I am a career prosecutor with extensive trial experience. I started up and ran Alabama's Traffic Safety Resource Prosecutor program as well as Alabama's Drug Recognition Expert Program. I am currently a candidate for Lee County (AL) District Attorney.

1. Brandon Hughes
1114 Blackman Circle
Auburn, Alabama 36830
334.740.6646
bmhughes2@gmail.com
Experience
Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences August 2015-Present
■ Attorney
▪ Lead special projects
▪ Provide law enforcement training
Alabama Traffic Safety Resource Prosecutor April 2006-June 2015
■ Alabama’s first and only Traffic Safety Resource Prosecutor (TSRP)
▪ Assist and/or lead prosecutions in misdemeanor and felony impaired driving
cases.
▪ Providing on-call technical assistance to prosecutors, law enforcement officers,
judges, and others upon request.
▪ Assess training needs and develop training curriculum to address those needs.
▪ Publishing informative articles on traffic safety issues.
▪ Monitor legislative matters concerning traffic laws in Alabama.
▪ Serve as the state’s Drug Recognition Expert program coordinator
▪ Maintain the TSRP website
Montgomery County District Attorney’s Office, Deputy District Attorney October 2002-April
2006
■ Circuit Court Prosecutor (April 2004-April 2006)
▪ Senior prosecutor responsible for felony cases brought before the judge to which I
was assigned.
■ District Court Prosecutor (October 2002-April 2004)
▪ Sole prosecutor responsible for prosecuting all impaired driving, misdemeanor,
and traffic cases brought in district court.
▪ Prosecuted all misdemeanor appeals in circuit court.
Lamar Advertising, Account Executive June 1997-May 2002
▪ Responsible for selling outdoor advertising space and meeting monthly sales
goals.

2. Education
Thomas Goode Jones School of Law, Juris Doctor May 2002
Auburn University at Montgomery, Bachelor of Science, Business Administration March 1997
Specialized Training
Prosecuting the Drugged Driver June 2008
North Carolina Conference of District Attorney’s Forensic Tests for Alcohol
Train the Trainer (A faculty development course) September 2007
Alabama District Attorneys Association and the North Carolina Conference of District
Attorneys
Jury Selection March 2006
National College of District Attorneys
Lethal Weapon (A DUI homicide course) June 2005
National District Attorneys Association
Forensic Anthropology September 2003
Dr. William Bass for the City of Montgomery Police Department
Teaching History
1. Alabama Association of Municipal Attorneys/Alabama Municipal Judges Association
a. 2007 Spring Conference
b. 2008 Spring Conference
c. 2008 Fall Conference
d. 2009 Fall Conference
e. 2010 Spring Conference
f. 2011 Spring Conference
g. 2011 Fall Conference
h. 2012 Spring Conference
i. 2013 Spring Conference
j. 2014 Spring Conference
k. 2015 Fall Conference
2. Alabama Children’s Justice
a. August 2010, Best Practices III Seminar
3. Alabama Community Traffic Safety Program
a. 2007 East Region Training
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3. b. 2009 Northeast Region Training
c. 2010 East Region Training
d. 2010 Central Region Training
e. 2012 Southeast Region Training
f. 2012 Birmingham Region Training
4. Alabama Department of Education
a. 2007 Driver Education Summer Conference
5. Alabama Department of Public Safety
a. 2008 In-Service Training (16 classes)
6. Alabama District Attorneys Association
a. 2007 Winter & Summer Conference
b. 2008 Winter Conference
c. 2009 Winter & Summer Conference
d. 2012 Winter Conference
7. Alabama District Attorney Offices
a. October 2006, 3rd Circuit
b. November 2009, 33rd Judicial Circuit
c. September 2011, 11th Circuit
d. October 2011, 32nd Circuit
e. May 2012, 14th Circuit
f. February 2013, 11th Circuit
g. May 2013, 20th and 33rd Circuits
h. July 2013, 13th Circuit
i. July 2014, 27th Circuit
j. November 2014, 11th Circuit
8. Alabama District and Circuit Judges Association
a. 2012 Winter Meeting
9. Alabama Drug Recognition Expert Program
a. June 2010, DRE School
b. August 2012, DRE In-Service
10. Alabama Municipal Court Clerks and Magistrates Association
a. 2015 Annual Conference
11. Alabama Municipal Court Summit
a. April 2015
11. Alabama Narcotics Officers Association
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4. a. 2013 Spring Conference
12. Alabama Prosecutor Training Institute
a. December 2008, New Prosecutor Boot Camp
b. May 2009, DUI Boot Camp
c. September 2009, DUI Boot Camp
d. October 2010, Train the Trainer (Co-Lead Faculty)
13. Alabama Traffic Safety Resource Prosecutor Program
a. 2009 DUI/Traffic Safety Conference
b. 2010 DUI/Traffic Safety Conference
c. October 2013, DUI Boot Camp
d. November 2013, DUI Boot Camp
14. Arkansas Prosecuting Attorneys Association
a. May 2011, Impaired Driving Training, Little Rock, AR
15. Auburn Junior High School
a. November 2012, Forensic Sciences Club
16. Auburn Police Department
a. May-June 2015, DUI Training (6 classes)
17. Baldwin County Bar Association
a. October 2011, Legal Updates
18. Cherokee and DeKalb County Bar Association
a. October 2011, Legal Updates
19. Covington County Fraternal Order of Police
a. April 2015, Checkpoint Training
20. Dale County Legal Community
a. April 2015, Ignition Interlock Training
21. Decatur Police Department
