Joel Brand Esq.

Joel Brand is a California criminal defense attorney whose practice is focused on DUI. He handles cases statewide, from first offenses through felony filings, appearing in criminal court and at DMV administrative hearings. He can speak to how these cases actually work: what a breath or blood test does and does not prove, why field sobriety tests are scored the way they are, why the DMV license suspension runs on a separate track from the criminal case, and what California's diversion rules do and do not allow. He follows the appellate decisions shaping this area, including the recent rulings on whether California's diversion statutes reach DUI charges at all. Joel writes and publishes DUI.guru, a public library of more than 200 plain-language articles on California DUI law. He earned ...