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CURRICULUM VITAE (updated 3/11/13)
NAME: Deandra M. Grant
PROFESSION: 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
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.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
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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 2012 Terry MacCarthy Cross Examination Workshop, San Antonio, TX
TRAINING: 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 – Speaker & Co-Course Director)
“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”
Trial Skills Workshop faculty, Columbus, OH, March 2013
Seminar: First Annual Trial Skills Workshop (Ohio Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers)
“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 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)
“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
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 – 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 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 – Speaker & Co-Course Director)
Trial Skills Workshop 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
“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: 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)
