CURRICULUM VITAE (updated 3/11/13) NAME: PROFESSION: ADDRESS: Deandra M. Grant DWI Trial Attorney, 1994-present DWI Forensic Consultant, 2010-present Vice President, International Legal & Forensic Science Services, Inc., 2012- present Assistant District Attorney, Dallas County, Texas 1993-94 Law Office of Deandra M. Grant PC 800 E. Campbell, Suite 110 Richardson, TX 75081 OFFICE PHONE: (972) 943-8500 FAX NUMBER: (972) 432-7547 E-MAIL: WEBSITE: TexasDWIGal@gmail.com www.texasdwisite.com EDUCATION: Graduate Degree: Juris Doctor SMU School of Law Dallas, Texas 1990-1993 Undergraduate Degree: Bachelor of Science Trinity University San Antonio, Texas 1986-1990 Primary: Plano Senior High School Plano, Texas 1984-1986 HONORS: 2012, Top Advocate Award, Collin County Criminal Defense Lawyers Assn. 2012, Texas Super Lawyers 2011, Texas Super Lawyers 2011, President s Award, Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Assn. 2011, D Magazine s Best Lawyers in Dallas 2010, D Magazine s Best Women Lawyers in Dallas AV Preeminent Peer Review Rating, Martindale-Hubbell Martindale-Hubbell Bar Register of Preeminent Women Lawyers The College of the State Bar Phi Delta Phi Legal Fraternity 1
ASSOCIATIONS: State Bar of Texas Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association (Board 2011-13, DWI Committee Chair 2012-13) Dallas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association (Board 2007-12) Collin County Criminal Defense Lawyers Association Dallas Bar Association Denton County Criminal Defense Lawyers Association National College for DUI Defense American Academy of Forensic Sciences American Chemical Society American Association for the Advancement of Science PUBLICATIONS: Co-author, The Texas DWI Manual, scheduled for re-publication by James Publishing in January 2013 ADVANCED TRAINING: 2012 Terry MacCarthy Cross Examination Workshop, San Antonio, TX 2012 Terry MacCarthy Cross Examination Workshop, Tampa, FL 2011 40-hour Forensic Chromatography Course American Chemical Society/Axion Labs, Chicago, IL 2010 Forensic Sobriety Assessment Certification Course 2010 20-hour Multi-Device Breath Testing Course, Atlanta, GA 2010 NHTSA Drug Evaluation & Classification Overview Course (DRE) 2009 NHTSA Standard Field Sobriety Testing Instructor Course 2008 28-hour Forensic Blood & Urine Testing Seminar, Atlanta, GA 2008 NHTSA Standard Field Sobriety Testing Course 2004 Intoxilyzer 5000 Operator Certification Course, Palm Springs, FL 2004 Intoxilyzer 5000 Maintenance Technician Certification Course, Palm Springs, FL 2004 Breath Analysis Forensic Workshop, Florida International University PRESENTATIONS: DWI Case Law Update: Blood Evidence, Dallas, TX, July 2013 Seminar: Advanced Criminal Law Course DWI Track (State Bar of Texas Working Blood Magic in a Vampire World, Arlington, TX May 2013 Seminar: DWI Defense Project (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association Mission Impossible: Discovery in DWI Blood Test Cases Working Blood Magic in a Vampire World, Columbus, OH, March 2013 2
Trial Skills Workshop faculty, Columbus, OH, March 2013 Seminar: First Annual Trial Skills Workshop (Ohio Association of Criminal Defense Cross Examination in a Criminal Case, Miami, FL, February 2013 Seminar: Trial Skills Workshop (International Legal & Forensic Science Services, Inc.) Working Blood Magic in a Vampire World, Key West, FL, February 2013 Seminar: Diving Into a DUI Case (Lyons Legal Seminars) DWI Basics for the Non-Criminal Law Specialist, Dallas, TX, December 2012 Seminar: DWI Panel (Dallas Bar Association) DWI Discovery &Trial Tactics for Blood Test Cases, McKinney, TX, December 2012 Seminar: Monthly Meeting (Collin County Criminal Defense Lawyers Association) Teaching Blood Alcohol Testing to the Wal-Mart Shopper, McKinney, TX, November 2012 Seminar: Trying Blood Cases in Collin County (Collin County Criminal Defense Lawyers Association) Teaching Blood Alcohol Testing