You can ask virtually any Atlanta DUI attorney (or ask DUI lawyers anywhere else in Georgia) about Bubba Head, and you will hear praise for his ability and reputation for being a “winning” Atlanta, GA DUI lawyer. For four decades, Mr. Head has been a criminal defense attorney with a reputation for aggressive criminal defense in both misdemeanor cases and felony cases. His reputation as the best DUI attorney in Georgia is based on the number of contested cases that Bubba Head has either negotiated to a reduced plea, or fought successfully at trial over a 40-year career.
Bubba and his team of top-flight driving while intoxicated attorneys have successfully represented clients facing alcohol and drug charges in all of the metro Atlanta municipal courts, including Marietta Municipal Court, Sandy Springs Municipal Court, and Alpharetta Municipal Court. Additionally, in felony criminal cases, Bubba has represented clients as far south as Valdosta and Thomasville, GA, and as far north as Michigan!
William C. (Bubba) Head is a well-established criminal defense attorney. During his four decades of litigating the toughest criminal cases, Bubba has authored several DUI books and hundreds of articles on driving under the influence law and criminal trial practice. More than in any other Georgia jurisdiction, Bubba has fought cases in Atlanta Municipal Court. The Municipal Court of Atlanta, Fulton County State Court, and DeKalb County State Court have been Mr. Head’s most common jury trial locations. He has also litigated criminal cases in the other Municipal Courts in Fulton County and across the State of Georgia since 1976. His DUI law firm litigates arrest cases (both misdemeanor and felony DUI) across the entire State of Georgia, from his Atlanta attorney headquarters.
These practice area “firsts” will demonstrate why Bubba Head is the “Best-Known DUI Lawyer in America”:
FIRST DUI Book Explaining “How to Beat a DUI” – 1991
FIRST Field Sobriety Test Training Course for Defense Attorneys – 1994
FIRST Founder of Forensic Science DUI Lawyer Training Course Focused on DUI-DWI Defense (MSE) – 1994
FIRST One of 12 Founders of the National College for DUI Defense [for DUI Defense Lawyers ONLY] (NCDD) – 1995
FIRST Intensive Forensic Breathalyzer Training for DUI Attorneys – 1996, 2004
FIRST Blood and Urine Laboratory Training Course for Criminal Defense Attorneys – 1998, 2007, 2008
FIRST DVD Created for Young Adults on Knowing Legal Rights in Dealing With Police (2016)
FIRST National Directory of Best DUI Lawyers in Each State (1999) [DrunkDrivingDefense.com]
Seminar Speaker on DUI and Criminal Defense Practice
Atlanta DUI lawyer Bubba Head has spoken at hundreds of drunk driving litigation seminars in the United States and abroad, including in:
Las Vegas, NV
Miami, FL
Los Angeles, CA
Hawaii
Alaska
Bahamas
St. Kitts
Dominican Republic
Mr. Head presents his extensive experience on criminal defense practice, state laws, criminal procedure, jury trials and driver license suspension issues. His most recent DUI defense attorney seminar presentation was in Louisville, KY on April 29, 2016. He has been the recipient of the most prestigious attorney rating service awards and recognitions as a DUI defense attorney, and Mr. Head is rated at the highest possible level.
Indeed, his expertise on the topic of trial law is so extensive that other attorneys often turn to Bubba for his assistance on how to handle difficult criminal cases, especially cases involving a DUI test revealing alcohol, drugs, or for drivers stopped by police at DUI checkpoints. While DUI cases are America’s most commonly litigated criminal cases, Mr. Head also has litigated drug possession, drug trafficking, murder, manslaughter, vehicular homicide, domestic violence, and many other criminal cases.
William “Bubba” Head has been a National
DUI Defense Practice Leader for Decades –
Georgia Driving Under the Influence Lawyer
Recent Atlanta, GA Case Wins
Not Guilty Verdict Obtained for 1st Offense
Fulton County State Court jury returned a not-guilty verdict for first offense DUI case where a prior case witness testified at trial in the court of law.
DUI Client
Reduced .247 Breath Testing DUI/DWI Charge to Reckless Driving
Based on evidence discovered during the case, we were able to reduce a .247 DUI/DWI (3 times the DUI alcohol limit) breath test result to reckless driving.
DUI Client
3rd Offense DUI Reduced to Charge of Reckless Driving
A 3rd DUI offense where the Breathalyzer results were successful challenged (and excluded), ending with a reduced charge of reckless driving.
DUI Client
Jury Trial of a DUI Arrest of a Teacher
A jury trial of a DUI arrest of a teacher for “failure to maintain lane” and a DUI test of breath at .244/.249 – NOT GUILTY on All Charges!
DUI Client
Bubba Head Named “Top DUI Lawyer in America”
In 2003, at Cambridge, Massachusetts, Bubba was named by NCDD Dean Gary Trichter (on behalf of the 600+ members of NCDD.com) as “The Nation’s Leading DUI Defense Attorney.” This is the only time NCDD conducted such a poll of its membership, which now exceeds 2,000 members. Mr. Head is regularly seen on the nightly news, and has defended dozens of high profile criminal cases for entertainers, government officials, celebrities, police officers, judges, and sports figures. In 2015, Georgia Trend magazine again named Bubba Head to its “Legal Elite” list of the top drunk driving lawyers in Georgia.
