Speaking Engagements

Doug Murphy shown presenting at the annual State Bar of Texas Advanced Criminal Law Seminar.  Doug was also the co-moderator of the DWI Section.

Speaking Engagements:

  • August 11, 2023:  Houston, Texas; Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association; Top Gun DWI Defense; Co-course Director.
  • July 24-27, 2023: Houston, Texas; State Bar of Texas Advanced Criminal Law Seminar; DWI Breakout Co-Director & Defending the Alleged Drunk Driver.
  • May 5, 2023: Baltimore, Maryland; Maryland Criminal Defense Lawyer's Association 19th Annual Advanced DUI Defense Seminar; Defeating DRE with Scientific Studies & Common Sense.
  • March 30-31, 2023: New Orleans, Louisiana; National College for DUI Defense and Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, Mastering Scientific Evidence, Using Scientific Studies to Defeat DRE & Co–Course Director.
  • January 13, 2023:  Angleton, Texas; Brazoria County Bar Association, Winning DWI Blood Test Cases.
  • November 3-4, 2022: San Antonio, Texas; Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, Stuart Kinard Memorial Advanced DWI Seminar, Cross Examination of the Blood Analyst.
  • July 19, 2022: Dallas, Texas; State Bar of Texas Advanced Criminal Law Seminar; DWI Breakout Co-Director & Defending the Alleged Drugged Driver.
  • July 14-15, 2022: Chicago, Illinois; National College for DUI Defense, “Persuasive DUI Trial Techniques: The Superstars of DUI”:  Persuasive Breath Test Trial Techniques.
  • June 16-18, 2022: San Antonio, Texas; Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, Annual Rusty Duncan Criminal Law Advanced Course, Fighting DWI Cases During Modern Prohibition.
  • March 24-25, 2022: New Orleans, Louisiana; National College for DUI Defense and Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, Mastering Scientific Evidence, Winning Breath Test Trial Tips & Co–Course Director.
  • October 13-16, 2021: Las Vegas, Nevada: National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and National College for DUI Defense; DWI means Defending With Ingenuity, Top Shelf DUI Defense:  The Law, The Science, The Techniques:  Defeating DRE with Their "Science".
  • March 25-26, 2021: New Orleans, Louisiana; National College for DUI Defense and Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, Mastering Scientific Evidence, Crossing the State's Analyst into Your Expert; Co–Course Director.
  • January 15-16, 2021: Houston, Texas; National College for DUI Defense, 2021 Winter Session, Course Director, "Trying Intoxication Manslaughter & Intoxication Assault Cases:  From Interview to Verdict".
  • November 5-6, 2020: Buffalo, New York: New York State Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers; Superstar DWI Trial Lawyers Seminar; Defeating DRE Evidence.
  • May 15, 2020: New York, New York; New York State Bar Association, Big Apple DUI Seminar; Breath Test Trial Tactics.
  • October 19-21, 2019: Las Vegas, Nevada: National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and National College for DUI Defense; DWI means Defending With Ingenuity, Crossing the State's Breath Test Expert into Your Expert.
  • August 16, 2019: Houston, Texas; Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, Motions to Suppress Evidence.
  • July 17-20, 2019: Cambridge, Massachusetts; National College for DUI Defense, 23rd Anniversary Summer Session conducted at Harvard Law School, Crossing the State's Breath Test Expert into Your Expert.
  • June 14, 2019: San Antonio, Texas; Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, Annual Rusty Duncan Criminal Law Advanced Course, Co-Course Director.
  • June 14, 2019: San Antonio, Texas; Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, Annual Rusty Duncan Criminal Law Advanced Course, Defeating DRE Evidence with Science & Common Sense.
  • April 19, 2019: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; Oklahoma Bar Association, Advanced DUI, Lessons from the National Masters; Drug Recognition Evidence: What the Science & Studies Really Support.
  • April 3-4, 2019: New Orleans, Louisiana; National College for DUI Defense and Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, Mastering Scientific Evidence, Co–Course Director.
  • January 30-February 1, 2019: Houston, Texas; Harris County Criminal Lawyers Association/Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, Standardized Field Sobriety Tests, Participant Course, co-course director.
  • January 18-19, 2019: Hollywood, California; National College for DUI Defense, 2019 Winter Session, 12 Angry Men:  Picking a Jury in a DUI Drug Case.
