J. Matthew Guilfoil. – Mr. Guilfoil is Managing Member of The Guilfoil Law Group, LLC, and DWI Institute of Kansas City , LLC, in Kansas City, Missouri. He received his B.A. degree from DePaul University and his J.D. degree from the University of Missouri at Kansas City.

Mr. Guilfoil has completed the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) / National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) approved 20-hour course in the administration of standardized field sobriety tests and is one of a very few defense attorneys certified as an IACP / NHTSA-certified standardized field sobriety testing instructor in the State of Missouri.

He is a certified Operator of the Intoxilyzer 5000 breath testing machine. He has also completed numerous other courses on both the Intoxilyzer 5000 and Datamaster breath testing machines, which are the two breath testing machines used primarily by the police in Missouri.

He is one of only two Missouri defense attorneys to have completed the 24-hour Drug Evaluation and Classification Overview Course, which forms the basis of the IACP / NHTSA Drug Recognition Expert (DRE) program. He has attended the 2003 and 2006 Summer Sessions of The National College of DUI Defense, presented at Harvard University, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and is the 2006-2007 Missouri State Delegate to the National College for DUI Defense.

He is a published author, having recently written a chapter entitled “Standardized Field Sobriety Testing and Cross Examination of the Arresting Officer,” for the Missouri Bar’s Continuing Legal Education “black book” series "DWI Law and Practice," which is the desk reference used by attorneys around the State of Missouri.

He has taught numerous courses on DWI and other topics to lawyers, police, and other law enforcement officials in Kansas and Missouri for the Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association, the Kansas Trial Lawyer's Association, and Lorman. In March 2006, he presented a lecture to Missouri State Water Patrol in Clay County Circuit Court, Division 6, on proper Standardized Field Sobriety Testing Procedures. He has been quoted in the Missouri Lawyer's Weekly and the St. Louis Daily Record on DWI-related issues.

Mr. Guilfoil is a member and the 2006-2007 Missouri State Delegate of The National College of DUI Defense, The American Association of DUI Trial Lawyers, the Missouri Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, and is a Missouri affiliate to the internet sites:www.drunkdrivingdefense.com, www.dui-dwi.com, and www.dui-help.com.

Toll Free: 1-877- MATT-DWI (1-877-628-8394) . MGuilfoil@Guilfoillawgroup.com