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Houston DWI attorney J. Gary Trichter is one of only four defense lawyers in Texas who has earned the designation of "DWI Specialist by National College for DUI Defense" which means he is Board Certified DWI/DUI by the NCDD-the sole entity approved by the American Bar Association to grant such a qualification (the Texas Bar Association does not have a board certification in DWI Defense but it does recognize the ABA DWI Board Certification).
Gary has also been listed in Best Lawyers in America by Woodward White (in 2008, 2010, 2013, 2015, 2016, and 2017), the oldest and most respected peer-review publication in the legal profession. He is recognized as one of the most successful DWI trial and appellate lawyers in the United States, and is rated "AV" by Martindale-Hubbell, Martindale-Hubbell, one of the most respected lawyer rating entities.
Highest possible rating in both legal ability and ethical standards graphicGary has earned his reputation arguing groundbreaking DWI cases and co-authoring the DWI textbook Texas Drunk Driving Law. He has also published more than 46 articles on a broad range of topics from DWI, DUI, BWI, ALR to defending pilot licenses against the Federal Aviation Administration on DWI related issues. Very few Houston, TX DWI and DUI lawyers can demonstrate comparable experience.
Gary has also spoken at more than 280 legal seminars in 30 states where he has taught lawyers, judges and prosecutors about various aspects of the law?particularly DWI. He is licensed to practice law in Texas, Alaska, Colorado and Wyoming.
Gary Trichter has been practicing law in the state of Texas since 1980 and is Founder and Past-President of Texas DWI Lawyers (formerly Texas DWI Defense Lawyers Association). Gary has also served as president of the Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association (TCDLA) from June 2011 through June 2012.
He is past chairman of the DWI committees for the TCDLA and for the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL). Gary served the longest tenure on the Board of Regents for the National College for DUI Defense (NCDD) where he was Dean of the College from 2002-2003.
The NCDD awarded Gary The Erwin-Taylor Award in 2013, a national recognition for exceptional lawyers who have dedicated their lives to protecting constitutional rights of citizens and upgrading the level of professionalism for all attorneys. He has also been selected to the Texas Super Lawyers, a Thompson Reuters service, every year from 2003-2017 and is rated 10.0 Superb by Avvo.
Professional, private or commercially rated pilots charged with DWI have their livelihood on the line. Not only do they face losing their driver license, but they face losing Professional or commercially rated pilots charged with DWItheir pilot's license and career. Gary holds Certified Flight Instructor (CFI), Certified Flight Instructor Instrument (CFII), & Multi Engine Instructor (MEI) instructor licenses.
He's rated in jets, helicopters and floatplanes. Gary's experience as a pilot, DWI specialist and with defending general aviation pilots arrested for DWI gives him unique experience and insight few attorneys have.
Gary is a member of the National Business Aviation Association (NBAA), Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA), Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA), Commemorative Air Force (CAF), so he understands Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) matters. But more importantly he knows how to defend and advise clients of their best courses of action to protect both of their licenses.
McShane, Justin J., JD, F-AIC; Lee, Josh D., JD; Roberts, Richard; Trichter, J. Gary, JD; PBTs for Drugs: Oral Fluid Collection Devices, Voice for the Defense (Journal for the Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association), April 2014.
Trichter, J. Gary; Thinking Outside the DWI Voir Dire Box, The Champion (Journal for the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers), March 2010.
Trichter, J. Gary; Thiessen, Mark; Defendant's Motion to Protect the Fairness of Future Juries, Voice for the Defense (Journal for the Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association), November 2009.
Trichter, J. Gary; McKinney, Troy; Citron, Joseph, M.D.; Neutralizing the Romberg, The Champion (Journal for the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers) Vol. 36, No. 1, June 2007.
Trichter, J. Gary; McKinney, Troy; Citron, Joseph, M.D.; Officer Romberg vs. Dr. Romberg: A Field Sobriety Test Designed for Failure, Voice for the Defense (Journal for the Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association) Vol. 36, No. 1, January/February 2007.
Trichter, J. Gary; 12 Innocent Reasons NOT to Take an Intoxilyzer Breath Test!, Voice for the Defense (Journal for the Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association) Vol. 33, No. 4, May 2004.
