Richard Lawson

About Richard

DUI Attorney Richard S. Lawson is dedicated to his clients. The Law Office of Richard S. Lawson is Georgia's premier DUI defense and criminal practice and is solely focused on the defense of drivers in DUI case and in criminal cases. Mr. Lawson is not a “general practitioner.” He has devoted his career to defending those wrongly accused of DUI and to ensuring that even in cases where people are guilty of DUI, they are treated fairly. For over 25 years, Attorney Lawson has successfully resolved over 5000 cases and has been lead counsel at jury trials and motions of hundreds of Georgia DUI cases. Additionally, he has successfully resolved hundreds of DUI charges with dismissals, reductions to reckless driving and reductions to lesser offenses. In his practice he has helped more than 5000 Georgians keep their driver's licenses and privileges to drive despite the DUI or traffic charges they were facing. Richard Lawson began his career as a DUI prosecutor. After receiving his law degree from Emory University's School of Law where he was an award-winning mock trial student attorney, he was selected as an an Assistant District Attorney where he prosecuted DUI cases for the State of Georgia. He was trained as a DUI prosecutor by instructors using the same methods used today to teach DUI prosecutors and judges. With this knowledge and training, Richard Lawson left the prosecutor's office and opened his DUI defense practice. Richard Lawson has handled cases throughout Georgia and has developed a reputation as a skilled trial attorney and negotiator. He is licensed to practice in all trial courts in the Atlanta metropolitan area and North Georgia. Richard Lawson is an instructor at the Institute for Continuing Legal Education where he has trained other DUI attorneys on winning a DUI case and to getting clients the best possible results. He has spoken on a variety of DUI topics at legal seminars including cross-examination techniques in DUI trials and how to do a thorough investigation in a DUI case. Mr. Lawson has also completed in-depth coursework on field sobriety evaluations and DUI detection. He has been certified as a DUI standardized field sobriety testing instructor since the year 2000. Mr. Lawson has published numerous works regarding DUI defense including “Investigations in DUI Cases” (2007), “Opening Statement and Voir Dire” (2006), "It's Only a DUI" (2004), “Legal Ethics” (2002), and a chapter on DUI Drugs and Prescription Drug DUI (2012).

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Colleagues at Law Offices of Richard S. Lawson

Kimberly A. Berry

Partner at Lawson & Berry

Sara Gheesling

Senior Of Counsel Attorney at Lawson & Berry

Madison Gibbs

Associate Attorney at Lawson & Berry

David R.T. Heath

Associate Attorney at Lawson & Berry