Lawrence E. Taylor
A former Marine and graduate of the University of California at Berkeley (1966) and the UCLA School of Law (1969), Lawrence Eric Taylor served as deputy public defender and deputy district attorney in Los Angeles before entering private practice. He was the trial judge's legal advisor in People vs Charles Manson, was Supreme Court counsel in the Onion Field murder case and was retained by the Attorney General of Montana as an independent Special Prosecutor to conduct a one-year grand jury probe of governmental corruption.
Turning to teaching, Mr. Taylor served on the faculty of Gonzaga University School of Law, where he was voted Professor of the Year, was invited to be Visiting Professor at Pepperdine University Law School, and was finally appointed Fulbright Professor of Law at Osaka University in Japan.
With over 33 years of experience, Lawrence Taylor is the author of over thirty articles and 13 books, including the standard text on DUI / DWI litigation, Drunk Driving Defense, 6th edition (N.Y.: Aspen Law and Business) and California Drunk Driving Defense, 3rd edition (St. Paul, MN: West Publishing). He is one of only 4 DUI attorneys in California who is Board-certified as a DUI defense specialist.
Over the past twenty-five years Mr. Taylor has proven a popular lecturer on DUI trial techniques and constitutional issues at over 200 CLE seminars in 38 states, including those sponsored by the American Bar Association, Association of Trial Lawyers of America, National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and numerous state bar associations including the California State Bar. He was one of the original thirteen founders of the National College for DUI Defense, served on the Board of Regents and was elected Dean for 1995-1996. On July 25, 2002, at Harvard Law School, Mr. Taylor was presented with the National College's Richard Erwin Lifetime Achievement Award.
Since graduating from the University of Tennessee Law School in 1980, Mr. Oberman has established himself nationally as an authority on the intricacies of DUI law. Early in his practice, Mr. Oberman developed an extensive knowledge of defending those charged with the crime of driving under the influence. This knowledge, combined with his background in the sciences, gave Mr. Oberman a unique perspective in defending those accused of DUI. As a Tennessee DUI attorney, Mr. Oberman has successfully represented over two thousand clients charged with DUI. In 2006, Mr. Oberman became the first DUI lawyer in Tennessee to be recognized by the Tennessee Commission on Continuing Legal Education and Specialization as a certified specialist in the area of DUI Defense law.
Mr. Oberman has handled cases from the General Sessions Court all the way to the Tennessee Supreme Court. In 2008, Mr. Oberman argued a DUI case before the Tennessee Supreme Court. The Court unanimously agreed with Mr. Oberman's legal analysis and dismissed the case. Mr. Oberman has been an adjunct professor at the University of Tennessee Law School since 1993 and has received prestigious awards for his faculty contributions. Mr. Oberman maintains the highest rating from the renown Martindale-Hubbell™ rating system. He has been chair or co-chair of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers' DUI Committee since 1995.
Tennessee DUI lawyer Steve Oberman is a popular speaker at seminars throughout the United States on various topics relating to DUI defense. His audiences have included seminar attendees of the National College for DUI Defense, Inc., the American Bar Association, and the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. Mr. Oberman has spoken to various bar associations and organizations in more than fifteen states in addition to Tennessee, and a Court Clerks Meeting in Cambridge, England.
Mr. Oberman not only educates defense lawyers and the judiciary, but also the prosecution, having lectured in training seminars for The Great Smoky Mountain National Park Rangers, and for the Tennessee District Attorney Generals Conference. He has also had the honor of lecturing at the FBI Academy in Quantico, VA on the topic of courtroom testimony. Furthermore, Mr. Oberman was the only private practitioner in the country to participate in a NHTSA sponsored symposium of the Feasibility of Per Se Laws for Drugged Driving which was held in Washington, D.C.
He is a graduate of the DUI and Traffic Safety Faculty Development Workshop, developed by NHTSA and taught at the National Judicial College in Reno, Nevada. He is periodically designated as Special Judge for the Knox County, Tennessee Sessions Court. Mr. Oberman's practice, however, is not limited to DUI defense. He handles other types of cases as well.
