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CURRICULUM VITAE (updated 4/7/14)
NAME:
Deandra M. Grant
PROFESSION: Founder & CEO, Law Office of Deandra M. Grant P.C., 1994-present
President, International Legal & Forensic Science Services, Inc., March 2013-present Vice President, International Legal & Forensic Science Services, Inc., August 2012-March 2013
Assistant District Attorney, Dallas County, Texas 1993-94 ADDRESS: 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: [email protected]
WEBSITE: www.TexasDWIGal.com BLOG: TexasDWIGal.blogspot.com
EDUCATION: Graduate Degree Candidate: Masters in Forensic Science University of Florida, College of Pharmacy
Gainesville, Florida (expected graduation 2016) 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: 2014, D Magazine’s Best Lawyers in Dallas: DWI 2014, Texas’ Top Attorneys
2013, National Trial Lawyers’ Top 100 Trial Lawyers 2013, Texas’ Top Attorneys
2013, Best Criminal Defense Lawyers in Dallas – DWI
2013, President’s Award, Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Assn.
2012, Top Advocate Award, Collin County Criminal Defense Lawyers Assn. 2012, Texas Super Lawyers
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2011, Texas Super Lawyers
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 Lawyers
Martindale-Hubbell Bar Register of Preeminent Women Lawyers The College of the State Bar
Phi Delta Phi Legal Fraternity ASSOCIATIONS: State Bar of Texas
Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association (Board 2011-15, DWI Committee) Dallas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association (Board 2007-14)
Collin County Criminal Defense Lawyers Association Dallas Bar Association
Denton County Criminal Defense Lawyers Association American Academy of Forensic Sciences
American Chemical Society
American Association for the Advancement of Science American Association for Clinical Chemistry
PUBLICATIONS: Co-author, The Texas DWI Manual, James Publishing, 2013
“Attacking Breath Test Results”, EGuide, James Publishing, 2013
“Missouri v. McNeely: Are Warrantless Blood Draws History?”, Voice For the
Defense Magazine, October 2013
TRAINING: 2014 Forensic Drug Analysis Course – American Chemical Society/Axion Labs, Chicago, IL
2013 Hands-On Forensic DNA For Lawyers Course, Boise State Univ., Boise, ID 2012 Terry MacCarthy Cross Examination Workshop, San Antonio, TX
2012 Terry MacCarthy Cross Examination Workshop, Tampa, FL 2011 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
GUEST LECTURES: “Forensic Aspects of Modern DWI Defense”, San Marcos, TX, October 2013 Visiting Lecturer, Texas State University
“DWI Defense 101”, Lubbock, TX, October 2013 Visiting Lecturer, Texas Tech School of Law
“Defending DWI Cases with Blood Evidence”, Dallas, TX, October 2013
Visiting Lecturer, SMU School of Law
“DWI Blood Cases: A Primer”, Dallas, TX, October 2012
Visiting Lecturer, SMU School of Law
PRESENTATIONS: “Blinding Them With Science: DWI Blood Evidence”, Arlington, Texas, May 2014 Seminar: David Burrows’ DWI: The Future (TCDLA – Course Director)
“Blinding Them With Science: DWI Blood Evidence”, Salt Lake City, UT, April
2014
Seminar: Advanced DUI Seminar (Utah Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers)
“Enzymatic Serum Ethanol Testing and Its Use As Forensic Evidence in a Criminal Case” – Oral Presentation of Abstract, Dallas, TX, March 2014
Seminar: 247th American Chemical Society National Meeting & Exposition “Team Innocent”, Columbus, OH, March 2014
Seminar: Advanced DUI Seminar (Ohio Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers)
“Blinding Them With Science: DWI Blood Evidence”, Key West, FL, February
2014
Seminar: Diving Into a DUI Case (Lyons Legal Seminars)
“Understanding Blood Alcohol Testing,” Ft. Worth, Texas, January 2014 Seminar: Tarrant County Criminal Defense Lawyers Association CLE
(TCCDLA)
“Blinding Them With Science: DWI Defense”, Lubbock, TX, January 2014 Seminar: 34th Annual LCDLA Prairie Dog Lawyers Advanced Criminal Law
Seminar (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)
“Understanding Blood Alcohol Testing”, Denton, TX, December 2013
