The latimes.com website reported in an article on March 14, 2009 that a driver of a Porsche hit a Ferrari driven by Charles David Lewis Jr. Lewis Jr.’s Ferrari was flung into a light post in Newport Beach where his car was sliced in half. Lewis Jr. was pronounced dead at the scene. Driving the Porsche was Jeffrey Kirby, 51 of Costa Mesa, who is in serious need of an experienced California criminal defense attorney. Kirby has had 2 previous DUI’s, one in 1985 and one in 2002. He was charged with felony vehicular manslaughter, drunk driving and leaving the scene of an accident.
Lewis Jr. was known amongst fighters as “Mask” and was the owner of a successful multimillion dollar apparel company called TapouT apparel. His girlfriend, Lacy Lynn White, 23 sustained a fractured elbow.
According to police reports, Lewis Jr. and Kirby were driving at a fast pace side by side just before the crash. Investigators were still not sure if the cars were in a race. Kirby fled the scene but was quickly apprehended a short period after. He had a blood-alcohol level of 0.13, almost twice the legal limit of .08. If convicted for his Orange County DUI, Kirby faces up to 19 years and 8 months in prison. Lynn Mari Nabozny, 32, Kirby’s passenger was also arrested but later released. Kriby’s bail was set at $500,000 and deemed a flight risk and danger to the community.
Barry Simons leads a team of dedicated professionals consisting of 5 lawyers, including former Orange County Crime Lab Supervisor Ronald Moore, Forensic Scientist and Attorney at Law, and 2 paralegals. Barry is a nationally known expert in DUI Defense who has spent over 35 years fighting for drivers' rights in Orange County's Courts. He is the current Dean and one of the Founding Members of the National College for DUI Defense and currently serves on that organization's 12 member Board of Regents. He is one of only 5 attorneys in the State of California to hold Board Certification in DUI Defense. In 2001, he was selected to serve as Vice-Chair of the DUI Advocacy Comm. of the National Assn. of Criminal Defense Attorneys. He is currently on the Bd. Of Directors of the California Association of DUI Lawyers and has qualified as a Specialist Member. He is rated "Preeminent" by Martindale-Hubbell and has been selected to "Who's Who In American Law".
In 1998 he established relaxed standards required at DMV Hearings to challenge alcohol-testing procedures in DUI Cases. (Robertson v Zolin) In 1999 he forced the D.M.V. to announce that they would cancel 4,700 drunk driving suspensions after exposing the OC Crime Lab's use of unapproved breath testing machines (Trautman v DMV). In 2002 he exposed the O.C. Crime Lab's use of unapproved Blood Testing methods between 1996 - 2002 (Bite v Gourley) invalidating blood test suspensions for all of his clients during that entire period.
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