
BIO

BIO

Campbell,
DeMetrick & Jacobo
155 Sansome Street, Suite 810
San
Francisco, CA
94104-3621
800-334-8242
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Your DUI Defense Team Specializing in Superior, Discreet DUI and Vehicular Homicide Defense Since 1975.
James
Farragher Campbell, is a nationally recognized expert in the law
of DUI and Vehicular Homicide; and he is one of the country's most
successful DUI defense lawyers.
Mr. Campbell
has appeared on Court TV and KGO Radio and is a professional speaker
on criminal law and defense.
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By James Farragher Campbell, ESQ. |
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“Trolling for Winners: Tips and Techniques that Work”; National College for DUI Defense, Waikiki Beach, HI, Jan. 25,2008. |
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“Opening Statement and Direct of Your Client - What to Do and What Not to Do”; University of San Francisco School of Law; November 14, 2007 |
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“Ethical Considering on Witness Grooming”; Lawyering on the Edge, Unpopular Clients, Difficult Cases, Zealous Advocates, Hofstra Law School, New York, October 15, 2007 |
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“The
Fears of the Early Years, Style and Techniques",
National College for DUI Defense, Harvard July 21,2005. |
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“Advanced
Cross Examination”, National College for DUI Defense
Summer Session conducted at Harvard Law School, July 24,
2003. |
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"Defense
Counsel in Mock DUI Trial", Mastering Scientific
Evidence Seminar, Headline Marketing and National College
for DUI Defense, Atlanta, Georgia, April 11 and 12, 2003. |
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"Cross
Examining the Arresting Officer after September 11th",
National College for DUI Defense, Mid Winter Meeting,
San Antonio, Texas January 24, 2003. |
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Accident
Reconstruction, National College for DUI Defense
Summer Program conducted at Harvard Law School, July 25,
2002. |
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"Defending the Vehicular Homicide Case", California Public
Defenders Association, Monterey Seminar, June 2, 2001. |
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"Handling
Vehicular Homicide Cases", New York State Bar Association,
DWI on Trial The Big Apple Seminar, New York City, New
York, May 25, 2001. |
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"Debunking
the States Expert", Arizona Attorneys for Criminal Justice,
Fourteenth Annual Seminar on Aggressive Defense of the
Accused Impaired Driver; Tucson, Arizona, April 28, 2001. |
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"Criminal
Law: Can the Middle-Class Get a Fair Trial?", Legal InCite
Radio, 1220 AM, April 14, 2001. |
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"Know
Your Rights Symposium-DUI and the DMV", Coalition of Concerned
Legal Professionals, San Francisco Public Library, February
7, 2001. |
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"DUI
Updates," Legal InCite Radio, AM 1220, August 12, 2000.
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Moderator,
National College for DUI Defense Summer Program conducted
at Harvard Law School, July 27 through July 29, 2000. |
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"DUI,
The Defense From Start to Finish", Moderator, National
College for DUI Defense, Mid-Year Seminar, Kansas City,
Missouri, December 3, 1999. |
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"Ethics
of the Expert Witness", National Forensic Center, 16th
Annual National Conference of Expert Witnesses, Newport
Beach, California, November 13, 1999. |
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"Sentencing
and Sentencing Alternatives in DUI and Vehicular Homicide
Cases", National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
Seminar, Las Vegas, Nevada, October, 1999. |
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"Developing
Trial Themes: The Great Debate; Let the Defendant Testify
or Not?", National College for DUI Defense, Harvard Law
School, July 24, 1999. |
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"DWI
Demonstrative Evidence", Texas Criminal Trial Lawyers,
Advanced Criminal Law Seminar, Palm Beach, Aruba, July
9, 1999. |
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"When,
Who and How to Hire an Expert to Challenge Chemical Results
or F.S.T.s", 6th Annual Mastering Scientific Evidence
in DUI/DWI Cases, Atlanta, Georgia, April 30, 1999. |
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"Challenging
the Digital Portable Breath Testing Device", The Minnesota
Society for Criminal Justice, Fourteenth National Seminar,
Las Vegas, Nevada, February 12, 1999. |
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"Excluding
the Preliminary Alcohol Screening Test", Criminal Trial
Lawyers Association of Northern California, San Francisco,
California, December 10, 1998. |
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"Motion
Practice in DUI Cases - An Invigorating Influence", National
Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers Seminar, Las Vegas,
Nevada, September, 1998. |
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"Putting
it All Together, the DUI Summation", National College
for DUI Defense, Harvard Law School, July 25, 1998. |
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"DUI
Pretrial Motion Practice," California Public Defenders
Association, San Francisco, June 13, 1998. |
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"Law
& Tactics of the Stop", National College for DUI Defense,
Mesa, Arizona November 8, 1997. |
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"Administration
of the Chemical Test/ 15 Minute Observation Period", National
College for DUI Defense, Harvard Law School, July 25,
1997. |
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"Jury
Selection/Judge Voir Dire", National College for DUI Defense,
Harvard Law School, July 24, 1997. |
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"Effective
Use of the Polygraph in Criminal Cases, "Bar Association
of San Francisco, April 24, 1996. |
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"Developing
a Defense Theme," National College for DUI Defense, Harvard
Law School, July 20, 1995. |
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"Trial
Tactics", Advanced Legal Seminar, Biloxi, Mississippi,
April 28, 1995. |
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"Demonstrative
Evidence, The Magic of Hollywood for Under $100", Minnesota
Society for Criminal Justice, Las Vegas, Nevada, February
4, 1995. |
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"Dont
Forget Your Star Witness: The Cop", Washington Foundation
For Criminal Justice, Featured Speaker, Seattle, Washington,
1994. |
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"Excluding
or Limiting the States Scientific Evidence", Mastering
Scientific Evidence, South Eastern Educational Institute,
Atlanta, Georgia, October, 1994. |
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"Pretrial
Motions", Century City Bar Association, Los Angeles, California,
March, 1994. |
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"Winning By Word-Of-Mouth; How to Examine the Arresting
Officer, Defendant and Other Witnesses"; National Association
of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Annual Meeting, August 1993,
San Francisco, California. |
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"Its
Enough To Drive You To Drink, Cross Examining The States
Chemical Test Expert," Eighth National Seminar, Getting
Tough on DWI: The Defense; Minnesota Society for Criminal
Justice, Las Vegas, Nevada, February, 1993. |
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"Cross
Examining of the Arresting Officer," Seventh National
Seminar; Getting Tough on DWI: the Defense; Minnesota
Society for Criminal Justice, February 29, 1992, Orlando,
Florida. |
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"Cross
Examining the Arresting Officer: Micro Surgery in the
Courtroom," Fifth National Seminar, Minnesota Society
for Criminal Justice, San Antonio, Texas, February, 1990. |
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"Qualifying
and Challenging the Expert Witness," San Francisco Barristers
Club, October, 1986. |
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"Horizontal
Gaze Nystagmus Tests", National Association for Criminal
Defense Lawyers Seminar, Chicago, Illinois, October, 1986. |
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Oregon
Criminal Defense Lawyers Annual Convention, Keynote Speaker,
March, 1985. |
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"Pretrial
and Trial Strategies in the Defense of DUI Cases," North
Dakota Trial Lawyers Association Annual Criminal Defense
Seminar, November, 1985. |
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"Defense
Strategies and Motions in Driving Under the Influence
Cases," Barristers Club of San Francisco, October, 1985. |
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"Fundamentals
of DUI," San Francisco Bar Association, June, 1984. |
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"Polygraph
in Court," California Academy of Polygraph Sciences, August,
1983. |
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"Formal Discovery," San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association,
July, 1980. |
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