  • November 1-2, 2018: San Antonio, Texas; Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, Stuart Kinard Memorial Advanced DWI Seminar, Undermining the Intoxilyzer 9000 – Cross Examination of the Breath Test Operator & Technical Supervisor: Reasonable Doubt out of Thin Air.
  • November 1-2, 2018: San Antonio, Texas; Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, Stuart Kinard Memorial Advanced DWI Seminar, Drug Recognition Experts:  How to Defeat Them.
  • October 11-13, 2018: Las Vegas, Nevada: National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and National College for DUI Defense; DWI means Defending With Ingenuity, Defense of Boating While Intoxicated Cases.
  • July 19-21, 2018: Cambridge, Massachusetts; National College for DUI Defense, 22nd Anniversary Summer Session conducted at Harvard Law School, Opening Statements.
  • June 22, 2018: San Antonio, Texas; Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, Annual Rusty Duncan Criminal Law Advanced Course, Kung Fu Tactics in DWI Cases.
  • May 17, 2018: Houston, Texas; Harris County Criminal Lawyers Association, Winning Warriors:  Earning Your Stripes, Courtroom Decorum & Reputation Revelations.
  • May 4, 2018: Dallas, Texas; Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, DWI Defense Project, DWI Cases Involving Drugs.  
  • April 19, 2018: Houston, Texas; Harris County Criminal Lawyers Association & TDWILA, Houston DWI All Stars, Winning DWI Drug Cases-Using the Law and Science.
  • March 22-23, 2018: New Orleans, Louisiana; National College for DUI Defense and Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, Mastering Scientific Evidence, Co–Course Director.
  • February 9, 2018:  Austin, Texas; Austin Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, DRE:  Making the State Taste Their Own Medicine.
  • January 19-20, 2018: Atlanta, Georgia; National College for DUI Defense, 2018 Winter Session, DRE What the Law & Scientific Studies Demonstrate.
  • September 21-22, 2017: San Antonio, Texas; Texas DWI Lawyers; DWI Drugs: What the Law & Scientific Studies Demonstrate.
  • July 20-22, 2017: Cambridge, Massachusetts; National College for DUI Defense, 20th Anniversary Summer Session conducted at Harvard Law School, break out session leader.
  • July 18, 2017: Houston Texas; State Bar of Texas Advanced Criminal Law Seminar; DWI Breakout Co-Director & Drug Recognition Evidence: What the Science & Studies Really Support.
  • May 12, 2017: Atlanta, Georgia, Georgia Institute of Continuing Legal Education, Defense of Drinking Drivers Institute, Drug Recognition Evidence: What the Science & Studies Really Support.
  • May 5, 2017: Dallas, Texas; Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, DWI Defense Project, Cross Examination of the Blood Analyst.
  • April 21, 2017: San Antonio, Texas; San Antonio Criminal Defense lawyers Association / Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association; 54th Annual AA Semaan Criminal Law Institute, How to beat Blood Tests.
  • March 23-24, 2017: New Orleans, Louisiana; National College for DUI Defense and Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, Mastering Scientific Evidence, Co–Course Director.
  • September 22, 2016: Richmond, Texas; Fort Bend County Criminal Lawyers Association, Inside and Out of Breath Testing - Intoxilyzer 9000.
  • September 15-16, 2016: Boerne, Texas; Texas DWI Lawyers, DWI Drugs: Exposing the Truth & Debunking Drug Recognition “Experts” (DRE).
  • July 28-31, 2016: Cambridge, Massachusetts; National College for DUI Defense, Summer Session conducted at Harvard Law School, Voir Dire.
  •  April 15, 2016: Denver, Colorado; Colorado Criminal Defense Bar, Defeating and Debunking Drug Recognition “Evidence.”
  •  March 31-April 2, 2016: New Orleans, Louisiana; National College for DUI Defense and Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, Mastering Scientific Evidence, Co–Course Director.
  • October 23, 2015: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; State of Oklahoma Public Defenders/National College for DUI Defense, DWI for Public Defenders, Persuasive Techniques in Breath Test Cases.
  • July 23-25, 2015: Cambridge, Massachusetts; National College for DUI Defense, 20th Anniversary Summer Session conducted at Harvard Law School, curriculum chairman.
  • July 17, 2015:  Austin, Texas; Lone Star DWI Seminar, Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, Challenging Drug Recognition “Experts”.
  • March 26-28, 2015: New Orleans, Louisiana; National College for DUI Defense and Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, Mastering Scientific Evidence, co-course director.
  • February 19, 2015: Dallas, Texas; Texas DWI Defense Lawyers Association, David Burrows Presents:  The Art of DWI Defense, Cross Exam of the State's Blood Expert.
