An Expert For Your DWI, DUI and DRE Case

If you’ve been charged with DWI or DUI, you could lose your license, have an interlock device placed in your car, be sentenced to jail in addition to many collateral consequences. DWI DRE Expert Consulting LLC offers a comprehensive review of your case, preparation of an expert opinion report, and trial testimony. Call us today!

About Us

Company President Matteo B. Russo retired as a Captain after 25 years of honorable service with the New Jersey State Police. During Matteo’s career as a NJ State Trooper, he amassed extensive knowledge, experience, and expertise in the field of breath testing, drug recognition and classification, standardized field sobriety testing, and related case discovery. Upon his retirement in 2019, he established DWI DRE Expert Consulting LLC.

Career Highlights

  • Accepted as an expert in breath testing, DWI, and drug recognition classification
  • Achieved every credential / certification available within the Alcohol Drug Testing Unit (ADTU)
  • Assigned to the New Jersey State Police Alcohol Drug Testing Unit for nearly 14 years
  • Authored policies and procedures for New Jersey’s statewide breath-testing program
  • Authored various DWI-related legislative bill analyses
  • Certified as a breath test coordinator/instructor
  • Experienced in evaluating and interpreting both alcohol and drug-related DWI cases
  • Guest speaker at the New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education seminar
  • Oversaw revisions to various agencies’ DWI standard operating procedures
  • Promoted to every rank attainable within the Alcohol Drug Testing Unit, culminating with becoming the unit supervisor for two years
  • Trained as a breath test operator trainer and instrument maintenance technician

Alcotest Instrument, BAC Results, and Discovery


  • As a supervisor, reviewed hundreds of coordinators’ calibration records
  • Conducted hundreds of Alcotest 7110 MKIII-C installations, calibrations, and recalibrations
  • Converted thousands of officers to the Alcotest 7110 MKIII-C from the Breathalyzer 900/900A
  • Created and implemented a statewide training program for state and municipal records clerks on Alcotest
    7110 MKIII-C discovery
  • Implemented the Alcotest 7110 MKIII-C Program during the statewide rollout (2004–2009)
  • Involved in the creation of the Alcotest 7110 MKIII-C centralized database
  • Dräger Trained in the Alcotest 9510
  • Involved in two Alcotest firmware changes
  • Manually downloaded data prior to the centralized database download process
  • Trained Alcohol Drug Testing Unit members in the calibration check procedures
  • Trained municipal and county prosecutors in Alcotest 7110 MKIII-C operation and discovery
  • Trained thousands of law enforcement officers in the Breathalyzer 900/900A and Alcotest 7110 MKIII-C

Drug Recognition and Classification (DRE)/Advanced Roadside Impaired Driving Enforcement Course (ARIDE)

  • Introduced the ARIDE course to New Jersey
  • Trained hundreds of officers in the ARIDE course
  • Trained as a drug recognition expert (DRE), instructor, and DRE course manager
  • Trained hundreds of officers as drug recognition experts
    and instructors

Standardized Field Sobriety Tests (SFST)

  • Trained as a DWI/SFST Instructor
  • Trained Alcohol Drug Testing Unit members as DWI/SFST Instructors
  • Trained thousands of officers in the use of the SFST

Trial Preparation/Transcript
Review/Court Experience

  • Assisted prosecutors and deputy attorneys general in the preparation and prosecution of DWI cases
  • Provided testimony in New Jersey municipal and superior courts as both the arresting trooper and as a coordinator/expert witness in DWI cases
  • Testified in State v. Chun

Video Recordation (dash cam/body cam/station video)/Evidence Chain of Custody (blood/urine)

  • Former Bureau Chief overseeing the Evidence Management Unit to include L3 Digital Evidence, Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS), and the Bar Coded Evidence Analysis Statistical (BEAST) tracking system
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