to the Wal-Mart Shopper, Sugarland, TX, November 2012 Seminar: Gideon s Trumpet (TCDLA) DWI Blood Cases: A Primer & Teaching Blood Alcohol Testing to the Wal- Mart Shopper, Albuquerque, NM, November 2012 Seminar: Annual DUI Seminar (New Mexico Association of Criminal Defense Teaching Blood Alcohol Testing to the Wal-Mart Shopper, Tunica, MS, October 2012 Seminar: TACDL Annual DUI Seminar (Tennessee Association of Criminal Defense DWI Blood Cases: A Primer, Dallas, TX, October 2012 Visiting Lecturer, SMU School of Law Intoxilyzer 5000 Boot Camp, Dallas, TX, September 2012 Course Director & Instructor (International Legal & Forensic Science Services) DWI Blood Cases: A Primer, Austin, TX, September 2012 Monthly CLE (Austin Criminal Defense Lawyers Association) Highway Through the Danger Zone: Cross Examination of the Arresting Officer, Austin, TX, August 2012 Seminar: Top Gun DWI (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association) 3
NHTSA SFST Practitioner Course, Dallas, TX, August 2012 Instructor and Co-Course Director (Platt & Associates) Defending a DWI Blood Test Case, San Antonio, TX, July 2012 Seminar: Advanced Criminal Law Seminar DWI Track (State Bar of Texas Building the Ultimate DUI Trial Notebook, Monterrey, CA, June 2012 Seminar: 4 th Annual DUI Defense Practice Institute (California Public Defenders Association) DWI Blood Cases: A Primer, Tunica, MS, June 2012 Seminar: Betting on Justice XII (Arkansas Association of Criminal Defense Battling Blood: Qualified Person? Sanitary Place?, Dallas, TX, June 2012 Monthly CLE (Dallas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association) Battling Blood: Qualified Person? Sanitary Place?, Arlington, TX, May 2012 Seminar: DWI Defense Project (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association Trial Skills Workshop faculty, Columbus, OH, March 2012 Seminar: First Annual Trial Skills Workshop (Ohio Association of Criminal Defense Challenging Breath Tests, Columbus, OH, March 2012 Discovery in DWI Blood Test Cases, Austin, TX, December 2011 Seminar: DWI & Gas Chromatography Defeating the Blood Test Case (TCDLA) Discovery in DWI Blood Test Cases, San Antonio, TX, September 2011 Seminar: No Means No Defending the No Refusal Case (TCDLA & San Antonio Criminal Defense Lawyers Association) Mock Cross Examination of the State s Blood Expert, Houston, TX, August 2011 Seminar: Top Gun DWI Blood, Breath & Beyond (TCDLA) Blood Suppression After the Robinson Case, Dallas, TX, August 2011 Seminar: Monthly Meeting (Dallas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association) DWI Case Law Update, San Antonio, TX, June 2011 Seminar: State Bar of Texas Annual Meeting The Intoxilyzer 5000 From the Defense Perspective, Dallas, TX, May 2011 Seminar: DWI Technology Conference (Texas Center for the Judiciary) 4
DWI Blood Cases: Discovery, Science & Strategy, Arlington, TX, May 2011 Seminar: DWI Defense Project What You Must Know to Win (TCDLA) Discovery in DWI Blood Test Cases, New Orleans, LA, April 2011 Seminar: Mastering Scientific Evidence in DWI Cases (NCDD/TCDLA) Hospital Blood in DWI Accident Cases, How to Build a House of Doubt at Trial, Columbus, OH, March 2011 Defending the DWI Blood Test Case, McKinney, TX, April 2010 Seminar: Monthly CLE (Collin County Criminal Defense Lawyers Association) DWI For the Non-Criminal Specialist, Ft. Worth, TX, June 2010 Seminar: State Bar of Texas Annual Meeting DWI Trial Tactics, Nationwide Phone CLE, July 2010 Seminar: DWI Seminar (American Association for Justice) Blood Testing in DWI Cases, Dallas TX, March 2009 Seminar: Advanced DWI Seminar (DCDLA) Blood Cases: Science, Strategy & Discovery, Dallas, TX, May 2009 Seminar: DWI Defense Project (TCDLA) DWI Blood Case Discovery, Dallas, TX, July 2009 Seminar: Advanced Criminal Law Seminar (SBOT) Defending the Breath Test Case, Plano, TX, January 2007 Seminar: Defense Trial Tactics to Win a DWI Breath Test Case 5