Felipe Plascencia, Attorney at Law
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS:
American Association of DUI Trial Lawyers,
Vice-President
Criminal Courts Bar Association,
Board Member
California DUI Lawyers Association,
Board Member and Specialist Member
Mexican American Bar Association,
Board Member
International Association of Chemical Testing,
Member
Los Angeles County Bar Association,
Member and Speaker
National College for DUI Defense,
Member and Speaker
SEMINAR PRESENTATIONS
California Public Defenders Association
DUI Seminar, Monterey CA, 2002 and 2005
Courtroom Evidence, Sacramento 2004
Trial Skills Institute, San Diego 2004 and 2005
Mexican American Bar Association 2003
Loyola Law School, MABA DUI Seminar 2004 and 2005
National College for DUI Defense, 2004
Wisconsin DUI Trial Layers, 4th Annual DUI seminar 2004
Oklahoma DUI Defense Seminar 2004
Lorhman DUI Seminars
Irvine, CA 2004
San Diego, CA 2004
Pasadena, CA 2004 and 2005
BREATH TESTING MACHINES
Data Master cdm breath machine. In November 2003, Mr. Plascencia was certified on Basic Science of Evidential Breath Alcohol Testing by the manufacturer of breath testing instruments in Mansfield, Ohio.
He was certified in the theory of science of evidential alcohol testing, including alcohol and human physiology, practical issues, theory and operation of infrared breath alcohol testing, field and laboratory applications.
He is the only lawyer in the country who owns and possesses the Sample Chamber of the Breath Testing Instruments used by the LA County and Orange County Sheriffs Crime Labs.
He was deemed competent to operate, perform essential diagnostic verifications and calibration of breath testing instruments such as the Data Master cdm (the breath machine used by Orange County and LA County Crime Labs.
He is one of three lawyers in California who is certified to operate and calibrate and administeredthe Alco Sensor IV Preliminary AlcoholScreening device Portable Breath Machine (PAS). He owns two instruments.
FIELD SOBRIETY TESTS
Hewas NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION (NHTSA) certified in standardized field sobriety tests in the student course in May 2000 in Dallas, Texas, and was NHTSA–certified as a field sobriety instructor in December 2000 in Nashville, Tennessee.
FORENSIC ALCOHOL EXPERTISE
He holds two certificates of completion for the Robert F. Borkenstein Course on “Alcohol, Drugs, and Highway Safety: Testing, Research, and Litigation” based out of Indiana University at Bloomington, one in December 2001, and one in May 2003. This course is taught by the top forensic alcohol scientists in the world such as Dr. Jones, Dr Dubowski and Dr. Forney.
He is the only lawyer in the country to receive two certificates from Indiana University and is certifedas a drug recognition expert (DRE).
He is the only lawyer in Calfironia who is a member of the International Association for Chemical Testing (IACT). He is a board member of the Los Angeles Criminal Courts Bar Association, California DUI Lawyers Association and the Mexican American Bar Association. He frequently lectures through out California at the California Public Defenders Association’s seminars.
He is the only lawyer in California to be invited to lecturefive timesat Loyola Law School forthe Mexican American Bar Association's annual DUI seminars. He is repeatedly invited to lecture at the California DUI Lawyers Association and the National College for DUI Defense.