2008 from the University of Arkansas, College of Medicine, where he served for 19-years as Professor of Pediatrics, Pharmacology, and Myeloma Research and the last 5-years as Chairman of the Institutional Review Board at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences which oversaw all the human research in the various colleges and affiliated Veterans’ Hospitals. Prior to that Dr. Valentine was a faculty member at the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine (Assistant Professor of Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Lecturer in Medicine) and Oral Roberts University School of Medicine in Tulsa, Oklahoma (Associate and Full Professor and Chairman of Pharmacology). At all the academic institutions where Dr. Valentine served as a faculty member he also directed Toxicology laboratories and had active research programs in the fields of drugs of abuse, performing and developing analytical techniques for determining drugs of abuse, and correlating levels found in humans with behavioral effects.
Dr. Valentine was a pioneer in utilizing gas and liquid chromatography for analysis of human physiological fluids and tissues. Dr. Valentine has published 59 articles in peer-reviewed scientific and medical literature, 12 monographs in forensic newsletters, 14 chapters in books and is co-author of 3 books. He has presented at many scientific meetings on the correlation of drug use and behavioral effects in relationship to levels determined in physiological fluids both in living and post-mortem situations. Dr. Valentine has testified in numerous civil and criminal trials, and administrative hearings concerning drug findings and has been qualified as an expert witness in 28 different states as well as Federal courts and military court martial proceedings. Dr. Valentine now serves as a consultant in medical pharmacology and toxicology. Dr. Valentine is also a commercially rated pilot and a Certified Flight Instructor.
Opening Remarks & Case Law Review
Speaker: Matthew D. Fry, Rosenblum Schwartz & Fry, St. Louis
Using NHTSA Manuals to Cross LEOs
Speaker: Dave Cox, American Association of Premier DUI Attorneys, Middleton, ID
What You Need to Know about HIPAA in Your DWI Cases
Speaker: Maureen M. Brady, McShane & Brady, LLC, Kansas City
Everything I Wish I’d Known About DWIs When I was a Public Defender
Speaker: N. Craig Napier, Missouri DWI & Criminal Law Center at the Benjamin Law Firm, Kansas City & Belton
DOR BASICS | Administrative Hearings
Speaker: Tory D. Bernsen, Muhlenkamp & Bernsen, Clayton
Immigration Issues all DWI Lawyers Should Know
Speaker: W. Michael Sharma-Crawford, Sharma-Crawford Attorneys at Law, Kansas City
How to Win a DWI Case with a Motion to Suppress
Speaker: John M. Lynch, The Law Offices of John M. Lynch, LLC, St. Peters
DOR BASICS | Refusal Cases & Trials de Novo
Speaker: Christopher J. Zellers, Gabris Law LLC, St. Louis
Even an SIS on a DWI Prevents Travel to Canada
Speaker: Marisa Feil, FW, Canada, Montreal, Quebec
50 Ways to Beat a Breath Alcohol Test
Speaker: William “Bubba” C. Head, Attorney at Law, Sandy Springs, GA
Why Blood Tests Cannot Be Trusted to Be Accurate: An Expert’s Perspective
Speakers: Carrie R. Valentine, PhD and Jimmie L. Valentine, PhD, Medical Pharmacology and Toxicology Consultants, Gulfport, MS
How to Keep the Blood Test & Breath Test Out of Evidence: Foundation Issues
Speakers: John M. Eccher, Eccher Law Group, St. Louis and Tory D. Bernsen
How You Can Win Your DWI by Using a DOR Subpoena & Court Reporter at Your Administrative Hearings: Including the Ethics of Using a Subpoena
Speaker: Jason Heany, Dull & Heany, LLC, Clinton
DOR BASICS | Drafting Exceptional Findings of Fact & Conclusions of Law in Your DOR
Speaker: John M. Eccher
DOR BASICS | Everything you Need to Know about CDL’s
Speaker: Kathleen Matthews, Attorney at Law, Kansas City
How to Effectively Talk to a Jury & Win Your Case Using the Methods of the Gerry Spence Trial Lawyers College
Speaker: Kimberly Benjamin
DOR BASICS | Everything You Must Know About BWIs: Sink or Swim
Speaker: Timothy R. Cisar, The Cisar Law Firm, PC, Lake Ozark
Can’t Miss! Be Aware of Implicit Bias & Cultural Incompetency in Juries, Judges, Cops, Prosecutors, & YOU
Speaker: Travis L. Noble, Sindel Noble, St. Louis
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Opening Remarks & Case Law Review
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Using NHTSA Manuals to Cross LEOs
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What You Need to Know About HIPAA in Your DWI Cases
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Everything I Wish I'd Known About DWIs When I Was a Public Defender
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DOR BASICS | Administrative Hearings
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Immigration Issues All DWI Lawyers Should Know
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How to Win a DWI Case with a Motion to Suppress
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DOR BASICS | Refusal Cases & Trials de Novo
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Even an SIS on a DWI Prevents Travel to Canada
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50 Ways to Beat a Breath Alcohol Test
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Why Blood Tests Cannot be Trusted to be Accurate: An Expert's Perspective
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How to Keep the Blood Test & Breath Test Out of Evidence: Foundation Issues
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How You Can Win Your DWI by Using a DOR Subpoena & Court Reporter at Your Administrative Hearings - Including the Ethics of Using a Subpoena
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DOR BASICS | Drafting Exceptional Findings of Fact & Conclusions of Law in Your DOR
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DOR BASICS | Everything You Need to Know About CDLs
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How to Effectively Talk to a Jury & Win Your Case Using the Methods of the Gerry Spence Trial Lawyers College
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DOR BASICS | Everything You Must Know About BWIs: Sink or Swim
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