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About Georgia DUI Defense Lawyer Joe Kunes

Joe Kunes was born and raised in Tifton, Georgia. He has been practicing law in Tifton and the surrounding counties since 1972. He is a graduate of the University of Georgia, 1969, B.A., and University of Georgia Law School J.D., 1972. In 32 years of practice he has handled all areas of the law, but now restricts his practice to criminal defense and personal injury work. The majority of his criminal practice relates to the defense of drinking drivers. His personal injury practice includes representing plaintiffs injured in automobile accidents and medical malpractice cases.

Joe Kunes was admitted to the Georgia Bar in 1972, and the Florida Bar in 1973. He is a member of the Tifton Bar Association, the State Bar of Georgia, the State Bar of Florida, Georgia Trial Lawyers Association (Vice President in 2000), American Trial Lawyers Association (sustaining member), National Association of Criminal Defense Attorneys, Georgia Association of Criminal Defense Attorneys, and Georgia Defense of Drunk Drivers (D.O.D.D.). He is a prior recipient of the student government award given by the local college, Abraham Baldwin. He has been a guest speaker before law enforcement agencies, local civic clubs, and recently participated as a program speaker at the Institute of Continuing Legal Education Seminar entitled Georgia DUI Update DUI by the Numbers, wherein Joe Kunes' program materials reviewed the top thirty appellate cases from 1972 - 2002.

Joe Kunes has successfully represented defendants charged with DUI and obtained dismissals and/or reductions of the charges in the following South Georgia Counties: Tift, Worth, Dougherty, Irwin, Ben Hill, Wilcox, Turner, Dooly, Lanier, Clinch, Crisp, Lowndes, Cook, Berrien, Colquitt, Thomas, Atkinson, Ware, Coffee, Pierce, Lee, Sumter, Houston, Terrell, and Bullock.