Douglas G. Andrews

Douglas G. Andrews

Top Rated Family Law Attorney with 47 years of experience
Criminal Law
327 West York Street, Savannah, GA 31401

    About Douglas G. Andrews

    Practice Areas
    • Criminal Law
    Education
    • Emory University School of Law, Atlanta, Georgia, 1976
      J.D.
    • University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma, Chickasha, Oklahoma, 1973
      B.S.
      • Major: Accounting
      • Honors: magna cum laude
    • National Judicial College, Reno, Nevada, 1986
      Gen. Juris, Graduate Course
    Classes and Seminars
    • Instructor/Lecturer, Georgia Institute for Continuing Legal Education, 1999 - Present
    • Instructor/Lecturer, GACDL to State Bar, Law Enforcement, and others
    • Instructor/Lecturer, Southeast Regional Georgia Law Enforcement Officers quarterly meeting, Claxton Georgia, 1999
    • Instructor/Lecturer, "Attacking Field Sobriety Tests", Georgia Bar, 2001
    • Instructor/Lecturer, Georgia Department of Natural Resources Law Enforcement Officers, Brunswick, GA, 2001
    • Instructor/Lecturer, "Ethics in Negotiating and Presenting Pleas" (DUI "Boot Camp" for Georgia Indigent Defense Council), 2002
    • Instructor/Lecturer, "Probable Cause in 2002: Do Viable Challenges Still Exist?", Georgia Bar, Atlanta, GA, 2002
    • Instructor/Lecturer, "Defense of the (False) Child Molestation Case1' to Military Defense Counsel Regional Conference, 2002
    • Guest Speaker, Savannah Metro Law Enforcement Executives/Chiefs Breakfast Meeting, 2002
    • Instructor/Lecturer, "Cross-Examination of the State's Breath Testing Expert", Georgia Bar, Atlanta, GA, 2002
    • Instructor/Lecturer, "What Every Lawyer Needs to know About DUI Today", Savannah Bar Association, 2004
    • Instructor/Lecturer, How Interrogators Obtain, on Purpose or Unintentionally, False Confessions, 2004
    • AASU Guest Lecturer, Family Law: Alimony. Custody, Modifications, Military Issues, 2004
    • Instructor/Lecturer, "What Every Cop Needs to Know About DUI, Ctrm Testimony, To Detect a Liar", RHill PD & Bryan Co LEO, 2004
    • "DUI Defenses for Cops and Courtroom Testimony", Thunderbolt Police Department, 2004
    • Lecturer, Public Safe Boating Crs: "Boat Handling & Mariner's Compass" Tybee Lt Power Sqdn., 2004
    • Guest Lecturer for SouthEastern Traffic Enforcement Network, Ga. GOHS, "DUI Defenses and Cops", 2004
    • Fifteen Hints for ALS Suspensions for DUI, GA ICLE for Lawyers, Atlanta, GA, 2004
    • Lecturer, "Thirty Thoughts on Negotiation of a DUI Plea", Lorman Professional Seminars, Atlanta, GA, 2005
    • Adjunct Professor, AASU, Litigation for Paralegals, Savannah, GA, 2005
    • Lecturer, "Significant Appellate Opinions 2000 - 2005", GA Assoc Crim Def Lawyers, Daufuskie Island, SC, 2005
    • Lecturer, Georgia Municipal Judges Recertification Course "15 Little Known ALS Facts" Savannah, GA, 2005
    • Guest Speaker for Governors Office of Hwy Safety/ S.E.T.E.N. "DUI Defenses and Roadblocks", 2005
    • "Urgent Legal Matters in DUI and Traffic Law in GA", Georgia Bar, St. Simons Island, GA, 2005
    • Guest Speaker, Governors Office of Hwy Safety/ S.E.T.E.N. "Roadblocks Done the Wrong Way", 2006
    • DUI Boot Camp for Lawyers, "50 Must-Know US Supreme Court Opinions", GACDL, Macon, GA, 2007
    • Completed NHTSA curriculum for Certification in Standardized Field Sobriety Testing, 2008
    • Mastering Scientific Evidence in DUI Cases, 15th Annual, Dallas, TX, 2008
    • Intoxilyzer 5000 Maintenance, Repair and Disassembly Course. Daytona Beach, FL, June 24, 2005 - June 25, 2005
    • Intoxilyzer 5000 & 8000 Breath Testing Training Course, Atlanta, GA, December 1, 2004 - December 5, 2004
    • Ass't Instructor, Breath Alcohol Forensic Workshop/Intox 5000Breath Test Op/Maint Tech Crs, WPB, FL, November 19, 2004 - November 21, 2004
    • Graduate of Nat'l College of DUI Defense Summer Program, Harvard University Law School Campus, 2004
    • CES Consulting, Intoximeter 5000 Breath Test Operator and Maint Tech Course, West Palm Beach, FL, 2004
    • "Superheroes of DUI Defense", National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Las Vegas, 2003
    • Graduate of Nat'l College of DUI Defense, Summer Program, Harvard University Law School Campus, 2003
    • Nat'l College of DUI Defense, Summer Session Registrant and Recipient for Program Materials, 2002
    • Nat'l College of DUI Defense, Winter Session Program conducted in Biloxi, Mississippi, 2002
    • "Defending DUI Cases with Ingenuity", National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Las Vegas, 2001
    • Graduate of Nat'l College of DUI Defense, Summer Program, Harvard University Law School Campus, 2001
    • "Defending Serious DUI Cases", National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Las Vegas, 2000
    • Graduate of Nat'l College of DUI Defense, Summer Program, Harvard University Law School Campus, 2000
    • "Stars Defending DUI Cases", Texas Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Galveston, TX, 2000
    • Graduate of Nat'l College of DUI Defense Summer Program, Harvard University Law School Campus, 1999
    • Minnesota Society for Criminal Justice, DUI Defense, Las Vegas, 1999
    • Mastering Scientific Evidence, Atlanta 10/1997, 4/2000, 4/2001, 4/2002, 4/2003, 4/2004
    • Georgia Annual DUI Law Update, Atlanta: 8/1997, 5/1998, 1999, 3/2000, 5/2001, 6/2002. May 2005
    • Georgia Annual Drinking Driver's/DUI Institute, Atlanta: 2/1995, 3/1996, 12/1999, 2000, 2001, 12/2002, 12/2003, 12/2004, 12/2007
    • DUI Trial Tactics, William (Bubba) Head, Biloxi, MS, 1995
    • Handling GA Administrative License Suspensions, Atlanta: 5/1993, 6/1994, 6/1995,8/2001, 8/2002, 2/2004, 2/2005

