Deandra M. Grant
Deandra Grant
Richardson
Texas (TX)
Criminal Defense: DUI/DWI
Profile
AV-rated attorney Deandra Grant’s practice is focused on DWI defense in Dallas and Collin County, Texas. She is a national speaker on DWI law and science and is the co-author of The Texas DWI Manual , scheduled for re-release in 2011. She is also the author of the popular Texas DWI Gal blog and the founder of the Texas DWI Defenders list serve. Deandra has completed the SFST certification course, the SFST instructor course, a drug recognition course and is one of the few attorneys to pass the Forensic Sobriety Assessment Certification exam. In addition, she has completed coursework in DWI forensic blood and urine testing and was trained as an operator and maintenance technician of the Intoxilyzer 5000. In 2011 she completed Forensic Chromatography: Theory & Practice, a 40 hour hands-on gas chromatography course taught by Axion Labs and the American Chemical Society. Deandra is a member of NCDD, NACDL, TCDLA, the Dallas Bar Association, the Collin County Criminal Defense Lawyers Association and has served on the Board of the Dallas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association since 2007. D Magazine named Deandra to its list of Best Women Lawyers in Dallas 2010 and Best Lawyers in Dallas 2011.
Selected To
Texas Super Lawyers 2011
About Deandra Grant
Admitted: 1993, Texas
Professional Webpage: www.texasdwisite.com/Attorney_Profile.aspx
Honors and Awards:
- peer nomination process, Best Lawyers in Dallas, D Magazine, 2011
- peer nomination process, Best Women Lawyers in Dallas, D Magazine, 2011
Special Licenses/Certifications:
- Forensic Chromatography: Theory & Practice - Axion Labs and the American Chemical Society, 2011
Bar/Professional Activity:
- Member - Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association (2011-12 Board Member, 2012-13 DWI Committee Chair)
- Member - Dallas Bar Association
- Member - National College for DUI Defense
- Member - Collin County Criminal Defense Lawyers Association
- Member - Dallas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association (2007-present Board Member)
- Member - State Bar College
Scholarly Lectures and Writings:
- CLE Seminar, Speaker, Defense Trial Tactics to Win a DWI Breath Test Case, DWI Defense Project, 2007
- CLE Seminar, Speaker, Discovery in DWI Blood Test Cases, State Bar Of Texas Advanced Criminal Law Seminar, 2009
- CLE Seminar, Speaker, Discovery in DWI Blood Test Cases, DCDLA, 2009
- CLE Seminar, Speaker, DWI Blood Draws & Testing Procedures, DWI Defense Project, 2009
- CLE Seminar, Speaker, DWI Blood Draws & Testing Procedures, American Association For Justice, 2010
- CLE Seminar, Speaker, DWI Blood Draws & Testing Procedures, Collin County Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, 2010
- CLE Seminar, Speaker, DWI Law for the Non-Criminal Specialist, State Bar Of Texas Annual Meeting, 2010
- CLE Seminar, Speaker, Discovery in DWI Blood Test Cases, TCDLA, 2011
- CLE Seminar, Speaker, Motions to Suppress Blood After the Robinson Case, Dallas Criminal Defense Lawyers Assn, 2011
- CLE Seminar, Speaker, Mock Cross Examination of the State's Blood Expert, Top Gun DWI Seminar, TCDLA, 2011
- James Publishing is scheduled to release this book which I co-authored in late 2011. , Author, The Texas DWI Manual, 2011
- A seminar for Texas State Judges, Speaker, The Intoxilyzer 5000 From a Defense Perspective, Texas Center For The Judiciary's DWI Technology Conference, 2011
- CLE Seminar, Speaker, DWI Case Law Update, State Bar Of Texas Annual Meeting, 2011
- CLE Seminar, Speaker, DWI Blood Test Cases: Discovery, Science & Strategy, DWI Defense Project, 2011
- CLE Seminar, Speaker, Discovery in DWI Blood Test Cases, NCDD's Mastering Scientific Evidence In DUI/DWI Cases, 2011
- CLE Seminar, Speaker, Defending DWI's With Hospital Tested Blood, Ohio Association Of Criminal Defense Lawyers, 2011
- CLE Seminar, Speaker and Course Director, DWI Defense: All the Science You Have to Know, Advanced Criminal Law Seminar DWI Track, 2012
- CLE Seminar, Speaker & Course Director, The "Sanitary Place" and "Qualified Person" Issue, DWI Defense Project, 2012
- CLE Seminar, Speaker, OACDL's Trial Skills Workshop, Ohio Assoc Of Criminal Defense Lawyers, 2012
Other Outstanding Achievements:
- Completed certification course in the Intoxilyzer 5000 (CES Consulting and Florida International University), 2004
- Completed the Standardized Field Sobriety certification course, 2008
- Completed the SFST Instructor certification course, 2009
- Achieved AVVO rating of 10.0, 2010
- Completed the Drug Recognition Expert overview course, 2010
- Martindale Hubbell AV Rating Awarded, 2010
- First Attorney in Texas to pass the Field Sobriety Assessment Certification exam http://forensicsobrietyassessment.com/, 2010
- Named to Martidale Hubbell Bar Register of Preeminent Women Lawyers, 2011
Newsletters:
- I am the founder and moderator of the Dallas Criminal Bar list serve on Yahoo, which is the official list serve of the Dallas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association., Dallas Criminal Bar list serve
- I am the founder and moderator of the Texas DWI Defenders list serve on Yahoo., Texas DWI Defenders List Serve
Educational Background:
- B.S. - Trinity University, 1990
- J.D. - SMU Law School, 1993
- Forensic Chromatography certificate, American Chemical Society, 2011
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