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Who is Chris Hoover?

       Chris Hoover has defended DWI cases all across Texas but focuses his practice primarily in the Dallas/Fort Worth metroplex (Dallas, Tarrant, Denton and Collin counties). He has practiced criminal defense in North Texas since 1986.

       Mr. Hoover has always been a sole practitioner. He is a founding member of the National College of DUI defense which holds its annual training seminar at Harvard Law School in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He is also a member of the National Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, Tarrant County Criminal Defense Lawyers Association .

       He now serves on the Board of Directors for the Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, is a former Board Member of the Dallas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association and is a founding member and Past President of the Collin County Criminal Defense Lawyers Association.

       Mr. Hoover has completed more advanced DWI legal education than any other lawyer in Texas. He is certified as a Field Sobriety Instructor and Operator for the Intoxilyzer 5000 breath test instrument. He has completed advanced training in both breath and blood alcohol analysis.

       Mr. Hoover is also a frequent speaker and Course Director for DWI seminars across the United States. He teaches other attorneys how to defend DWI cases by sharing his expertise in these specialized areas. He has authored numerous articles in both statewide and national legal publications and has a national reputation for assisting other attorneys defending DWI accusations.

       For more detailed additional information, please read my resume which begins below.

If having your license and your freedom play a large part in your life, call me at (888) 252-4394, now for your appointment.

Education

• Cistercian Preparatory School, Irving, Texas
• University of Mississippi; B.A. History; J.D.

Memberships

• Founding Member, National College of DUI Defense
• National Criminal Defense Lawyers Association
• College of the State Bar of Texas
• Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association
• Board of Directors 2001

• DUI Help Member
• Dallas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association
• Former Member of the Board of Directors
• Collin County Criminal Defense Lawyers Association
• Past Member of the Board of Directors & Past President 1997
• Drunk Driving Defense.com ; Nationwide Internet Information resource Center

Bar Admissions

• Supreme Court of the United States of America
• United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas, Dallas, Texas
• United States Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, New Orleans, Louisiana
• Texas Supreme Court

Advanced Professional Educational Achievements

• National College of DUI Defense, Advanced DWI Training & Education ; 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999; Harvard Law School, Boston, Massachusetts
• This is the most advanced DWI practice course offered to attorneys. It consists of a given factual scenario and each attorney is required to prepare the case for trial. Upon arrival, lectures are given on each area of trial preparation and presentation by the nation€s leading DWI defense attorneys. The class is then broken into smaller groups in which each student demonstrates his ability and understanding of the lecture topic. After each demonstration, the student is critiqued by a three member panel again composed of the best DWI defense attorneys in the United States. In addition to the legal training, extensive training is given in the areas of science involved with professional DWI defense. Attendees work closely in groups with scientists who explain the most advanced developments in chemical breath testing using the same scientific instruments employed in their home jurisdictions.
• Certified Field Sobriety Instructor, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
  • This course is based upon the scientific study conducted by the Southern California Research Institute for DWI Detection and Field Sobriety Exercises. It includes instruction on
  • administration, procedure and evaluation of data collected for the Horizontal Gaze Nystagmus, One Leg Stand and Walk & Turn tests used by police officers across the United States in identifying potentially intoxicated drivers during traffic detentions. Mr. Hoover is a certified instructor in this course of study. This means that I know exactly what and how to challenge the results that the police officer presents at a hearing or trial.
• Certified Intoxilyzer 5000 Operator, American Legal Education
  • The Intoxilyzer 5000 is the breath test machine used throughout Texas to test possibly intoxicated persons who have been arrested for DWI and DUI under the current implied consent law. This machine is the predominant machine used for breath testing in the United States by law enforcement personnel.
  • This certification exceeds standards set by the Texas Alcohol Breath Testing Program for Breath Test Operators. In addition to learning how to conduct a valid breath test, this course also teaches the scientific aspects of breath alcohol testing, infrared photo-spectroscopy, the internal workings of the Intoxilyzer 5000, and calibration of the Intoxilyzer 5000 breath test machine. Because of my knowledge about the Intoxilizer, I am able to attack the results of it at trial
• Certified Blood & Urine Alcohol Testing, American Legal Education
  • This course is specifically tailored to study and understand the chemical testing of blood and urine used in intoxication offenses (DWI, Intoxication Assault & Intoxication Manslaughter, etc.). It includes extensive study of gas chromatography testing procedure and protocol. This type of testing is widely used in most hospitals and criminal laboratories for blood and urine analysis for the presence and concentration of alcohol and other substances in these body fluids.
  • In addition to gas chromatography, testing kits used by police and paramedics in the field were also explained. Enzymatic blood analysis is another type of blood analysis that is encountered in laboratory testing and covered with this instructional certification. All potential problems in the collection, storage and testing procedures for blood and urine are covered for a proper and thorough defense of these issues at trial. You should ask any attorney you are considering if he/she has this training.

