Total Credits: 1.4 Self Study
Originally presented at our Solo & Small Firm Conference, June 9-11, 2021
Learn the basics of practicing DWI law. Identify different rights, important deadlines, and consequences based on the decision to blow or not to blow. Learn how to challenge the license suspension/revocation case, gather evidence, and trial prep. This course identifies common pitfalls in DWI practice and provides helpful resources.
Speaker: Denise L. Childress, Childress Legal LLC, Chesterfield
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.
| To Blow or Not to Blow: A Crash Course for the Non-DWI Practitioner (23.6 MB) | Available after Purchase | ||
| MOLAP Information (210.1 KB) | Available after Purchase | ||
Focusing her practice on DWI law, Denise Childress 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. She coordinates national DWI defense seminars as part of DUIDLA, training lawyers and judges across the country in places like Denver and Chicago. Denise hung out her own shingle, Childress Legal, in 2019 after working for and then partnering with Carl Ward. She is a trial attorney, representing 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.
