About the author

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• Author: Jonathan Dichter

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Jonathan Dichter is the founding attorney of DUIHeroes, a boutique rm north of

Seattle, Washington specializing in DUI defense. He received a Bachelor of Arts in

the American Political System from the University of Akron, Ohio. He received his

juris doctorate from the Seattle University School of Law cum laude. After grad-

uation from law school, Jonathan was hired by a contract public defender’s oce

to handle the public defense for a suburb of Seattle, where he handled hundreds of

misdemeanors and gross misdemeanors solo and with part time support sta.

In 2009, after working as a private associate attorney for a few years, Jonathan

opened Dichter Law Oce, PLLC, which focused at the outset on low level criminal

oenses, such as DUI and minor assaults. After a few years, Jonathan focused his

practice exclusively on DUI defense and become a sought after resource and teacher

for other attorneys and organizations. His skillset and background as a performer

and storyteller bring a new and transformative spin into the courtroom during DUI

trials, and the level of polish he applies to these cases in their presentation can rival

the big budget week long felony trials you see on television. But he does it on a smaller scale, and in a day or two.

In 2020, he rebranded his rm to become DUIHeroes, redening his team’s core values, focusing on client care

above all else.

As a leader in the eld of DUI defense, Jonathan has achieved many accolades. Jonathan is:

• A NHTSA qualied Instructor of Standardized Field Sobriety Tests (SFSTs) under the guidelines of the Inter-

national Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) and the National Highway Trac Safety Administration.

• A NHTSA qualied graduate of both the basic SFSTs course and the Advanced Roadside Impaired Driving

Enforcement (ARIDE) program.

• The author of “The DUI Survival Guide: For Good People Who Made Simple Mistakes.”

• A frequent contributor to the Washington Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (WACDL) DUI Newsletter.

• A lecturer and teacher to:

• National Level DUI Organizations.

• Defense lawyer organizations.

• Public Defense Agencies.

• County Bar Associations.

• State Certied Treatment Agencies.

• Forensic Sobriety Assessment Certied.

• A contributor to the WACDL Defense magazine.

• State Delegate for Washington and a member of the Faculty of the National College for DUI Defense (2020-2024)

• The author of an article about client respect and care that is required reading in some public defense

agencies in Washington.

• Frequently the highest rated speaker at conferences he teaches at.

When he is not defending clients or teaching attorneys how to more eectively advocate, Jonathan is an

accomplished speaker, actor, improviser, comedian, singer, magician, author, and more. His passion and skills

with storytelling led him to the personal revelation that dramatic presentation and thematic storytelling were not

only possible in DUI (and indeed criminal) defense, but in fact, necessary to bring those skills to the next level.

He’s also the proudest Husband and Dad on Earth.