George Stein represents clients all across Georgia and is the author of a 1200 page book, entitled Georgia DUI Law (Lexis Publishing Co.) His practice is dedicated to contested DUI and vehicular homicide cases. He is a member of the Drinking Drivers Defense Network and a Founding Member and graduate of the National College for DUI Defense conducted at Harvard Law School. In 2002, George was elected by his peers to sit on the prestigious National College for DUI Defense board of directors. In 2011, George was elected to serve a “Dean” of the College. This elite board is comprised of 12 of the finest DUI lawyers in North America. George has the experience of over two hundred fifty (250) Jury trials with an exceptional success rate. He is well known for his successful defense of attorneys and professional athletes, arrested and charged with DUI. George is a frequent lecturer on the subject of DUI defense and in his home state, he has been nicknamed “The DUI Lawyer”®.
License:
• GA – Active Member in Good Standing (1991)
Awards:
• Lifetime achievement award – Defense of Drinking Drivers Group (2015)
• Served as Dean – National College for DUI Defense (2012)
• Elected Dean of the College – National College of DUI Defense (2011)
• Appointed Chairman – ICLE – Drinking Driving Institute
(2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018)
• Appointed Chairman – Georgia ICLE-Drinking Driver’s Institute (2003)
• Elected to the Board of Regents – National College for DUI Defense (2002)
• Admitted to United States Supreme Court – United States Supreme Court (1998)
• Field Sobriety Instructor Training – DOT (1996)
• Certificate of Recognition – National College for DUI Defense (1995)
Work Experience:
• Owner, Founder – Steel Horse Law (2007 – Present)
• Founder, Principal, Owner – Stein & Ward Law Firm (1991 – Present)
Publications:
• Lexis Nexus Publishing Company – Georgia DUI Law, A Resource for Lawyers and Judges (2016)
• Champion Magazine – The Six Commandments of Effective Appellate Preparation (2009)
• NCDD Journal – The Commandments of Effective Appellate Preparation (2008)
• NCDD Journal – Law Office Management (2007)
• NCDD Journal – Don’t Open the Door Keeping Suppressed Evidence Out (2006)
Speaking Engagements:
• Defense of Drinking Drivers Institute – ChairPerson & Speaker (2016, 2018)
• Annual SC DUI Seminar – Cross-Examination Techniques (2014)
• National College of DUI Defense-Presented at Harvard Law School – Ethics in a DUI Case (2012)
• National College for DUI Defense Conducted at Harvard Law School – Composing Closing Arguments that Win (2009)
• Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association – Battle Tested Cross-Examination Techniques (2008)
• Institute for Drinking Driving Defense – DUI Defense, Seminar Chairman (2008)
• National College for DUI Defense, Tucson Arizona – Law Office Management (2007)
• National DUI College, conducted at Harvard Law School – Don’t Open the Door, Keeping Suppressed Evidence Out (2006)
• Institute for Drinking Driving Defense – DUI Defense, Seminar Chairman (2005)
• National College for DUI Defense, San Antonio Texas – Cross-Examination Techniques, Georgia Style (2003)
• Institute for Drinking Driving Defense – DUI Defense, Seminar Chairman (2002)
• Georgia Indigent Defense Lawyers Association – Attacking Field Sobriety Testing at Trial (2001)
• Institute for Drinking Driving Defense – Closing Arguments that Win (1999)
Associations:
• National College for DUI Defense – Regent (2002 – Present)
• United States Supreme Court – Member (1998 – Present)
• National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers – Member (1995 – Present)
• National College of DUI Defense – Founding Member & Assistant Dean (1995 – Present)
• Georgia Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers – Member (1995 – Present)
• Defense of Drinking Drivers Georgia Chapter – Member (1993 – Present)
• Drinking Drivers Defense Network – Member (1993 – Present)
• United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia – Member (1992 – Present)
• Georgia Court of Appeals – Member (1992 – Present)
• Georgia Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Atlanta Region – Member (1992 – Present)
• Georgia Supreme Court – Member (1992 – Present)
• State Bar of Georgia, Criminal Law Section – Member (1991 – Present)
• National College of DUI Defense – Dean (2011 – 2012)
