Charles Rowland II

About me:

I am a life-long resident of Beavercreek, Ohio. I graudated from Beavercreek High School in 1988, and earned my Bachelor of Arts degree, magna cum laude, from Wright State University in 1992. I also earned the degree of University Honors Scholar with Honors in Political Science, received an Academic Letter Award, was awarded Phi Kappa Phi honors and was selected to represent Wright State University as a Student Ambassador to the People's Republic of China. After Wright State, I attended Ohio Northern University's Pettit College of Law on the H. E. Ashcroft Memorial Scholarship. While in law school, I studied as a visiting scholar at the University College London, Bentham Faculty of Laws and served as an Associate Justice on the Ohio Northern University Moot Court Program. I received my law degree in 1995, graduating in the top 25% of my class and was named to the prestigious Order of the Barristers for excellence in appellate advocacy. Following law school, I returned to the Miami Valley to practice in my home town. I have been a trial lawyer in Greene County since I graduated from law school. The Law Office of Charles M. Rowland II is an established litigation practice handling state and federal cases in the Miami Valley and throughout Ohio. Since 2003, I have dedicated my practice to representing the accused drunk driver. I am certified by National Patent Analytical Systems in the operation, diagnostic verification and calibration of the BAC DataMaster Breath Alcohol Testing Instrument and the new DataMaster DMT, the most commonly used breath testing instrument in Ohio for DUI / OVI arrests. I am a proud member of the National College for DUI defense and in 2006 attended the intensive seminar on DUI law at Harvard University. In October, 2006, I provided a seminar on standardized field sobriety testing before the Greene County Bar Association. In February 2007, I received my certification on the Intoxilyzer 8000 and the scientific principles of breath testing. I have appeared as an expert on television, radio and in newspapers, authoring articles for the popular “Ask an Attorney” section of the Xenia Daily Gazette, the Beavercreek News Current and the Fairborn Daily Herald. I was included in the 2005-2006 edition of the National Register of Who’s Who in Executive and Professionals and was the 2004 Ohio State Bar Foundation recipient of the Community Service Award for Attorneys under 40 years old. In 2005, I recieved the singular honor of being named a Fellow of the Ohio State Bar Foundation. I was honored by the Beavercreek Chamber of Commerce with the Public Education Award for my work with the Beavercreek School Board in 2007. I maintain memberships in the Ohio State Bar Association, the Ohio State Bar Foundation, the Green County Bar Association, the Montgomery County Bar Association, the National College for DUI Defense, the National Motorists Association, the Ohio Academy of Criminal Defense Lawyers, the Association of Trial Lawyers of America, the American Civil Liberties Union. I also work an associate attorney with the Cochran Firm, Criminal Defense Section, the National Association of Personal Injury Lawyers, and DUI Defenders, a national network of DUI defense lawyers. I am currently serving a term as Vice-President for the Greene County Bar Association. In November 2005, I was re-elected to serve a four-year term on the Beavercreek Board of Education. I am co-founder and past-president of the Beavercreek High School Alumni Association, Treasurer of the Wright State Honors Advisory Council, advisor to the Board of Directors of the Beavercreek Wetlands Association, and have served on the St. Luke Parish Council where I volunteered as a School of religion teacher. I currently serve on the Board of Directors of The Community Network (TCN-BHS), Greene County's Mental Health provider, and on the Legislative Committee of the Beavercreek Chamber of Commerce. I have served as a Special Prosecutor for Greene County, the Xenia City Prosecutor, as counsel for the Greene County Public Defender's Office, and have helped indigent clients in consumer related cases with Southeastern Ohio Legal Aid Services. I represents traffic clients throughout Ohio on behalf of Interstate Trucker Ltd. and the National Motorists Association. .. ..