Miami DUI drunk driving defense lawyers representing clients charged with DUI in South Florida, Miami, West Palm Beach, Ft. Lauderdale, Broward County, Dade County, Palm Beach County and other areas of South Florida.
Richard Essen is a graduate of the University of Miami and its Law School. He was admitted to the Florida Bar in 1963 and has since been admitted to practice in the District of Columbia and New York. He has lectured extensively before various Bar associations, law schools and criminal defense lawyers' associations. He is also admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court, the Second, Eleventh, and District of Columbia Courts of Appeals and the U.S. District Court for South Florida.
Mr. Essen has served as an Assistant State Attorney in Dade County, Florida and now, in addition to his own practice, teaches DUI defense tactics and techniques to hundreds of attorneys throughout the country. A Regent for the National College for DUI Defense Inc., Mr. Essen has been lead counsel in at least 1,000 non-jury trials and 100 jury trials.
Mr. Essen recently authored many articles which question the reliability of breath test results