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Mark Thiessen

DWI, Criminal & Civil Trial Attorney

Speaking Engagements

Houston, Texas

TCDLA Top Gun Advanced DWI CLE – Breaking Down Blood Testing for Lawyers

San Antonio, Texas

State Bar of Texas Advanced Criminal Law CLE – Cross Examining the SFSTs

Houston, Texas

Harris County Managed Assigned Counsel (MAC)/ SFSTs and the Disconnect Defense

Houston, Texas

South Texas College of Law Criminal Law Society/ Criminal Law Primer

Austin, TX

TCDLA Intoxication Manslaughter CLE

Voir Dire

Knoxville, TN

TACDL Masters of DUI Seminar

Images, Analogies, and Stories

Atlanta, GA

DUIDLA Fall Seminar

Past, Present, and Future of DUI

San Antonio, TX

TCDLA 36th Annual Rusty Duncan Advanced Criminal Law Seminar

Images, Analogies, and Stories

Tampa, FL

FACDL Masters of DUI

Blood Test Cross Examination Techniques

Nashville, TN

DUIDLA Spring Seminar

Science in Bite Sized Chunks

Houston, TX

Harris County Public Defender’s Office

Blood Test Cross Examination Techniques

Houston, TX

Houston Managed Assigned Counsel Training

Disconnect and SFSTS and Blood Test Cross Exam

Las Vegas, NV

TCDLA President’s Trip

Almost Everything You Need to Win DWI Trials

Lubbock, TX

TCDLA 42nd Annual Prairie Dog Advanced Criminal Law Seminar

Almost Everything You Need to Win DWI Trials

Epping, NH

NHACDL Criminal Law Seminar

Images, Analogies, and Stories

Tampa, FL

FACDL Blood Breath and Tears

Defending BWI Cases and Mock Trial

Austin, TX

ACDLA DWI Seminar

10 Easy Tips for Winning DWI Trials

Austin, TX

DUIDLA Fall Seminar

Back to the Basics

Houston, TX

TCDLA 30th Annual Top Gun

Beating Blood and Breath Through the Officer

San Francisco, CA

California Defense Lawyers Assoc.; 2022 Annual Kuwatch Conference

Top 10 DWI Trial Tactics

Houston, TX

Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences (HCIFS); 2022 Topics in Forensic Science (TIFS) Conference

