Introduction: I am proud of the credentials, experience and awards I have earned devoted to drunk driving defense. Here a some of my qualifications:
2013-2015 - Chosen as an Ohio "Super Lawyer" and featured in the Ohio Super Lawyer Magazine
2014 - Drug Recognition Expert (DRE) Certified, Platt & Associates
2014 - Founding member: American Association of Premier DUI Attorneys and Founding member National DUI Lawyer Association
2013 - Recognized as a leader in DUI defense by Time Magazine (Aug 12) and Car & Driver Magazine (May).
2012 - One of only two DUI attorneys who spoke to prosecutor's at the Ohio Municipal Law Institute.
2010 - Attended the most current NHTSA training wherein he was trained to administer and evaluate the standardized field sobriety tests . This is the same NHTSA/SFST training course that law enforcement officers are trained in nationwide and testify to in court.
2007 - Charles Rowland was the first private attorney in the State of Ohio certificated on the Intoxilyzer 8000 breath testing machine.
2006 - Attended the intensive seminar on DUI law at Harvard University accredited by the National College for DUI Defense
2006 - National Patent Analytical Systems certified Charles Rowland in the operation, diagnostic verification and calibration of the BAC DataMaster Breath Alcohol Testing Instrument.
2007-2015 - Forensic Sobriety Assessment Certified. FSA certification requires proficiency in the scientific principles and research relating to sobriety testing in a DUI/OVI stop. It subsumes the NHTSA training (knowledge of the NHTSA manual is required) and greatly extends it. Charles Rowland is currently the only of very few attorneys in the country to hold FSA certification.
The DaytonDUI Blog was chosen for inclusion in the prestigious ABA Journal of Legal Blogs.
Ongoing. He continues to provide help to the Greene County Career Center Police Academy by conducting cross-examination/courtroom training for new officers as part of their ADAP/NHTSA training.
I like my job because it is hard and you have to be very good at it.
Attorney James Nolletti said it best, [T]he defense of drinking drivers has become one of the most difficult tasks in the field of criminal law. This has caused the drunk driving trial to evolve from a simple and commonplace task, often delegated to junior associates in a law firm, into an area of specialty for those lawyers who are well-versed and well-trained in the complexities of alcohol related criminal litigation. No longer will his client merely face a fine or a short license suspension if the case if mishandled. Todays convicted drunken driver often ends up facing substantial fines, lengthy license suspensions or revocations, community service, assessment fees, public humiliation and jail!"
Nolletti, UNFAIR TACTICS USED BY POLICE AND PROSECUTORS TO CONVICT THE UNWARY MOTORIST OF DRUNK DRIVING AND DEPRIVE THEM OF DRIVING PRIVILEGES