  • February 6, 2015:  Casper, Wyoming; State of Wyoming Public Defenders Office / National College for DUI Defense, DWI for Public Defenders, Breath Test Trial Tactics.
  • February 6, 2015:  Casper, Wyoming; State of Wyoming Public Defenders Office / National College for DUI Defense, DWI for Public Defenders, Combating Drug Recognition Evidence.
  • December 4, 2014: Livingston, Texas; Polk County Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, Defending Boating While Intoxicated & DWI Case Law Update.
  • October 16-17, 2014: Chattanooga, Tennessee; Tennessee Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Annual DUI Seminar and Training, Challenging Drug Recognition Evidence.
  • August 22, 2014: Houston, Texas; Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, Top Gun DWI Defense, Boating While Intoxicated Cases.
  • August 8, 2014: Baton Rouge, Louisiana; Louisiana Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, Excluding and Neutralizing Experts.
  • July 24-26, 2014: Cambridge, Massachusetts; National College for DUI Defense, Summer Session conducted at Harvard Law School.
  • May 28, 2014: Houston, Texas; Harris County Criminal Lawyers Association, Trial Tactics on Defending DWI Cases.
  • April 24-25, 2014: New Orleans, Louisiana; Louisiana Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, Law and All that Jazz Seminar, Attacking Drug Recognition “Expert” Evidence.
  • March 20-22, 2014: New Orleans, Louisiana; National College for DUI Defense and Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, Mastering Scientific Evidence, co-course director.
  • February 13, 2014: Dallas, Texas; National College for DUI Defense and Criminal Defense Lawyers Project, DWI for Public Defenders, How to Exclude or Neutralize Experts.
  • January 23-24, 2014: San Diego, California; National College for DUI Defense, 2014 Winter Session, Defending Boating While Intoxicated Cases.
  • January 16, 2014: El Paso, Texas; National College for DUI Defense and Criminal Defense Lawyers Project, DWI for Public Defenders, How to Exclude or Neutralize Experts.
  • January 9, 2014: Lubbock, Texas; National College for DUI Defense and Criminal Defense Lawyers Project, DWI for Public Defenders, Breath Test Trial Tactics.
  • November 15, 2013: Edinburg, Texas; National College for DUI Defense and Criminal Defense Lawyers Project, DWI for Public Defenders, How to Exclude or Neutralize Experts.
  • November 7-8, 2013: San Antonio, Texas; Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, Stuart Kinard Memorial Advanced DWI Seminar, Co-Course Director.
  • October 17-18, 2013: Houston, Texas; Harris County Criminal Lawyers Association, Training Day: Criminal Law 101: How to Exclude and Neutralize Experts.
  • October 3-5, 2013: Las Vegas, Nevada: National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and National College for DUI Defense; DWI means Defending With Ingenuity, Breath Test Trial Tactics.
  • August 23, 2013: Houston, Texas; Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, Top Gun DWI Defense, Voir Dire.
  • July 25-27, 2013: Cambridge, Massachusetts; National College for DUI Defense, Summer Session conducted at Harvard Law School, Breakout Sessions.
  • June 13-15, 2013: San Antonio, Texas; Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, 26th Annual Rusty Duncan Criminal Law Advanced Course, How to beat Blood Tests.
  • May 30-31, 2013: Houston, Texas; Harris County Criminal Lawyers Association, How to Exclude and Neutralize Experts.
  • March 21-23, 2013: New Orleans, Louisiana; National College for DUI Defense and Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, Mastering Scientific Evidence, co-course director.
  • March 7-8, 2013: Denver, Colorado: Denver Public Defender's Office & National College for DUI Defense; Challenging Drug Recognition “Evidence”.
  • February 27, 2013: El Paso, Texas; National College for DUI Defense and Criminal Defense Lawyers Project, DWI for Public Defenders, Voir Dire.
  • February 14, 2013: Dallas, Texas; National College for DUI Defense and Criminal Defense Lawyers Project, DWI for Public Defenders, Voir Dire.
  • January 24-25, 2013: Scottsdale, Arizona; National College for DUI Defense, 2013 Winter Session, Voir Dire Demonstration.
  • November 30, 2012: Edinburg, Texas; National College for DUI Defense and Criminal Defense Lawyers Project, DWI for Public Defenders, Voir Dire.
  • November 15-16, 2012: San Antonio, Texas; Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, Stuart Kinard Memorial Advanced DWI Seminar, Co-Course Director.
