Legal Services & Lawyers

I graduated college from the University of Missouri, summa cum laude, and earned my law degree from the University of Tennessee at Knoxville. I am admitted to practice law before all Tennessee courts, as well as the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee, and the United States Supreme Court in Washington, D.C.

Kelly S. Johnson graduado de la Universidad de Missouri, summa cum laude, y gano su grado en leyes de la Universidad de Tennessee en Knoxville. Esta permitido de practicar ley ante todas las Cortes de Tennessee, asi como en las Cortes Distritales de Los Estados Unidos para el Distrito Este de Tennessee, y la Suprema Corte de Los Estados Unidos. Para mas informacion, por favor llame al 865-712-2311.

I practice criminal defense, divorce/family law, personal injury law, and wills/estates in Warren County, TN and the surrounding counties. I graduated from the University of Tennessee College of Law and have over ten years experience as an attorney. In the past, I have been privileged to serve as an assistant district attorney, a special assistant United States attorney, and in 2008 as the command judge advocate for the Victory Base Complex Garrison Comand in Baghdad, Iraq.

The Commission on Continuing Legal Education and Specialization of the Supreme Court of Tennessee and the National Board of Legal Specialty Certification have certified Mr. Currier as a Criminal Trial Specialist. [See http://www.cletn.com under "Specialists" and http://www.nblsc.us/ under "Find a Board Certified Lawyer".]

Mr. Currier practices thoughout eastern Tennessee from Chattanooga to Bristol. His principal office is in Knoxville.

He also handles contested Immigration cases in Immigration Court in Memphis and elsewhere, winning cases including claims for asylum and withholding of deportation.

He has tried a wide variety of criminal cases in federal and state courts for defendants accused of murder (including defense against the death penalty), sexual offenses including rape and rape of a child, domestic violence, child pornography, economic and "white collar" crimes (such as embezlement and fraud)to misdemeanors including DUI and alleged hunting and game violatiions in federal and state courts.

Beore entering private practice, Mr. Currier served as a US Foreign Service Officer in Asia, the Middle East and Africa, as well as at the State Department in Washington. Mr. Currier speaks French, Vietnamese, and Arabic.

Since 1980, Steve has successfully represented thousands of clients charged with DUI and Vehicular Homicide. Steve is the named principal of The Oberman Law Firm practicing primarily in Knoxville and the East Tennessee region of the state.

Steve has been a member of the Board of Regents of the National College for
DUI Defense since 1999 and began his term as Dean of the College in July 2009. He was also the first lawyer in Tennessee to be certified as a DUI Defense Specialist by the Tennessee Commission on Continuing Legal Education and Specialization and the NCDD.

He is the author of DUI: The Crime & Consequences in Tennessee and co-author of the national treatise, Drunk Driving Defense with Lawrence Taylor. He has been chair or co-chair of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers' DUI Committee since 1995 and is a frequent contributor to its official publication, The Champion.

Steve has been an adjunct professor at the University of Tennessee Law School since 1993 and has received a number of prestigious awards for his faculty contributions. He is a popular speaker at seminars throughout the United States and has even spoken to court officials in Cambridge, England about defending impaired drivers. In 2002, Steve was honored to demonstrate cross-examination techniques and lecture at the FBI Training Academy in Quantico, Virginia on the topic of courtroom testimony and is periodically designated as Special Judge for the DUI Division of the Sessions Court in Knox County, Tennessee. In 2006, he was appointed to the Governor's Task Force on DUI Laws in Tennessee.

Steve has been named to Tennessee's Best Lawyers List annually since the inception of the list in 2004. It has described him as: "[the] Godfather statewide in the area of DUI"; "Brilliant lawyer, great teacher"; and "Well-regarded trial attorney with 'professorial' demeanor. . . .". He has also been honored as one of the "Best Lawyers in America" by the publication of the same name; a "Top 100 Trial Lawyer" by the American Trial Lawyers Association; and a "Super Lawyer" by Mid-South Super Lawyers magazine.

He has achieved the top designations by the two leading national lawyer rating systems, Martindale-Hubbell and AVVO.com. Steve has been a featured guest on many local and national radio and television programs, where he has provided commentary on criminal defense issues ranging from the O.J. Simpson murder trial to, of course, DUI defense.