Joseph St. Louis | Tucson Criminal Lawyer

Joseph P. St. Louis is the only lawyer in Arizona certified as a Specialist in both Criminal Defense (Arizona State Bar, 2000 to present) and in DUI Defense (National College for DUI Defense, a certification recognized by the American Bar Association, 2012 to present).  Mr. St. Louis is AV ® PreeminentTM Peer Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell® (5.0 out of 5.0), and is listed in Woodward/White’s Best Lawyers in America in the DUI specialty area.  He has been named to the Best Lawyers in Arizona and New Mexico by Super Lawyers magazine in the DUI specialty area since 2009, and was named one of the Best Lawyers in Tucson in the DUI specialty area by Tucson Lifestyle Magazine.

Mr. St. Louis is the past president of Arizona Attorneys for Criminal Justice, and serves as the co-chair for their annual Aggressive Defense of the Accused Impaired Driver seminar.  In 2003, at the request of the then-presiding chief judge of the Pima County Justice Courts, Mr. St. Louis served as a part-time Justice of the Peace.

Mr. St. Louis is a frequent speaker on legal issues, and has spoken on a variety of legal topics at legal education seminars sponsored by a variety of State Bar and Defense Attorney organizations in Arizona, California, Georgia, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Mississippi, New Mexico, New York, Nevada, Oklahoma, Tennessee and Wisconsin.  Mr. St. Louis is a graduate of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)’s Student Course on Standardized Field Sobriety Testing, the NHTSA's Instructor Course on Standardized Field Sobriety Testing, and the American Chemical Society’s Forensic Chromatography Course.

Mr. St. Louis has tried several death penalty cases, both in state court, where he was lead counsel in Pima County’s first death penalty case tried completely to a jury (the client received a prison sentence after Mr. St. Louis convinced the jury not to impose the death penalty) and in federal court, where he was found to be qualified as “Learned Counsel,” a designation reserved for only the most qualified attorneys handling these cases.  Mr. St. Louis has the unique distinction of having had two back-to-back first-degree murder cases in which the judges dismissed all murder charges during trial.

Mr. St. Louis has tried over 150 cases to juries, on both misdemeanor and felony charges, in federal court and in state courts throughout Arizona.  He has also argued cases before the Arizona Court of Appeals, the Arizona Supreme Court, and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.

Position	Organization	Location	Duration
Partner	Nesci & St. Louis		2009-Present
Partner	Nesci, St. Louis & West PLLC		2005-2009

School	Degree	Major	Graduation
University of Arizona College of Law	J.D.	Law	1987
University of Arizona	B.A.	Political Science	1984

State / Court	Date
Arizona	1987

• Sustaining Member, National College of DUI Defense (2011-Present)
  
  President, Arizona Attorneys for Criminal Justice (2006-2007)
  
  

• Top Lawyers in Tucson (DUI), Tucson Lifestyle Magazine (2013)
  
  Best Lawyers in Arizona and New Mexico, Super Lawyers Magazine (2013)
  
  AV Preeminent 5.0 out of 5 Peer Review Rated, Martindale-Hubbell (2012)
  
  Best Lawyers in America, Best Lawyers in America (2012)
  
  The Top Attorneys in Arizona and New Mexico, SuperLawyers (2012)
  
  Top Lawyers in Tucson - Criminal Defense, Tucson Lifestyles Magazine (2011)
  
  Top Lawyers in Tucson - DUI, Tucson Lifestyles Magazine (2011)
  
  The Top Attorneys in Arizona and New Mexico, Super Lawyers (2011)
  
  District Award of Merit, Boy Scouts of America         (2010)
  
  The Top Attorneys in Arizona and New Mexico, Super Lawyers (2010)
  
  The Top Attorneys in Arizona and New Mexico, Super Lawyers (2009)
  
  Certified Specialist in Criminal Law, Arizona State Bar (2000)
  
  

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