OTHER DUI/DWI RESOURCES

Lawrence A. Kohn, Esq. Partner, Head, Thomas, Webb & Willis. LLC

Lawrence A. Kohn, Esq. was an invited speaker at the Lorman Business Services statewide DUI Law Program March 11, 2005, Cobb Galleria Center, Marietta, GA.  Larry Kohn also delivers a DUI case law update for statewide ICLE seminar.

Mr. Kohn graduated from Emory University with a B.A. in Religion. Following college, he was Series 7 and Series 63 licensed, and was employed as a stockbroker. Mr. Kohn graduated magna cum laude from Georgia State University College of Law. Mr. Kohn graduated seventh in his class with a class rank in the top 5%.

Mr. Kohn was William C. Head's chief law clerk from May 1996 until October 1998. Mr. Kohn has attended the National College for DUI Defense presented at Harvard University as well as the winter program held December 5, 1998 in Charleston, South Carolina. Mr. Kohn has attended the 1996, 1997, and 1998 "Handling Administrative License Suspensions and Revocations" Continuing Legal Education Seminars. Mr. Kohn has attended the 1997 DUI Law Update and 1997 Defense of Drinking Drivers Institute. Mr. Kohn was a speaker on "Recent DUI Law in Georgia" at the 1998 Defense of Drinking Drivers Institute which was held on December 10-11, 1998 in Atlanta, GA.

Mr. Kohn has been a frequent lecturer on DUI law. He was a speaker at the 1998 Defense of Drinking Drivers program in Atlanta. He spoke to attorneys, judges, and police officers on Georgia DUI Case law at the 2000 Handling Administrative Driver's License Suspension Seminar. He was a speaker at the Georgia Indigent Defense Council's program "Defending a DUI" on March 19, 1999 and was invited back to the Georgia Indigent Defense Council to speak at their program in March of 2000. Mr. Kohn has spoken to the Cobb County Bar Association on DUI motion practice in 2002. In March of 2003 Mr. Kohn also spoke at a Loriman Seminar in Cobb County on how to prepare a DUI case for trial.

Mr. Kohn is a member of the Georgia Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. He is NHTSA certified to teach police officers how to give field sobriety tests. Mr. Kohn practices with the law firm of Head, Thomas, Webb, and Willis, Georgia's most recognized DUI defense firm.

Mr. Kohn has coordinated two supplements for Mr. Head's treatise on Georgia DUI law, The Georgia DUI Trial Practice Manual (Harrison Company © 1998). Further, as Mr. Head's law clerk, Mr. Kohn wrote the following appeals to the Georgia Court of Appeals and Georgia Supreme Court:

State v. Pastorini, 222 Ga. App. 316, 474 S.E.2d 122 (1996)
State v. Holler, 224 Ga. App. 66, 479 S.E.2d 780 (1996)
Guinn v. State, 224 Ga. App. 881, 482 S.E.2d 480 (1997)
Shire v. State, 225 Ga. App. 306, 483 S.E.2d 694 (1997)
Renschen v. State, 225 Ga. App. 678, 484 S.E.2d 753 (1997)
Daniel v. State, 227 Ga. App. 92, 488 S.E.2d 129 (1997)
Singleterry v. State, 227 Ga. App. 155, 489 S.E.2d 42 (1997)
Wright v. State, 228 Ga. App. 717, 492 S.E.2d 581 (1997)
Gutierrez v. State, 228 Ga. App. 458, 491 S.E.2d 898 (1997)
Cantwell v. State, 230 Ga. App. 892, 497 S.E.2d 609 (1998)
Morrissette v. State, 229 Ga. App. 420, 494 S.E.2d 8 (1997)
State v. Fielding, 229 Ga. App. 675, 494 S.E.2d 561 (1997)
State v. Halstead, 230 Ga. App. 208, 496 S.E.2d 279 (1998)
McGraw v. State, 230 Ga. App. 843, 498 S.E.2d 314 (1998)
McNelley v. State, 269 Ga. 189, 497 S.E.2d 235 (1998)
State v. Barfield, 230 Ga. App. 141, 495 S.E.2d 622 (1998)
Padgett v. State, 230 Ga. App. 659, 498 S.E.2d 84 (1998)
Mullinax v. State, 231 Ga. App. 534, 499 S.E.2d 903 (1998)
LaFontaine v. State, 269 Ga. 251, 497 S.E.2d 367 (1998)
Nameth v. State, 234 Ga. App 20, 505 S.E.2d 778 (1998)
Kellogg v. State, 233 Ga. App. 817, 505 S.E.2d 794 (1998)
Wofford v. State, 234 Ga. App. 316, 506 S.E.2d 656 (1999)
State v. Moncrief, 234 Ga. App. 871, 508 S.E.2d 216 (1999)
Bolden v. State, 272 Ga. 1, 525 S.E.2d 690 (2000)

Speaker:

- 1998 Defense of Drinking Drivers (ICLE)
- 1999 Defending Drinking Drivers (Georgia Public Defender Standards Council)
- 2000 Handling Administrative Driver's License Suspensions
and Revocations
- 2000 Defending Traffic Cases (Georgia Public Defender Standards Council)
- 2002 DUI/Traffic Law Update (Cobb COunty Bar Association)
- 2003 Georgia DWI Case- Analyzing Cases for Trial (Lorman Education Services)
- 2004 Fundamentals of a Criminal Case (Lorman Educational Services)
- 2004 Georgia DUI Cases- Analyzing Cases for Trial (Lorman Education Services)
- 2005 Defense of Drinking Drivers Institute (ICLE)
- 2005 Georgia DUI Cases- Analyzing Cases for Trial (Lorman Education Services)

Email:  lakohn@absolutely-not-guilty.com

Letters From DUI Clients

Larry,

I want to thank you for getting me through this year and a half of hell, by always giving me a whisper of hope. Thanks for always being realistic, and at the same time never giving up. You are an awesome lawyer!!

Thanks again,

TD

[Letter to Lawrence Kohn received April 5, 2007]

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Dear Mr. Kohn,

Your expertise in handling D’s case has been a blessing! For me, the outcome of the sentence is D’s last chance for a life of sobriety. A simple “thank you” does not seem adequate, but it is deeply heartfelt.

I am hopeful that because of your skill, D will find a fulfilling life after this six months of alcohol treatment!

Sincerely,

M.H.

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September 2007 [Greeting card received with this note]

Mr. Kohn,

I just had to take the time to thank you for ALL you’ve done. To me it means a LOT and never will go unnoticed!

Thank you, thank you, thank you. I am sure you’ll get plenty of blessings from God.

Sincerely,

D. E.