Business Description
Kevin Leckerman has handled well over 1,000 DWI / DUI cases throughout his career and tried approximately 200 of those cases at the municipal court level in New Jersey and in the Court of Common Pleas in Pennsylvania. Mr. Leckerman has been formally trained to administer standardized field sobriety tests and to operate numerous breath testing machines, including the Alcotest 7110, Intoxilyzer 8000, Datamaster, and Breathalyzer 900/900A.In the beginning of his career, as a Senior Deputy for the Bucks County Public Defender in Pennsylvania, Kevin Leckerman was the Appellate Division co-chief handling all appellate matters. This position required writing and arguing briefs to the Commonwealth, Superior and Supreme Courts of Pennsylvania. At the same time, he worked as a senior trial attorney representing clients on charges ranging from arson, aggravated assault, DUI, rape, drug crimes, DUI vehicular homicides, felony-murder to capital murder.
After leaving the Office of the Public Defender, Kevin chose to work for Levow & Associates, P.A., located in Cherry Hill, NJ. As an associate, he focused his practice on DWI / DUI defense. During his tenure with Levow & Associates, Kevin Leckerman received training and certification from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) for DWI detection and the administration of standardized field sobriety testing. Moreover, as a member of the National College for DUI Defense, he received and continues to receive extensive training regarding breath testing, blood testing and all other aspects of DWI / DUI defense.
Additionally, Kevin Leckerman wrote the briefs for and argued before the New Jersey Appeals Court in a successful effort to establish new DWI law in New Jersey. The changes in the law concerned the Constitutional right to confront and cross-examine hospital workers who extracted blood samples and lab technicians who tested those blood samples in DWI prosecutions. These changes helped to enhance and protect the rights of all people in New Jersey charged with DWI.
Areas of Practice
100% DUI / DWI Defense
Litigation Percentage
100%
Types of DWI Cases Handled
Highest BAC ever handled 0.38
Defended someone with 5 previous DWI convictions
Under 21
Under 18
CDL Holder (in commercial vehicle and in regular vehicle)
Out of State
1st Offender
Multiple / Repeat Offender
High BAC (above .15)
BAC below .08
RE-arrest from interlock failure
Failure to Appear
2nd DWI while under suspension for the 1st
Child in Car
Checkpoint DWI
Training Courses and Certifications
DUI Defense Lawyers Association – Fall Seminar – 3 day course
Completion date – September 22, 2018
Trained Standardized Field Sobriety Tests instructor – National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)
Course completion – January 24-26, 2014
American Chemical Society (ACS) Hands-On Forensic Drug Analysis Training Course – 5-days technical training for analyzing seized illegal drugs
Certificate of course completion May 16-19, 2013
Intoxilyzer 8000 Operator’s Course
3-days training course concerning the scientific principles and operation of the Intoxilyzer 8000 breath testing device
Certificate of course completion May 10-12, 2012
American Chemical Society (ACS) Hands-On Forensic Chromatography Training Course
5-days technical training for detecting the presence of drugs or alcohol in blood and urine
Certificate of course completion April 25-29, 2012
Scientific Evidence and the Right to Confrontation
Course completion January 13, 2012
Enzyme Assay Ethanol Test False Positive Results Due to NADH
Course completion May 20, 2011
Mastering Scientific Evidence in DWI/DUI Cases
Certification of course completion April 16, 2011
The Scientific Truth About HS-GC-FID and the Pharmacology of Ethyl Alcohol, ***** and Benzodiazepines
Certification of course completion January 7, 2011
Drug Evaluation and Classification Overview Course (DRE)
Certification of course completion September 26, 2005
DWI Consultants – DRE (Drug Recognition Evaluation) seminar
Course completion August 13, 2010
Draeger Safety Diagnostics, Inc. Operator Training Course for the Alcotest 7110 MKIII-C
Certificate of course completion March 27, 2009
Forensic Blood & Urine Testing Course
Certificate of course completion December 7th, 2008
Mastering Scientific Evidence in DWI/DUI Cases Training Course
Certificate of course completion April 21, 2007
NHTSA and IACP DWI Detection & Standardized Field Sobriety Testing Program
Certificate of Training February 6, 2005
Seminars Given by Attorney Leckerman
Solving the Mysteries of the New DUI Law & Drug DUIs
Speaker at DWI seminar – Camden County Bar Association – November 13, 2019
Alcohol, Vehicle and the Law
Widener University School of Law – New Jersey DWI Law Course – April 22, 2015
Scientific Approaches to Defending Drug Cases in Municipal Court
Municipal Court Practice Committee – Camden County Bar Association – April 30, 2014
Fundamentals of DUI Blood Testing
Widener University School of Law – New Jersey DWI Law Course – February 19, 2014
