Criminal Defense Attorney

Professional and Academic

​William Francis, attorney and member in good standing of the Oregon State Bar. Admitted to practice in the United States District Court for the District of Oregon. Sustaining Member and Oregon Delegate, National College for DUI Defense. Member, Oregon Criminal Defense Lawyers Association. Former Delegate to Oregon State Bar House of Delegates and Trial Panelist of the Oregon State Bar Attorney Disciplinary Board.

Undergraduate, Suffolk University, Boston University
Master of Arts, University of Arizona
Doctor of Jurisprudence, Willamette University

​Recent and Continuing Legal Education

• ​Oregon Criminal Defense Lawyers Association annual conference, June 2024
  

• Graduate, National College for DUI Defense, summer session convening at Harvard Law School, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 2021, 2020, 2016, 2013, 2012, 2011​
• Mastering Scientific Evidence, Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, New Orleans, Louisiana, 2017, 2014
• National College for DUI Defense Winter Conference, Tucson, Arizona, 2017
• Cannabis and Cars: Defending the Marijuana DUI, National College for DUI Defense Winter Conference, Los Angeles, California, 2016​
• National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers / National College for DUI Defense combined conferences, Las Vegas, Nevada, 2013, 2012, 2011
• Drug Recognition Evaluator Curriculum, Platt & Associates, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2013
• National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and International Association of Chiefs of Police Curriculum, Standardized Field Sobriety Tests and DUI Detection and Investigation, LaPier & Associates, Los Angeles, California, 2011 ​​​