Kevin Leckerman, New Jersey DWI and Pennsylvania DUI Attorney
Kevin Leckerman has handled well over 1,000 DWI / DUI cases throughout his career and tried approximately 200 of those cases at the municipal court level in New Jersey and in the Court of Common Pleas in Pennsylvania. Mr. Leckerman has been formally trained to administer standardized field sobriety tests and to operate numerous breath testing machines, including the Alcotest 7110, Intoxilyzer 8000, Datamaster, and Breathalyzer 900/900A.
In the beginning of his career, as a Senior Deputy for the Bucks County Public Defender in Pennsylvania, Kevin Leckerman was the Appellate Division co-chief handling all appellate matters. This position required writing and arguing briefs to the Commonwealth, Superior and Supreme Courts of Pennsylvania. At the same time, he worked as a senior trial attorney representing clients on charges ranging from arson, aggravated assault, DUI, rape, drug crimes, DUI vehicular homicides, felony-murder to capital murder.
After leaving the Office of the Public Defender, Kevin chose to work for Levow & Associates, P.A., located in Cherry Hill, NJ. As an associate, he focused his practice on DWI / DUI defense. During his tenure with Levow & Associates, Kevin Leckerman received training and certification from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) for DWI detection and the administration of standardized field sobriety testing. Moreover, as a member of the National College for DUI Defense, he received and continues to receive extensive training regarding breath testing, blood testing and all other aspects of DWI / DUI defense.
Additionally, Kevin Leckerman wrote the briefs for and argued before the New Jersey Appeals Court in a successful effort to establish new DWI law in New Jersey. The changes in the law concerned the Constitutional right to confront and cross-examine hospital workers who extracted blood samples and lab technicians who tested those blood samples in DWI prosecutions. These changes helped to enhance and protect the rights of all people in New Jersey charged with DWI.
Areas of Practice
100% DUI / DWI Defense
Litigation Percentage
100%
Training Courses and Certifications
Intoxilyzer 8000 Operator’s Course
-3-days training course concerning the scientific principles and operation of the Intoxilyzer 8000 breath testing device
-Certificate of course completion May 10-12, 2012
American Chemical Society (ACS) Hands-On Forensic Chromatography Training Course
-5-days technical training for detecting the presence of drugs or alcohol in blood and urine
-Certificate of course completion April 25-29, 2012
Scientific Evidence and the Right to Confrontation
-Course completion January 13, 2012
Enzyme Assay Ethanol Test False Positive Results Due to NADH
-Course completion May 20, 2011
Mastering Scientific Evidence in DWI/DUI Cases
-Certification of course completion April 16, 2011
The Scientific Truth About HS-GC-FID and the Pharmacology of Ethyl Alcohol, Marijuana and Benzodiazepines
-Certification of course completion January 7, 2011
NHTSA/International Chiefs of Police (IACP) Drug Evaluation and Classification Overview Course (DRE)
-Certification of course completion September 26, 2005
DWI Consultants – DRE (Drug Recognition Evaluation) seminar
-Course completion August 13, 2010
Draeger Safety Diagnostics, Inc. Operator Training Course for the Alcotest 7110 MKIII-C
-Certificate of course completion March 27, 2009
Forensic Blood & Urine Testing Course
-Certificate of course completion December 7th, 2008
Mastering Scientific Evidence in DWI/DUI Cases Training Course
-Certificate of course completion April 21, 2007
NHTSA and IACP DWI Detection & Standardized Field Sobriety Testing Program
-Certificate of Training February 6, 2005
Pennsylvania Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers Capital Homicide Case Training
-Certificate of course completion September 10, 2004
Pennsylvania Defender Appellate Skills Training
-Certificate of course completion March 11, 2004
Legal Presentations to Attorneys
Speaker -DUI Defense Training Seminar for Public Defenders
-Pennsylvania Association for Drunk Driving Defense Attorneys (PADDDA ) – September 14, 2012
Speaker – “The DRE Case – Cross-Examining the Prosecution’s Drug Recognition Expert”
-New Jersey Association for Justice – February, 2012
Speaker and Organizer-”Drug Recognition Evaluations (DRE)”
-Bucks County Bar Association of Pennsylvania – May, 2011
Speaker – “Understanding Drug Recognition Evaluations (DRE)”
-Middlesex County Bar Association of New Jersey – April, 2011
Organizer – “DWI Consultants Drug Recognition Evaluation (DRE) Seminar”
-August 2010
Speaker – “Trying and Defending Blood Alcohol Cases”
-Middlesex County Bar Association of New Jersey – June, 2010
Organizer and Speaker – “DUI Primer – Basics of Blood Collection and Testing” seminar
-Bucks County Bar Association of Pennsylvania – November, 2009
Awards
Super Lawyers Magazine – DUI Super Lawyers Award – 2013
Philadelphia Life Magazine – Reader’s Choice list of Awesome DUI/DWI Attorneys – 2012
Super Lawyers Magazine – DUI Rising Star Award-2012
Arrive Magazine – Top Northeast DUI Lawyers – 2011
Super Lawyers Magazine – DUI Rising Star Award-2011
Arrive Magazine – “Best of” Edition (Top 50 Attorneys -2010)
Bar Admissions
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (November, 1997)
State of New Jersey (February, 1998)
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey
Professional Associations
(Present)
Leckerman Law, LLC – DWI / DUI Defense Firm
(Previous)
Levow & Associates, P.A. – DWI / DUI Defense Firm – 2004 to 2010
Office of the Bucks County Public Defender – 1999 to 2004
Lyons & Lyons, P.C. – 1998 to 1999
Office of Theresa Peeler, Esq. – 1997 to 1998
Memberships in Professional Organizations
National College for DUI Defense
Atlantic County Municipal Court Defense Attorneys Association
Pennsylvania Association for Drunk Driving Defense Attorneys (PADDDA)-Founding member
Camden County Bar Association
Phi Delta Phi – International Legal Fraternity
Education
Widener University School of Law
Juris Doctor, law
1994 – 1997
Widener Law Symposium Journal- Law Review
Trial Advocacy Honor Society, vice-president
College of William and Mary – School of Law-1995
Scholarship to summer semester studying comparative law in Madrid, Spain
B.A., History, Psychology, Spanish
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