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    Sara Compher-Rice
    Attorney at Law
    550 Main Street, Suite 730
    Knoxville, Tennessee 37902
    Phone: (865) 249-7200
    Fax: (865) 540-1696
    Website: http://www.tndui.com
    E-mail: sara@tndui.com
     
    CURRICULUM VITAE
     
    EDUCATION
    UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE COLLEGE OF LAW, Knoxville, Tennessee Doctor of Jurisprudence, Magna Cum Laude 2002
     
    UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION
    DENISON UNIVERSITY, Granville, Ohio Bachelor of Arts 1999
     
    BAR ADMISSIONS
    Tennessee State Courts (2002)
    U. S. District Court, Eastern District of Tennessee (2003)
     
    PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
    National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (2002 – Present); Member of DUI Committee (2007 – Present)
    National College for DUI Defense, Inc. (2002 – Present)
    Tennessee Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (2002 – 2006)
    Knoxville Bar Association (2002 – 2006)
     
    LEGAL RELATED EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
    2008 – Present The Oberman Law Firm An Association of Trial Lawyers Knoxville, Tennessee
    2002 – 2008 Daniel & Oberman An Association of Trial Attorneys Knoxville, Tennessee
     
    PUBLICATIONS
    Compher-Rice, Sara and Steven Oberman, The Standardized Field Sobriety Test Validation Myth, The Champion (published by the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers), June 2006.
    Compher-Rice, Sara and Steven Oberman, Have You Told Your DUI Client . . . ?, Dicta (published by the Knoxville Bar Association), April 2008.
     
    SPEAKER FOR LECTURES AND SEMINARS (in alphabetical order by organization)
    National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
    “DWI Means Defend with Ingenuity®: Winning with DUI: Offense, Defense and Special Teams,” Las Vegas, Nevada (September 2008)
    Topic: A Defense Lawyer’s Practical Guide to Analyzing the Police Videotape
    NACDL Spring Seminar: “Ethics and White Collar Work,” Philadelphia, PA (May 2006)
    Topic: Enhancing Your Trial with PowerPoint®
     
    Tennessee Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (Knoxville, Tennessee)
    DUI Defense Seminar (2005) (Co-presenter with Steven Oberman)
    Topic: Crossing the Officer on Field Sobriety Tests: Throw the Book at Them
    “Ethics on the Square” (2002)
    Topic: Bonding with Your Bail Bondsman
     
    Tennessee Supreme Court, Administrative Office of the Courts
    Judicial Impaired Driving Training Seminar (Knoxville, TN 2005) (Co-presenter with Steven Oberman)
    Topic: Tennessee Law Relating to Probable Cause in a DUI Case
     
    ACTIVITIES
    Knoxville March of Dimes; Volunteer (2007 – Present); Signature Chefs Auction- Auction Committee Co-chair (2008)
    Knoxville Delta Gamma Alumnae Group; Gamma Alpha Chapter Advisor (2000 – 2003), Vice President (2003-2004)
    Phi Delta Phi; Province President (2003 – Present)
    Denison University; Reunion Planning & Fundraising Committee (2008 – Present)