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Todd J.W. Wisner
also graduated from McQuaid Jesuit High School and Denison University. He then worked in the litigation
department at Squadron, Ellenoff, Pleasant & Lehrer
(now Hogan
& Hartson LLP) in New York City for senior partner
Elliott Sagor and former SEC Chair Ira Lee Sorkin.
He then worked in the litigation department at Silver,
Golub & Teitell for senior partner Richard Silver on
medical malpractice cases in Stamford, Connecticut.
He
graduated from Thomas M. Cooley Law School in 1992 and joined
the litigation department of Trevett,
Lenweaver & Salzer, P.C., in Rochester, New York.
He worked under senior partner Thomas Trevett, and Thomas
Van Strydonck, in the areas of commercial litigation and
criminal defense.
For
fourteen years Todd J.W. Wisner has successfully represented
those accused of Alcohol Influenced Operating Offenses.
He began in 1992, when Mr. Wisner wrote a winning brief
on a suppression issue in a DWI case.
In
1994 Mr. Wisner founded the Wisner Law Firm, P.C. (now Wisner
& Wisner, LLP,) concentrating
in DWI defense. Since that year he has represented
hundreds of DWI clients as the practice became limited to
DWI defense, Vehicular Crimes, and Appellate Advocacy.
He is admitted in New York and Connecticut, and represents
clients all over New York State.
In 1996 Mr. Wisner
founded DWILAW.COM to provide basic information to those
charged with an alcohol influenced operating offense.
He
is a life member of the National Association of Criminal
Defense Lawyers and a life member of the New York State
Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. In 1999,
Mr. Wisner became a member of the National College for DUI
Defense at Harvard Law School (the college was founded in
1995). He is actively involved in its mission to defend
those accused of alcohol influenced operating offenses
In
2002, Todd J.W. Wisner became one of the first
lawyers in New York State to be Certified by the National
Highway Traffic Safety Administration as an Administrator
of Standardized Field Sobriety Testing.
In
2002, Wisner & Wisner LLP
became the first New York law firm to
own and maintain a functioning BAC Datamaster™ breath
testing instrument. The BAC Datamaster™ is the
most widely used device by New York State law enforcement.
Wisner & Wisner LLP
also acquired a Breathalyzer that year.
In 2002, Mr. Wisner
founded NEWYORKDWI.COM.
In July of 2002, Mr.
Wisner was asked to speak on DWI law by WHEC
Channel 10 News in Rochester,
N.Y.
In
2003, Todd J.W. Wisner was the first New York lawyer to be factory trained in the Supervisor program of the BAC
Datamaster™ by the manufacturer at National
Patent Analytical Systems, Inc.. In addition,
Mr. Wisner was Certified in the Science of Evidential Breath
Alcohol Testing and as a Breath Test Operator of the BAC
Datamaster™ in Mansfield, OH.
In 2003, Wisner
& Wisner LLP
was one of the first New York law firms to own a Alco-Sensor
IV manufactured by Intoximeters,
Inc. The Alco-Sensor is the breath screening device
most commonly used by the New
York State Police , Monroe
County Sheriff , and law enforcement throughout the
state including the Rochester
Police Department
December 13, 2005, Mr.
Wisner was a featured DWI lawyer in the Democrat
& Chronicle Newspaper.
In
2005, Todd J.W. Wisner became the first New York
lawyer to be Certified by the National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration (NHTSA) in the Instructor Development Training
Program of DWI Detection and Standardized Field Sobriety
Testing.
In
2007, Todd J.W. Wisner was the first New York lawyer
to be twice trained at the factory on BAC Datamaster™
by the manufacturer at National
Patent Analytical Systems, Inc. In addition, Mr.
Wisner is now certified to operate, perform diagnostic verifications,
and calibrate the BAC Datamaster.
In
2007, Todd J.W. Wisner was the first New York lawyer
to be factory trained on the Datamaster DMT ™
by the manufacturer at National
Patent Analytical Systems, Inc. The Datamaster
DMT ™ will change the way breath testing is conducted
in New York. The Datamaster DMT ™ is expected
to replace the BAC Datamaster™, the most widely used
instrument in New York, in 2007. The new instrument
will allow operators to view the volume and analysis of
a subjects breath in the form of a breath test graph.
It is portable and can analyze and record multiple breath
tests of a subject. The benefit to our clients of
Mr. Wisner being the first New York lawyer to be certified
in the operation and calibration of the Datamaster DMT ™
cannot be overstated. Indeed, Mr. Wisner's training
makes him more familiar with this instrument than most law
enforcement officers, breath test operators, lawyers and
judges.
October 14, 2007, Mr. Wisner was once again asked to comment on DWI jury trials in the Democrat & Chronicle Newspaper.
November 18, 2009, Mr. Wisner was asked to comment on questionable traffic stops in The Daily Record, Western New York's legal daily newspaper.
December 31, 2009, Mr. Wisner was asked to comment on the newly enacted Leandra's Law, converting a first offense DWI misdemeanor charge to a class E felony when a child is in the vehicle. Wisner was also asked to comment on the amendment of the 1193 statute mandating use of the ignition interlock on all misdemeanor and felony DWI convictions. The article was in The Daily Record, Western New York's legal daily newspaper.
Wisner
& Wisner LLP
maintains a library of maintenance, calibration and
repair records of twenty four breath testing instruments
used in Western New York.
Actively involved in
contesting the DWI laws, Todd J.W. Wisner has challenged
the constitutionality of the suspension pending prosecution
statute; the calibration of the BAC Datamaster; and the
admissibility of the Horizontal Gaze Nystagmus Standardized
Field Sobriety Test. Wisner & Wisner
LLP is actively challenging
not only the laws but how they are applied to the citzen
accused. The recent change in the blood alcohol level
in New York to .08 BAC has raised new issues concerning
the viability of the statute.
Mr.
Wisner has represented individuals having a variety of careers
including: college professors, airline pilots, college administrators,
teachers, nurses, commercial drivers with CDL licenses,
small business owners, corporate CEO's, military personnel,
ROTC students, European foreign nationals, Canadian foreign
nationals, hearing impaired drivers, police officers, and
construction workers.
Mr. Wisner successfully tries cases in town courts, city
courts as well as before New York's County and Supreme Courts.
Mr. Wisner has successfully represented DWI clients all
over New York State including Syracuse, Buffalo, Rochester,
Binghamton, Niagara Falls, Ithaca, Oswego and Plattsburg.
He has successfully represented clients in the following
counties: Allegheny
, Clinton ,
Cattaraugus
, Cayuga ,
Chemung
, Cortland ,
Erie , Genesee
, Herkimer
, Lewis
, Livingston
, Monroe
, Niagara
, Onondaga , Ontario
, Orleans ,
Oswego , Otsego
, Schuyler ,
Seneca , Steuben
, Tompkins ,
Wayne , and Yates
.
Mr.
Wisner's resume can be found at Todd
J.W. Wisner
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