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About Our Marin County DUI Law Firm

The Law Office of Robert Tayac is an experienced team of California defense attorneys that represents clients accused of DUI violations in Marin and Bay Area Courts. Each lawyer of this criminal defense firm specializes in drunk driving defense. People throughout the San Francisco Bay Area have sought their expertise and trusted them to handle their DUI cases and DMV hearings. The Law Office of Robert Tayac represents people with alcohol and drug cases involving motor vehicles and provides the highest quality representation available anywhere.

The firm focuses primarily on defending people accused of driving under the influence of alcohol (DUI) and driving under the influence of drugs (DUID). Mr. Tayac and the attorneys working with him have specialized education, training, and experience that enables them to effectively defend your Bay Area DUI.

Robert Tayac
DUI Attorney Robert Tayac has well over a decade of experience as a San Francisco DUI Lawyer and has been helping people as an attorney since 1994. He is a member in good standing with the State Bar of California and admitted to practice before the California Supreme Court and all State and Federal Courts in California. Mr. Tayac graduated with a B.S. Degree from the University of California, Davis in 1988. He later received his J.D. (Juris Doctorate) degree from the University of California, Berkeley, Boalt Hall School of Law in 1993, where he was articles editor for the Law Review.

Mr. Tayac was a member of the San Francisco Police Department for more than 14 years and achieved the rank of Inspector of Police. As a respected staff attorney for Appellate Defenders in San Diego, he represented people convicted of criminal offences in the Fourth District Court of Appeal.

Recipient:

• Two Certificates of Honor, San Francisco Board of Supervisors
• Certificate of Merit, California State Assembly
• Awarded the Medal of Valor, San Francisco Police Department
• Co-authored “California Drunk Driving Defense, 4th ed.” (Thomson West Publishers)

California criminal defense lawyer Robert Tayac has defended countless driving under the influence cases and belongs to numerous professional organizations, including The Bar Association of San Francisco, The National College for DUI Defense, National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL), California Attorneys for Criminal Justice (CACJ), and California Public Defenders Association. Mr. Tayac was honorably discharged from the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve.

Mr. Tayac is an independent Northern California DUI lawyer, and believes in challenging everything for his clients’ defense to be successful. He is prepared and ready to fight your case by bombarding the District Attorney with extensive pre-trial motions, demonstrative evidence, photographs, witness testimony, videos, defense experts, essential cross-examination of the prosecution’s witnesses, and of course, your testimony.

Nors Davidson
Nors Davidson is a San Francisco, California criminal defense attorney and is senior managing associate of the Law Office of Robert Tayac. A native of Ketchum, Idaho, Mr. Davidson graduated from the University of Idaho with his bachelors’ degree in history. In 1997, Mr. Davidson moved to San Francisco to attend law school at the University of San Francisco. While attending law school, Mr. Davidson clerked for the homicide division of the San Francisco District Attorney’s Office and defended the indigent as a certified law student with the University of San Francisco Criminal Law Clinic.

Since joining the Law Office of Robert Tayac, Mr. Davidson has represented clients in hundreds of DUI cases ranging from simple misdemeanor actions to aggravated felonies. Mr. Davidson has developed a solid working relationship with all major Driver's Safety Offices ("DSO") of the California Department of Motor Vehicles and has likely had multiple hearings with the DMV hearing officer assigned to your case.

California DUI defense lawyer, Nors Davidson, is a general member of the National College for DUI Defense (NCDD) and received his certificate of completion of the 2007 Summer College in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Mr. Davidson has received advanced Field Sobriety Test ("FST") training and completed the Mastering Scientific Evidence in DUI Cases seminar hosted by the Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association in 2006. Attorney Davidson is also a member of the California DUI Lawyer's Association (CDLA) and completed the advanced DUI training seminar in 2007 and 2008. Additionally, Mr. Davidson is a member of the California Public Defender's Association and completed the advanced DUI training they sponsored in Monterey, California in 2007.

DUI Defense Experts

Alan McCann
Alan McCann is an accident investigation and reconstruction expert. He is also, a 33-year member of the San Francisco Police Department. He has conducted over 1,000 driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs investigations and made over 600 DUI arrests. Additionally, Mr. McCann holds basic, intermediate, advanced POST (Peace Officer’s Standards and Training) Certificates. The San Francisco Police Department awarded Mr. McCann their highest honor, the Gold Medal of Valor.

Halle Weingarten
Halle Weingarten is a consultant in forensics and provides comprehensive case review. This includes evaluation of the role of alcohol and drugs in case specific context, effects and metabolism of these substances, assessment of the reliability of alcohol and drug test procedures, evidence handling procedures, regulatory compliance, and quality assurance. She provides expert testimony in criminal, administrative, and civil proceedings. Additionally, Ms. Weingarten assists laboratories in setting up analytical methods that meet regulatory and legal requirements and in training laboratory staff and law enforcement officers.

Paul Cavallero
Investigator Paul Cavallero has conducted over 200 DUI investigations. He regularly testifies in court as a witness on behalf of our clients. He has been a member of our firm for over three years and is responsible for photographing arrest locations, delivering client motions to all Bay Area county courthouses, and gathering client discovery.

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