DUI Fundamentals & Updates

Marianne T Bayardi Related Seminars and Products

Maricopa County Attorney

Honorable Marianne Bayardi became the Presiding Judge of the Scottsdale City Court on March 21, 2022. Prior to Joining Scottsdale, she served for 15 years both as an Associate Judge and, from 2019 – 2022, as the Assistant Presiding Judge of the Phoenix Municipal Court. In both courts, she presides over criminal misdemeanor and civil protective order cases. She is a member of the Arizona Supreme Court Committee on the Impact of Domestic Violence and the Courts and the Committee on Limited Jurisdiction Courts as well as the Judicial Conference Planning Committee.

Marianne was born near Chicago, Illinois and raised in Phoenix. She graduated from Arizona State University with a Bachelor of Science in Political Science in 1987. She earned her Juris Doctor from the University of Arizona College of Law in 1991. Among other things, she was a published law review author and served as an Executive Note Editor. Judge Bayardi joined the Robbins & Green law firm after law school where she engaged primarily in plaintiff and defense litigation in wrongful death and personal injury matters. She later worked at Steven J. Wells and Associates as in-house counsel for State Farm practicing insurance defense. Marianne also served as a Deputy Maricopa County Attorney where she prosecuted felonies. She later returned to a civil practice defending the Arizona Department of Transportation in wrongful death and personal injury cases at the Arizona Attorney General’s Office. Following that, she served as an Administrative Law Judge at the Office of Administrative Hearings before being appointed to the Phoenix Municipal Court bench. Marianne and her wife Jenni have been married for 27 years and have three children.

Michael J Bloom Related Seminars and Products

Michael J. Bloom, P.C.

• In 1994, Mike was named the Trial Lawyer of the Year for the American Trial Lawyers for Public Justice as a result of his work in uncovering the policy of the Tucson Police Department to interrogate suspects in violation of their request for counsel. [See,Cooper v. Dupnik, 963 F.2d 1220 (9th Cir. 1992)]
• He has been listed in Best Lawyers of America since 2000.
• Mike is listed in the Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers and Southwest Super Lawyers.
• Recently he received the Pima County Bar Association's Robert Hooker Criminal Justice Award “…given each year to an attorney and member of the Pima County Bar association who has consistently demonstrated a strong commitment to service within the community and who embodies the highest standards of professionalism, innovation, and selfless dedication to the improvement of the criminal justice system.”
• He was also recently awarded Arizona Attorney’s for Criminal Justice’s highest honor: The John Flynn Lifetime Achievement Award.

James A Charnesky Related Seminars and Products

Attorney/Partner

Law Offices of Charnesky & Dieglio LLC

James Charnesky, Law Offices of Charnesky & Dieglio, has been practicing in the area of criminal defense for over 20 years. The majority of his practice is devoted to defending individuals charged with driving related crimes involving either alcohol or drugs. He is a member of both AACJ and NACDL. James attended the University of Arizona College of Law from 1995-1998. After graduating James began his law career as an Assistant Pima County Public Defender where he practiced for five years handling hundreds of misdemeanor and felony DUI cases. Since leaving the public defender's office, Mr. Charnesky has continued to practice criminal and DUI defense at the Law Offices of Charnesky & Dieglio. James has attended both the Wyoming Trial Institute and NACDL's National Trial College. He tried well over 250 jury trials.

James has presented at numerous legal seminars across the state on various issues relating to DUI defense including how to present expert testimony in challenging breath and blood readings, opening statements and closing arguments, and developing a winning theory of your case. He is often contacted by colleagues seeking strategy advice on defending case. James is known to share his work with others helping to foster community among defense attorneys. Most recently, James was awarded the Stephen Barnard Lifetime Achievement Award for DUI defense by AACJ (2023).

Dina M Dieglio Related Seminars and Products

Attorney/Partner

Law Offices of Charnesky & Dieglio LLC

Dina Dieglio, Law Offices of Charnesky & Dieglio. Since her admission to the Arizona Bar in 1998, Dina Dieglio has devoted her practice to criminal defense. During her years with the Pima County Public Defender's Office (1998-2003) Ms. Dieglio earned a reputation as a zealous advocate for her clients. Along with James Charnesky, she is currently a partner in the firm of Law Offices of Charnesky & Dieglio which they started in 2003. Her practice is 100% criminal defense with a focus on DUI related crimes. A Martindale-Hubbell AV Preeminent Rated attorney, Ms. Dieglio has handled thousands of cases from misdemeanors to serious felony offenses. Dina has given dozens of CLE presentations on various DUI topics over the last twenty years. She co-chairs the Arizona Attorneys for Criminal Justice annual DUI seminar along with Lawrence Koplow and has been the chair of the State Bar DUI Law Update Seminar. Currently, Dina is the Vice Chair of the Tucson City Magistrate Merit Selection Commission. Dina was also appointed to the Criminal Justice ACT (CJA) Panel Lawyer Screening Selection Committee in 2018 and is currently serving her second term.

