Biography of William C. Head

William C. Head handles drunk driving cases drunk driving drinking and driving drunk DUI DWI OUI OWI DUII OMVI DWUI DWAI

Attorney, Consultant and Author. Born, Columbus, GA in 1951. Residence: Atlanta, GA. Age: 52. 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.

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).
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 ABC¼s 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
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 Wheel¾) 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 Lawyers¼ 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 Advantage¾, 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 Harrison Publishing. Copyright 1998.

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 One¾ in 1995, and has assisted „Prime Time Live¾ 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 Georgia¼s 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 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

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 revising or has completed the following writings for publication in 1996 & 1997:

Chapter on "Georgia DUI Law and Other Serious Driving Offenses" for the Georgia Jurisprudence multi-volume set of Lawyers Cooperative Publishing Company¼s (© 1995 Rochester, NY).
Chapter in Medicolegal Aspects of Alcohol Determination in Biological Specimens (Second Edition © 1996) on „Blood Testing and DUI Defense¾, Lawyers & Judges Publishing Company, Tucson, AZ, (James C. Garriott, Editor).

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