RESUME OF LEONARD R. STAMM

      AREAS OF PRACTICE
    • General Criminal Defense
    • Trial and Appellate Practice in State and Federal Courts
    • Drunk Driving
    • Drugs and Narcotics
    • Motor Vehicle Administration Hearings and Appeals

      BAR ADMISSIONS
    • Maryland Court of Appeals (1983)
    • United States District Court, District of Maryland (1984)
    • Court of Appeals, District of Columbia (1984)
    • United States Supreme Court (1993)
    • Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals (1997)  

      EDUCATION
    • Wesleyan University (B.A., 1977)
    • Catholic University of America, Columbus School of Law (J.D., 1983)  

      LEGAL POSITIONS
    • Legal intern to Judge Rita C. Davidson, Court of Appeals of Maryland (1981)
    • Law clerk to Judge Howard S. Chasanow, Circuit Court for Prince George's County,
      Maryland (1983-84)
    • Associate attorney - Horowitz, Oneglia, Goldstein, Foran & Parker, P.A. (1984-85)
    • Associate attorney - Alan J. Goldstein, P.A. (1985-91)
    • Sole practitioner - Goldstein & Stamm, P.A. (1991---)  

      ARTICLES
    • Handling MVA Hearings,  Maryland Bar Journal (January/February 2006)
    • The Top 20 Myths of Breath, Blood, and Urine Testing,  The Champion (Part 1, August 2005)
      (Part 2, September/October 2005), reprinted in, Lawrence Taylor and Steven Oberman, Drunk Driving Defense (Aspen Publishers 6th ed., 2007 supplement)
    • Essential Cases to Know to Challenge Scientific Evidence, The Champion (Part One, August 2003)
      (Part Two, September/October 2003)
    • I May Be Crazy - But I Ain't Drunk: The Psychiatric Defense to Drunk Driving, The Champion  (July 2002)
    • The State's Weak Link: Simulator Solutions, The Champion  (April 1998)
    • The Fourth Amendment and Search and Seizure Update, Prince George's County
      Bar Association Alan J. Goldstein Annual Criminal Law Seminar (1983---)
    • Contributing Editor, The Maryland DWI Manual, Hanford Pub. Co. (1995-2007)
    • Casper v. State and DWI Discovery, The 1992 Maryland DWI Manual, Hanford
      Publishing Company (1991)
    • The Application of Grady v. Corbin to DWI Cases, The 1993 Maryland DWI
      Manual, Hanford Publishing Company (1992)
    • Handling Implied Consent and Administrative Per Se Hearings
      at the Motor Vehicle Administration, The 1994 Maryland DWI Manual, Hanford Pub. Co. (1993)
    • Practice Manual for the Maryland Lawyer,
      Chapter 15, Traffic Law, MICPEL (1996---).
       
      LEGAL TEACHING POSITIONS & SEMINARS
    • Intox EC/IR - Mastering Scientific Evidence in DUI/DWI Cases - Dallas, Tx. (Mar. 28, 2008)
    • Handling the Problem Witness     - National College for DUI Defense - Summer session - Cambridge, Ma. (2007)
     • Mock Trial - lead defense counsel - Mastering Scientific Evidence in DUI/DWI Cases - Dallas, Tx. (Apr. 20-21, 2007)
    • Beating 'em with Discovery -     ECIR Training Seminar, Alexandria, VA (Oct. 2006)
         • Winning with Crawford - NACDL and NCDD annual seminar - Las Vegas, NV (Oct. 2006)
    • The Top 20 Guidelines for Bench Trials -     National College for DUI Defense - Summer session - Cambridge, 
      Ma. (2006); MICPEL Seminar (2006); Carteret, NJ (2006); University of Mississippi DUI Practitioners 2007 CLE Seminar - Jackson, MS (2007)
    • The Top 20 Myths in Breath, Blood, & Urine Testing - University of Mississippi DUI Practitioners
      2004 CLE Seminar - Jackson, Miss. (Oct. 22, 2004); Minnesota Society for Criminal Justice,
      20th Annual Seminar - Las Vegas, Nev. (2005);       Maryland Criminal Defense Attorney's Association
       - Balt., Md. (2005); Prince George's County Bar Association - Upper Marlboro, Md. (2005); Mastering Scientific Evidence in DUI/DWI Cases - Dallas, Tx. (Apr. 28, 2005); Ohio Association of Criminal Defense Attorneys, Dublin, Oh. (Mar. 8, 2007); Stuart Kinard Memorial Advanced DWI Seminar - San Antonio, Tx. (Nov. 3, 2007)
    • Debunking the Top 20 State Evidence Prevarications about Breath, Blood, and Urine Tests Using Case Law
      and Scientific Articles - Mastering Scientific Evidence in DUI/DWI Cases - Atlanta, Ga. (Apr. 22, 2004) 
    • MICPEL Seminar, Traffic Law (2004-07)
    • Instructor - NHTSA/IACP Student Class in Administration of Standardized Field Sobriety Tests - 
      Baltimore, Md. (Nov. 21-23, 2003); (Feb. 4-6, 2005); (Feb. 29-Mar. 2, 2008)
    • Essential Cases to Know in Handling Challenges to Scientific Evidence,
      Mastering Scientific Evidence in DUI/DWI Cases - Atlanta, Ga. (2003) ;  National College for DUI Defense -
      Summer session - Cambridge, Ma. (2003); Maryland Criminal Defense Attorneys' Association
      - Fall Seminar Baltimore, Md. (2003); Minnesota Society for Criminal Justice,
      19th Annual Seminar - Las Vegas, Nev. (2004); Ohio Association of Criminal Defense Attorneys, Dublin, Oh. (Mar. 9, 2007)
    • Maryland National Capital Park and Planning Police, Training (2003)
    • How to Survive an MVA Hearing, MCDAA Seminar (2003)
    • Hot Topics in DUI Defense, Public Defender Spring Conference (2002)
    • DUI Defense Secrets, MCDAA Annual Spring Meeting and Seminar (2002)
    • Cross-examination of Drug Recognition Experts, Public Defender for Baltimore County (2002)
    • MICPEL Seminar, Handling the DWI Case ('91, '94, '96, '98, '00, '02)
    • MICPEL Seminar, Motor Vehicle Administration Hearings ('86, '89, '92, '94,
      '97, '99, '01, '06)
    • Strategies in Handling DWI Cases in Maryland, Lorman Educational Services
      (1999, 2000, 2003, 2004)
    • Cops as Experts: Law and Strategy, Public Defender Spring Conference (1998)
    • Georgetown University Law Center Criminal Justice Clinic, Guest lecturer,  Pre-trial
      Motions  (1991-94)
    • Maryland State Public Defender Training Program, Defending DUI Cases (1995---)
    • Maryland Institute for Continuing Professional Education of Lawyers
      (MICPEL) Seminar, New Perspectives on Sentencing and Forfeiture (1994)
    • Alan Goldstein's Not Just Another Maryland DWI Seminar (1989)
    • numerous other CLEs.

