Leonard R. Stamm
is a Lawyer in Greenbelt, MD
Areas of Law
- Criminal Defense Law
- Trial Practice
- Appellate Practice
- Felonies
- Driving While Under the Influence
- DUI
- and Driving While Impaired
- DWI
- Misdemeanors
- Traffic Violations
- Administrative Hearings and Appeals
- Drugs and Narcotics
Experience & Credentials
| Admission Details | Maryland Court of Appeals (1983)
United States District Court, District of Maryland (1984)
Court of Appeals, District of Columbia (1984)
United States Supreme Court (1993)
Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals (1997) |
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| Education | Wesleyan University, B.A.; Catholic University of America, J.D. | | Birth Information | New York, N.Y., December 3, 1955 | | Associations & Memberships | National College for DUI Defense, Inc. (General member 1999-2004)(Sustaining member 2004-05) (Regent 2005---)
National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
Maryland Criminal Defense Attorneys' Association (President 2003-04)
(President-Elect 2002-03) (First Vice-President 2001-02) (Board of Directors 1991-2001) (Member 1984---)
Maryland Criminal Pattern Jury Instruction Committee (2001---
Maryland State Bar Association
Prince George's County Bar Association (Co-chair, Criminal Law Section (1992-93))
Montgomery County Bar Association | | Speaking Engagements | Intox EC/IR II - Mastering Scientific Evidence in DUI/DWI Cases - New Orleans, La. (Apr. 14, 2011)
Caught on Tape - Tips and Tools to Trip the Testa-lyer - Prince George's County Bar Association - Alan Goldstein Criminal Law Seminar - Upper Marlboro, Maryland (March 26, 2011); Mastering Scientific Evidence in DUI/DWI Cases - New Orleans, La. (Apr. 14, 2011)
The Top Eleven Silver Bullets for DUI Defense - National College for DUI Defense - Winter session - Mazatlan, Mexico (January 21, 2011)
Defending Auto Manslaughter and Homicide Cases - NACDL and NCDD sponsored seminar for the Maryland Office of the Public Defender, Annapolis, Md. (Nov. 19, 2010)
Cross of the Blood Expert - NACDL and NCDD annual seminar - Las Vegas, NV (Oct. 2010)
Blood Tests - The Good and Bad - NACDL and NCDD annual seminar - Las Vegas, NV (Oct. 2010)
Closing Argument - National College for DUI Defense - Summer session - Cambridge, Ma. (Jul. 2010); Institute for Continuing Legal Education in Georgia, Atlanta, Ga. (Dec. 3, 2010)
The Top 10 Breath Test Defenses - Mastering Scientific Evidence in DUI/DWI Cases - New Orleans, La. (April 9, 2010); Virginia EC/IR II Seminar, Williamsburg, Va. (October 1, 2010)
The Top 102 Medical Defenses to DUI - MCDAA 6th Annual Advanced DUI Defense Seminar Baltimore, MD (May 2009); NCDD Winter Seminar, Celebrity Solstice Caribbean Cruise (Jan. 2010); NACDL and NCDD Annual Seminar - Las Vegas, NV (October 2010)
Making Your Appeals More Appealing - NACDL and NCDD annual seminar - Las Vegas, NV (Oct. 2009)
Melendez-Diaz - National College for DUI Defense - Summer session - Cambridge, Ma. (Jul. 2009)
Public defender training, Salisbury, Md. (Jul. 2009); Linthicum, Md. (Oct. 2009)
Intox EC/IR - Mastering Scientific Evidence in DUI/DWI Cases - New Orleans, La. (Apr. 17, 2009; April 9, 2010)
Crawford 2009 - National College for DUI Defense - Winter session - Atlantis Hotel, Paradise Island, The Bahamas (Jan. 15, 2009)
Getting the Blood Out!; Trial Tactics in Blood Cases; Legal Issues in Homicide Cases; So-called Drug Recognition "Experts" - Atlanta Blood Seminar - Atlanta, Ga. (Dec. 4-7, 2008)
Advanced Cross-Examination - Stuart Kinard Memorial Advanced DWI Seminar - San Antonio, Tx. (Oct, 2008)
Intox EC/IR - Mastering Scientific Evidence in DUI/DWI Cases - Dallas, Tx. (Mar. 28, 2008)
Handling the Problem Witness - National College for DUI Defense - Summer session - Cambridge, Ma. (Jul. 2007)