Defense Perspectives in DUI/D Litigation

Tampa, FL

The Florida Bar; Masters of DUI

Not Guilty v. Goliath, Taking Down High Blood Tests

San Antonio, TX

SACDLA/TCDLA 4th Annual Fiesta 2022 Advanced Criminal Defense Seminar

New Defenses to the Intoxilyzer 9000

Denver, CO

DUIDLA Spring SeminarCriminal Defense Seminar

Cross Examining the Blood Expert

Austin, TX

TCDLA Lonestar DWI

Understanding and Beating the Intoxilyzer 9000

Lubbock, TX

Texas Tech University – Criminal Law Class

Trial Tactics from the Trenches

Austin, TX

State Bar of Texas – Firearms Law

Trial Strategy and Cross Exam of Arresting Officer

Huntsville, TX

TCDLA Trial College

Opening and Direct Examination

San Antonio, TX

TCDLA/SACDLA Fiesta Seminar

Updating Blood Vial Scandal Information

San Antonio, TX

TCDLA 34th Annual Rusty Duncan Advanced Criminal Law

DWI Update Post-Covid

Dallas, TX

TCDLA 14th Annual DWI Defense Project

Attacking SFSTs

Austin, TX

State Bar of Texas – Marriage Dissolution Institute

Dragnet: Drug & Alcohol Testing & Devices That Actually Work

Austin, TX

TCDLA 8th Annual Lonestar DWI

Closing Arguments and Story Telling

Lubbock, Texas

TCDLA 40th Annual Prairie Dog Criminal Law CLE

DWI Updates and Development

Virtual, Online

DUIDLA COVID Panel

Trying Cases in Covid Times

Austin, TX

DUIDLA Fall Seminar

Perfecting the Disconnect Defense

Virtual, Indiana

ICDLA Indiana Public Defender CLE

DWI Pretrial Motions/

Houston, TX

TCDLA 18th Annual Top Gun DWI Seminar

DWI Voir Dire

Austin, TX

State Bar of Texas Advanced Criminal Law

Back to the Basics; Attacking SFSTs

Austin, TX

TCCLA CLE Speaker’s Luncheon

New Advances in DWI Law

Ft. Worth, TX

Texas Family Bar CLE

Problems with Scientific Devices

Huntsville, TX

TCDLA Tim Evans’ Trial College

Trial Tactics for Beginning Lawyers

Columbia, OH

OACDL Advanced Criminal Law

Defending Intoxicated Manslaughter Cases

Houston, TX

STCL Prof. Moses’ Voir Dire and Opening Class

Trial Tactics from the Trenches

The Caribbean

TCDLA President’s Trip

Cruising While Intoxicated

Columbia, SC

Top Tips for DWI Trials

SCACDL Reese Joye DUI Seminar

Washington D.C.

Supreme Trial Tactics

DUIDLA Spring Seminar

Lubbock, TX

TCDLA Prairie Dog Seminar

Attacking Blood Labs and Beating Intoxicated Manslaughter Cases

Charleston, NC

DUIDLA: Fall Seminar

Voir Dire & Cross in Blood Test Cases

Houston, TX

TDLA Top Gun DWI Seminar

Speaking with DA on DWI Trial Tactics. Voted #1 Speaker for this speaking engagement

Houston, TX

HYLA

How to Successfully Start and Manage a Law Firm

Houston, TX

State Bar of Texas

Advanced Criminal Law Seminar: Intoxilyzer 9000

San Antonio, TX

TCDLA 30th Annual Rusty Duncan Advanced Criminal Law

Intoxilyzer 9000

Houston, TX

South Texas College of Law

Professor Moses’ Openings and Closings Class: DWI Trial Tactics

Houston, TX

TCDLA Training Day

CLE: DWI Pretrial Motions to Suppress

Columbus, OH

Ohio Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers Best in the Midwest

Ohio Advanced DUI Seminar- Defense v. Prosecution DWI Techniques

Caribbean Sea

TCDLA President’s Cruise

CLE: Attacking the Drug Recognition Expert

Lubbock, TX

TCDLA Prairie Dog Seminar

Attacking the DRE Expert

San Antonio, TX

Stuart Kinard Memorial Advanced DWI Seminar

TIED FOR #1 SPEAKER: Defense v. DA Trial Tactics with Bexar County DA Nico LaHood

San Antonio, TX

TCDLA Stuart Kinard Advanced DWI Seminar

Speaking with Bexar County District Attorney Nico Lahood on DWI trial strategies from both sides

Tunica, MS

Tennessee Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers Annual DUI Seminar and Training

Not Guilty v. Goliath; Taking Down High Blood Tests Using the Disconnect Defense.

Houston, TX

TCDLA Top Gun DWI

Intoxilyzer 9000

San Antonio, TX

SACDLA Seminar

Intoxication Manslaughter Trial Tactics

Austin, TX

TCDLA 3rd Annual Lonestar DWI

TIED FOR #1 SPEAKER: Candida Albicans and the Autobrewery Syndrome

Dallas, TX

State Bar of Texas 42nd Annual Advanced Criminal Law Seminar

DWI Trial Tactics and Case Law Update

San Antonio, TX

TCDLA 29th Annual Rusty Duncan Seminar

TIED FOR #1 SPEAKER: DWI Voir Dire From Full Refusals to Intoxicated Manslaughter

Salt Lake City, UT

Utah Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers Advanced DWI Seminar

Not Guilty v. Goliath, Taking Down High Blood Tests Without an Expert

San Antonio, TX

TCDLA DWI Defense Project

DWI Blood Cross-Examination

San Antonio, TX

TCDLA, SACDLA, SABA 53rd Annual Anees Semaan Advanced Criminal Law Seminar

DWI Voir Dire From Full Refusals to Intoxicated Manslaughter

Columbus, OH

Ohio Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers Best in the Midwest

Not Guilty Versus Goliath; Taking Down High Blood Tests Using the Disconnect Defense