              SOME SEMINARS ATTENDED
    • Drug Recognition Expert (DRE) Overview, Atlanta, Georgia (May 20-22, 2004)
    • Intoxilyzer 5000, Operator and Maintenance Technician Training, Stuart, Florida (June 26-28, 2003)
    • The Robert F. Borkenstein Course on Alcohol and Highway Safety: Testing,

    • National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL), DWI Means Defend 
              With Ingenuity, Las Vegas, Nevada (1999---)
    • Mastering Scientific Evidence in DUI/DWI Cases,  Atlanta, Georgia (2000-04); Dallas, Texas (2005)
    • National College for DUI Defense, Inc., Summer seminar, Cambridge, Massachusetts (2000-01, 2003-05)
               Winter seminar, San Antonio, Texas (2003), San Diego, California (2004); New Orleans, La. (2005)
    • Minnesota Society for Criminal Justice, Getting Tough on DWI: The Defense, 
               Orlando, Florida (2002); Las Vegas, Nevada (2001, 2003-05)
    • International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP)/National Highway Traffic Safety 
               Administration (NHTSA) student course in administration of standardized 
               field sobriety tests, San Francisco, California (2001)
    • International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP)/National Highway Traffic Safety 
               Administration (NHTSA) instructor course in administration of standardized 
               field sobriety tests, Nashville, Tennessee (2001)

      MEMBERSHIPS

    • National College for DUI Defense, Inc. (General member 1999-2004)(Sustaining member 2004-05)
               (Regent 2005---)
    • National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
    • Maryland Criminal Defense Attorneys' Association  (President 2003-04)(President-Elect 2002-03)(First Vice-
               President  2001-02)(Board of Directors 1991-2001)(Member 1984---)
    • Maryland Criminal Pattern Jury Instruction Committee (2001---)
    • Maryland State Bar Association
    • Prince George's County Bar Association (Co-chair, Criminal Law Section (1992-93))
    • Montgomery County Bar Association  

      SOME REPORTED DECISIONS
    • United States v. Atwell, 470 F.Supp.2d 554 (D. Md. 2007)
    • Fowler v. Motor Vehicle Admin.    , 394 Md. 331, 906 A.2d 347 (2006)
    • Warne v. State    , 166 Md.App. 135, 887 A.2d 657 (2005)
    • Gwin v. Motor Vehicle Admin.    , 385 Md. 440, 869 A.2d 822 (2004), cert. denied, 126 S.Ct. 359 (2005)
    • State v. Weisbrod    , 159 Md. App. 488, 859 A.2d 664 (2004), cert. denied, 384 Md. 582, 865 A.2d 589 (2005)
    • White v. State, 142 Md.App. 535, 790 A.2d 754 (2002)
    • In re Michael W.    , 134 Md.App.144, 759 A.2d 322 (2000), aff'd, 367 Md. 181, 786 A.2d 684
      (2001)
    • State v. Jones, 340 Md. 235, 666 A.2d 128 (1995), cert. denied, 516 U.S. 1173 (1996)
    • Simmons v. State, 333 Md. 547, 636 A.2d 463, cert. denied, 513 U.S. 815 (1994)
    • Klingenstein v. State, 330 Md. 402, 624 A.2d 532, reversing, 92 Md.App. 325,
      608 A.2d 792 (1992), cert. denied, 510 U.S. 918 (1993)
    • Tyler v. State, 330 Md. 261, 623 A.2d 648 (1993), reversing, Eiland v. State,
      92 Md.App. 56, 607 A.2d 42 (1992)
    • Harris v. State, 94 Md.App. 266, 617 A.2d 610 (1992), cert. denied,
      330 Md. 319,  624 A.2d 490 (1993)
    • Mustafa v. State, 323 Md. 65, 591 A.2d 481 (1991)
    • State v. Robertson, 72 Md.App. 342, 529 A.2d 847 (1987)

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