About William C. “Bubba” Head – Short Biography
Mr. Head attended The University of Georgia beginning in 1969. He graduated (with honors) as a history major in 1973. He went directly into UGA’s prestigious School of Law. Three years later, he earned his law degree from UGA in 1976. Less than a week later (having taken the February 1976 Georgia Bar), he applied for and was admitted to the Georgia Bar Association on June 10, 1976. After starting his practice in Athens, GA, Mr. Head moved to metro Atlanta in 1990 to become a DUI attorney Atlanta. Today, the name “Bubba Head” has become synonymous with litigation excellence among his DUI attorney peers across the nation.
Memberships and Legal Affiliations of Atlanta DUI Attorney Bubba Head
Mr. Head is an active member of several highly-regarded legal organizations including:
National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers – Life Member
Georgia Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers – Life Member
NCDD.com (National College for DUI Defense) [Limited to attorneys who defend DUI cases]
Georgia Trial Lawyers Association (GTLA)
Georgia Defense of Drinking Drivers (DUI lawyers from across Georgia, selected by other defense attorneys)
DUIDLA (Another national DWI-DUI lawyer group that limits membership to drunk driving defense lawyers ONLY)
NORML.org (National organization that has lobbied for the legalization of marijuana)
AAJ (American Association for Justice)
Mr. Head also maintains memberships in several local metro area Bar associations, including Atlanta Bar Association and Cobb County Bar Association.
Mr. Head’s Quest to Educate Other DUI Attorneys
Mr. Head invited other criminal attorneys across America to help start the National College for DUI Defense (NCDD.com). In 1995, this organization was founded by the twelve Regents and 100 Founding Members. Mr. Head succeeded in organizing the initial DUI law training organization on the campus of Harvard Law School, and was one of the twelve founding NCDD Regents. The NCDD is now the preeminent training association for DUI lawyers throughout the nation. Mr. Head served as one of the Regents of NCDD. Since its creation in 1995, he has served as the Regent of the College on two separate occasions, covering a total of six years. He is also Board Certified in the field of DUI Defense by NCDD.com, a qualification held by less than 3/10th of 1% of all attorneys in the organization.
In 2014, Mr. Head also became a Charter Member of DUIDLA, a national DUI defense attorney’s organization that promotes drunk driving law training for both criminal defense attorneys and DUI-DWI public defenders. Since the Group’s inception, he has served as a Trustee on the non-profit Board of DUIDLA to help oversee legal training for public defenders and other appointed counsel for citizens in all 50 states who cannot pay for their legal representation. This criminal defense attorney training organization now boasts over 700 members, and produces multiple training sessions for criminal defense attorneys ONLY.
Ratings and Awards of Atlanta Criminal Defense Attorney Bubba Head
Mr. Head has written numerous books on the topic of driving under the influence law and criminal trial practice, and has contributed to several other books on DUI practice area guides. He is the co-author of The Georgia DUI Defense Trial Practice Manual, 101 Ways to Avoid a Drunk Driving Conviction, and author of The DUI Book, which was written for the average citizen who has been accused of driving under the influence. The DUI Book has proven so popular that Mr. Head has been asked by other attorneys to co-author state-specific editions, and has helped edit and co-author similar books in NY, CA, FL, MI, TN, NJ, VA, and WA.
Mr. Head has also been named to several highly-regarded lists, including:
Best Lawyers in America
Super Lawyers
Martindale-Hubbell (rated AV 5.0 of 5.0 & Preeminent)
Georgia Trend magazine’s “Legal Elite”
U.S. News & World Report “Best Law Firms”
GTLA (Champion Member).
He also has been one of the top-rated criminal defense lawyers on AVVO.com, and has well over 130 client ratings AND well over 130 attorney recommendations of his skills as a DUI lawyer, as posted on AVVO.com. Bubba Head is a highly regarded Georgia driving under the influence lawyer.
Our Atlanta DUI Lawyers Are Experts at Defending Against DUI Checkpoints
The Georgia State Patrol Nighthawks, who have been the DUI Atlanta workhorses on drunk driving arrests in Atlanta for the last decade, have utilized secondary roads coming from the Buckhead area as a way of “mopping up” late at night, once Atlanta traffic has slowed down. A high percentage of the sobriety checkpoints in Atlanta are made within a 1 mile radius of where Roswell Road splits off northbound Peachtree Road in Buckhead, and the very restricted (and confusing) intersection — that prevents right turns on red and any left turns— where West Paces Ferry and East Paces Ferry cross Peachtree Road. The secondary streets nearby such as Pharr Road, Buckhead Avenue, East Andrews Drive and Peachtree Avenue, especially going eastbound toward Piedmont Road are great locations for a DUI check point by the GSP NIghthawks. DUI lawyers in Atlanta who have fought roadblock cases for several decades recall Sidney Marcus being a hotbed of DUI checkpoint activity when the Atlanta DUI Task Force was operational in the 1990s and 2000s. This part of the City of Atlanta is where most Atlanta Municipal Court cases for driving under the influence originate.
Atlanta DUI Lawyer Bubba Head has been featured on news reports in the mid-1990s, as being the Georgia DUI attorney responsible for the trend of winning DUI cases based upon flawed language in the Georgia implied consent law printed warning.