Seminar: 6th Annual Jolly Roger Hal Jackson Memorial Criminal Law Seminar (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)
Course Director & Seminar Faculty, Denver, CO, October 2013
Seminar: DUI Drug Cases & DRE: Mastering the Science & Trial Skills (Int’l Legal & Forensic Science Services – Course Director & Instructor)
Course Director & Seminar Faculty, Lubbock, TX, October 2013
(International Legal & Forensic Science Services, Inc. – Course Director and Instructor)
“Prepping and Trying a Blood Draw DWI Case”, McKinney, TX, September 2013 Seminar: 3CDLA DWI Nuts ‘n Bolts Seminar (Collin County Criminal Defense
Lawyers Association)
“Team Innocent”, Dallas, TX, August 2013
Seminar: DCDLA Monthly CLE (Dallas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association) “McCarthy Cross”, Dallas, TX, July 2013
Seminar: 1-Day Trial Skills: Defending a DWI with Breath/Blood Evidence (International Legal & Forensic Science Services, Inc. – Course Director and Faculty)
“Trial Skills for DWI Blood Cases”, Forney, TX, July 2013
Seminar: KCCDLA Monthly CLE (Kaufman County Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)
“DWI Case Law Update: Blood Evidence”, Dallas, TX, July 2013
Seminar: Advanced Criminal Law Course DWI Track (State Bar of Texas – Speaker & Co-Course Director)
“Blood & McNeely: A Status Update”, Ft. Worth, TX, May 2013
Seminar: TCCDLA Monthly CLE (Tarrant County Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)
“Working Blood Magic in a Vampire World”, Arlington, TX May 2013
Seminar: DWI Defense Project (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association – Speaker & Co-Course Director)
“Mission Impossible: Discovery in DWI Blood Test Cases” & “Working Blood
Magic in a Vampire World”, Columbus, OH, March 2013
Seminar: Advanced DUI Seminar (Ohio Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers)
“Team Innocent”, Columbus, OH, March 2013
Seminar: Annual Trial Skills Workshop (Ohio Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers – Faculty)
“Cross Examination in a Criminal Case”, Miami, FL, February 2013
Seminar: Trial Skills Workshop (International Legal & Forensic Science Services, Inc. – Course Director and Instructor)
“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)
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 Lawyers)
“Teaching Blood Alcohol Testing to the Wal-Mart Shopper”, Tunica, MS, October
2012
Seminar: TACDL Annual DUI Seminar (Tennessee Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers)
Seminar Faculty, Dallas, TX, September 2012
Seminar: Intoxilyzer 5000 Boot Camp (International Legal & Forensic Science Services, Inc. – Course Director and Instructor)
“DWI Blood Cases: A Primer”, Austin, TX, September 2012
Seminar: 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) Instructor & Co-Course Director, Dallas, TX, August 2012
Seminar: NHTSA SFST Practitioner Course (Platt & Associates) “Defending a DWI Blood Test Case”, San Antonio, TX, July 2012
Seminar: Advanced Criminal Law Seminar DWI Track (State Bar of Texas – Speaker & Co-Course Director)
“Building the Ultimate DUI Trial Notebook”, Monterrey, CA, June 2012
Seminar: 4th 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 Lawyers)
“Battling Blood: Qualified Person? Sanitary Place?”, Dallas, TX, June 2012
“Battling Blood: Qualified Person? Sanitary Place?”, Arlington, TX, May 2012
Seminar: DWI Defense Project (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association – Speaker & Co-Course Director)
Seminar Faculty, Columbus, OH, March 2012
Seminar: First Annual Trial Skills Workshop (Ohio Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers)
“Challenging Breath Tests”, Columbus, OH, March 2012
Seminar: Advanced DUI Seminar (Ohio Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers)
“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)
“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
Seminar: Advanced DUI Seminar (Ohio Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers)
“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: 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