  • November 9, 2012: Austin, Texas: Austin Criminal Defense Lawyers Association; The Constitutional Right to a Fair Trial Contemplates an Unfair Trial.
  • October 18-20, 2012: Las Vegas, Nevada: National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and National College for DUI Defense; DWI means Defending With Ingenuity.
  • July 26-28, 2012: Cambridge, Massachusetts; National College for DUI Defense, Summer Session conducted at Harvard Law School, Opening Statements & Voir Dire Breakout Sessions.
  • June 22, 2012: Omaha, Nebraska; Nebraska Criminal Defense Lawyers Association; Successful DWI Defense, Challenging Drug Recognition Evaluations.
  • June 7-9, 2012: San Antonio, Texas; Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, 25th Annual Rusty Duncan Criminal Law Advanced Course, Co-Course Director.
  • May 4-5, 2012: Tucson, Arizona; State Bar of Arizona Advanced Criminal Law Seminar, Voir Dire.
  • May 3-4, 2012: Arlington, Texas; Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, DWI Defense Project, Voir Dire.
  • March 22-24, 2012: New Orleans, Louisiana; National College for DUI Defense and Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, Mastering Scientific Evidence, Challenging Drug Recognition Evidence.
  • February 9, 2012: Dallas, Texas; National College for DUI Defense and Criminal Defense Lawyers Project, DWI for Public Defenders, Rules of Evidence and Cross Examination.
  • January 27, 2012: El Paso, Texas; National College for DUI Defense and Criminal Defense Lawyers Project, DWI for Public Defenders, Rules of Evidence and Cross Examination.
  • November 16, 2011: Edinburg, Texas; National College for DUI Defense and Criminal Defense Lawyers Project, DWI for Public Defenders, Rules of Evidence and Cross Examination.
  • October 13-14, 2011: San Antonio, Texas; Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, Stuart Kinard Memorial Advanced DWI Seminar, Co-Course Director.
  • September 9, 2011: Galveston, Texas; Criminal Defense Lawyers Project, Winning Trial Tactics, Attacking Drug Recognition Evaluations.
  • July 28-30, 2011: Cambridge, Massachusetts; National College for DUI Defense, Summer Session conducted at Harvard Law School, Voir Dire.
  • July 18-22, 2011: Houston Texas; State Bar of Texas Advanced Criminal Law Seminar; Challenging Breath Tests.
  • May 5, 2011: New York, New York; New York State Bar Association, DWI on Trial – The Big Apple XI Seminar, Voir Dire.
  • April 14-16, 2011: New Orleans, Louisiana; National College for DUI Defense and Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, Mastering Scientific Evidence, Lead Defense Counsel in a Blood Test Case Trial.
  • April 8, 2011: Waco, Texas; Criminal Defense Lawyers Project, Trial Tactics – Art of War, Challenging Breath Tests.
  • March 3-4, 2011: Houston, Texas; Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, Cross-Examination Seminar, Co-Course Director.
  • January 20-21, 2011: Mazatlan, Mexico: National College for DUI Defense, Winter Session, 10 Silver Bullets for DWI Defense.
  • December 13, 2010; Seattle, Washington, Washington Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, Voir Dire.
  • November 18-19, 2010: San Antonio, Texas, Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, Stuart Kinard Memorial Advanced DWI Seminar, Persuasive Breath Testing Bullets.
  • November 4, 2010: Amarillo, Texas: Amarillo Criminal Lawyers Association, Law on DWI.
  • October 15-16, 2010: Las Vegas, Nevada: National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and National College for DUI Defense; DWI means Defending With Ingenuity.
  • September 17, 2010: El Paso, Texas, National College for DUI Defense and Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, El Paso Public Defenders, DWI Defense Practice Tips.
  • September 10, 2010: Beaumont, Texas, Jefferson County Bar Association – Criminal Section, DWI Defense CLE, Reasonable Suspicion.
  • July 29-31, 2010: Cambridge, Massachusetts: National College for DUI Defense, Summer Session conducted at Harvard Law School, Closing Arguments.
  • July 22, 2010: Richmond, Texas: Fort Bend County Criminal Lawyers Association, Controlling the Courtroom with the Rules of Evidence.
  • May 7, 2010: Dallas, Texas, Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, DWI Defense Project – Obtaining Not Guilty Verdicts by Enforcing the Law, Co-Course Director, Encounters, Reasonable Suspicion & Terry Stops.