In 2016, the Law Offices of Charnesky & Dieglio received the the Robert J. Hooker Award. This award is given by the Arizona Public Defenders’ Association to one private law firm in the State of Arizona “In recognition and appreciation of their exceptional commitment of time, effort and expertise to Arizona Public Defenders and their clients.” In addition to several other awards and recognitions, Ms. Dieglio was recently presented the AACJ’s Presidential Commendation Award (2023) and AACJ’s Larry Hammond Leadership Award (2024).

Mariam Ferguson Related Seminars and Products

Mesch Clark Rothschild

Mariam Ferguson is a founding partner of Ferguson Hill Filous, PLLC, where she defends individuals charged with both high-level felonies and misdemeanors. Since graduating in the top third of her class from the University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law in 2013, Mariam has devoted her entire legal career to the practice of criminal law. She started as a prosecutor for the Pima County Attorney's Office, where she prosecuted thousands of misdemeanor cases in the Pima County Consolidated Justice Court and Green Valley Justice Court. She then transitioned to criminal defense by joining the Pima County Public Defender's Office in 2017. As an Assistant Public Defender, she defended hundreds of indigent persons accused of serious felonies. She is committed to protecting the rights of the accused and advocating for her clients. Mariam is also a member of the the Tucson City Court Magistrate Merit Selection Commission, and an executive board member of the Pima County Bar Association.

Chester Flaxmayer Related Seminars and Products

CHESTER FLAXMAYER is a criminalist for forensic alcohol science and technology. He is a graduate of ASU and holds three degrees in chemistry, microbiology and botany. He has worked as a criminalist for 15 years in the area of alcohol and drugs and has testified extensively on the effects of alcohol and drugs on the human body. He has appeared as a guest speaker for groups such as APAAC, GOHS, State Bar of Arizona, Arizona Supreme Court, NHTSA and IACT.

Hon. Jeffrey Klotz Related Seminars and Products

Magistrate

Tucson Municipal Court

Honorable Jeffrey Klotz has served as a Magistrate in Tucson City Court since 2003. Since taking the bench, he has presided over thousands of DUI cases including hundreds of Jury Trials. He is a frequent presenter at judicial conferences and seminars. Before becoming Magistrate, Judge Klotz was a Tucson Public Defender and in private practice.

Lawrence Koplow Related Seminars and Products

Koplow Law Firm

Lawrence Koplow, Koplow Law Firm, is in private practice focusing on the defense of DUI and vehicular crimes allegations. He was formerly a prosecutor in the Vehicular Crimes Section of the Maricopa County Attorneys’ Office. Lawrence has been practicing law for 20 years. During that time, he has conducted over 300 jury trials.

In 2015, Arizona Attorneys for Criminal Justice (AACJ) presented him with an “Outstanding Contribution to DUI Defense Award.” On January 18, 2019, Lawrence was also awarded a President’s Commendation by AACJ for his work in the case of State v. Diaz which challenged the constitutionality, and eventually overturned in a published opinion, the use of an Arizona Statute to seize blood without a warrant.

He is the author of the Challenging Blood Alcohol Measurements chapter, in Aspatore Publishing’s treatise DEFENDING VEHICULAR HOMICIDE CASES, 2015 Edition. Lawrence’s practice involves litigating issues concerning the use of forensic toxicology, metrology, laboratory quality assurance and quality control. His work has helped shape Arizona case law and effectuated changes in the way Arizona crime laboratories now conduct their work.

James Nesci Related Seminars and Products

Author

James William Rappaport Related Seminars and Products

Deputy County Attorney

Pima County Attorney's Office

is a Deputy County Attorney at the Pima County Attorney’s Office, where he works in the Appeals Section. His past practice areas include zoning and environmental litigation, inverse condemnation, insurance defense, and § 1983 defense for the Tucson Police Department and Pima County Sheriff’s Department. He has also prosecuted DUIs both in Pima County Justice Court and Tucson City Court on behalf of the Pima County Attorney's Office.

James has tried cases to state and federal juries, and he has litigated in the Arizona Court of Appeals, the Arizona Supreme Court, and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. James was also an instructor for the Pima County Sheriff’s Academy, where he taught courses in constitutional law and civil rights liability. He recently tried a homicide case in Superior Court.

He received a Bachelor of Arts, summa cum laude, in historical musicology from the University of Pennsylvania in 2011. He earned his law degree from Georgetown University Law Center in 2014.

James is the current President of the Pima County Bar Association and Chair of the Tucson City Magistrate Merit Selection Commission. He has been published twice in DePaul University’s Issues in Aviation Law & Policy on the subjects of Federal Aviation Act preemption and aviation tort litigation.
f the Tucson City Magistrate Merit Selection Commission. He has been published twice in DePaul University’s Issues in Aviation Law & Policy on the subjects of Federal Aviation Act preemption and aviation tort litigation.

Mark N Weingart Related Seminars and Products

Sr. Partner

The Weingart Firm PLLC

Kendrick A Wilson Related Seminars and Products

Justice of the Peace

Pima County Justice Court