kansas city DUI/DWI lawyer
“Science wins cases; the best criminal defense lawyers embrace the lab and classroom as zealously as they do the courtroom.”
What makes someone a top DUI/DWI defense lawyer?
The easiest way to separate the amateurs from the professionals is by evaluating credentials.
Gregory Watt began his career working as a Prosecutor. During that time, he received the finest hands-on training available in police practices and investigative techniques used routinely by patrol officers and detectives.
Career After Law Enforcement
Working In The Lab
By working with national leaders in the field of DUI/DWI defense, Gregory has become as comfortable in a lab as he is in a courtroom. And the lab work matters, since the best defenses typically involve showing the Judge or Jury defects in the breath and/or blood testing. In short, your lawyer must understand the science -- but just as important -- your lawyer must have the experience necessary to apply that science to your defense.
Do your homework -- check the credentials -- and compare for yourself. Simply put, no lawyer in Kansas City offers more verifiable expertise in DUI/DWI defense than Gregory Watt.
verifiable DUI/DWI defense success
Gregory’s track record for success wasn't built accidentally; instead, his success is the product of years of dedication to this area of law.
Gregory has earned a stellar reputation in the arena of DUI/DWI defense because his success is verifiable.
Gregory Watt is the only lawyer in Kansas City with verifiable proficiency in the following ten areas:
- Standard Field Sobriety Testing;
- Standard Field Sobriety Instructor;
- Breath Testing Analysis;
- Gas Chromatography and its use in cases involving a blood sample;
- DRE (Drug Recognition Expert) symptomology chart usage and the proper application of the 12 step evaluation taught by NHTSA/IACP;
- DUI/DWI;
- Non-Standardized Field Sobriety Testing;
- Forensic Drug Testing;
- ARIDE (Advanced Roadside Impairment Driver Enforcement Protocol); and,
- Retrograde extrapolation and BAC curve analysis.
Using this advanced training, every case that comes through his door is scrutinized for a deviation in proper procedure. In addition, dash camera evidence is evaluated, witnesses are interviewed, and police reports are pored over with the attention your case deserves.
This approach provides clients with expert advice on defense strategy, so the client can make an informed decision on plea negotiations and beyond.
Remember if you are pulled over and questioned by an officer, never respond with defiance or aggression. The field is never the place to fight your DUI/DWI; the courtroom is far better suited to hear your challenges to the facts and law.
Call a Kansas City defense lawyer who is ready to help you through this tough time — call The Watt Law Firm (913) 433-3849
three phases of DUI/DWI police contact
#1. Vehicle In Motion.
Officers are trained in this phase to make keen observations and gather relevant information concerning driver behavior. According to NHTSA research there are twenty DUI detection cues to look for.#2. Personal Contact.
This face-to-face interaction allows the officer to see, hear, and smell signs of impairment. If the officer needs more information to make an arrest, the face-to-face is followed up by an exit sequence. This exit sequence may trigger a pre-arrest screening where a battery of field tests are used to make a probable cause finding.#3. Pre-Arrest Screening.
Depending on the first two phases, this phase will culminate in an arrest decision or the release of the suspect. Whether the suspect performs well on the standard field sobriety tests, or fails miserably; it’s the officer’s ultimate call in the field given the facts and circumstances available at the time.To successfully defend a DUI case, you've got to get your hands dirty.
At the Watt Law Firm we spend more time in the lab mastering the technology used by law enforcement (and getting our hands dirty) than any other lawyer in Kansas City. Why? Because breath/blood sampling is inherently difficult for juries to understand -- unless, of course -- you explain it in a way that makes sense.
Not only are we able to explain breath and blood testing, but we explain it to juries in a way that consistently delivers exceptional results for those we represent.
Simply put, we take the time to train under the best forensic chemists in the nation so we are able to find defenses in drug and alcohol cases that actually work. It's expensive and time consuming, but our reputation for success wasn't built on speculation; instead, it was built on defending cases through legitimate science.
Exceptional DUI/DWI defense results.
Kansas City DUI/DWI lawyer Gregory Watt explains Horizontal Gaze Nystagmus.
"Using a penlight held slightly elevated 12 inches in front of her eyes, the trooper asks the driver to follow the light with her eyes only. He slowly tracks the light side-to-side while the driver attempts to follow it.
After the test is completed, he notes his report, estimates her BAC at above .08 percent, and administers the remaining two tests: the
walk-and-turn and one-leg stand.
The scenario described above is not unique, nor is the trooper’s response. DWI investigations, like any other investigation, are premised on the procedure. And while it is debatable whether the driver was truly intoxicated – especially given the limited information provided – clearly the trooper attempted to rely on his training to come to an arrest decision"
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