Follow Me on Twitter
DWI Dude Blog
DWI Dude Facebook
Jamie Balagia is the DWI DUDE and handles criminal cases from Austin to San Antonio and all surrounding areas.
Jamie attended and successfully passed the very rigorous proficiency based training in Atlanta at the 2008 Forensic Blood and Urine Seminar where the world’s foremost experts like Dr. Fran Gengo, Dr. Albert Staubus, Dr. A.W. Jones, Dr. Joseph Citron and Ron Moore lectured for over forty-six (46) hours on a host of subjects including:
- Hospital blood testing,
- Legal blood alcohol testing,
- Urinalysis testing,
- Crime lab errors,
- Hospital lab errors,
- Pre-collection errors, collection errors, analysis errors,
- Solid dose sample drug analysis,
- Hospital blood analysis for ETOH and drugs, ELISA, FPIA, CEDIA, KIMS, RIA, EMIT, Vacu-Elute,
- Headspace Gas Chromatography, Liquid Gas Chromatography, Thin-layer Chromatography, GC-FTIR, Mass Spectrometry,
- Photo-eclectic analysis,
- Chain of custody, storage, transportation and delivery related issues,
- Pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics,
- Post-mortem analysis,
- Intake, absorption, distribution, metabolism and excretion (elimination) of alcohol and drugs,
- Endogenous versus exogenous alcohol production,
- Medical conditions that mimic intoxication,
- Elimination kinetics (half lives, Michaelis-Menten kinetics), and various analytical laboratory issues.
Jamie owns and maintains the Intoxilyzer 5000 68EN breath testing machine that is used in the State of Texas for breath testing in DWI cases.
This machine helps Jamie to prepare and experiment with various defenses associated with cases in which his clients provide a breath test. It is effective for cases in which clients refuse to blow as well as when they try to blow but are deemed to have refused by the arresting officer.
Jamie also owns several of the hand-held alcohol detection devices that are used by law enforcement officers throughout Texas and the Nation. He is qualified as a practitioner and instructor of the Standardized Field Sobriety Tests and have taught the class to law enforcement personnel, private investigators and criminal defense attorneys. Lastly, Jamie is a trained and certified Phlebotomist. A phlebotomist is an individual trained to draw blood for laboratory tests. The State may have drawn your blood for their case against you.
The DWI Dude is trained to handle your case and stay one step ahead of the dark side!
I am dedicated to the zealous defense of my fellow citizens who are accused of DWI, DUI, or other alcohol related matters and drug offenses. I have developed close relationships with a variety of DWI Associated Professionals that assist in the defense of those charged with DWI. These Professionals are experts in the fields of: Standardized Field Sobriety Testing; Breath Test Devices; Blood Draw Analysis (phlebotomy); Urine Analysis; Hair Follicle Analysis; Pulmonary issues; Podiatry (balance and walking) issues; Radio Frequency Interference issues; Video and Audio Analysis; Drug Analysis; Laboratory Quality Assurance issues; Vehicular Safety issues; Accident Reconstruction Experts; Pharmacology; Toxicology; Police Procedure; Private Investigations, Adult Probation, Parole matters and many others.
Seminars/Certifications
There are a variety of seminars offered throughout the United States in the DWI field and I have attended the following seminars:
- DWI Seminar, Ohio 2011
- DUI / DUID Defense School, Keystone, CO 2011
- Forensic Blood and Urine Analysis Seminar 2009, San Diego
- Vision Science Perspectives: Horizontal Gaze Nystagmus 2009
- David Burrows Presents the DWI Innocence Project 2007 & 2009; Dallas
- How to Try A DWI in Bexar County August 2007 & 2009
- DWI Defense: 20 Ways to Beat the Breath Test and Win Your Case March 2007
- Intoxilyzer Breath Alcohol Testing for Lawyers October 2006
- National College for DUI Defense Winter Session 2003 through 2009
- Annual Mastering Scientific Evidence in DWI/DUI Cases 2004 to 2007
- SFST Instructor Certification Course 2006
- National College of DUI Defense Las Vegas Seminars 2003, 2004 & 2006
- National College DUI Defense Cambridge Seminar 2004 to 2009
- Texas DWI Top Gun Seminars Speaker 2003 & 2009, Speaker 2008
- Texas Criminal Defense Lawyer’s Association DWI Trials 2000 through 2002
- Advanced DWI Seminar 2005 to 2009
- DWI Primer 2005
- Phlebotomy Workshop 2005
- NHTSA Certification Course 2006
- NCDD Las Vegas Seminars 2003, 2004 & 2006
- The Legal Rights and Responsibilities of the First Amendment
- Mock Trial Presentation, Mock Trial Demonstration
- Participant, Defense Attorney, TRAVIS BALLROOM 2007
I have earned the highest levels of certifications in the following areas:
- Intoxilyzer 5000 Instruction
- Intoxilyzer 5000 Maintenance and Repair
- SFST Instructor Courses
- SFST Practitioner Courses
- Drug Recognition Evaluation Program (DRE)
- Phlebotomy
I have been involved as a Guest Instructor in the following courses:
- SFST Panel Member for DWI Seminar, Ohio - March 2011
- San Antonio, Texas SFST Practitioner Course - March 2004
- Defense Attorneys and Law Enforcement Personnel
- Boerne, Texas SFST Practitioner Course - May 2005
- Defense Attorneys and Private Investigators
- Boerne, Texas Intoxilyzer 5000 and SFST Refresher Course - May 2006
- Defense Attorneys and Private Investigators
- Houston, Texas Top Gun DWI - A Breath Test Trial: Start to Finish - August 2007
- San Antonio, Texas SFST Practitioner Course – March 2004
- Defense Attorneys and Law Enforcement Personnel
- Boerne, Texas SFST Practitioner Course – May 2005
- Defense Attorneys and Private Investigators
- Boerne, Texas Intoxilyzer 5000 and SFST Refresher Course – May 2006
- Defense Attorneys and Private Investigators