Trichter, J. Gary; The Poor Man's P-51, Private Pilot, October 2002.
Trichter, J. Gary; Brother's Keeper?, The National Law Journal, August 2002.
Trichter, J. Gary; Poor Man's P-51, Warbirds, July 2002.
Trichter, J. Gary; Murphy, Doug; Administrative License Revocation Hearings: A DWI Specialist's Primer for the General Practitioner, Texas Bar Journal (Journal for the State Bar of Texas), July 2002.
Trichter, J. Gary; Jury Summation According to the Code of the West, Voice for the Defense (Journal for the Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association), April 2002.
Trichter, J. Gary; Engine Out, Warbirds, March 2002.
Trichter, J. Gary; Earning Honorary Naval Aviator Wings, Warbirds, February 2002. Trichter, J. Gary; Williams, Pat; Expunging DWI Arrest Records, Voice for the Defense (Journal for the Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association), February 2001.
Trichter, J. Gary; Williams, Pat; Texas DWI Prosecutions vs. Double Jeopardy Protection, Voice for the Defense (Journal for the Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association) Vol. 29, No. 3, April 2000.
Trichter, J. Gary; Sameulson, Chris; DWI Defense Witness Preparation: How to Compete With the Testimony of Experienced Police Witnesses, The Champion (Journal for the National Association of Criminal Defense License), January/February 2000.
Trichter, J. Gary; Where There's Smoke, AOPA Pilot, September 1999.
Trichter, J. Gary; Samuelson, Chris; DWI Defense Witness Preparation: How to Compete With the Testimony of Experienced Police Witnesses, Voice for the Defense (Journal for the Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association), September 1999.
Trichter, J. Gary; Samuelson, Chris; Pilots, DWI, the FAA and Legal Malpractice - How to Protect Two Licenses at the Same Time: Yours and Your Client's, Voice for the Defense (Journal for the Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association), June 1999.
Trichter, J. Gary; Samuelson, Chris; Pilots, Drunk Driving, Administrative License Suspensions, the FAA and Legal Malpractice, The Champion (Journal for the National Association of Criminal Defense License), June 1999.
Trichter, J. Gary, Hard-Learned Lessons, Private Pilot, March 1999.
Trichter, J. Gary; Trichter, Tiffany; Back to the Future in Aviation, Private Pilot, December 1997.
Trichter, J. Gary; Samuelson, Chris; A Citizen's Guide: Knowing the DWI Laws and Your Rights, Voice for the Defense (Journal for the Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association), July/August 1998.
Trichter, J. Gary; Samuelson, Chris; Motion to Declare Section 724.061, Tex.Trans.Code Unconstitutional as Applied and to Suppress and Preclude State From Offering Breath Test Refusal Evidence Absent a Showing of a Proper Predicate, and, Alternatively, Request for Jury Instruction That the Defendant's Refusal Cannot be Considered as Evidence of Guilt, The Champion (Journal for the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers), January/February 1997.
Trichter, J. Gary; Challenging Improper Statutory Breath Test Warnings, Voice for the Defense (Journal for the Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association), October 1996.
Trichter, J. Gary; Pe?a, Michael; 0.10 ALR Suspensions and DWI Prosecutions, Voice for the Defense (Journal for the Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association), September 1995.
Trichter, J. Gary; Pe?a, Michael; The 10 Commandments for Detoxifying the Intoxilyzer 5000, Voice for the Defense (Journal for the Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association), June 1995.
Trichter, J. Gary; McKinney, Troy; Pe?a, Michael; Demonstrative Evidence in DUI Cases, The Champion (Journal for the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers), May 1995.
Trichter, J. Gary; McKinney, Troy; Pe?a, Michael; DWI Demonstrative Evidence: Show and Tell the Easy Way, Voice for the Defense (Journal of the Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association), April 1995.
Trichter, J. Gary; A Little Scholarship and a Little Humor - Surviving in a World With DWI, Voice for the Defense (Journal of the Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association), February 1994.
Trichter, J. Gary; DWI: What Every Client Should Know, The State Bar Journal Vol. 56, No. 3, April 1993.
Trichter, J. Gary; Highway Drug Couriers: A Nuts and Bolts Approach to Creative Defense Against Pretext and Profile Stops, The Champion (Journal of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers), March 1993.
