DUI Lab Test

00:00:07.757 --> 00:00:11.243 I think something that really sets our firm apart 00:00:11.244 --> 00:00:13.456 from the majority of other firms 00:00:13.457 --> 00:00:17.600 that practice this type of operating under the influence law 00:00:18.071 --> 00:00:23.329 is our understanding of the science as it relates to these types of cases. 00:00:24.114 --> 00:00:28.381 A lawyer simply cannot adequately defend clients 00:00:28.382 --> 00:00:30.720 facing these types of charges 00:00:30.957 --> 00:00:34.900 if that lawyer does not have an understanding 00:00:35.029 --> 00:00:36.555 of the foundational science 00:00:36.556 --> 00:00:40.429 as it relates to both breath testing for alcohol 00:00:40.486 --> 00:00:42.943 and also blood testing for alcohol 00:00:43.071 --> 00:00:46.960 and other controlled substances and restricted controlled substances. 00:00:47.086 --> 00:00:52.600 Andrew and I teach other lawyers about these topics on a national level. 00:00:52.601 --> 00:00:57.813 We go all over the country to teach lawyers about challenges 00:00:57.814 --> 00:01:02.242 that can be found in blood testing for alcohol and other drugs. 00:01:02.300 --> 00:01:07.600 A lot of the cases that we take to trial involve chemical defenses, 00:01:07.686 --> 00:01:12.886 where we are doing a straightforward chemical defense challenge 00:01:12.887 --> 00:01:17.015 to either the breath test results or the blood test results. 00:01:17.314 --> 00:01:20.829 I'm not saying that there's going to be a defense in every single case. 00:01:20.830 --> 00:01:22.100 That's not how it works. 00:01:22.101 --> 00:01:24.614 But there are often defenses. 00:01:24.615 --> 00:01:27.200 If you don't have a lawyer 00:01:27.729 --> 00:01:31.228 who knows how to spot those potential sources of error 00:01:31.229 --> 00:01:35.399 in the blood testing documents, in the breath testing documents, 00:01:35.400 --> 00:01:39.480 then a lawyer simply isn't doing the best they can do. 00:01:39.520 --> 00:01:45.300 It is, in my opinion, mandatory that at the bare minimum, 00:01:45.514 --> 00:01:48.429 lawyers who are taking on these types of cases 00:01:48.470 --> 00:01:52.414 are making sure that they are obtaining the documentation 00:01:52.419 --> 00:01:55.557 from the Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene, 00:01:55.589 --> 00:01:57.169 from the State Crime Lab, 00:01:57.286 --> 00:02:00.600 from the chemical test section at the Department of Transportation, 00:02:00.757 --> 00:02:02.800 all of those scientific documents 00:02:02.801 --> 00:02:07.086 as it relates to those blood test results and those breath test results, 00:02:07.270 --> 00:02:09.400 and really scrutinizing them 00:02:09.626 --> 00:02:13.143 and trying to determine are there red flags here, 00:02:13.144 --> 00:02:15.486 are there potential sources of error?