Publications

• "Cross Examination of the Technical Supervisor", VOICE for Defense, March 1999
• "Handling the Intoxilyzer Supervisor in a DWI Case", VOICE for the Defense, March 1999
• "Spotlight on Chris Hoover", North Texas Relocation Journal, Tarrant County, Spring Summer 1999
• "Spotlight on Chris Hoover", North Texas Relocation Journal, Collin County, Spring Summer 1998
• "Constitutional Implications of DWI", Voice for the Defense, June 1997
• "Constitutional Implications of DWI", National Law Journal, April 28, 1997
• "DWI: A Scapegoat in Wolf's Clothing, Root out Juror's Attitudes on DWI Laws", The Texas Lawyer, February 17, 1997
• "Attorney Christopher N. Hoover's top ten list on how to avoid DWI and have a safe holiday", Fort Worth, Texas Commercial Recorder, December 31, 1996

Presentations

• American Legal Education; Mastering Scientific Evidence; Presentation of a Trial Before the Court; April 2002
• American Legal Education; Mastering Scientific Evidence; "Top Ten Attacks of the Technical Supervisor"; March 2001, Atlanta, Georgia
• Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association; Winter President's Retreat; "Top Ten ALR Defenses & the Effect of Prior Alcohol Related Arrests on Occupational Drivers Licenses"; Banff Springs Canada; February 2001
• Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, DWI 2001;" Cross Examination of the Technical Witness at ALR & Trial";January 2001, Austin, Texas
• Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, Annual Advanced Criminal Law Seminar, Cross Examination of the Intoxilyzer Supervisor in a DWI Case, June 2000 (San Antonio, Texas)
• Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association; Course Director & Speaker, "DWI 2000", February 2000 (Lectures: Effective Client Interviews & The Importance of Effective DWI Representation (Galveston, Texas)
• Criminal Trial Advocacy Institute, Faculty, Trial Advocacy Skills Course, Sam Houston State University, March 2000 (Huntsville, Texas)
• Plano Bar Association; What Civil Attorneys Should Know about DWI; October 1999 (Plano, Texas)
• Harris County Criminal Defense Lawyers Association; Cross Examination of the Technical Supervisor of the Intoxilyzer 5000, Fall 1999 (Houston, Texas)
• Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, Annual Advanced Criminal Law Seminar, Handling the Intoxilyzer Supervisor June 1999 (San Antonio Texas)
• Collin County Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, June 1999 (McKinney, Texas)
• Dallas/Tarrant County, Winter DWI Specialty Program, January 1999 (Purgatory, Colorado)
• Tarrant County Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, December 1998 (Fort Worth, Texas)
• Dallas County Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, October 1998 (Dallas, Texas)
• Dallas/Tarrant County, Winter DWI Specialty Program, January 1998 (Colorado)
• Dallas County Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, First Annual DWI Seminar, January 1997 (Dallas, Texas)

Darren McDowell – Bio.


Attorney Darren McDowell has been practicing law since 1999. Coming out of law school, Mr. McDowell focused his practice mainly on civil trial law. From 1999 to 2003 Mr. McDowell represented individuals who contracted cancer from breathing in Asbestos while on the job. As a Civil Trial Lawyer, Mr. McDowell was a member of the Dallas Bar Association, Texas Trial Lawyers, American Bar Association and the Texas Bar Association. Mr. McDowell was admitted to practice in Texas State and Supreme Court, and the Northern District of Texas (federal).

After leaving the civil arena, Mr. McDowell took a job with the Collin County District Attorneys office. While an Assistant District Attorney, Mr. McDowell became a chief prosecutor, managing his own court and supervising other lawyers. During his tenure as an Assistant District Attorney, Mr. McDowell tried over fifty jury trials both in the misdemeanor and felony courts.

Now, Mr. McDowell has dedicated his practice defending those accused of driving while intoxicated.

Education:

Texas Wesleyan School of Law J.D

Austin College B.A. Political Science

St. Mark’s School of Texas

Memberships:

Texas Bar Association

Texas Trial Lawyers Association

Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association

National Criminal Defense Lawyers Association

American Trial Lawyers Association

Dallas Bar Association

Collin County Young Lawyers Association
Board Member 2004

Collin County Criminal Defense Lawyers Association

Bar Admissions:

Texas State Courts

Texas Supreme Court

Northern District of Texas

Texas Drunk Driving Defense
CHRISTOPHER N. HOOVER
Attorney at Law
520 East Central Parkway, Ste. 112
Plano, Texas 75074
Telephone: (888) 252-4394

e-mail:dwidallas@dwitexas.com

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