ATTORNEY PROFILE
EXPERIENCE:- Law School: University of Arizona College of Law
- Former Public Defender, City of Tucson, Pima County, Maricopa County who has dedicated his career to criminal defense - has never worked for a prosecutor's office
- Years of experience defending hundreds of felony and misdemeanor cases
- Mr. Green has been in the courtroom nearly every day of his career and is a very experienced, aggressive and professional trial lawyer
- The first lawyer in Arizona to significantly challenge the constitutionality of police officers who take blood from those accused of DUI
- Mr. Green speaks Spanish and offers representation to those in the community who do not speak English (Sr. Green habla espanol y ofrece representación a ellos en la comunidad quienes no hablan inglés).
- Licensed to practice in Arizona state and federal courts
- Member: Arizona State Bar, Arizona Attorneys for Criminal Justice, National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Pima County Bar Association
- "Officer Dracula: The Police Phlebotomist," by Matt Green, The Defender, Spring 2005.
- "Police drawing blood in DUI probes can make that drink your last," by Matthew H. Green, Arizona Republic, November 21, 2004. [http://www.azmotornews.com/cruzinduiprobes.htm]
- "DUI: Cop Blood Draws," Arizona Public Defender Association, Second Statewide Conference, June 24, 2004.
- "Blood draws by Police Officers," Arizona State University College of Law Alumni Association, DUI XVIII, October 10, 2003.