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The Law Office of Carl M. Ward
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Biography of Carl M. Ward Carl M. Ward was born in 1957. In 1981, he received his undergraduate degree from the University of Missouri, where he graduated with the school's highest honors (Summa Cum Laude). In 1984, he graduated from St. Louis University School of Law, where he received his J.D. degree. He was admitted to the Missouri Bar that year, and has been an attorney in private practice since that time. Nearly all of his practice is devoted to the representation of citizens accused of driving while intoxicated. Mr. Ward is a regular speaker at Missouri DWI defense seminars, and has chaired or moderated the state's largest DWI defense programs for attorneys since 1997. He has lectured to more than 1000 attorneys, judges and police officers from around the State of Missouri and elsewhere. He has attended numerous DWI defense programs around the country and he is well known for his innovative and aggressive defense of his clients. Carl is one of only a few attorneys in the State of Missouri who has attained the level of field sobriety testing instructor through a NHTSA/IACP approved training program. He traveled to Mansfield, Ohio, where he received advanced factory training as a maintenance supervisor on the BAC Datamaster, the primary breath testing machine used in Missouri. He is an owner of a BAC Datamaster, an Intoxilyzer 5000, and a portable breath test ("PBT") machine. Carl has represented hundreds of drivers accused of drunk driving in over 170 municipal, county and state courts across Missouri. He has argued DWI related issues before the Eastern, Western, and Southern District Courts of Appeals as well as the Missouri Supreme Court. He has been quoted in the St. Louis Daily Record, St. Louis Post Dispatch, Columbia Tribune, and Missouri Lawyers Weekly. Mr. Ward's case, Brown v. Director of Revenue, 85 S.W.3d 1 (Mo. 2002), made the Missouri Lawyers Weekly's list of Top Cases for 2002. There, the Missouri Supreme Court held, in part, that a trial court judge may disregard the results of improperly administered field sobriety tests when determining whether or not a police officer has probable cause to arrest a motorist for driving while intoxicated, an issue in every administrative license suspension or revocation case in Missouri. Mr. Ward is a member of the National College for DUI Defense, the Missouri Bar Association, and the Missouri Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, where he is on the board of directors. As a result of an extensive and confidential peer review by attorneys and judges from around the state, he has been awarded an "AV" rating of excellence in Martindale-Hubbell. His hobbies include Civil War history and reenactment, genealogy, and attending auto racing events with his father. Special Honors and Recognition In July of 2006, Carl Ward was presented with the prestigious "Robert Duncan Award of Appellate Excellence" by the Missouri Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. In the Spring of 2007, he was elected to serve as a member of the Board of Directors of the same organization. Recently, he was selected by Thompson -West Publishing Company to co-author with Missouri attorney, Jeffrey Eastman, a book entitled: "Missouri Driver's License and DWI Defense." This book will serve as the "Bible" of DWI / DUI defense for attorneys in the State of Missouri. It is expected to be printed in the Spring/Summer of 2008. Only the most knowledgeable lawyers in the field are selected to author publications for Thompson-West. Carl and Jeff will join other notable Thompson -West Publishing Company authors on the subject of DWI / DUI (drunk driving) defense, including: William Head, Georgia; Steve Oberman, Tennessee; Lawrence E. Taylor, California; and Edward Fiandach , New York. Carl Ward's Important Missouri Supreme Court and Missouri Court of Appeals Cases Police Training Courses Taught by Carl Ward |