a. August 2014, DUI Training
22. Dothan Police Department
a. November 2014, Advanced Roadside Impaired Driving Enforcement
23. Drug Recognition Expert (DRE) Training
a. June 2010, DRE School
b. April 2015, DRE School
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5. 24. Florida Prosecuting Attorneys Association
a. August 2008, Train the Trainer, Cocoa Beach, FL
25. Heflin Police Department
a. April 2013, Impaired Driving Training
26. Hueytown Police Department
a. March 2011, Impaired Driving Training
27. International Association of Chiefs of Police
a. 2013 National Drug Recognition Expert Conference, Oklahoma City, OK
28. Kentucky Traffic Safety Resource Prosecutor Program
a. May 2010, Protecting Lives, Saving Futures, Louisville, KY
29. Lee County Law Enforcement
a. June 2015, Standardized Field Sobriety Test Refresher Course (3 classes)
30. Lee County Sheriff’s Office
a. December 2014, DUI Training (2 classes)
31. Lifesavers National Traffic Safety Conference
a. March 2009, Nashville, TN
b. June 2012, Orlando, FL
c. April 2013, Denver, CO
32. MADD
a. November 2014, No Refusal Workshop, Baltimore, MD
33. Madison Police Department
a. October 2014, DUI Training
34. Marshall County Law Enforcement Agencies
a. January 2015, SFST Refresher (3 classes)
35. Maryland Office of Highway Safety
a. January 2013, DUI Institute, College Park, MD
b. June 2013, DUI Institute, College Park, MD
c. June 2014, DUI Institute, College Park, MD
d. June 2015, DUI Institute, College Park, MD
36. Missouri Office of Prosecution Services
a. June 2008, DWI Conference, Columbia, MO
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6. b. June 2009, DWI Conference, Columbia, MO
c. November 2012, Support Staff Fall Conference, Columbia, MO
d. September 2013, Prosecuting the Drugged Driver, Kansas City, MO
37. National Association of Prosecutor Coordinators (National TSRP)
a. September 2011, National TSRP Conference, Minneapolis, MN
b. June 2014, Train the Trainer, Boise, ID
c. July 2014, National TSRP Conference, Denver, CO
d. May 2015, National TSRP Conference, Oklahoma City, OK
38. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
a. February 2012, Region 4 Conference, Mobile, AL
b. September 2012, Region 4 Training, Atlanta, GA
39. North Carolina Conference of District Attorneys
a. February 2007, Lethal Weapon, Wilmington, NC
b. August 2010, Prosecuting the Drugged Driver, Wilmington, NC
c. January 2012, Train the Trainer (Course Manager), Chapel Hill, NC
40. Oregon District Attorneys Association
a. June 2012, DUI Trial Skills Training, Salem, Oregon
b. May 2014, DUI Trial Skills Training, Salem, Oregon
41. Opelika Police Department
a. March-April 2015, DUI Training (12 classes)
42. Pennsylvania DUI Association
a. 2015 Annual Conference
43. Prosecuting Attorneys Council of Georgia
a. September 2012, Lethal Weapon, Forsythe Co., GA
43. Shelby County Sheriff’s Office
a. May 2015, DUI Training (2 classes)
44. Society of Forensic Toxicologists
a. October 2014, Annual National Conference, Grand Rapids, MI
45. St. Clair County Bar Association
a. May 2012, Legal Updates
46. Sylacauga Police Department
a. March 2012, DUI Training (2 classes)
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7. 47. Troy University-Dothan
a. November 2009, Impaired Driving Training
48. Wallace Community College-Selma
a. May 2014, Impaired Driving Training
49. Wyoming Governor’s Office of Highway Safety
a. May 2015, Impaired Driving Conference, Laramie, WY
Published Articles
Hughes, Brandon (July 2008). Word Choice Matters: Crash vs. Accident. The Alabama Prosecutor.
Hughes, Brandon (August 2008). Breath Test Refusals and the Evidence They Reveal. The Alabama
Prosecutor.
Hughes, Brandon (September 2008). The Drug Recognition Expert, Part 1. The Alabama Prosecutor.
Hughes, Brandon (October 2008). The Drug Recognition Expert, Part 2. The Alabama Prosecutor.
Hughes, Brandon (January 2011). The Alabama Drug Recognition Expert Program. The Alabama
Prosecutor.
Hughes, Brandon (March 2011). HGN: Yeah, It’s Admissible. The Alabama Prosecutor.
Hughes, Brandon (May 2011). No Breath Test? No Problem: Winning the Refusal Case. The
Alabama Prosecutor.
Hughes, Brandon (September 2012). The Myth of the DUI Defense: GERD. The Alabama Prosecutor.
Hughes, Brandon (September 2012). The Myth of the DUI Defense: GERD. Missouri Traffic Safety
News.
Hughes, Brandon (October 2012). The Myth of the DUI Defense: GERD. The Prosecutor: The
Newsletter of the Utah Prosecution Council.
Hughes, Brandon (January 2013). The Myth of the DUI Defense: GERD. The Georgia Traffic
Prosecutor.
Hughes, Brandon (April 2013). The Phlebotomist as a (non)Necessary Witness. The Alabama
Prosecutor.
Hughes, Brandon (December 2013). The Truth About Checkpoints. The Alabama Prosecutor.
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8. Hughes, Brandon (November 2014). No Breath Test? No Problem: Winning the Refusal Case.
Missouri Traffic Safety News.
Professional Committees
Alabama Impaired Driving Prevention Council, Chairman
Alabama DUI Prevention and Ignition Interlock Advisory Council, Vice Chairman
NHTSA Working Group, Member
Personal and Professional Memberships
Lee County Bar Association
Opelika Rotary Club
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