DUI DEFENSE

Ramsay & DeVore, P.A. provides extraordinary defense for individuals in State, and Federal Courts around the state. Our clients include those who have already been charged with a DUI and seek competent legal representaion.

We are not average criminal defense attorneys. We don't believe that criminal defense means merely defending. We take the offense. As part of our aggressive representation, we may attack the prosecution's version of the facts, or challenge the laws. In some cases, however, when the “full court press” is inappropriate, we may exercise only “damage control.”

Some of our attorneys have been selected as “Super Lawyers” – a designation given to only the top 5% of Minnesota Attorneys. We are members of elite attorney organizations such as the Minnesota Society of Criminal Justice (MSCJ) – an organization limited to 50 criminal attorneys in the state. MSCJ was the first in the country to establish a national dwi/dui seminar designed to teach cutting edge techniques to attorneys across the nation. We are also members of the National College for DUI Defense, Inc., and of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. Other criminal defense attorneys from around the state and the country regularly consult with us to better help them represent their clients.

About Charles Ramsay:

Charles Ramsay, a founding partner of the firm, practices primarily in the area of criminal defense and civil forfeitures.  He has obtained acquittals in nearly every type of case from DWI to murder.  He prides himself on being on the cutting edge of criminal defense.  He helped pioneer a number of defenses in Minnesota, including faulty eyewitness identification, false confessions and the right of a defendant to present alternative suspects to a jury. 

An effective appellate lawyer, Chuck successfully litigated Genin v. 1996 Mercury Marquis before the Minnesota Supreme Court, where the court held that a vehicle owner who prevails in a DWI forfeiture action need not pay storage fees incurred during the pendency of a case.  Last year he prevailed before the Court of Appeals in State v. Bergh.  This case limits prosecutors’ ability to use out of state DWI convictions and license revocations to enhance subsequent DWI charges.  In yet another case last year, Chuck represented the appellant in State v. Blom, before the Minnesota Supreme Court.  In other notable appellate victories, the Minnesota Court of Appeals held that a police officer may not stop a driver merely for swerving within his own lane of traffic in State v. Hugger.  In State v. Bergerson the Minnesota Court of Appeals recognized that a police office may not purge the taint of an illegal stop of a motor vehicle when the driver attempts to flee after the officer initiates a traffic stop.

Chuck is a frequent lecturer at continuing legal education for lawyers in the area of DWI.  He is a member of the Minnesota Society for Criminal Justice (MSCJ)– a prestigious group of attorneys limited in number to 50 of the top criminal defense attorneys in the state.  The MSCJ began conducting national DWI seminars 25 years ago where the top attorneys in the country would speak about emerging trends.  Chuck is also an active member of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.
    
Chuck also regularly serves as a faculty member at continuing education classes for health care professionals where he lectures on the topics of boundaries and ethics, and represents various professionals before their licensing boards and in the legal system.

In each of the last six years, Chuck has been named Super Lawyer® by Minnesota Law & Politics, Twin Cities Business Monthly and Minneapolis St. Paul Magazine.    This honor is bestowed upon the top 5% of Minnesota lawyers as selected by their peers.