Linda M Callahan

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When it seems the world is on your back, we are at your side.

The nervousness you felt seeing the blue lights behind you was just the beginning. As the ordeal turned into an investigation for DUI, your nervousness turned to panic. Your fear and humiliation caused the typical “fight or flight” response. The resulting rush of adrenalin made you shake uncontrollably as you attempted to perform the officer’s agility tests. Now that the night is past, your fear is still palpable as you consider how a DUI conviction could affect your life. Your humiliation is even more profound: you cannot believe something like this could have happened to YOU.

In Washington State, we have some of the nation’s toughest DUI laws. That’s why we at Callahan Law are driven to ensure your rights are protected and your liberty defended.

The penalty for a gross-misdemeanor DUI in Washington State can be more severe than the penalties for some felonies offenses. Confinement in jail and the loss of your driver’s license is mandatory, even for a first offense, upon conviction. Either may result in the loss of your job, placing your financial well-being, and the well-being of any family you support, in jeopardy. A conviction also results in mandatory court fines, costs and assessments. Add higher insurance premiums, SR22 insurance, and the cost and humiliation of a mandatory ignition interlock device and you begin to realize the full consequences of the charge you are facing. For certain repeat offenders, beginning July 2007, a DUI is no longer a gross misdemeanor—it is a felony.

You may feel anger at being in this position, but most people feel ashamed, humiliated, and depressed. Public perception of DUI is extremely negative and you’ve probably had that perception of it yourself. What will your family, friends, co-workers and employers think of you? This seems like a downward spiral, doesn’t it? With Callahan Law, it doesn’t have to be. Today is the day your downward spiral looks up.

Today you’ve found a firm where every lawyer is confident and aggressive, yet caring. You’ve found a firm that does more than just the basics in your defense. We add innovation, creativity, and fresh approaches to talent, bringing you the aggressive advocacy upon which you can depend. You’ve found a firm that will conduct an independent investigation to uncover facts favorable to you that the police neglected to include in their report accusing you of the crime. You’ve also found a firm with a staff of client specialists who are dedicated to extraordinary service.

Go ahead, breathe a sigh of relief. We’ll take care of the rest because we are driven in defense of those who drive.

Callahan Law
81 S Main St
Seattle WA 98104
Tel: 877 DUI-Answer; 206 219-5645
Fax: 360 462-2211

A Seasoned DUI Defense Lawyer to Stand Beside You

If you’re like most of clients of Callahan Law, this is your first experience with the criminal justice system – and you want to be sure you hire a lawyer who is right for you. You want a lawyer with confidence and credentials who really cares about you and your case. You want a lawyer who is intelligent, trained, experienced and has earned the respect of peers, prosecutors and judges.

In 1992, Ms. Callahan, Principal of the successful Callahan Law, graduated with the highest honors, Summa Cum Laude, from Hawaii Pacific University, earning two degrees: a Bachelor of Science and a Bachelor of Arts. Her GPA at graduation was 3.98. While at Hawaii Pacific University, she was President of Delta Mu Delta Honor Society and a member of Alpha Chi Honor Society. She was selected as the Harry S. Truman Scholar for the State of Hawaii in 1990.

The University of Notre Dame School of Law offered Ms. Callahan scholarships to attend their law school. She received her J.D. with honors, Cum Laude, from the University of Notre Dame Law School in 1996. While there she made the Dean’s Honor List, was Production Editor for the Journal of Law, Ethics and Public Policy and was active in the Women's Legal Forum. While studying at Notre Dame, Ms. Callahan was a single parent raising two children.

Ms. Callahan has the respect of her peers, having been voted “Super Lawyer Rising Star” in 2006. She authored, along with her colleague Ted Vosk, a constitutional challenge to the DUI law that resulted in widespread suppression of breath tests for two years. She has argued before every level of court in the state, from the smallest municipal court to the State Supreme Court, and she is admitted to practice in the United States Supreme Court.

Ms. Callahan is a published author in the DWI Journal of Law & Science, and has authored a book for non-lawyers on DUI, called the DUI Book, Washington Edition, which should be released soon. She trains other lawyers how to defend DUI cases.

Ms. Callahan is a member of the National College for DUI Defense, the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, the Washington Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, and a founding member of the Washington Alliance of DUI Trial Lawyers.

She is one of very few lawyers in the state who has learned the science and mechanics of breath testing from the DataMaster manufacturer, National Patent Analytical Systems (NPAS). NPAS manufactures all evidential breath test machines for the State of Washington. She owns her own DataMaster and conducts experiments for clients on it to determine whether certain substances could have artificially raised the breath test result. She is certified to administer Standardized Field Sobriety Tests, having been taught by NHTSA Certified Instructors.

Formerly, Ms. Callahan served as Session Attorney to the Senate Caucus in the State Legislature, and as deputy prosecuting attorney before turning to private practice. Her current practice focuses strictly on DUI defense.