California Drunk Driving Law

About the Authors

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Paul Burglin
www.burglin.com
Paul Burglin practices DUI defense in Marin, Napa, Sonoma, Tahoe, and the San Francisco Bay Area. He is Board Certified by the National College of DUI Defense (as recognized by the American Bar Association), and is a former Director of California DUI Lawyers Association where he continues to hold a Specialist Member status. Known and respected by prosecutors and judges alike, he has 23 years of trial experience and holds an A-V rating with Martindale-Hubbell. A former journalist and graduate of U.C. Berkeley and Gonzaga University School of Law, Mr. Burglin brings his extensive research and writing skills to California Drunk Driving Law.

Barry Simons
www.duilawyerorangecounty.com
Barry Simons is a nationally known expert in DUI defense. He has specialized in DUI defense in Orange County for over 30 years. Mr. Simons is one of the founding members of the National College of DUI Defense and a member of its Board of Regents. He is Board Certified in DUI defense, and has served as Vice-Chair of the DUI Advocacy Committee of the National Association of Criminal Defense Attorneys. He serves on the Board of Directors of the California DUI Lawyers Association (with Specialist Member status) and has been selected to Who's Who In American Law. Mr. Simons has multiple appellate victories, including the Ninth Circuit's Nelson v. Irvine, and he is a frequent lecturer at DUI seminars throughout the country.

Contributing Authors

Randy Moore has more than 20 years of trial experience. He is a past President of California DUI Lawyers Association (with Specialist Member status), and a member of the National College for DUI Defense. He is a popular lecturer and certified breath test operator, and authored an insightful 1995 manual on APS Law and Procedure.

Donald Bartell is a partner in the law firm of Bartell & Hensel with offices in Riverside and San Diego, California. In his twenty-plus years of private practice, he has tried virtually every type of drunk driving case from blood, breath, urine and drug DUI cases, to refusals and DUI murder. Mr. Bartell is a graduate of the University of California, Berkeley and the University of Notre Dame School of Law.

Richard Hutton and Robert Wilson are both State Bar Certified Criminal Law Specialists, Board members of California DUI Lawyers Association (with Specialist Member status), and members of the National College of DUI Defense (NCDD). Mr. Hutton is past-President of CDLA, a founding member of NCDD, Vice-President of California Attorneys For Criminal Justice, and he has tried over 500 jury trials (including several vehicular manslaughter cases). Mr. Wilson has represented over 1000 people accused of drunk driving. Both are frequent lecturers on DUI defense.

Jon Bryant Artz has been in private practice for 33 years, and he specializes in drunk driving defense. He holds a B.S. degree in Economics from UCLA (1967) and a J.D. from the UCLA School of Law (1971). Mr. Artz has lectured on DUI topics over the last 20 years for CDLA, CPDA, CACJ, and various other groups. He has served as an Adjunct Professor at Pepperdine University School of Law. In 1972, he secured a 7-0 reversal in People v. Johnson (1974) 10 Cal. 3d 868, the first interpretation of Penal Code §1192.5. Mr. Artz brings to CDDL his creative motions for successful DUI defense.

Acknowledgement 

Prior editions of the book were written by Ed “Fast Eddie” Kuwatch, at one time the best-known commentator on drunk driving law in California.

Ed was always a maverick, constantly keeping governmental agencies and judges in check. From his mother Rosalie (Quint) Kuwatch (1912-1997), who was raised in a brewpub speakeasy near the Hamilton County Courthouse in Cincinnati, Ohio, Ed developed a healthy cynicism toward law enforcement, judges, the news media, and politicians. From his father, Edward A. Kuwatch (1909-1978), a relentless questioner of authority and a jack-of-all-trades (logging truck driver, pool hustler, real estate broker, independent insurance agent, film and still photographer, machine shop teacher, mechanical engineer, electronics shop owner, and corn farmer), he learned early on that nothing was impossible and that all authority should be questioned.

Ed was put to rest on March 5, 2005 in his beloved hilltop overlooking Willits, California — “The Gateway to the Redwoods.” He spent the previous twenty years educating, insiring and organizing California criminal defense attorneys who handled DUI cases. Ed was a pioneer; a fighter; a thinker, and a friend — he will be missed.

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