About Morgan E.

Morgan E. Leigh earned her J.D. from Georgia State University College of Law in 2008. She built her legal basis in law school and moved into practice in the Mid-Atlantic. Today she is certified to practice in both the District of Columbia and Maryland.

Early in her career Leigh pursued specialized education in impaired driving instances. She holds the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration certification in DWI Detection and Standardized Field Sobriety Testing. That credential displays hands-on instruction within the additives of horizontal gaze nystagmus, walk-and-flip and one-leg-stand checks, and the procedures officials use at some point of traffic stops. It also informs how she evaluates proof from sobriety checks and translates police reviews.

Leigh maintains active memberships in several expert organizations. She is a member of the Maryland State Bar Association, the DUI Defense Lawyers Association and the Montgomery County Bar Association. Those affiliations maintain her engaged with friends who handle visitors and criminal things and offer access to persevering with schooling and case-regulation advancements.

Her practice facilities on protection work in DWI and associated criminal instances. She represents people dealing with impaired riding charges and different visitors offenses at pretrial hearings, administrative license hearings and in courtroom. She examines the legality of stops, the administration of field sobriety checks, and the accuracy of breath and blood checking out. When instances require it, she prepares motions, negotiates with prosecutors and litigates contested problems earlier than judges.

Leigh combines courtroom work with client counseling. She explains technical checking out procedures in plain language and descriptions the options available at each stage of a case. Clients see a practitioner who prioritizes jargon-free explanations and realistic planning. She attracts on her education to question how tests have been carried out and whether or not procedures complied with established standards.

Outside casework her professional memberships allow her to follow evolving science and policy affecting impaired riding enforcement. She keeps current on case law and education techniques that affect DWI prosecutions in her jurisdictions. Her recent practice makes a speciality of DWI and associated felony defense things.

Education

Georgia State University College of Law

J.D.

2008

Accepted Jurisdictions

District of Columbia
Maryland

Certifications & Awards

DWI Detection & Standardized Field Sobriety Testing

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

Professional Associations

Maryland State Bar Association

Current

DUI Defense Lawyers Association

Current

Montgomery County Bar Association

Current

Office Locations

Main Office

 700 Wisconsin Avenue Suite 700 Chevy Chase MD 20815