Mock Trial - lead defense counsel - Mastering Scientific Evidence in DUI/DWI Cases - Dallas, Tx. (Apr. 20-21, 2007)
Beating 'em with Discovery - ECIR Training Seminar, Alexandria, VA (Oct. 2006)
Winning with Crawford - NACDL and NCDD annual seminar - Las Vegas, NV (Oct. 2006)
The Top 20 Guidelines for Bench Trials - National College for DUI Defense - Summer session - Cambridge, Ma. (2006); MICPEL Seminar (2006); Carteret, NJ (2006); University of Mississippi DUI Practitioners 2007 CLE Seminar - Jackson, MS (2007)
The Top 20 Myths in Breath, Blood, & Urine Testing - University of Mississippi DUI Practitioners 2004 CLE Seminar - Jackson, Miss. (Oct. 22, 2004); Minnesota Society for Criminal Justice, 20th Annual Seminar - Las Vegas, Nev. (2005); Maryland Criminal Defense Attorney's Association - Balt., Md. (2005); Prince George's County Bar Association - Upper Marlboro, Md. (2005); Mastering Scientific Evidence in DUI/DWI Cases - Dallas, Tx. (Apr. 28, 2005); Ohio Association of Criminal Defense Attorneys, Dublin, Oh. (Mar. 8, 2007); Stuart Kinard Memorial Advanced DWI Seminar - San Antonio, Tx. (Nov. 3, 2007); Worcester County Bar Association, Fager's Island, Ocean City, Md. (Nov. 7, 2008)
Debunking the Top 20 State Evidence Prevarications about Breath, Blood, and Urine Tests Using Case Law and Scientific Articles - Mastering Scientific Evidence in DUI/DWI Cases - Atlanta, Ga. (Apr. 22, 2004)
MICPEL Seminar, Traffic Law (2004---)
Instructor - NHTSA/IACP Student Class in Administration of Standardized Field Sobriety Tests - Baltimore, Md. (Nov. 21-23, 2003); (Feb. 4-6, 2005); (Feb. 29-Mar. 2, 2008)
Essential Cases to Know in Handling Challenges to Scientific Evidence, Mastering Scientific Evidence in DUI/DWI Cases - Atlanta, Ga. (2003); National College for DUI Defense - Summer session - Cambridge, Ma. (2003); Maryland Criminal Defense Attorneys' Association- Fall Seminar Baltimore, Md. (2003); Minnesota Society for Criminal Justice, 19th Annual Seminar - Las Vegas, Nev. (2004); Ohio Association of Criminal Defense Attorneys, Dublin, Oh. (Mar. 9, 2007)
Maryland National Capital Park and Planning Police, Training (2003)
How to Survive an MVA Hearing, MCDAA Seminar (2003)
Hot Topics in DUI Defense, Public Defender Spring Conference (2002)
DUI Defense Secrets, MCDAA Annual Spring Meeting and Seminar (2002)
Cross-examination of Drug Recognition Experts, Public Defender for Baltimore County (2002)
MICPEL Seminar, Handling the DWI Case ('91, '94, '96, '98, '00, '02)
MICPEL Seminar, Motor Vehicle Administration Hearings ('86, '89, '92, '94,'97, '99, '01, '06)
Strategies in Handling DWI Cases in Maryland, Lorman Educational Services (1999, 2000, 2003, 2004)
Cops as Experts: Law and Strategy, Public Defender Spring Conference (1998)
Georgetown University Law Center Criminal Justice Clinic, Guest lecturer, Pre-trial Motions (1991-94)
Maryland State Public Defender Training Program, Defending DUI Cases (1995-2008)
Maryland Institute for Continuing Professional Education of Lawyers (MICPEL) Seminar, New Perspectives on Sentencing and Forfeiture (1994)
Alan Goldstein's Not Just Another Maryland DWI Seminar (1989)
Numerous other CLEs. | | Reported Cases | Hill v. Motor Vehicle Admin. 415 Md. 231, 999 A.2d 1019 (2010)
United States v. Darden, 656 F.Supp.2d 560 (2009)
Alavez v. Motor Vehicle Admin., 402 Md. 727, 939 A.2d 139 (2008)
United States v. Atwell, 470 F.Supp.2d 554 (D. Md. 2007)
Fowler v. Motor Vehicle Admin., 394 Md. 331, 906 A.2d 347 (2006)
Warne v. State, 166 Md.App. 135, 887 A.2d 657 (2005)
Gwin v. Motor Vehicle Admin., 385 Md. 440, 869 A.2d 822 (2004), cert. denied, 126 S.Ct. 359 (2005)
State v. Weisbrod, 159 Md. App. 488, 859 A.2d 664 (2004), cert. denied, 384 Md. 582, 865 A.2d 589 (2005)
White v. State, 142 Md.App. 535, 790 A.2d 754 (2002)
In re Michael W., 134 Md.App.144, 759 A.2d 322 (2000), aff'd, 367 Md. 181, 786 A.2d 684 (2001)