Trichter, J. Gary; Getting Back to Nuts and Bolts: Dismissals for Destruction of Exculpatory Evidence, The Champion (Journal of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers), March 1992.
Trichter, J. Gary; An Outline of Question Areas in DWI Prosecutions, The Champion (Journal of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers) April 1991.
Trichter, J. Gary; Twenty-Five Practice Gems in Cross-Examination of the Arresting Officer in DWI Prosecutions, The Champion (Journal of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers), March 1991.
Trichter, J. Gary; What Everyone Should Know About DWI, Houston Bar J., 28, The Houston Lawyer, No. 2, September/October 1990.
Trichter, J. Gary; Representing Putative Sexual Assault Defendants Before the Grand Jury, Trial Lawyers Forum, Vol. 23, No. 2, 1989.
Johnson v. State, 643 S.W.2d 427 (Tex.Ct.App. [14th-Houston] 1982) affirmed 640 S.W.2d 893 (Tex.Cr.App. 1982) en banc.
Ex Parte Lilly, 656 S.W.2d 490 (Tex.Cr.App. 1983) en banc (relief granted).
Epson v. State, 743 S.W.2d 311 (Tex.Ct.App. [1st-Houston] 1987) (reversed).
Warren v. State, 744 S.W.2d 614 (Tex.Cr.App. 1988) vacated and remanded.
McCambridge v. State, 698 S.W.2d 390 (Tex.Ct.App. [1st-Houston] 01985) affirmed in part and remanded in part, 712 S.W.2d 499 (Tex.Cr.App. 1986) (en banc), 725 S.W.2d 418. (Tex.App. [1st-Houston] 1987), pdr. granted, 778 S.W.2d 70 (Tex.Cr.App. 1989), affirmed; cert. denied, U.S. ; 110 S.Ct. 1936 (1990).
Jamail v. State, 713 S.W.2d 776 (Tex.Ct.App. [14th-Houston] 1986), pdr. granted 787 S.W.2d 380 (Tex.Cr.App. 1990) (reversed and remanded to Court of Appeals).
Vasquez v. Chem Ex. Inc., 709 S.W.2d 267 (Tex.Ct.App. [14th-Houston] 1985), writ of error granted, judgment of Court of Appeals is reversed in part and judgment of trial court is affirmed, 721 S.W.2d 284 (Tex.Sup.Ct. 1986).
Pastor v. Champs Rest. Inc., 750 S.W.2d 335 (Tex.App. [14th-Houston] 1988), no writ. Muller v. State, 829 S.W.2d 805 (Tex.Cr.App. 1992) (reversed and dismissed).
Erdman v. State, 861 S.W.2d 890 (Tex.Cr.App. 1993) (reversed and remanded). Love v. State, 861 S.W. 2d 899 (Tex.Cr.App. 1993) (reversed and dismissed).
"Cross of the Arresting Officer"
Corpus Christie, TX(November 6, 2015) CBCDLA "Four Rules of Jury Decision-Making"
Dallas, Texas (February 19, 2015) Texas DWI Defense Lawyers Association & David Burrows Present "DWI Winning Tactics"
Boerne, Texas (September 25-26, 2014) Texas DWI Defense Lawyers Association "Mastering DWI Defense"
Miami, Florida (July 31 - August 1, 2014) Florida Public Defender Association Building a Better Defense 2014"
Lubbock, Texas (January 9, 2014) Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association "CDLP Presents DWI-Public Defender Training"
Houston, Texas (August 23, 2013) Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association "Top Gun Seminar"
El Paso, Texas (February 27, 2013) Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association "DWI - Public Defender Training"
San Antonio, Texas (November 15-16, 2012) Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association "5th Annual Stuart Kinard Memorial Advanced DWI Seminar"
Austin, Texas (August 16-17, 2012) Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association "10th Annual Top Gun DWI"
San Antonio, Texas (June 7-8, 2012) Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association "25th Annual Rusty Duncan Advanced Criminal Law Course"
(March 2012) Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association & National College for DUI Defense "19th Annual Mastering Scientific Evidence in DUI/DWI Cases"
(February 2012) Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association "Napa Valley Members Trip"
(February, 2012) TCDLA Co-sponsored with National College for DUI Defense "DWI Public Defender Training"
(January, 2012) Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association "CDLP PRESENTS: DWI- PUBLIC DEFENDER TRAINING"
(January 2012) Criminal Defense Lawyers Association "31st Annual Prairie Dog Lawyers Advanced Criminal Law Course"
(December, 2011) Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association "DWI and GAS Chromatography; Defeating the Blood Test Case"
(October 2011) The Ohio Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers "Superstars of Persuasion"
(June 2011) Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association "24th Annual Rusty Duncan Advanced Criminal Law Course"
