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Named in July, 2003 as the “National DUI Lawyer of the
Year” by the National College for DUI Defense, Inc.
This is the first and only such award ever
given to an attorney by the national organization.
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Co-author (with Reese I. Joye, Jr.) of
101 Ways to Avoid a Drunk Driving Conviction,
published by Maximar Publishing Company, Inc. of Atlanta,
GA. Copyright 1991.
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Author of DUI Trial Tactics
(Seminar materials, 78 pg.) for Georgia Association of
Criminal Defense Lawyers, Copyright 1992.
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Co-author (with Reese I. Joye, Jr.) of seminar materials
(228 pages) and speaker for DUI/DWI Workshop, 1992 ATLA
National Convention, Washington, DC.
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Speaker, 49th Annual Melvin Belli Conference, Washington,
DC, 1992.
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Program Chairman and Speaker, ICLE of Georgia's "Defense of
Drinking Drivers" Seminar, December 1992.
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Co-author (with Bentley C. Adams) of
DUI Update (seminar
materials, 50 pg.) for Georgia Association of Criminal
Defense Lawyers, January, 1993.
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Presenter on Motion Practice in DUI/DWI Cases at the "DWI
National Seminar", Las Vegas, Nevada (sponsored by the
Minnesota Society for Criminal Justice, February 1993).
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Author,
Five
Myths About Defending Accused Drunk Drivers,
vol. 29, No. 3, p. 64, Trial
Magazine (Publication of American Trial Lawyers
Association); March, 1993.
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Author, Handling
License Revocations and Suspensions
in Georgia, published by Headlines
Marketing Corporation, Copyright 1993.
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Program Chairman and Speaker, ICLE of Georgia's "Handling
License Revocations and Suspensions in Georgia" Seminar,
April, 1993.
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Speaker, "ICLE Practical Criminal Practice Seminar", May 6,
1993; topic: Recent Developments in
DUI Law.
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1993 ATLA National Convention, Speaker and co-author of
280-page materials for DUI/DWI Workshop; Speaker on "The
Importance of Networking in Personal Injury Cases", 50th
Annual Melvin Belli Conference, San Francisco, CA 1993.
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Speaker and Co-author of materials for ICJE-Georgia, State
Court Judges' Conference, Amicalola Falls, GA, October 22,
1993.
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Co-author (with Reese I. Joye, Jr.) of program materials and
speaker at the Mississippi Trial Lawyers Association's
Criminal Law Seminar titled "DUI/DWI Workshop"; October 29,
1993.
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Program chairman, Editor and Co-author for "Defense of
Drinking Drivers Institute", ICLE-Georgia, December 9th and
10th, 1993.
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Speaker and co-author (with Ural D.L. Glanville) at January
19, 1994 Georgia ICJE Conference for Superior Court Judges'
Conference, Athens, Georgia.
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Program Chairman and Speaker, "DUI Defense", Nashville, TN,
April 22, 1994
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Program Workshop and Materials, The
ABC’s of DUI, Young Lawyers
Section, State Bar of Georgia, May 24, 1994
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Seminar Workshop, Georgia Trial Lawyers Association, "Bring
Your Files: DUI Cases", July 15, 1994
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Sponsor and Attendee, "NHTSA
Standardized
Field Sobriety Test Certified Course",
Atlanta, GA, July 29-30, 1994
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Program Chairman, Editor of Materials and Panelist,
"Mastering Scientific Evidence in DUI/DWI Cases", Atlanta,
GA, Southeastern Educational Institute, October 14, 1994
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Speaker, "DUI Update", Georgia Association of Criminal
Defense Lawyers, Unicoi, GA, November 5, 1994
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Host and Contributing Participant, "NHTSA
Standardized
Field Sobriety Test Certified Course",
Atlanta, GA, December 15-17, 1994
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Speaker,"Defense of Drinking Drivers in Alabama",
Birmingham, AL, December 16, 1994
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Speaker, "New Developments in DUI Accusations", Georgia
Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Atlanta, GA,
January 13, 1995
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Presenter on the Intoximeter 3000 at the DWI National
Seminar in Las Vegas, NV (sponsored by the Minnesota Society
for Criminal Justice, February 1995)
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Speaker (Intoxilyzer 5000) and Panelist (Ethics), "Defense
of Drinking Drivers" Seminar, ICLE-Georgia, February 24,
1995, Atlanta, GA
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Program Chairman and Speaker, "Mastering Scientific Evidence
in DUI/DWI Cases" Seminar, Biloxi, MS, April 27 - 28, 1995
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Speaker and Program Chairman, Georgia DUI Update, GACDL,
June 2, 1995, Atlanta, GA.
