• Jury selection in DUI cases
• Storytelling techniques for Opening and Closing Statements in a DUI trial
• Cross-examination of witnesses in a DUI/criminal case
• Gas Chromatography for defense attorneys (this is how blood is analyzed for blood-alcohol content and controlled substances in DUI cases including DUI Manslaughter and DUI with Serious Bodily Injury)
• Cross-examination of the Field Sobriety Tests/Exercises and DUI officer
• Breath testing trial tactics (cross examination of the breath test operator and Agency Inspector who is supposed to insure the breath test machine functions properly)
• Workshops on all phases of a trial where we analyze and discuss issues in upcoming trials

These continuing legal education seminars are vital to the defense of your case.  The seminars are applicable to all types of criminal cases.  No other DUI attorneys from Polk County attended this seminar. Who do you want defending you in court? An attorney that continues to educate himself and learn the latest law? Or, an DUI lawyer that thinks he knows everything already.

If you have been arrested for DUI, call a Polk County DUI defense lawyer that is ready and has the knowledge to fight for you in court!

CALL NOW AND SPEAK TO AN EXPERIENCED, AGGRESSIVE POLK COUNTY DUI LAWYER.

 Thomas C. Grajek  863-688-4606

Remember you only have 10 days after your DUI arrest to request a Formal Review or waive the administrative hearing to get a hardship license and keep driving!

A DUI lawyer that is trying to win your case and get the charges dismissed will do a number things on your behalf.  The most important is to file Motions to Suppress in your case.  This is where an attorney requests that the court throw out evidence against you in your DUI case.  Each piece of evidence that is excluded, so that the prosecutor can not use it against you in court, strengthens your defense to the charge.  If enough evidence is thrown out, the case can be dismissed.  To be aggressive an attorney needs to investigate your case, the scene of the arrest, and breath test machine used in your case to determine whether the Intoxilyzer was working properly when you took the breath test.  Always ask the attorney you are considering to defend your case what motions they have filed, when, and how often.  Many attorneys do not file motions in DUI cases.

Yesterday, I argued a number of motions.  I was objecting to the stop of my client’s truck, whether the officer had the right to conduct a DUI investigation, and whether the officer had probable cause to arrest my client for DUI.  I also attacked the breath test machine and argued that the machine was not properly maintained and not functioning properly.  The breath test machine used in this particular case had numerous problems.  If the breath test is thrown out of court, it improves the DUI case tremendously.  After hours of testimony and grueling cross-examination of the officer and Agency Inspector for the Intoxilyzer by me, the court reserved ruling on the motions.  If we win the motions to suppress, the result could be a dismissal of the DUI charge.

If you are looking for someone to fight for you call an aggressive Polk County DUI lawyer.

Thomas C. Grajek – 863-838-5549 cell

I give my cell number out because you only have 10 days to request a Formal Review and only 3 days to request a booking video from the Polk County Jail.  Call NOW!

The seminar was conducted by Matthew Malhiot of Forensic Alcohol & Training. Mr. Malhiot is a former Department Inspector with the Florida Department of Law Enforcement Alcohol Testing Program. His duties including developing software for the breath test machine, procedures to insure the reliability of the Intoxilyzer, inspecting the breath test machine, and all aspects of Florida’s breath testing program. The topics covered in the DUI seminar included:

• A detailed look at the Intoxilyzer 8000 – Inside and out
• How does the breath test machine work – Infrared absorption and the science behind the breath test machine
• The menu options on the machine for the Breath Test Operator, Agency Inspector, and Department Inspector
• Instrument messages – why is the machine failing and making mistakes?
• Limitations of Forensic Breath Analysis and issues with breath alcohol testing
• The Agency and Department Inspections – the monthly and yearly inspections that must be performed to insure the breath test machine is accurate
• How to perform or give someone a breath test
• How to use FDLE’s Alcohol testing Program website to find the information DUI attorneys need to fight a DUI criminal charge

A DUI defense attorney has to schedule around court and pay to attend these seminars. However, it is vital for me to attend these seminars and network with DUI attorneys from across the state. It is important to know more about the breath test machine and DUI law than the prosecutors so that my clients get the best defense to their DUI case. No other DUI attorneys from Polk County attended this seminar. All attorneys in Florida are required to undergo at least 30 hours of continuing legal education every 3 years. I currently have 102.5 hours in less than a year because knowledge is so important when defending a DUI or criminal charge.

If you have been arrested for DUI, call a Polk County DUI defense lawyer that is ready and has the knowledge to fight for you in court!

Thomas C. Grajek 863-838-5549 cell

Because you only have 10 days to request a Formal Review!