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 Author of California Drunk Driving Law, recognized by thousands of California DUI attorneys and judges as "The Bible of Drunk Driving Defense"™
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WHY HIRE A DUI LAWYER WHO READS THE BOOK WHEN YOU CAN HIRE THE DUI LAWYERS WHO WRITE THE BOOK ON CALIFORNIA DRUNK DRIVING LAW. Barry T. Simons is the Co-Author of California Drunk Driving Law, which is recognized by thousands of California attorneys and judges as "The Bible of Drunk Driving Defense"™ Mr. Simons leads a "Team" of dedicated professionals who have litigated thousands of DUI case in Courtrooms throughout Southern California and the DMV. All the lawyers of the Law Office of Barry T. Simons have taught and written extensively on the law and science of DUI and collectively represent the most respected and most recognized leaders in DUI Defense throughout the entire State of California. The team is made up of four (4) top-notch DUI attorneys, each specially trained in DUI Defense, two (2) specially trained paralegals, and a team of investigators, criminalists, and forensic toxicologists. The Law Office of Barry T. Simons has access to the top experts in Forensic Toxicology and Pharmacology, all who work hand-in-hand with the DUI lawyers of the Law Office of Barry T. Simons to analyze and evaluate the important scientific issues and defenses of your Orange County DUI case.
Barry T. Simons is a nationally recognized expert in DUI Defense who has spent over 40 years fighting for DUI suspects' rights in Orange County's Courts. He is a Founding Member, Fellow and the former Dean of the National College for DUI Defense (NCDD). He is one of only a handful of attorneys in the State of California to hold Board Certification in DUI Defense under standards certified by the American Bar Association (ABA). Mr. Simons has served as Vice-Chair of the DUI Advocacy Commission of the National Assn. of Criminal Defense Attorneys. Mr. Simons is on the Board Of Directors of the California DUI Lawyers Association (CDLA) and has qualified as a "Specialist Member". Mr. Simons is rated "Preeminent" by Martindale-Hubbell (a designation limited to the top 5% of law firms in the County) and has been selected to the "Who's Who In American Law". Mr. Simons has also been awarded the coveted peer review rating of AV® ("very high to preeminent" in legal ability and ethics) by the Martindale-Hubbell International Law Directory. To learn more about this rating, please watch the video below: In 2010 & 2011, Mr. Simons was selected as a Superlawyer in DUI Defense for Southern California and was listed as a top rated DUI Lawyer by OC Metro Magazine. Mr. Simons is rated 10.0/10.0 in DUI Defense (The Highest Rating) from AVVO Lawyer rating service. Mr. Simons has been a leader in challenging the DMV with Writs and Appeals. In 1998 he established relaxed standards required at DMV Hearings to challenge alcohol-testing procedures in DUI Cases. (Robertson v Zolin). In 1999 he forced the D.M.V. to announce that they would cancel 4,700 drunk driving suspensions after exposing the OC Crime Lab's use of unapproved breath testing machines (Trautman v DMV). In 2002 Mr. Simons exposed the O.C. Crime Lab's use of unapproved Blood Testing methods between 1996 - 2002 (Bite v Gourley) invalidating blood test suspensions for all of his clients during that entire period. Mr. Simons followed in 2003 with Baker v Gourley, which established the rule that DMV cannot rely on police opinions of intoxication to suspend drivers' licenses without a valid and legally admissible chemical test. His class action suit against the entire Irvine Police Department for failing to give DUI arrestees a choice between blood, breath and urine tests resulted in the decision of Nelson v. City of Irvine in the Federal Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, which was upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court. In that case, Mr. Simons established for the first time that a person arrested for DUI has the constitutional right to choose between a breath and a blood test and that the police cannot compel a blood test from a driver who wants a breath test, except under specific circumstances. Mr. Simons has co-authored Amicus Curiae Briefs for the United States Supreme Court in the cases of Illinois v. Lidster challenging police use of "Roadblocks" and Stogner v. California which successfully challenged extending time barred criminal prosecutions. Mr. Simons has presented his DUI cases and lectured at DUI seminars for DUI attorneys throughout the country on subjects including scientific evidence, legal motions, DMV practices and procedures, and the interstate implications of DUI license suspensions. Mr. Simons's drunk driving cases include successful challenges in both trial and appellate courts to DUI Roadblocks, Preliminary Alcohol Screening (PAS) Devices, DMV procedures and practices and refusals to take chemical tests. Mr. Simons is the "Co-Author" to California Drunk Driving Law, often considered the "Bible" of DUI Defense. This two-volume treatise on California Drunk Driving Law, which is updated annually, is relied upon by DUI defense attorneys throughout the State of California in the defense of their own DUI clients. Mr. Simons and the DUI Lawyers of the Law Office of Barry T. Simons are the DUI lawyers that DUI attorneys throughout the State of California go to in order to learn how to defend their own clients against DUI charges. So why go to a DUI lawyer who reads the book on California Drunk Driving Law when you can go to the DUI Lawyers who write the book on California Drunk Driving Law? The answer is simple: there is no substitute for the knowledge and experience that the DUI Lawyers of the Law Office of Barry T. Simons can bring to your California Drunk Driving case. 
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