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William (Bubba) Head
DUI Lawyer Georgia
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William C. (Bubba) Head Chairs Annual DUI Law Program
for Statewide ICLE Seminar
Biography of William C. Head
Georgia Criminal-DUI-Traffic Law Attorney
Statewide Handling of Criminal and DUI Cases
• Name: William C. Head
• Nickname: Bubba
Profile: Attorney, Consultant and Author.
• Born: Columbus, GA in 1951.
• Residence: Atlanta, GA.
• Age: 53.
• Licensed to practice in:
Georgia and South Carolina.
• Private practice since: 1976.
Graduated from the University of Georgia in 1973 with a B.A. in
History (with honors) and from the University of Georgia school
of law with a Juris Doctor degree in 1976.
- 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.
- 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.
- Author of DUI Trial
Tactics (Seminar materials, 78 pg.) for Georgia Association
of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Copyright 1992.
- Co-author (with Reese I.
Joye, Jr.) of seminar materials (228 pages) and speaker for
DUI/DWI Workshop, 1992 ATLA National Convention, Washington,
DC.
- Speaker, 49th Annual Melvin
Belli Conference, Washington, DC, 1992.
- Program Chairman and Speaker,
ICLE of Georgia's "Defense of Drinking Drivers" Seminar,
December 1992.
- Co-author (with Bentley
C. Adams) of DUI Update (seminar materials, 50 pg.)
for Georgia Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, January,
1993.
- 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).
Class of Public Defenders Trained in 2003 on NHTSA Standardized Field Sobriety Tests in class sponsored by William C. Head [Instructors: William (Bill) Taylor and Robert Kupkowski. Who volunteered their time to help the Public Defenders with their DUI training].
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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.
- Author, Handling
License
Revocations and Suspensions in Georgia, published
by Headlines Marketing Corporation, Copyright 1993.
- Program Chairman and Speaker,
ICLE of Georgia's "Handling License Revocations and Suspensions
in Georgia" Seminar, April, 1993.
- Speaker, "ICLE Practical
Criminal Practice Seminar", May 6, 1993; topic: Recent
Developments in DUI Law.
- 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.
- Speaker and Co-author of
materials for ICJE-Georgia, State Court Judges' Conference,
Amicalola Falls, GA, October 22, 1993.
- 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.
- Program chairman, Editor
and Co-author for "Defense of Drinking Drivers Institute",
ICLE-Georgia, December 9th and 10th, 1993.
- Speaker and co-author (with
Ural D.L. Glanville) at January 19, 1994 Georgia ICJE Conference
for Superior Court Judges' Conference, Athens, Georgia.
- Program Chairman and Speaker,
"DUI Defense", Nashville, TN, April 22, 1994
- Program Workshop and Materials,
The ABC’s of DUI, Young Lawyers Section, State
Bar of Georgia, May 24, 1994
- Seminar Workshop, Georgia
Trial Lawyers Association, "Bring Your Files: DUI Cases",
July 15, 1994
- Sponsor and Attendee, "NHTSA
Standardized
Field Sobriety Test Certified Course", Atlanta, GA,
July 29-30, 1994
- Program Chairman, Editor
of Materials and Panelist, "Mastering Scientific Evidence
in DUI/DWI Cases", Atlanta, GA, Southeastern Educational
Institute, October 14, 1994
Drug Recognition Overview (DRE) Seminar featured Mr. Head by www.waldenplatt.com for training of DUI attorneys on Police Training Techniques Nov. 11, 2006 |
- Speaker, "DUI Update",
Georgia Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Unicoi, GA,
November 5, 1994
- Host and Contributing Participant,
"NHTSA Standardized
Field Sobriety Test Certified Course", Atlanta, GA,
December 15-17, 1994
- Speaker,"Defense of
Drinking Drivers in Alabama", Birmingham, AL, December
16, 1994
- Speaker, "New Developments
in DUI Accusations", Georgia Association of Criminal Defense
Lawyers, Atlanta, GA, January 13, 1995
- Presenter on the Intoximeter
3000 at the DWI National Seminar in Las Vegas, NV (sponsored
by the Minnesota Society for Criminal Justice, February 1995)
- Speaker (Intoxilyzer 5000)
and Panelist (Ethics), "Defense of Drinking Drivers"
Seminar, ICLE-Georgia, February 24, 1995, Atlanta, GA
- Program Chairman and Speaker,
"Mastering Scientific Evidence in DUI/DWI Cases" Seminar,
Biloxi, MS, April 27 - 28, 1995
- Speaker and Program Chairman,
Georgia DUI Update, GACDL, June 2, 1995, Atlanta, GA.
- Speaker, "DUI/DWI
Workshop", ATLA National Convention, New York, NY, July
18, 1995
- Speaker (three separate
presentations) "National College for DUI Defense",
Harvard University, Boston, MA, July 20-22, 1995
- 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
- Interviewed for WSB-TV
Channel 2 (Atlanta) news story about the reduction in number
of DUI convictions in Georgia, aired July 21, 1995
- Feature Story, Front Page
of Atlanta Constitution, July 21, 1995
- Host and Contributing Participant,
"NHTSA Standardized
Field Sobriety Test Certified Course", Atlanta, GA,
August 18-20, 1995; September 19, 1995
- Speaker for Cobb County
Trial Lawyers’ Association on DUI Law
- 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
- Interviewed for special
report on drunk driving by CBN (Christian Broadcast Network,
which aired October 20, 1995)
- WPBS Radio interview (live)
about DUI law, October 12, 1995
- Speaker, Atlanta Bar Association,
“How to Use Publicity to Your Advantage”, November
2, 1995
- 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.
- Program Chairman and Host,
"Georgia DUI Defense Trial Practice" Seminar, January
26, 1996.
- Author, The
Georgia DUI Trial Practice Manual, published by Thomson-West
Publishing, 3rd Edition, ©2004
Mr. Head being fitted for microphone for Legal Seminar Broadcast by Satellite TV across Georgia, November 2006 |
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:
- Former Regent and co-founder
of the National College for DUI Defense, Inc.
- Life Member, National Association
of Criminal Defense Lawyers
- Life Member, Georgia Association
of Criminal Defense Lawyers
- Founding Member and Benefactor,
South Carolina Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
- American Trial Lawyers
Association
- American Bar Association
- Founder and member of Georgia
D.O.D.D. (Defense of Drinking Drivers), a statewide [GA] network
of dedicated DUI defense attorneys
- Joye-Cole-Huff Group (South
Carolina DUI "think tank")
- Mentor, 1000 Lawyers for
Justice (pro bono legal assistance to incarcerated indigents)
- Atlanta Bar Association
- Gate City Bar Association
- Gwinnett County Bar Association
- Board of Directors, The
Georgia Innocence Project
- Editorial Board, The
DWI Journal, Fanwood, NJ
Mr.
Head has been named to the following lists:
- Who's Who in the World
- Who's Who in American Law
- Who's Who in the South
and Southwest
- Who's Who in Business and
Industry
- Who's Who in America
- Order of Barristers
Mr.
Head is presently published in the following:
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