College Station, TX

TCDLA Upholding Justice One Client at a Time

VOTED #1 SPEAKER: DWI Techniques

San Antonio, TX

TCDLA Stuart Kinard Memorial Advanced DWI Seminar

Attacking the DRE Expert

Little Rock, AR

Pulaski County Bar Association – DWI Institute: My Case is a Wreck

Not Guilty v. Goliath & DWI Blood Test Disconnect Defense

Austin, TX

TCDLA 2nd Annual Lone Star DWI: Drugs

DWI Hallucinogens and Stimulants & Intoxilyzer 9000

Chicago, IL

DUIDLA

Blood Test Disconnect Defence and Cross Examination Techniques

San Antonio, TX

28th Annual TCDLA Rusty Duncan Seminar

Blood Testing Science and Case Law

Arlington, TX

TCDLA DWI Defense Project

TIED FOR #1 SPEAKER: Cross Examination of the Blood Analyst

San Antonio, TX

TCDLA, SACDLA, SABA 52nd Annual Anees Semaan Advanced Criminal Law Seminar

Not Guilty v. Goliath; Taking Down High Blood Tests Using the Disconnect Defense

Waco, TX

TCDLA Training Your Defense Team to Win

Jury Selection

Lubbock, TX

Annual Prairie Dog Advanced Criminal Law

TIED FOR #1 SPEAKER: Not Guilty v. Goliath; Taking Down High Blood Tests Using the Disconnect Defense

Denton, TX

Jolly Roger Seminar

DWI Blood Trial Tactics

San Antonio, TX

2014 Stuart Kinard Memorial Advanced DWI Seminar

VOTED #1 SPEAKER: Not Guilty vs. Goliath, Taking Down High Blood Tests with the Disconnect Defense

Dallas, TX

TCDLA: Cross Examination

TIED FOR #1 SPEAKER: Cross of DWI Blood Expert

Houston, TX

TCDLA: Top Gun DWI Seminar

Blood Test Voir Dire & Preparing the Jury for Acquittal

South Padre Island, TX

TCDLA Member’s Trip

VOTED #1 SPEAKER: Not Guilty vs Goliath & Taking Down High Blood Tests Using the Disconnect Defense

Austin, TX

TCDLA Lone Star DWI

VOTED #1 SPEAKER: Blood 101: Basics of Blood Testing & Taking Down High Blood Tests Using the Disconnect Defense