    Qualifications

    Bar Admissions
    • Georgia, 1976
    • North Carolina, 1977
    • U.S. District Court Southern District of Georgia
    • U.S. Court of Appeals 11th Circuit
    • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces, 1987
    • U.S. Army Court of Criminal Appeals
    Other Affiliations
    • Savannah Bar Association (Member)
    • Georgia Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (Member)
    • The Association of Trial Lawyers of America (Member)
    • Special and General Courts-Martial for 7 Years (Circuit Military Judge)
    • Staff Judge Advocate (Chief Legal Counsel) for CG, Army CID Command
    • The Judge Advocate General of the Army Office, Washington, D.C. (Civil Litigation Attorney)
    • 82 Airborne Division nd (Prosecutor and Chief Defense Counsel)
    • Private Practice of Law Doing Justice the Hard Way since 1991
    • Thunderbolt, Garden City and Port Wentworth (Municipal Court Judge, Pro-Tem)
    • Drug Ct of Thunderbolt (Judge)
    • Savannah Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (President)
    Past Positions
    • Circuit Military Judge
    • CG, Army CID Command, Washington, DC, Staff Judge Advocate (Chief Legal Counsel)
    • The Judge Advocate General of the Army, Washington, D.C., Civil Litigation Attorney
    • 82nd Airborne Division, Prosecutor and Chief Defense Counsel
    • Pooler, Garden City, Pt Wentworth, Municipal Court Experienced Judge Pro-Tern
    • Guyton, Associate Judge
    • Drug Court of Thunderbolt, Judge
    • Savannah Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, President

    Fees

    • Offers Free Initial Consultation
    • Accepts Credit Cards

    Office Info

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    Douglas G. Andrews
    Phone:
    (912) 341-6861,(866) 959-3108
    Website:
    https://www.dougandrews.com
    Address:
    327 West York Street, Savannah, GA 31401
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    Other Colleagues

    • Richard A. Sanders Jr.
      15 years of experience
      Family Law, Child Custody, Contracts, Personal Injury, Medical Malpractice, Wrongful Death, Car Accidents, Criminal Law

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