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Leonard R. Stamm	Johanna Leshner
Leonard R. Stamm's Resume	Johanna Leshner's Resume

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Leonard R. Stamm's Resume

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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)
• Attorney (firm owner) - Goldstein & Stamm, P.A. (1991---)

BOOKS

• Maryland DUI Law (Thomson-West 2008---)
• Contributing Editor, The Maryland DWI Manual (Hanford Pub. Co. 1995-2007)    

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---)
• 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

•  The Top 10 Breath Test Defenses - Mastering Scientific Evidence in DUI/DWI Cases - New Orleans, La. (April 9, 2010)

•  The Top 102 Medical Defenses to DUI - MCDAA  6th Annual Advanced DUI Defense Seminar Baltimore, MD (May 2009); NCDD Winter Seminar, Celebrity Solstice Caribbean Cruise (Jan. 2010)

• Making Your Appeals More Appealing - NACDL and NCDD annual seminar - Las Vegas, NV (Oct. 2009)

• Melendez-Diaz - National College for DUI Defense - Summer session - Cambridge, Ma. (Jul. 2009)

• Public defender training, Salisbury, Md. (Jul. 2009); Linthicum, Md. (Oct. 2009)

• Intox EC/IR - Mastering Scientific Evidence in DUI/DWI Cases - New Orleans, La. (Apr. 17, 2009; April 9, 2010)

• Crawford 2009 - National College for DUI Defense - Winter session - Atlantis Hotel, Paradise Island, The Bahamas (Jan. 15, 2009)
• Getting the Blood Out!; Trial Tactics in Blood Cases; Legal Issues in Homicide Cases; So-called Drug Recognition "Experts" - Atlanta Blood Seminar - Atlanta, Ga. (Dec. 4-7, 2008)
• Advanced Cross-Examination - Stuart Kinard Memorial Advanced DWI Seminar - San Antonio, Tx. (Oct, 2008)
• 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. (Jul. 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); Worcester County Bar Association, Fager's Island, Ocean City, Md. (Nov. 7, 2008)
• 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---)
• 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 (1995-2008)
• 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.

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          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, Research and Litigation, Indiana University (May 18-23, 2003)
• 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)

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MEMBERSHIPS

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SOME REPORTED DECISIONS

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• United States v. Darden, ---F.Supp.2d---, 2009 WL 3049886 (2009)
• Alavez v. Motor Vehicle Admin., 402 Md. 727, 939 A.2d 139 (2008)
• 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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Johanna Leshner's resume

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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

•Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (2002)

• Maryland Court of Appeals (2005)

• United States District Court, District of Maryland (2008)

• Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals (2008)

 

EDUCATION

• The George Washington University Law School (J.D., 2002)

• University of Michigan (B.A., 1999)

 

  LEGAL POSITIONS

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• Associate attorney, Goldstein & Stamm, P.A. (2008-present)

• Assistant Public Defender, Office of the Public Defender, State of Maryland, Montgomery County (2005-2008)

• Assistant Public Defender, Office of the Public Defender, State of Maryland, Baltimore City (2004-2005)

• Judicial clerk to the Honorable Deborah A. Robinson, United States District Court for the District of Columbia (2002-2004)

•Legal intern, Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law (2001-2002)

• Legal intern to the Honorable Thomas F. Hogan, United States District Court for the District of Columbia (2001)

 

MEMBERSHIPS

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• National College for DUI Defense, Inc.

• Maryland Criminal Defense Attorneys' Association

• Maryland State Bar Association

• Montgomery County Bar Association

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