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View Article  Charlie's 1-800-KICK-DUI (www.DUI1.com) biography

Charles M. Rowland II maintains an established DUI/OVI and criminal practice, representing the accused drunk drivers in State and Federal Courts in the Miami Valley and throughout Ohio. Since 2005, Charles Rowland has dedicated his practice exclusively to representing the accused drunk driver and has worked to amass more credentials than any attorney in his field.

DUI/OVI CREDENTIALS Charles served as the Xenia City Prosecutor and has served as a “Special Prosecutor” on high-profile felony cases. Charles is a proud member of the National College for DUI defense and in 2006 attended the intensive seminar on DUI law at Harvard University.

National Patent Analytical Systems has certified Charles Rowland in the operation, diagnostic verification and calibration of the BAC DataMaster Breath Alcohol Testing Instrument, the most commonly used breath testing instrument in Ohio for DUI / OVI arrests. In 2007, Charles Rowland was the first attorney in the State of Ohio certificated on the Intoxilyzer 8000 breath testing machine. In 2009, Charles Rowland attended the National College for DUI Defense 16th Annual Scientific Evidence Seminar where he received training on the Intoxilyzer 5000.

Charles M. Rowland II was the first attorney in the United States to earn a certificate in Forensic Sobriety Assessment. FSA certification requires proficiency in the scientific principles and research relating to sobriety testing in a DUI/OVI stop. It subsumes the NHTSA training (knowledge of the NHTSA manual is required) and greatly extends it. In 2009, Charles M. Rowland II will be an attendee in the most current NHTSA approved SFST training curriculum. This is the same NHTSA SFST training course that law enforcement officers are trained in nationwide and testify to in court.

CREDENTIALS BEYOND THE COURTROOM In addition to awards and certificates, Charles M. Rowland II has a wealth of real-life experience. He was the 2004 Ohio State Bar Foundation recipient of the Community Service Award for Attorneys under 40 years old.

In 2005, Charles Rowland was given the singular honor of being named a Fellow of the Ohio State Bar Foundation. In 2006, Charles Rowland presented a seminar on standardized field sobriety testing before the Greene County Bar Association. Twice-elected to the Beavercreek City School Board, Charles M. Rowland was a co-recipient of the 2006 Beavercreek Chamber of Commerce Public Education Award.

Charles also served as President of the Board of Directors of TCN-BHS, Greene County’s Drug and Alcohol provider from 2003-2005. In 2008, he contributed to a revision to Anderson’s Ohio Civil Practice along with the judges of the Greene County Common Pleas Court. He has also been a Wright State University Visiting Professor of Political Science for the University Honors Department. Charles Rowland has appeared on television, radio and in newspapers, authoring DUI-related articles for the popular "Ask an Attorney" section of the Xenia Daily Gazette, the Beavercreek News Current and the Fairborn Daily Herald.

EDUCATION Charles Rowland is a 1988 graduate of Beavercreek High School and a life-long resident of Beavercreek, Ohio. He graduated magna cum laude from Wright State University in 1992, earning a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science and a minor in Sociology with a concentration in Criminology. Charles earned the degree of University Honors Scholar with Honors from the Political Science Department, received the Academic Letter Award for earning Outstanding Attorney Awards in the WSU Mock Trial Programs, was awarded Phi Kappa Phi distinction and was selected to represent Wright State University as a Student Ambassador to the People's Republic of China.

Charles M. Rowland II was awarded the H. E. Ashcroft Memorial Scholarship to attend Ohio Northern University's Pettit College of Law. While in law school, Charles studied International Law and European Economic Community Law at the University College London, Bentham Faculty of Laws. As an L-2, Charles was a finalist at the National Tax Moot Court Competition in Houston , Texas. For his efforts he was chosen to serve as an Associate Justice of the Ohio Northern Moot Court Program. Charles Rowland was named to the prestigious Order of the Barristers for excellence in appellate advocacy. He graduated in the top 25% of his class in 1995 and returned to the Miami Valley to begin his practice.

BROWN, ROWLAND, BABB & CAMPBELL One of Greene County’s biggest and most dynamic firms, Brown, Rowland, Babb & Campbell offers a full array of client-centered services. Charles M. Rowland II, (www.CharlesRowland.com) Managing Partner, provides aggressive defense to the accused drunk driver. Richard Brown, of counsel, concentrates his practice in the field of Elder Law. Mark Babb, (www.MarkBabb.com) Senior Partner, is one of the Miami Valley’s most recognized criminal defense attorneys. Patricia Campbell (www.OhioDivorceAttorney.com) is a credentialed and dedicated family law practitioner. Zachary Bushatz (www.OhioBankruptcyAttorney.com) concentrates his practice on Bankruptcy Law. The firm is proud to offer services in Personal Injury , Medical Malpractice, Consumer Law and Employment Law. Whatever conflicts life may bring, we at Brown, Rowland, Babb & Campbell are prepared to stand by your side. If you are in need of an aggressive litigation-oriented firm, call BRB&C today at 937-879-9542 or 1-888-ROWLAND.