(April 2011) Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association "4th Annual Stuart Kinard Memorial Advanced DWI Seminar"
(November 2010) Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association "DWI - PUBLIC DEFENDER TRAINING"
(September 10, 2010) Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association "DWI - Public Defender Training Seminar"
(July 26-29, 2010) State Bar of Texas "36th Annual Advanced Criminal Law Course"
(June 3-5, 2010) Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association "23rd Annual Rusty Duncan Advanced Criminal Law Course"
(April 8-10, 2010) Cosponsored by Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association and National College for DUI Defense "17th Annual Mastering Scientific Evidence in DUI/DWI cases"
(November 12-13, 2009) Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association "3rd Annual Stuart Kinard Memorial Advanced DWI Seminar"
(May 13, 2008) Del Rio Chapter Federal Bar Association "Three Wise men"
(November 1-2, 2007) Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association "2nd Annual Stewart Kinard Memorial Advanced DWI Seminar"
(January 4-5, 2007) Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association Association "27th Annual Prairie Dog Lawyers Seminar"
(November 2-3, 2006) Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association "Stewart Kinard Memorial Advanced DWI Seminar"
(November 2-3, 2006) Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association "Advanced DWI Seminar"
(August 18, 2006) Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association "Top Gun DWI Advanced Sobriety Testing and Drug Recognition"
(March 30th - April 1st, 2006) Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association "13th Annual Mastering Scientific Evidence in DWI/DUI Cases"
(November 3-4, 2005) Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association "Advanced DWI Seminar"
(December 17, 2004) Indiana Public Defender Council "Drunk Drivers, Drug Users and Suppression"
(July 8-9, 2004) Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association "Winning DWI Defense"
(June 3-4, 2004) Nebraska Criminal Defense Attorneys Association "Selecting the DUI Jury", "Cross-Examination of the Officer"
(January 23, 2004) Criminal Defense Lawyers Project "DWI Defense"
(October 16-18, 2003) National College for DUI Defense & National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers "DWI Means Defending With Ingenuity"
(January 31, 2003) Criminal Defense Lawyers Project "DWI - The Kitchen Sink"
(January 23-24, 2003) National College for DUI Defense "DWI Defense According to the Code of the West"
(October 5-7, 2002) National College for DUI Defense & National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers "DWI Means Defending With Ingenuity"
(April 24-26, 2002) Louisiana Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers 13th Annual "Law & All That Jazz"
Houston, Texas 77002 Responsible for appellate advocacy (Fall, 1983-84).
Houston, Texas 77004 Responsible for instruction in advanced legal communications (Winter, 1981-1983).
Harris County, Texas Responsible as Grand Jury Commissioner for Grand Juror nominations for the 176th and 338th District Courts.Responsible as a Grand Juror to determine existence of probable cause and make criminal investigations.
Bartow, FL 33830 Responsible for design and coordination of prosecutorial diversion programs, criminal investigation, office efficiency, personal interviewing and grants.
Tampa, FL 33620 In-depth interviews with death row population of Florida State Prison and research on historic and contemporary perspectives of capital punishment.
See 9 Stet. L.R. (1979).
City of Sarasota Police Dept.
Sarasota, FL 33577 Law enforcement, investigation into civil and criminal matters.
Law journal and Winner, A.B.A. National Essay Competition on Medicine and the Law (1979).
Guest speaker at A.B.A. National Convention for the Medicine and Law Committee (Dallas, 1979).
Who's Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges (1980).
President, student chapter, Association of Trial Lawyers of America (1979).
Master of Arts of Criminal Justice (1977) University of South Florida Tampa, Florida Thesis: A Putative Grand Jury Witness' Right to Assistance of Counsel.

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