  • April 8-10, 2010: New Orleans, Louisiana, National College for DUI Defense and Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, Mastering Scientific Evidence.
  • January 5, 2010: Dallas, Texas, National College for DUI Defense and Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, Dallas Public Defenders, DWI Defense Practice Tips.
  • November 12-13, 2009: San Antonio, Texas, Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, Stuart Kinard Memorial Advanced DWI Seminar, Blood Search Warrants.
  • July 16-19, 2009: Cambridge, Massachusetts: National College for DUI Defense, Summer Session conducted at Harvard Law School.
  • April 16-18, 2009: New Orleans, Louisiana, National College for DUI Defense and Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, Mastering Scientific Evidence.
  • March 5-6, 2009: Columbus, Ohio, Ohio Criminal Defense Lawyer's Association, Trying a Breath Test Case Like the Pros Do.
  • December 11-12, 2008: Atlanta, Georgia, Georgia Institute of Continuing Legal Education, Defense of Drinking Drivers Institute, Shooting Down the Drug Recognition Program.
  • October 24, 2008: Rutland, Vermont, Vermont Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, DWI Seminar, Challenging Drug Recognition “Experts”.
  • August 15, 2008: Houston, Texas, Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, 6th Annual Top Gun DWI Seminar: An Accident/No Test Trial - From Start to Finish, Effective Use of Experts.
  • October 2 – 4, 2008: San Antonio, Texas, Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, Stuart Kinard Memorial Advanced DWI Seminar, Challenging Drug Recognition “Expert” Evidence.
  • June 26 – 28, 2008: San Antonio, Texas, Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, 21st Annual Rusty Duncan Criminal Law Advanced Course, Challenging Drug Recognition “Experts”.
  • March 27 – March 30, 2008: Dallas, Texas, National College for DUI Defense and Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, Mastering Scientific Evidence, Challenging Drug Recognition “Experts”.
  • November 2 – 3, 2007: San Antonio, Texas, Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, Stuart Kinard Memorial Advanced DWI Seminar, Challenging Drug Recognition “Expert” Evidence.
  • September 13 – 14, 2007: Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Louisiana Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, DWI Seminar, Attacking Drug Recognition “Expert” Evidence.
  • November 2, 2006: San Antonio, Texas, Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, Advanced DWI Seminar, Administrative License Revocation Hearings.
  • August 25, 2006: Sherman, Texas, Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, DWI Seminar, co-course director.
  • March 30 – April 1, 2006: Dallas, Texas, Mastering Scientific Evidence, National College for DUI Defense and Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association.
  • November 3 – 4, 2005: San Antonio, Texas, Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, Advanced DWI Seminar, Evidence in a DWI Case: Objections and Proffers.
  • July, 2005: Houston, Texas, Top Gun DWI Seminar, Rules of Evidence in a DWI Case.
  • November, 2004: Murphy, Doug, DWI Defense, State Bar of Texas, TYLA Ten Minute Mentor video program.
  • July 2, 2004: Tyler, Texas: Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, DWI Seminar, 10 Silver Bullets for a DWI Case.
  • May, 2004: Nacogdoches, Texas: Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, Criminal Defense Lawyers Project, 10 Silver Bullets for a DWI Case.
  • April 30, 2004: Sugar Land, Texas: Criminal Defense Lawyers Project; A Day in the Life of a Criminal Defense Lawyer, Texas Rules of Evidence.
  • March 19, 2004: San Antonio, Texas: Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, DWI Defense, Rules of Evidence in a DWI Case.
  • January 23, 2004: Port Aransas, Texas: Criminal Defense Lawyers Project; A Day in the Life of a Criminal Defense Lawyer, DWI Evidence.
  • October 17, 2003: Beaumont, Texas: Criminal Defense Lawyers Project; A Day in the Life of a Criminal Defense Lawyer, DWI Evidence.
  • July 23-26, 2003: Cambridge, Massachusetts: National College for DUI Defense, Summer Session conducted at Harvard Law School ; Evidence in a DWI Case: Objections and Proffers.
  • May 9, 2003: Dallas, Texas: Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association DWI Seminar; Administrative License Revocations.
  • January 31, 2003: Amarillo, Texas: Criminal Defense Lawyers Project; A Day in the Life of a Criminal Defense Lawyer, Administrative License Revocations.
  • June 30 - July 7, 2001: Tambor, Puntarenas, Costa Rica: Advanced Criminal Law Seminar, Driver's License Administrative Revocations in Drunk Driving Cases.

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