State v. Jones, 340 Md. 235, 666 A.2d 128 (1995), cert. denied, 516 U.S. 1173 (1996)
Simmons v. State, 333 Md. 547, 636 A.2d 463, cert. denied, 513 U.S. 815 (1994)
Klingenstein v. State, 330 Md. 402, 624 A.2d 532, reversing, 92 Md.App. 325, 608 A.2d 792 (1992), cert. denied, 510 U.S. 918 (1993)
Tyler v. State, 330 Md. 261, 623 A.2d 648 (1993), reversing, Eiland v. State, 92 Md.App. 56, 607 A.2d 42 (1992)
Harris v. State, 94 Md.App. 266, 617 A.2d 610 (1992), cert. denied, 330 Md. 319, 624 A.2d 490 (1993)
Mustafa v. State, 323 Md. 65, 591 A.2d 481 (1991)
State v. Robertson, 72 Md.App. 342, 529 A.2d 847 (1987) | | Representative Clients | January 5, 2010
I cannot begin to thank you for the exceptional service you and your firm have given me. The case was handled perfectly and the outcome was better than I had hoped. I recently received my confirmation letter that the records had been expunged and with that this long painful lesson is at an end. Having learned this lesson without lasting damage is thanks to you and the rest of your firm. You and Kelly treated me like a person and not just another case. That made this ordeal bearable. Kelly is great. Whatever came up with all the scheduling issues I was never worried something got missed. She is personable and professional. Thank you all for everything. Especially you, with your expertise and kind heart made this almost a pleasure. I cannot thank you enough. If there is ever anything I can do for you please do not hesitate to call me. I wish you the very best.
Sincerely,
T.S.
Bethesda, MD | | Publications | Maryland DUI Law (published by West-Thomson-Reuters) author - Leonard R. Stamm
Contributing Editor, The Maryland DWI Manual (Hanford Pub. Co. 1995-2007)
Handling MVA Hearings, Maryland Bar Journal (January/February 2006)
The Top 20 Myths of Breath, Blood, and Urine Testing, The Champion (Part 1, August 2005) (Part 2, September/October 2005), reprinted in, Lawrence Taylor and Steven Oberman, Drunk Driving Defense (Aspen Publishers 6th ed., 2007 supplement)
Essential Cases to Know to Challenge Scientific Evidence, The Champion (Part One, August 2003) (Part Two, September/October 2003)
I May Be Crazy - But I Ain't Drunk: The Psychiatric Defense to Drunk Driving, The Champion (July 2002)
The State's Weak Link: Simulator Solutions, The Champion (April 1998)
The Fourth Amendment and Search and Seizure Update, Prince George's County Bar Association Alan J. Goldstein Annual Criminal Law Seminar (1983---)
Casper v. State and DWI Discovery, The 1992 Maryland DWI Manual, Hanford Publishing Company (1991)
The Application of Grady v. Corbin to DWI Cases, The 1993 Maryland DWI Manual, Hanford Publishing Company (1992)
Handling Implied Consent and Administrative Per Se Hearings at the Motor Vehicle Administration, The 1994 Maryland DWI Manual, Hanford Pub. Co. (1993)
Practice Manual for the Maryland Lawyer, Chapter 15, Traffic Law, MICPEL (1996---). | | Employment | Legal intern to Judge Rita C. Davidson, Court of Appeals of Maryland (1981)
Law clerk to Judge Howard S. Chasanow, Circuit Court for Prince George's County, Maryland (1983-84)
Associate attorney - Horowitz, Oneglia, Goldstein, Foran & Parker, P.A. (1984-85)
Associate attorney - Alan J. Goldstein, P.A. (1985-91)
Attorney (firm owner) - Goldstein & Stamm, P.A. (1991---) | | Additional Bio Details | Leonard Stamm has been a practicing drunk driving, DUI, DWI, and criminal defense lawyer in the District, Circuit, and appellate courts of Maryland since 1984. Stamm is recognized as an authority in the area of drunk driving defense and Motor Vehicle Administration hearings in Maryland and has lectured and written extensively on this topic in Maryland and around the country. He has been a speaker at and has organized numerous continuing legal education seminars since 1986.
