MARK STEVENS – Salem, New Hampshire Lawyer Profile

http://www.ByeByeDWI.com

Attorney Mark Stevens practices in New Hampshire and Massachusetts. His practice is devoted entirely (100%) to criminal trials and appeals, with a major concentration in defending clients accused of DWI, Aggravated DWI, DUI, OUI, boating while intoxicated and other allegations of drunk driving. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of New Hampshire in Durham, New Hampshire and his Law Degree from the Massachusetts School of Law in Andover, Massachusetts.

Attorney Stevens is the New Hampshire state delegate to the National College of DUI Defense.  Attorney Stevens is a ten time graduate and member of the National College of DUI Defense (NCDD).  In 2008 Attorney Stevens completed the 2008 Winter Session of the National College of DUI Defense, specialized training for DWI and DUI defense lawyers in Honolulu, Hawaii.  In 2006 he completed the Winter Session of the National College of DUI Defense program in Jacksonville, Florida. He has attended every summer session of the National College of DUI Defense since 2002.  In 2005, he was appointed to the Board of Directors of the American Association of DWI Trial Lawyers (AADTL).  

Attorney Stevens became a certified breath test operator in 2004 and also became certified to maintain and repair the same type of breath test machines used by every police department in New Hampshire in 2004.  In June 2005 Attorney Stevens successfully completed a specialized training course in Daytona, Florida on the maintenance and repair of the breath testing machines used by the police. This advanced training involved the complete breakdown of the machines to the component level utilizing the manufacturer's tool kit and diagnostic checks on these breath testing machines.  He has also been trained in the administration of “field sobriety testing” and “marine field sobriety testing”, the same training received by the police officers who arrest citizens accused of driving while intoxicated (“DWI”) or boating while intoxicated (“BWI”).

In 2008, Attorney Stevens was a member of the faculty panel for the Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education (MCLE) program in Boston, Peabody, MA and Worcester, MA on OUI Litigation.  In 2007, Attorney Stevens was a panel member for MCLE’s OUI Litigation program in Andover, MA and Boston, at which he spoke on Horizontal Gaze Nystagmus (“HGN”) cross examination strategies.  In November 2006 Attorney Stevens was a member of the teaching faculty at a specialized two-day seminar in Advanced DWI Defense Techniques in Portland Maine. This specialized DWI training course was sponsored by Defenders Education, Incorporated and the National College of DUI Defense.

In June 2006, Attorney Stevens completed a three day specialized training in the operations of hand-held and evidentiary breath testing devices used by the police in New Hampshire DWI cases. Attorney Stevens has received approximately 100 hours of formal specialized training from breath testing experts in how these devices operate.  He has received not guilty verdicts on aggravated DWI charges involving alleged breath test readings of .31, and .23, won an aggravated DWI case with a blood test result of .24 in 2008, and won a case with a blood test of .23 in 2007.   He has also achieved numerous other victories in breath and blood test cases.

Attorney Stevens has also completed the National College of DUI Defense’s “Mastering Scientific Evidence in DWI Cases” in 2007 in Dallas, Texas and in 2003 in Atlanta, Georgia. He has completed specialized training in “Marine Field Sobriety Testing” (the “field sobriety testing” used by police in boating while intoxicated cases).

Attorney Stevens has extensive experience in DWI trials and related administrative license suspension hearings. He also has extensive experience in appeals and post-conviction proceedings. He has received concentrated appellate training, including federal appellate defense training and appeals and post-conviction training at the Massachusetts Committee for Public Counsel Services. Attorney Stevens has obtained notable reversals of DWI convictions in the reported decisions of State v. Sharkey (New Hampshire Supreme Court), State v. Duffy (New Hampshire Supreme Court) and Commonwealth v. Ouellette (Massachusetts Appeals Court.  In 2006 he also obtained a reversal in the Massachusetts Appeals Court of a probation violation for failure to submit to random drug testing in the case of Commonwealth v. Edgerly.  In 2007, he successfully argued in the New Hampshire Supreme Court and obtained a reversal of a DWI conviction where the defendant had pleaded guilty but the defendant was unaware of the consequences of his conviction in the case of State v. Sharkey. New Hampshire Supreme Court Victory

Attorney Mark Stevens is admitted to practice in all state and federal courts in New Hampshire and Massachusetts. He is also admitted to practice in the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit and in the United States Supreme Court. He is a member of the National College of DUI Defense, the American Association of DWI Trial Lawyers, New Hampshire Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, the Massachusetts Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, the Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association and the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.

The Law Offices of Mark Stevens is located at 5 Manor Parkway, Salem, New Hampshire, 03079.  Call for a free initial New Hampshire DWI case evaluation and consultation at 603-893-0074.  His fax number is 603-893-5022.  His web address is http://www.ByeByeDWI.com and his blog is http://www.byebyedwi.blogspot.com

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