Richard Essen is the author of:

• "Cross-Examination of the Arresting Officer in Drunk Driving Cases", in Cross-Examination: The Litigator's Puzzle, Shepard's/McGraw-Hill, 1990 (Aron, Duffy, and Rosner, eds.)
• "DUI and Other Traffic Offenses", Chapter 6, Florida Bar CLE Committee, ed.
• "Double Jeopardy..., Vol.10, No.7 DWI Journal, July 1995
• "Jury Selection Techniques", (co-author), Vol.9, No.8 DWI Journal, August 1994
• "Challenging Low Sample Volume Results on the Intoxilyzer 5000", (co-author), Vol.9, No.4 DWI Journal, April 1994
• "Cross-Examining the Arresting Officer: Model Questions Regarding Defendant's Driving Pattern", (co-author), Vol.9, No.2 DWI Journal, February 1994
• "Initial Case Analysis", (co-author), Vol.8, No.12 DWI Journal, December 1993
• "The Confrontation Clause and the Absent Officer", (co-author), Vol.8, No.10 DWI Journal, October 1993
• "Double Jeopardy: Deja Vu All Over Again?", (co-author), Vol.8, No.2 DWI Journal, February 1993
• "Ain't That A Shame?", Vol.9, No.10 DWI Journal, October 1994
• "Investigation-A Little Used Tool", (co-author), Vol.7, No.10 DWI Journal, October 1992
• "Obtaining Post-Conviction Relief On Grounds That Counsel Was Ineffective", (co-author), Vol.7, No.7 DWI Journal, July 1992
• "Grounds for Withdrawal of Plea After Group Advisory of Rights", (co-author), Vol.7, No.5 DWI Journal, May 1992
• "The Little Engine That Couldn't (A Saga of DWI Cases Involving Non-Moving Vehicles)", (co-author), Vol.7, No.3 DWI Journal, March 1992
• "Constitutional Speedy Trial", (co-author), Vol.7, No. 1 DWI Journal, January 1992
• "Extra-Jurisdictional Arrests by Police Officers", Vol.6, No.11 DWI Journal, November 1991
• "Florida Courts May Leave You Breathless", (co-author), Vol.6, No.9 DWI Journal, September 1991
• "A Road Map of the Terra Incognita of Appellate Practice", (co-author), Vol.6, No.7 DWI Journal, July 1991
• "The Corpus Delicti Rule: An Old Doctrine May Still Save Your Client", (co-author), Vol.6, No.5 DWI Journal, May 1991
• "Challenging Florida's New Summary Suspension Statute: A Progress Report", (co-author), Vol.6, No.3 DWI Journal, March 1991
• "A Modest Proposal to Redefine DUI", Vol.5, No.11 DWI Journal, November 1990
• "May the Jury Make Its Own Law? 'Jury Nullification' and the Sympathetic Defendant", (co-author), Vol.5, No.9 DWI Journal, September 1990
• "DWI Priors and Your Client's Credibility..., (co-author), Vol.5, No.7 DWI Journal, July 1990
• "When Can You Comment On Your Opponent's Failure to Call a Witness", (co-author), Vol.5 No.3 DWI Journal, March 1990
• "Roadside Sobriety Tests: Both Scientific and Unreliable", (co-author), Vol.4, No.11 DWI Journal, November 1989
• "Challenging the Constitutionality of Open Container Laws", Vol.4, No.7 DWI Journal, July 1989
• "Human Factors Engineering: Destroying the Myth of the 'Common Sense' Argument", Vol.4, No.5 DWI Journal, May 1989
• "Duress and Necessity as Defenses in DWI Cases", Vol.4, No.3 DWI Journal, March 1989
• "DWI is Illegal, Sometimes!", Vol.4, No.1 DWI Journal, January 1989
• "A Vehicle by Any Other Name: A Constitutional Attack Upon DWI Statutes", Vol.3, No.11 DWI Journal, November 1988
• "Involuntary Intoxication: A Viable DUI Defense?", Vol.3. No.9 DWI Journal, September 1988
• "When Per Se Statutes Creates Mandatory Rebuttable Presumptions: The Defense Response", Vol.3, No.6 DWI Journal, June 1988
• "The Defendant's Right to Independent Blood Testing: A Right Without a Remedy?", Vol.3, No.4 DWI Journal, April 1988
• "Suppressing Videotape Evidence on Fifth Amendment Grounds", Vol.3, No.2 DWI Journal, February 1988
• "Using Weights and Measures Standards to Suppress Breath Alcohol Test Results", Vol.2, No.12 DWI Journal, December 1987
• "DWI Penalties: An Appeal to Reason", Vol.2, No.8 DWI Journal, August 1987
• "Cross-Examining the Arresting Police Officer: Pattern Questions Eliciting Alternative Reasonable Explanations", Vol.2, No.6 DWI Journal, June 1987
• "Cross-Examining the Arresting Police Officer: Based Upon the Police Report", Vol.2, No.10 DWI Journal, October 1987
• "Blunting the Public Hostility Against Drunk Drivers and Their Attorneys", Vol.2, No.4 DWI Journal, April 1987