San Antonio, TX

27th Annual TCDLA Rusty Duncan Advanced Criminal Law Course

DWI Blood Testing Basic; What Works and What Doesn\'t

Humble, TX

Houston Bar Association at Summer Creek High School

Sex, Drugs and Alcohol; Keeping Kids Scared Straight

Longview, TX

TCDLA Trial Strategies that Work

VOTED #1 SPEAKER: Opening and Closing Statement

Houston, TX

Harris County Municipal Justice Bar Association Annual CLE

Trial Tactics From the Trenches

Houston, TX

Third Annual Hon. Craig Washington & Sen. Rodney Ellis Criminal Law Seminar

Advanced Trial Techniques

Lubbock, TX

TCDLA 33rd Annual Prairie Dog Lawyers Advanced Criminal Law

Basics of Blood Testing to Taking Down Big Blood Tests; How We Do It

Humble, TX

Houston Bar Association at Summer Creek High School

Knowing Your Rights; Sex, Drugs, DWI and Assault

Houston, TX

Houston Bar Association at Westside High School

Mock Trial Voir Dire

Houston, TX

TCDLA / Public Defender’s Office

Indigent Defense Advanced Trial Tactics

Houston, TX

TCDLA Top Gun DWI

10 Silver Bullets for DWI Trials

South Padre Island, TX

TCDLA Gideon’s Trumpet Seminar Series

Basics of Blood Testing; Attacking a DWI Blood Test

Houston, TX

HCCLA Training Day: Criminal Law 101

Trial Tactics from the Trenches

Arlington, TX

TCDLA DWI Defense Project

Basics of Blood Testing; Attacking a DWI Blood Test

Houston, TX

Harris County Public Defender

Closing Arguments – Storytelling

Waco, TX

TCDLA Gideon’s Trumpet Seminar Series

Basics of Blood Testing; Attacking a DWI Blood Test

Humble, TX

Houston Bar Association at Summer Creek High School

Knowing Your Rights; Sex, Drugs, DWI and Assault

Houston, TX

Harris County Public Defender

Closing Arguments – Storytelling

Houston, TX

Houston Bar Association

Trial Tactics from the Criminal Trenches

Houston, TX

Westlaw Ed. Center National Webinar

Basics of Blood Testing; Attacking a DWI Blood Test

Lubbock, TX

TCDLA 32nd Annual Prairie Dog Lawyers Advanced Criminal Law

Basics of Blood Testing; Attacking a DWI Blood Test

Humble, TX

Houston Bar Association at Summer Creek High School

The Importance of Jury Service and Knowing the Law

Georgetown, TX

TCDLA Gideon’s Trumpet Seminar Series

Basics of Blood Testing; Attacking a DWI Blood Test

Houston, TX

TSU Thurgood Marshall School of Law

Criminal Trial Clinic – DWI Trial Tactics and Voir Dire

Austin, TX

TCDLA TOP GUN DWI Seminar

Cross-Examination of Breath Test Technical Supervisor

Houston, TX

Harris County Criminal Lawyers Association CLE

Trial Tactics from the Trenches

Dallas, TX

TCDLA Boot Camp for Young Lawyers

DWI Trial Tactics and Skills

Houston, TX

TSU Thurgood Marshall School of Law

DWI Nuts and Bolts – DWI Voir Dire on High Breath Test with Accident

Houston, TX

TCDLA Voir Dire Seminar

Car Accidents and Hospital Enzymatic Assay Blood Testing

Houston, TX

Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Assoc.’s Top Gun DWI Seminar

Final Argument

South Padre Island, TX

TCDLA Art of War Trial Tactics

The Game of Trial; Running the Bases

Houston, TX

South Texas College of Law Advanced Advocacy Class

The Game of Trial; Running the Bases

Tyler, TX

TCDLA Art of War Trial Tactics

The Game of Trial; Running the Bases

Edinburg, TX

TCDLA Art of War Trial Tactics

The Game of Trial; Running the Bases

San Antonio, TX

National College of DUI Defense/Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Assoc.’s Stuart Kinard Advanced DWI Seminar

TIMBER! Chopping Down High Breath Tests without an Expert

Houston, TX

Network of Professional Brazilians in Houston

Understanding Your Rights in Texas and Secrets to Avoiding a DWI Arrest and Conviction

Houston, TX

North Shore Senior High School

Keeping Students Safe from DWI and Drugs

Galveston, TX

Galveston County Criminal Defense Lawyers Assoc. CLE

TIMBER! Chopping Down High Breath Tests

Conroe, TX

Montgomery County Criminal Defense Lawyers Assoc. CLE

New Issues in Montgomery County – Death to the \"E\" Jury; Getting a Fair Trial

Dallas, TX

David Burrows DWI Defense Project

The Game of Trial; Running the Bases

Austin, TX

TCDLA Lone Star DWI

TIED FOR #1 SPEAKER: Beating Intoxicated Manslaughter Cases: Not Guilty v Cerberus

San Antonio, Texas

TCDLA Rusty Duncan Seminar

Not Guilty v Cerberus: Beating Intox Manslaughter Cases

Houston, TX

TCDLA Top Gun DWI Seminar

Top 10 DWI Trial Tactics to Shooting Down the State’s Case

Philadelphia, PA

DUIDLA Fall Seminar 2018

Not Guilty v. Cerberus; Beating Intoxicated Manslaughter Cases

Austin, TX

State Bar of Texas

Handling Your First (or Next) DWI Case: Handling Breath/Blood Test Analysts

Houston, TX

Harris County Public Defenders Office CLE

Defending Intoxication Related Crimes

Austin, TX

TCDLA 16th Annual Forensics Seminar

Accident Reconstruction

Round Top, TX

TCDLA Round Top VIII Advanced Skills Training

Psychodrama in DWI Cases

Austin, TX

TCDLA 6th Annual Lonestar DWI Forensics

BWI Defenses

Huntsville, TX

TCDLA 42nd Annual Tim Evans Trial College

Instructor

Huntsville, TX

TCDLA Trial College

Closing Arguments

Houston, TX

STCL Professor Moses’ Class on Openings and Closings

Dallas, TX

TCDLA 12th Annual DWI Defense Seminar

Dallas, TX

State Bar of Texas Advanced Criminal Law Course

Intoxicated Manslaughter Cases

Orlando, FL

Florida Bar Association Criminal Law Seminar

Intoxicated Manslaughter

San Antonio, TX

TCDLA 32nd Annual Rusty Duncan Advanced Criminal Law Seminar

Intoxilyzer 9000 and NEW Defenses

Houston, TX

CCCL Judicial Education Conference

Current Updates on DWI Issues

San Diego, CA

DUIDLA Fall Seminar

Defending BWI Cases

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