Friendly, efficient, no-nonsense DUI defense in Southwest Ohio
Unique Credentials
National College for DUI Defense, Harvard Law School, July 2007
Chuck is the only lawyer who has attended every Summer Session of the National College for DUI Defense since 2001.
DUI Thought Leader
Chuck is a frequent writer and speaker on traffic law, ethics, professionalism, substance abuse, and access to justice. He has taught at seminars sponsored by the Ohio Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, the Greater Cincinnati Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, the Ohio State, Cincinnati, Clermont County, Butler County, and Warren County Bar Associations, the Lawyers' Club of Cincinnati, the Northeast Lawyers Club, the Eastside Lawyer Group, Lorman Education Systems, the Ohio First District Court of Appeals, and the University of Cincinnati College of Law Alumni Association. He conceived--and has single-handedly taught--the Cincinnati Bar Association DUI Academy, a comprehensive course in Ohio DUI law.
Advising Other Lawyers
Chuck regularly advises other lawyers on traffic law and ethics in person and in the statewide email forum of the Ohio Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. He proudly serves as a mentor to new lawyers through the Ohio Supreme Court's Lawyer-to-Lawyer Program. He has appeared on radio, on TV, and in print media discussing DUI law.
Chuck has completed two National Highway Traffic Safety Administration-approved courses in standardized field sobriety testing, including the instructor course. He also holds certificates from courses in the science, operation, maintenance, and repair of each of Ohio's breath-testing machines, the Intoxilyzer 8000, the Intoxilyzer 5000, and the BAC Datamaster.
Dedicated to Sharing Knowledge and Staying Sharp Through Professional Bar Leadership
Chuck has attended every intensive summer session of the National College for DUI Defense at Harvard Law School since 2001, and he regularly attends other advanced DUI seminars across the nation. A member of the Ohio State Bar Association College every year since its inception in 1983, he earns as much as ten times the required continuing legal education credits each year.
Chuck has been a "Cornerstone" sustaining member of the Cincinnati Bar Association, where he has served on numerous committees, currently including these eight: Ethics, Fee Arbitration, Professionalism, Continuing Legal Education, Administration and Finance, Solo/Small Practice, Social & Criminal Justice, and Court of Appeals. He is a member of the Ohio State Bar Association, where he serves on the Traffic Law, Ethics, and Criminal Justice committees.
Chuck is a Founding Member of the DUI Defense Lawyers Association, and a member of the National College for DUI Defense, the Ohio Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, the Cincinnati Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, and the Lawyers' Club of Cincinnati, where he served on the executive committee and board of trustees from 1987 to 2014, including 1992, 2010, 2011, 2012, and 2013 as president.
[Photo above is Chuck with Senior Partner, Duchess the Yorkie.]