He is presently a Regent of the National College for DUI Defense and Chairman of its Amicus Committee, and is former President of the Maryland Criminal Defense Attorneys' Association. In September 2008 the first edition of Stamm's book, Maryland DUI Law, was published by West Publishing Company. He recently won a jury acquittal for a state delegate charged with driving while impaired (read the story) and was recognized by the Daily Record for having joined in an amicus brief on behalf of the National College for DUI Defense, authored by the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, and filed on behalf of the winning side in the United States Supreme Court in Melendez-Diaz v. Massachusetts. (Read the story). In December 2010 Stamm co-authored the amicus brief filed in the Supreme Court by the National College for DUI Defense and the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers in Bullcoming v. New Mexico.
He also serves on the Maryland Criminal Pattern Jury Instruction Committee of the Maryland State Bar Association. He has had a number of articles published in the Champion magazine, the magazine of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. He has been qualified as a practitioner and an instructor in standardized field sobriety tests in accordance with standards set forth by the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and completed a certification class as an operator and maintenance technician for the Intoxilyzer 5000. He hosted a training seminar in the Intox EC/IR. Stamm holds a certificate of successful completion for the Robert F. Borkenstein Course on "Alcohol, Drugs, and Highway Safety: Testing, Research, and Litigation" based out of Indiana University at Bloomington. He also completed a four and a half day course called Forensic Chromatography: Theory and Practice.
He is one of the few lawyers in the country to have taken a two and a half day overview of the Drug Recognition Expert (DRE) program. Martindale-Hubbell gives him its highest rating - "AV Preeminent." He has also been listed in "Super Lawyers" and "Best Lawyers." He has the highest AVVO rating - 10.
Johanna Leshner is the associate attorney in the firm. In addition to a full load of traffic and criminal cases, she serves as an adjunct professor at American University's Washington College of Law.
Since 1991, after the death of his partner, Alan J. Goldstein, Stamm has maintained a practice under the name of Goldstein & Stamm, P.A. in Greenbelt, Maryland. In early 2004, Andrea Hayduk joined the firm as an associate attorney also focusing on drunk driving, DUI, DWI, and criminal cases in the District, Circuit, and appellate courts of Maryland. In early 2008, Ms. Hayduk relocated to her home in Tennessee and was replaced by Johanna Leshner.
The firm represents individuals accused of crimes and traffic offenses in state and federal courts throughout Maryland. The firm handles cases in the following counties and locations: Montgomery (Rockville and Silver Spring), Prince George's (Upper Marlboro and Hyattsville), Howard (Ellicott City), Anne Arundel (Annapolis and Glen Burnie), Calvert (Prince Frederick), Charles (La Plata), St. Mary's (Leonardtown), Baltimore City (Patapsco, North Avenue, Wabash), Baltimore County (Owings Mills, Essex, Towson, Catonsville), Caroline (Denton), Frederick (Frederick), Kent (Chestertown), Queen Anne's (Centreville), Talbot (Easton), Dorchester (Cambridge), Wicomico (Salisbury), Somerset (Princess Anne), Worcester (Ocean City and Snow Hill), Cecil (Elkton), Allegany (Cumberland), Washington (Hagerstown), Garrett (Oakland), Carroll (Westminster), and Harford (Bel Air). The firm handles federal cases in Greenbelt, Baltimore, Andrews Air Force Base, Aberdeen Proving Grounds, and Fort Detrick. Stamm handles appeals in the Maryland appellate courts, and is admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court and the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond.
If you are facing criminal or traffic charges in Maryland, call 301-345-0122 to schedule a FREE consultation or send an email message. Visa, Mastercard, and American Express are accepted. |
Office Information
Leonard R. Stamm
6301 Ivy Lane, Suite 504
Greenbelt, MD 20770
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