Awards

Additional Accolades about Mr. Head:

William C. (Bubba) Head was named the National College for DUI Defense’s 2003-2004 “National DUI Lawyer of the Year” at Harvard University School of Law in July, 2003.

Mr. Head has authored three books, including "The Georgia DUI Trial Practice Manual" (West Publishing Copyright 1996-2010). Mr. Head also holds "Life Member" status in the NACDL, GACDL, and SCACDL. Mr. Head started www.DrunkDrivingDefense.com [Internet Directory of Top DUI/DWI attorneys across the USA] in 1995. It is the Number One web site for DUI trial lawyers in America. His 12-attorney firm {Head, Thomas, Webb & Willis} is America’s largest DUI law firm.

"{Mr. Head} is very skilled at what he does. If results matter to you, that's the man you are going for." Stan Kasten, Former President, Atlanta Braves [Broadcast on 680 The Fan WCNN Radio, September 30,2004] - Reference: 680thefan.com

"Rafael Furcal came to court with arguably the best DUI lawyer in the State." Lynn Harasin, WSB-TV, Channel 2 News, October 6, 2004 - Reference

"The Best DUI Lawyer in America." Former Dean Gary Trichter of the National College for DUI Defense, Inc., when presenting Mr. Head a special trophy from the Board of Regents, July 23, 2003, Harvard University School of Law. - Reference: ncdd.com

E-mail to William C. Head at 3:02 PM on July 15, 2007:

"I had the great pleasure of reading your book [The DUI Book] over the weekend and all I can say is WOW!

I had no idea there was such history on legislation, testing devices, and procedures. This book has really given me hope by providing details of the court process and how to be productive. Thank you again for the book and I can’t thank you enough for all you are doing for me to protect my rights and freedom!"

Warm Regards,

J D

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Named in July, 2003 as the "National DUI Lawyer of the Year" by the National College for DUI Defense, Inc. This is the first and only such award ever given to an attorney by the national organization.
Co-author (with Reese I. Joye, Jr.) of 101 Ways to Avoid a Drunk Driving Conviction, published by Maximar Publishing Company, Inc. of Atlanta, GA. Copyright 1991.
Author of DUI Trial Tactics (Seminar materials, 78 pg.) for Georgia Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Copyright 1992.
Co-author (with Reese I. Joye, Jr.) of seminar materials (228 pages) and speaker for DUI/DWI Workshop, 1992 ATLA National Convention, Washington, DC.
Speaker, 49th Annual Melvin Belli Conference, Washington, DC, 1992.
Program Chairman and Speaker, ICLE of Georgia's "Defense of Drinking Drivers" Seminar, December 1992.
Co-author (with Bentley C. Adams) of DUI Update (seminar materials, 50 pg.) for Georgia Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, January, 1993.
Presenter on Motion Practice in DUI/DWI Cases at the "DWI National Seminar", Las Vegas, Nevada (sponsored by the Minnesota Society for Criminal Justice, February 1993).
Author, Five Myths About Defending Accused Drunk Drivers, vol. 29, No. 3, p. 64, Trial Magazine (Publication of American Trial Lawyers Association); March, 1993.
Author, Handling License Revocations and Suspensions in Georgia, published by Headlines Marketing Corporation, Copyright 1993.
Program Chairman and Speaker, ICLE of Georgia's "Handling License Revocations and Suspensions in Georgia" Seminar, April, 1993.
Speaker, "ICLE Practical Criminal Practice Seminar", May 6, 1993; topic: Recent Developments in DUI Law.
1993 ATLA National Convention, Speaker and co-author of 280-page materials for DUI/DWI Workshop; Speaker on "The Importance of Networking in Personal Injury Cases", 50th Annual Melvin Belli Conference, San Francisco, CA 1993.
Speaker and Co-author of materials for ICJE-Georgia, State Court Judges' Conference, Amicalola Falls, GA, October 22, 1993.
Co-author (with Reese I. Joye, Jr.) of program materials and speaker at the Mississippi Trial Lawyers Association's Criminal Law Seminar titled "DUI/DWI Workshop"; October 29, 1993.
Program chairman, Editor and Co-author for "Defense of Drinking Drivers Institute", ICLE-Georgia, December 9th and 10th, 1993.
Speaker and co-author (with Ural D.L. Glanville) at January 19, 1994 Georgia ICJE Conference for Superior Court Judges' Conference, Athens, Georgia.
Program Chairman and Speaker, "DUI Defense", Nashville, TN, April 22, 1994
Program Workshop and Materials, The ABC's of DUI, Young Lawyers Section, State Bar of Georgia, May 24, 1994
Seminar Workshop, Georgia Trial Lawyers Association, "Bring Your Files: DUI Cases", July 15, 1994
Sponsor and Attendee, "NHTSA Standardized Field Sobriety Test Certified Course", Atlanta, GA, July 29-30, 1994
Program Chairman, Editor of Materials and Panelist, "Mastering Scientific Evidence in DUI/DWI Cases", Atlanta, GA, Southeastern Educational Institute, October 14, 1994
Speaker, "DUI Update", Georgia Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Unicoi, GA, November 5, 1994
Host and Contributing Participant, "NHTSA Standardized Field Sobriety Test Certified Course", Atlanta, GA, December 15-17, 1994
Speaker,"Defense of Drinking Drivers in Alabama", Birmingham, AL, December 16, 1994
Speaker, "New Developments in DUI Accusations", Georgia Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Atlanta, GA, January 13, 1995
Presenter on the Intoximeter 3000 at the DWI National Seminar in Las Vegas, NV (sponsored by the Minnesota Society for Criminal Justice, February 1995)
Speaker (Intoxilyzer 5000) and Panelist (Ethics), "Defense of Drinking Drivers" Seminar, ICLE-Georgia, February 24, 1995, Atlanta, GA
Program Chairman and Speaker, "Mastering Scientific Evidence in DUI/DWI Cases" Seminar, Biloxi, MS, April 27 - 28, 1995
Speaker and Program Chairman, Georgia DUI Update, GACDL, June 2, 1995, Atlanta, GA.
Speaker, "DUI/DWI Workshop", ATLA National Convention, New York, NY, July 18, 1995
Speaker (three separate presentations) "National College for DUI Defense", Harvard University, Boston, MA, July 20-22, 1995
Wrote the 1995 update to Chapter ("Behind the Wheel") for high school text, An Introduction to Law in Georgia, for the Carl Vinson Institute of Government, University of Georgia
Interviewed for WSB-TV Channel 2 (Atlanta) news story about the reduction in number of DUI convictions in Georgia, aired July 21, 1995
Feature Story, Front Page of Atlanta Constitution, July 21, 1995
Host and Contributing Participant, "NHTSA Standardized Field Sobriety Test Certified Course", Atlanta, GA, August 18-20, 1995; September 19, 1995
Speaker for Cobb County Trial Lawyers' Association on DUI Law
Subject of Gwinnett County jury trial (pre-trial motions) filming and 3-part special report by John Pruitt for WSB-TV Channel 2 (Atlanta) news concerning the inability of the State of Georgia to get Intoxilyzer 5000 breath test evidence admitted into evidence at trial of a 0.293 BrAC/accident case, which aired on October 9-11, 1995
Interviewed for special report on drunk driving by CBN (Christian Broadcast Network, which aired October 20, 1995)
WPBS Radio interview (live) about DUI law, October 12, 1995
Speaker, Atlanta Bar Association, "How to Use Publicity to Your Advantage", November 2, 1995
Multi-City Tour on "Advanced DUI Trial Tactics", November 3 to December 8, 1995 (Chicago, San Francisco, Atlantic City, Orlando and Dallas) and Speaker on 1 to 3 subjects at each site.
Program Chairman and Host, "Georgia DUI Defense Trial Practice" Seminar, January 26, 1996.
Author, The Georgia DUI Trial Practice Manual, published by Thomson-West Publishing, 3rd Edition, ©2004