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Speaker, "DUI/DWI Workshop", ATLA National Convention, New
York, NY, July 18, 1995
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Speaker (three separate presentations) "National College for
DUI Defense", Harvard University, Boston, MA, July 20-22,
1995
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Wrote the 1995 update to Chapter (“Behind the Wheel”) for
high school text, An Introduction
to Law in Georgia, for the Carl
Vinson Institute of Government, University of Georgia
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Interviewed for WSB-TV Channel 2 (Atlanta) news story about
the reduction in number of DUI convictions in Georgia, aired
July 21, 1995
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Feature Story, Front Page of Atlanta Constitution, July 21,
1995
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Host and Contributing Participant, "NHTSA
Standardized
Field Sobriety Test Certified Course",
Atlanta, GA, August 18-20, 1995; September 19, 1995
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Speaker for Cobb County Trial Lawyers’ Association on DUI
Law
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Subject of Gwinnett County jury trial (pre-trial motions)
filming and 3-part special report by John Pruitt for WSB-TV
Channel 2 (Atlanta) news concerning the inability of the
State of Georgia to get Intoxilyzer 5000 breath test
evidence admitted into evidence at trial of a 0.293 BrAC/accident
case, which aired on October 9-11, 1995
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Interviewed for special report on drunk driving by CBN
(Christian Broadcast Network, which aired October 20, 1995)
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WPBS Radio interview (live) about DUI law, October 12, 1995
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Speaker, Atlanta Bar Association, “How to Use Publicity to
Your Advantage”, November 2, 1995
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Multi-City Tour on "Advanced DUI Trial Tactics", November 3
to December 8, 1995 (Chicago, San Francisco, Atlantic City,
Orlando and Dallas) and Speaker on 1 to 3 subjects at each
site.
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Program Chairman and Host, "Georgia DUI Defense Trial
Practice" Seminar, January 26, 1996.
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Author,
The
Georgia DUI Trial Practice Manual,
published by Thomson-West Publishing, 3rd
Edition, ©2004
In addition to
seminars for attorneys, Mr. Head has been a guest speaker or
interview subject on the topic of defending the drinking
driver for more than 50 radio and television programs, from
California to Massachusetts to Florida. He has been quoted on
the subject of DUI law in newspapers and other publications
around the country, including USA Today, Lawyers Weekly USA,
the National Law Journal, the Charlotte Observer, Atlanta
Journal-Constitution, Macon Telegraph and The Fulton County
Daily Report. He has consulted with ABC News for a segment for
“Day One” in 1995, and has assisted “Prime Time Live” with
another story in 1995. He has also been invited to speak to
the Georgia General Assembly's House Judiciary Committee on
the subject of DUI law. Mr. Head serves on the DWI Journal
Editorial Board, the Georgia Association of Criminal Defense
Lawyers Legislative Committee, and the GACDL Watchdog
Committee (to monitor proposed changes in Georgia’s breath
testing program).
Member of the following organizations:
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Former Regent and co-founder of the National College for DUI
Defense, Inc.
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Life Member, National Association of Criminal Defense
Lawyers
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Life Member, Georgia Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
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Founding Member and Benefactor, South Carolina Association
of Criminal Defense Lawyers
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American Trial Lawyers Association
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American Bar Association
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Founder and member of Georgia D.O.D.D. (Defense of Drinking
Drivers), a statewide [GA] network of dedicated DUI defense
attorneys
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Joye-Cole-Huff Group (South Carolina DUI "think tank")
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Mentor, 1000 Lawyers for Justice (pro bono legal assistance
to incarcerated indigents)
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Atlanta Bar Association
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Gate City Bar Association
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Gwinnett County Bar Association
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Board of Directors, The Georgia Innocence Project
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Editorial Board, The DWI Journal, Fanwood, NJ
Mr. Head has
been named to the following lists:
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Who's Who in the World
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Who's Who in American Law
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Who's Who in the South and Southwest
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Who's Who in Business and Industry
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Who's Who in America
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Order of Barristers
Mr. Head is
presently published in the following:
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Chapter on "Georgia DUI Law and Other Serious Driving
Offenses" for the Georgia
Jurisprudence multi-volume set of
Lawyers Cooperative Publishing Company’s (© 1995 Rochester,
NY).
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Chapter in Medicolegal Aspects of
Alcohol Determination (Fourth
Edition © 2003) on “Defending the DUI Driver”, Lawyers &
Judges Publishing Company, Tucson, AZ, (James C. Garriott,
Editor). ( Atlanta DUI Lawyers)
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101
Ways to Avoid a Drunk Driving Conviction,
Maximar Publishing © 1991
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The
Georgia DUI Trial Practice Manual,
3rd Edition [© 2004 Thomson-West Publising].
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