Background
Essen, Richard was born on January 28, 1939 in New York, New York, United States.
Essen, Richard was born on January 28, 1939 in New York, New York, United States.
University of Miami (Bachelor of Business Administration, 1960. Juris Doctor, 1963).
Worked at Essen, Essen, Susaneck, Canet & Lipson, P.A. (Miami, Florida) specializing in Practicing Primarily in the Defense of Drunk Driving Cases. Admitted to the bar, 1963, Florida and United States. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
1973, United States.
Court of Appeals, Second Circuit. 1979, District of Columbia, United States. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit and United States.
Supreme Court.
1981, United States. District Court, Southern District of Florida including Trial Bar. 1986, United States. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.
1990, New New York
Phi Alpha Delta. Assistant State Attorney, 1967-1968.
Author: "Defense of Drunk Driving: Practice Guide," Volume 4, Matthew Bender, 1994.
"Cross-Examination of the Arresting Officer in Drunk Driving Cases," in Cross-Examination of Witnesses: The Litigator"s Puzzle, Shepard"s McGraw-Hill, Incorporated., 1990 (Aron, Duffy and Rosner, eds.). Driving under the influence and Other Traffic Offenses in Florida, Chapter 6, Florida Bar Continuing legal education Committee, educated "Cross-Examining the Arresting Officer: Model Questions Regarding the Defendant"s Driving Pattern," Volume 9, Number.
2 Driving While Impaired Journal, February 1994.
"Initial Case Analysis," Volume 8, Number. 12 Driving While Impaired Journal, December 1993.
"The Confrontation Clause and the Absent Officer," Volume 8, Number. 10 Driving While Impaired Journal, October 1993.
"How to Obtain Relief After Conviction on the Ground that Counsel Was Ineffective," Volume 7, Number.
7 Driving While Impaired Journal, July 1992. "Grounds for Withdrawal of Plea After Group Advisory of Rights," Volume 7, Number. 5 Driving While Impaired Journal, May 1992.
"The Little Engine that Couldn"t: Cases Involving Non-Moving Vehicles," Volume 7, Number.
3 Driving While Impaired Journal, March 1992. "The Constitutional Right to Speedy Trial," Volume 7, Number.
1 Driving While Impaired Journal, January 1992. "Florida Trial Courts May Leave You Breathless," Volume 6, Number.
9 Driving While Impaired Journal, September 1991.
"The Corpus Delicti Rule: An Old Doctrine May Still Save Your Client," Volume 6, Number. 5 Driving While Impaired Journal, May 1991. "Challenging Florida"s New Summary Suspension Statute: A Progress Report," Volume 6, Number.
3 Driving While Impaired Journal, March 1991.
"May the Jury Make Its Own Law? Jury Nullificationand the Sympathetic Defendant," Volume 5, Number. 9 Driving While Impaired Journal September 1990.
"Driving While Impaired Priors and Your Client"s Credibility: Avoiding the Bane of Impeachment," Volume 5, Number. 7 Driving While Impaired Journal, July 1990.
"When Can You Comment on Your Opponent"s Failure to Call a Witness?" Volume 5, Number.
3 Driving While Impaired Journal, March 1990 (Company-Authored). "Roadside Sobriety Tests: Both Scientific and Unreliable," Volume 4, Number. 11 Driving While Impaired Journal, November 1989 (Company-Authored).
"Challenging the Constitutionality of Open Container Laws," Volume 4, Number.
7 Driving While Impaired Journal, July 1989. "Human Factors Engineering: Destroying the Myth of the Common SenseArgument," Volume 4, Number.
5 Driving While Impaired Journal, May 1989. "Duress and Necessity as Defenses in Driving While Impaired Cases," Volume 4, Number.
3 Driving While Impaired Journal, March 1989.
"Driving While Impaired is Illegal, Sometimes!" Volume 4, Number. 1 Driving While Impaired Journal, January 1989. "A Vehicle By Any Other Name: A Constitutional Attack Upon Driving While Impaired Statutes," Volume 3, Number.
11 Driving While Impaired Journal, November 1988.
"Involuntary Intoxication: A Viable Driving While Impaired Defense?" Volume 3, Number. 9 Driving While Impaired Journal, September 1988.
"When Per Se Statutes Create Mandatory Rebuttable Presumptions: The Defense Response," Volume 3, Number. 6 Driving While Impaired Journal, June 1988.
"The Defendant"s Right to Independent Blood Testing: A Right Without Remedy?" Volume 3, Number.
4 Driving While Impaired Journal, April 1988. "Suppressing Videotape Evidence on Fifth Amendment Grounds," Volume 3, Number. 2 Driving While Impaired Journal, February 1988.
"Using Weights and Measures Standards to Suppress Breath Alcohol Test Results, "Volume 2, Number.
12 Driving While Impaired Journal, December 1987. "Driving While Impaired Penalties: An Appeal to Reason," Volume 2, Number.
8 Driving While Impaired Journal, August 1987. "Cross-Examining the Arresting Police Officer: Pattern Questions Eliciting Alternative Reasonable Explanations," Volume 2, Number.
6 Driving While Impaired Journal, June 1987.
"Cross-Examining the Arresting Police Officer: Pattern Questions Based Upon the Police Report," Volume 2, Number. 10 Driving While Impaired Journal, October 1987. "Blunting the Public Hostility Against Drunk Drivers and Their Attorneys," Volume 2, Number.
4 Driving While Impaired Journal, April 1987.
Lecturer and Author, "The Drunk Driving Defense: An Expert"s Approach (A Videotape Presentation, The Professional Education Group, Incorporated., 1986). Member: Dade County and American Bar Associations.
The Florida Bar (Member, Grievance Committee, Criminal Law Section). District of Columbia Bar.
The Association of Trial Lawyers of America.
National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. The firm of Essen, Essen, Susaneck, Canet & Lipson, P.A. concentrates in defense of drunk driving cases.
All firm attorneys have extensive knowledge and experience in this highly specialized field of criminal law and have been personally trained by senior partner Richard Essen.
The firm"s clients represent a cross-section of the community and the firm"s attorneys have provided legal representation to clients in 40 different states. To assist clients, the firm engages in extensive pretrial investigation and discovery and has purchased an Intoxilyzer 500R breath testing machine.
Member: Dade County and American Bar Associations. The Florida Bar (Member, Grievance Committee, Criminal Law Section). District of Columbia Bar.
The Association of Trial Lawyers of America.
National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.
