Author Biography: Defending Drinking Drivers

California Drunk Driving Law
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Joshua M. Dale has been in private practice representing drinking drivers since 1995. Before that, he spent many years in the criminal justice system as a law enforcement officer in the U.S. Army Military Police and for two California police departments. He is a credentialed Fatality Accident Investigator as well as a former DUI Investigator. He is Secretary of California Deuce Defenders, and a member of National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, California Public Defenders Association, and National College for DUI Defense. Mr. Dale took over authorship of California Drunk Driving Law in 2003. He may be contacted at jdale@joshdale.com. Prior editions of the book were written by Ed “Fast Eddie” Kuwatch, at one time the best-known commentator on drunk driving law in California. In addition to writing his own book, Mr. Kuwatch contributed to: Erwin’s Defense of Drunk Driving Cases, DWI Journal, CPDA Drunk Driving Manual, California DUI Reporter, and Defending the Drunk Driving Charge. He wrote the shareware program EZ-ALC ™ Blood Alcohol Chart Software. In 1988 Mr. Kuwatch founded the California Deuce Defenders, a statewide organization of 200 attorneys and other professionals dedicated to the vigorous defense of persons accused of drunk driving.