In addition to seminars for attorneys, Mr. Head has been a guest speaker or interview subject on the topic of defending the drinking driver for more than 50 radio and television programs, from California to Massachusetts to Florida. He has been quoted on the subject of DUI law in newspapers and other publications around the country, including USA Today, Lawyers Weekly USA, the National Law Journal, the Charlotte Observer, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Macon Telegraph and The Fulton County Daily Report. He has consulted with ABC News for a segment for "Day One" in 1995, and has assisted "Prime Time Live" with another story in 1995. He has also been invited to speak to the Georgia General Assembly's House Judiciary Committee on the subject of DUI law. Mr. Head serves on the DWI Journal Editorial Board, the Georgia Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers Legislative Committee, and the GACDL Watchdog Committee (to monitor proposed changes in Georgia's breath testing program).

Member of the following organizations:

Former Regent and co-founder of the National College for DUI Defense, Inc.
Life Member, National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
Life Member, Georgia Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
Founding Member and Benefactor, South Carolina Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
American Trial Lawyers Association
American Bar Association
Founder and member of Georgia D.O.D.D. (Defense of Drinking Drivers), a statewide [GA] network of dedicated DUI defense attorneys
Joye-Cole-Huff Group (South Carolina DUI "think tank")
Mentor, 1000 Lawyers for Justice (pro bono legal assistance to incarcerated indigents)
Atlanta Bar Association
Gate City Bar Association
Gwinnett County Bar Association
Board of Directors, The Georgia Innocence Project
Editorial Board, The DWI Journal, Fanwood, NJ

Mr. Head has been named to the following lists:

Who's Who in the World
Who's Who in American Law
Who's Who in the South and Southwest
Who's Who in Business and Industry
Who's Who in America
Order of Barristers

Mr. Head is presently published in the following:

Chapter on "Georgia DUI Law and Other Serious Driving Offenses" for the Georgia Jurisprudence multi-volume set of Lawyers Cooperative Publishing Company's (© 1995 Rochester, NY).
Chapter in Medicolegal Aspects of Alcohol Determination (Fourth Edition © 2003) on "Defending the DUI Driver", Lawyers & Judges Publishing Company, Tucson, AZ, (James C. Garriott, Editor).

"William C. Head, is an Atlanta lawyer who is one of the nation's leading defense lawyers specializing in impaired-driving cases."

---New York Times, March 8, 2006, story by Stephanie Saul regarding DUI-drugs

Mr. Head has been named to Law & Politics Magazine’s SuperLawyers list for the past several years in the field of Criminal Law. This award is one of over a dozen Mr. Head has received in the past decade, including being named as America’s Best DUI Lawyer by Texas DWI attorney Gary Trichter, Dean of the National College of DUI Defense in July 2003.

Named Georgia’s Best DUI Attorney by Georgia Trend Magazine

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