The Man Who Wrote The DUI Book: When it comes to DUI defense, John Hunsucker wrote the book – literally.

Board Certified* in DUI Defense by the National College for DUI Defense, DUI defense attorney John Hunsucker is internationally recognized as a leader in the field of DUI defense. Mr. Hunsucker and his team have litigated thousands of DUI cases in Oklahoma and been retained to consult on cases across the nation.

Mr. Hunsucker has taught at numerous DUI seminars and appeared on almost all of the local news stations as well as national TV as a legal expert, commentating on television programs such as In Session with Ashleigh Banfield and Open Court with Lisa Bloom.

Mr. Hunsucker is a Regent and Sustaining Member of the National College of DUI and teaches nationally and internationally. He also serves on the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers Association’s DUI Committee. Mr. Hunsucker is a Director and Sustaining Member for the Oklahoma Criminal Defense Lawyer’s Association.

Mr. Hunsucker has spoken for the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, National College for DUI Defense, Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, Oklahoma Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, Oklahoma Bar Association, Oklahoma Highway Patrol, Council on Law Enforcement Training and the Municipal Judges Association. Mr. Hunsucker has been a guest professor at Oklahoma City University School of Law, University of Oklahoma and Northeast State University.

As a leading authority in Oklahoma DUI defense, Mr. Hunsucker has coauthored several books on the topic, including Oklahoma DUI Defense: The Law and Practice (two editions), Defending DUI Vehicular Homicide Cases and the Oklahoma DUI Survival Guide (three editions). Mr. Hunsucker’s knowledge of the field is so vast that he was also brought in to help write the Minnesota, Florida, Georgia, Utah, Colorado, Maryland, District of Columbia, Central Texas, South Texas, and West Texas editions of the DUI Survival Guide series. Additionally, Mr. Hunsucker has been published nationally in NACDL’s monthly national journal “The Champion”.

Holding a Bachelor’s degree from the University of Oklahoma, Mr. Hunsucker earned his J.D. from the Oklahoma City University School of Law in 1997. He is admitted to practice law in all Oklahoma state and municipal courts, as well as the Western District of the United States Federal Court ,the United States Appellate Court for the Tenth Circuit and the Supreme Court of the United States.

Mr. Hunsucker spent the first year of his law career prosecuting DUIs as an Assistant District Attorney. This experience gave him invaluable insight into the strategies employed by state prosecutors—insight he uses to the benefit of his clients when defending DUI charges today.

Frequently called upon by fellow attorneys because of his extensive knowledge, Mr. Hunsucker is the only DUI attorney in Western Oklahoma to be named by his peers as an Oklahoma SuperLawyer almost every year since 2006—an honor reserved for only the top 5% of all Oklahoma attorneys. Mr. Hunsucker has also been selected for Inclusion in Best Lawyers for several years and has been chosen as the Best DUI Attorney in Oklahoma

Mr. Hunsucker handles hundreds of alcohol-related driving charges every year, ranging from municipal DWIs to DUI felony murder II cases. He is certified as an Administrator and Instructor of standardized field sobriety tests. Mr. Hunsucker is certified on the Intoxilyzer 8000. There are only 12 functioning Intoxilyzer 8000s in the hands of law firms in the country. The Hunsucker Legal Group co-owns two of these, which are the only two in Oklahoma. Mr. Hunsucker is trained in Drug Recognition Evaluation (DRE) and has attended many advanced science courses including lab courses where is has completed his blood analysis on the same machines used by Oklahoma’s laboratories.

The Hunsucker Legal Group has argued successfully to the Oklahoma Appellate Courts several issues relating to driver’s license issues that resulted in thousands of clients having their license returned without any license revocation. Additionally, Mr. Hunsucker was the lead plaintiff in Hunsucker v. Fallin resulting in the Supreme Court ruling new changes to the DUI laws unconstitutional.

If you have been charged with DUI in Oklahoma, call the Hunsucker Legal Group at (405) 544-2992 to schedule a free, no-obligation case consultation.

* The NCDD is the only organization accredited by the American Bar Association (ABA) to provide certification in the specialty field of DUI Defense Law. Currently there are only 50 attorneys in the country to have achieved this level of expertise and only one in Western Oklahoma.