Experience
"All I Do is DUI Defense"
Charles M. Rowland II maintains an established DUI/OVI practice, representing the accused drunk driver in State and Federal Courts in Dayton Ohio & throughout the Miami Valley. He demonstrates a high level of commitment to DUI defense, as he exclusively represents clients facing DUI and OVI charges. This focused expertise allows him to stay current with developments in DUI law, benefiting his clients by ensuring they receive the highest level of representation.
- Concentrates solely on defending DUI cases
- Served as the Xenia City Prosecutor
- Served as a “Special Prosecutor” on high-profile felony cases
- Unique certification - Forensic Sobriety Assessment
- National College for DUI Defense
Credentials
Charles M. Rowland concentrates solely on defending DUI cases and has gotten extensive training and certifications to support his ability to defend his clients successfully.
Drug Recognition Expert (DRE) – Breath Test Instruments
Forensic Sobriety Assessment Certified
Recognized Expert in DUI / OVI
Drug Recognition Expert
Charles Rowland was the first private attorney in the State of Ohio certificated on the Intoxilyzer 8000 breath testing machine. Charles has been qualified by the United States government as an expert witness on evidential breath testing and has testified in court martial proceedings. He is a proud member of the National College for DUI defense and in 2006 attended the intensive seminar on DUI law at Harvard University. National Patent Analytical Systems has certified Charles Rowland in the operation, diagnostic verification and calibration of the BAC DataMaster Breath Alcohol Testing Instrument.
Forensic Sobriety Assessment
In 2008, Charles M. Rowland II was the first attorney in the United States to earn a certificate in Forensic Sobriety Assessment. FSA certification requires proficiency in the scientific principles and research relating to sobriety testing in a DUI/OVI stop. It subsumes the NHTSA training (knowledge of the NHTSA manual is required) and greatly extends it. Charles Rowland is currently the only of very few attorneys in the country to hold FSA certification.
In 2010, Charles M. Rowland II attended the most current NHTSA training wherein he was trained to administer and evaluate the standardized field sobriety tests . This is the same NHTSA/SFST training course that law enforcement officers are trained in nationwide and testify to in court. Charles Rowland is certified in the Drug Recognition Expert protocol, a tool that will help him defend drugged driving cases.
Recognized Expert in DUI / OVI
Charles is a frequent speaker on all matters related to DUI defense. He has spoken at Dayton Bar Association on evidential breath testing and was one of only two DUI defense attorneys chosen to speak to Ohio’s prosecuting attorneys at the Ohio Municipal Law Institute. He is also a prolific writer and The DaytonDUI Blog was chosen for inclusion in the prestigious ABA Journal of Legal Blogs. Charles was featured as a “Top DUI Attorney” in both Time Magazine (August 12, 2013) and Car & Driver Magazine (May 2013).
About Charlie
Education
- B.A. Wright State University.
- Ohio Northern University Pettit College of Law
Charles Rowland is a 1988 graduate of Beavercreek High School and a life-long resident of Beavercreek, Ohio. He graduated magna cum laude from Wright State University in 1992, earning a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science and a minor in Sociology with a concentration in Criminology. Charles M. Rowland II was awarded the H. E. Ashcroft Memorial Scholarship to attend Ohio Northern University’s Pettit College of Law. While in law school, Charles studied International Law and European Economic Community Law at the University College London, Bentham Faculty of Laws. As an L-2, Charles was a finalist at the National Tax Moot Court Competition in Houston, Texas. For his efforts he was chosen to serve as an Associate Justice of the Ohio Northern Moot Court Program. Charles Rowland was named to the prestigious Order of the Barristers for excellence in appellate advocacy. He graduated in the top 25% of his class in 1995 and returned to the Miami Valley to begin his practice.
Community Service
In addition to education and awards & certificates, Charles M. Rowland II has a wealth of real-life experience and community service.
He was the 2004 Ohio State Bar Foundation recipient of the Community Service Award for Attorneys under 40 years old. In 2005, Charles Rowland was given the singular honor of being named a Fellow of the Ohio State Bar Foundation. In 2006, Charles Rowland presented a seminar on standardized field sobriety testing before the Greene County Bar Association.
Twice-elected to the Beavercreek City School Board Charles M. Rowland was a co-recipient of the 2006 Beavercreek Chamber of Commerce Public Education Award. In 2003-2005 Charles served as President of the Board of Directors of TCN-BHS, Greene County’s Drug and Alcohol provider. In 2009 Charles re-joined the board. In 2008, contributed to a revision to Anderson’s Ohio Civil Practice along with the judges of the Greene County Common Pleas Court.He has also been a Wright State University Visiting Professor of Political Science for the University Honors Department.
Charles Rowland has appeared on television, radio and in newspapers, authoring DUI-related articles for the popular “Ask an Attorney” section of the Xenia Daily Gazette, the Beavercreek News Current and the Fairborn Daily Herald. He makes regular appearances on “The Brews Brothers” on WHIO radio.
Bar Associations. Charles Rowland is a proud member of the Clark County, Dayton and Ohio State Bar Association and has served as the President of the Greene County Bar Association from 2008-2009. In 2012, Charles received the honor of being named a Fellow to the American Bar Foundation.
Charles continues his volunteer work by serving on the Board of Directors of TCN-BHS and advocating for quality education.