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"State doesn't let condemned man kill himself"

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View Article  KIASU (from Wikipedia)

Kiasu (Traditional Chinese: 驚輸; POJ: kiaⁿ-su) is a Hokkien (a Chinese spoken variant) word that literally means 'fear of losing' (Mandarin Chinese: 怕輸). However its actual usage would imply a meaning more approaching that of "dog in a manger", and yet not quite.[citation needed] Examples of kiasu behaviour includes accumulating too much food on one's plate during a buffet lunch in case there is no more later, or joining a queue many days in advance just to ensure that one successfully gets hold of the limited free tickets to events, promotions and shows such as Singapore's annual National Day Parade.

This word is so widely used by Singaporeans and Malaysians that it is incorporated into their English vocabulary (in the form of Singlish). It is often used in describing the social attitudes of people, especially about South East Asian society and its values. Its widespread use is often because these attitudes are common—to not lose out in a highly competitive society (e.g. by above-cited examples), or to the extent of parents imposing heavy study labour on their children in their wish to make them at the very top of all other students. Growing up with this attitude, these students often become ambitious businesspeople, with the desire to be on top in wealth and prestige regardless of whether the most prestigious careers are aligned with their true capabilities.

Kiasu is commonly compared to Kiasi (literally, fear of death) and both are commonly used to describe behaviour where Kiasu or Kiasu-ism means to take extreme means to achieve success and Kiasi or Kiasi-ism means to take extreme means to avoid risk.

View Article  The Position Paper of Forensic Sobriety Assessment

FSA Position Statements

  1. Driving while under the influence is a serious societal problem and warrants application of the best tests and procedures available in a responsible, unbiased, professional manner.
  2. Current sobriety tests and behavioral indices have little scientific support and show wide variation among individuals (Rubenzer, 2007).
  3. While enforcement of DWI/DUI laws require a number of value judgments (e.g., the relative cost of failing to arrest a drunk driver vs. falsely arresting one that is not), standard tools of scientific analysis bring greater objectivity and fairness to the process.
  4. Sobriety tests that are used to prove impairment in court should be validated by demonstrating that they correlate highly with reliable and valid measures of mental, behavioral, or driving impairment.
  5. Future sobriety test validity studies should be done in a “blind” manner so that other clues of intoxication (e.g., red eyes, slurred speech) do not affect test scoring.
  6. Future studies on sobriety tests which use a dichotomous criterion (e.g., above or below a specific BAC) should routinely report full diagnostic statistics. In addition to sensitivity and specificity, this specifically includes positive and negative predictive power at different base rates (percentage of intoxicated subjects in the sample).
  7. Available data suggest that the current Standardized Field Sobriety Tests (SFSTs) have limited inter-rater and test-retest reliability, and are subject to substantial false positive rates when BAC is the criterion (Rubenzer, 2007).
  8. NHTSA training materials should be modified to include cautions about the effect of age and physical (e.g., medical) conditions on the SFSTs, including HGN. Misleading or incorrect information should be corrected and communicated to officers trained under previous programs.
  9. Testimony about sobriety tests should rely on the peer-reviewed scientific literature, and experts should be able to cite papers which support their position. They should also qualify their opinions based on limitations of the studies relied up on and contrary findings.
  10. The adequacy of a sobriety test depends on the purpose for which it is used. The SFSTs, properly administered to a young, healthy, physically fit subject, are probably adequate to meet the relaxed standards pertaining to probable cause. However, they do not currently meet Frye or Daubert criteria for scientific evidence (Rubenzer, 2007).
  11. More complete recommendations for further research on the SFSTs are given in Rubenzer, S. J. (2007). The Standardized Field Sobriety Tests: A Review of Scientific and Legal Issues. Law and Human Behavior, DOI: 10.1007/s10979-007-9111- y, which is included in the FSA training program.

View Article  Today on Twitter

Today on Twitter, I set forth all of the groups representing neo-prohibitionism in modern America.  You can follow me on Twitter by searching @DaytonDUI.  You can also stay abreast of developing stories related to sobriety checkpoints and law enforcement saturation patrols.

View Article  Dayton Daily News Story on Public Defender Appointments

The Dayton Daily News, Laura Bischoff, has done an interesting piece of investigative journalism on the system of appointed attorneys.  ...   more »

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View Article  Twitter Change

I have replaced @CharlieRowland with the more accurate @DaytonDUI as my twitter name.  If you are following me now, there will not be a change (except in what you see on your screen as my name).  You can expect the same level of committment to social media as a way of keeping you informed. 

-Charles Rowland-

View Article  www.TheNewspaper.com
I cannot say enough about the website www.thenewspaper.com.  They have the most up to date information on photo enforcement and speed cameras in American and throughout the world.  It provides important context to make the argument that technology cannot replace probable cause.  One of the best sites on the internet.
View Article  DC Throws Out Intox 5000 Tests

View Article  D.C. Breath-Alcohol Testers Don't Pass Test
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View Article  DC Breath Test Problems Headed to Ohio?
The KY-based company (CMI, Inc.) which produced the machines which malfunctioned in Washington D.C. (see contemporaneous postings and video) also produces the Intoxilyzer 8000 breath test machine which Ohio has decided is going to be the only breath test machine used in Ohio.  This latest breath machine failure comes on the heels of lawsuits in Florida, Washington and Kentucky wherein defense attorneys have been thwarted by the company from obtaining information on the basic workings of these devices.  Strong arguments exist that breathalyzer tests are junk science and this latest failure will only lend credence to this view. Some argue breathalyzer machines should only be used to determine whether to obtain a more thorough blood alcohol screening.

View Article  Biography of Charles Rowland on 1800DUIlaws.com

If you have been arrested for a Clark County DUI, the DUI penalties you are likely to face can be terrifying. Penalties like expensive court fees and fines, loss of driver’s license, probation, mandatory DUI School, auto insurance rate increases or auto insurance loss, and even jail time. An Ohio DUI can end up costing your time, money, and future. You need to contact someone who understands Ohio DUI laws and has experience defending Ohio DUI cases. Ohio DUI attorney Charles M. Rowland II has years of experience defending cases like yours and knows that protecting your future is the most important. Contact Charles M. Rowland today for a free consultation.

A Clark County DUI is nothing to take lightly. The decisions you make regarding your Ohio DUI today can have dire consequences on your future. Ohio DUI attorney Charles M. Rowland II will help you get through the harsh Ohio DUI process and will fight for the most favorable outcome. Contact Charles M. Rowland II today.

Ohio DUI Attorney Charles M. Rowland II has over 15 years of legal experience. He has served as a Special Prosecutor for Greene County, the Xenia City Prosecutor, as counsel for the Greene County Public Defender's Office and has helped indigent clients in consumer related cases with Southeastern Ohio Legal Aid Services. He represents traffic clients throughout Ohio on behalf of Interstate Trucker Ltd. and the National Motorists Association. Charles Rowland's practice areas include all phases of criminal defense, DUI/OVI law, traffic law, consumer law, personal injury/accident law, juvenile law and appellate practice, giving him the necessary knowledge to defend your case. Contact him today for a free consultation.

The Law Office of Charles M. Rowland II is an established litigation practice handling state and federal cases in the Miami Valley and throughout Ohio. Charles Rowland has been a trial lawyer in Greene County since the inception of his practice. He is a 1988 graduate of Beavercreek High School and a life-long resident of Beavercreek, Ohio. He graduated magna cum laude from Wright State University in 1992, earning a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science and a minor in Sociology with a concentration in Criminology. Charles earned the degree of University Honors Scholar with Honors in Political Science, received an Academic Letter Award, was awarded Phi Kappa Phi honors and was selected to represent Wright State University as a Student Ambassador to the People's Republic of China.

Charles M. Rowland II has been a trial attorney since beginning his practice in 1995. He has served as a Special Prosecutor for Greene County, the Xenia City Prosecutor, as counsel for the Greene County Public Defender's Office and has helped indigent clients in consumer related cases with Southeastern Ohio Legal Aid Services. He represents traffic clients throughout Ohio on behalf of Interstate Trucker Ltd. and the National Motorists Association. Charles Rowland's practice areas include all phases of criminal defense, DUI/OVI law, traffic law, consumer law, personal injury/accident law, juvenile law and appellate practice.

Charles Rowland maintains memberships in the Ohio State Bar Association, the Ohio State Bar Foundation, the Green County Bar Association, the Montgomery County Bar Association, the National College for DUI Defense, the National Motorists Association, the Ohio Academy of Criminal Defense Lawyers, the Association of Trial Lawyers of America, the American Civil Liberties Union, and is an associate attorney with the Cochran Firm, Criminal Defense Section, the National Association of Personal Injury Lawyers, and DUI Defenders, a national network of DUI defense lawyers. Mr. Rowland currently serves as Vice-President for the Greene County Bar Association.

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