Investigating Your Case! - Georgia Association of Criminal Defense

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you mail your registration form the week of the seminar, it may not be
received in time. You can check seating availability online at
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welcome. Preregistration closes November 68 at 5:00 PM.
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attendees via the GACDL website on November 68 after 5 PM. Please
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GACDL P.O. Box 29653 Atlanta, GA 30359
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___ $325 I am a regular, contributing, substantial , associate, or life
member (2005 or later) and I need CLE___$255 Same and I do not
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Investigating
Your Case!
___ $245 I am a full time federal, state, or county employed public
defender in the _______________ circuit and I need the CLE. Every
attorney in our circuit is a 2013 GACDL member. ___$180 Same, but
I do not need CLE. (Note: If all PDs in your office are not members,
please pay regular member rate if you are a member. The special PD
rates only applies to full time government employed PDs in offices
where every person is a GACDL member.)
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phone one week before seminar)
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at the end of November___$110 PD dues
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GACDL
FALL SEMINAR
GACDL’s
Annual
Fall
November
8&
9,Seminar
2013
GACDL
FALL
SEMINAR
Brasstown Valley Resort
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Young Harris GA
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Friday 8 November 2013
11:30 am
Sign in begins for pre-registrations.
Fast! Come early!
Noon:
Walk in registrations begins (add $20)
12:55-1:00 Welcome GACDL President Marcia
Shein, Program Directors Aimee
Maxwell and Sandra Michaels
1:00-2:00
2:05-3:05
When the Facts of the Case are Not
What They Seem - Jay Strongwater*
Investigating Computer-Related
Evidence - Bernard Brody*
3:10-3:25BREAK courtesy of Atlanta Custom Tailors
3:25-4:25
Getting the Witness to Talk to You Watani Tyehimba*
4:30-5:30
Investigating the Witness - Susan Miller*
Cocktail Party -Drinks and appetizers in
the lobby following the seminar
Saturday 9 November 2013
8:30-9:30 am Post Conviction Investigation William Montrose*
9:35-9:50
BREAK courtesy of Investigator
Cathy Crawford
9:50-10:50 When the Press Investigates Your Case
- McCracken Poston and Bill Rankin*
10:55-11:55 Ethics of Investigation - Jack Martin and
Brad Gardner*
Noon-1:00 LUNCH on your own.
GACDL Board Meeting
1:00-2:00
Professionalism: Victim Outreach Kelly Branham*
2:05-2:20
BREAK courtesy of A&A All County
Monitoring Services
2:20-3:20
Investigating Your Client’s Criminal
History - Marissa McCall Dodson*
2:20-3:20
Challenging Forensic Evidence - TBA
3:20-3:35
THE Final Word on Investigations Aimee Maxwell & Sandra Michaels*
*Each speaker will be followed by 5 minutes on their topic by Aimee and
Sandra (this plus the final 15 min. comprises the final CLE hour)
Jay Strongwater (Atlanta) is a conscientious and
thoroughly prepared attorney. Thirty years as a criminal
defense attorney has taught him that there is no substitute for experience and hard work. He also believes that
the respect and trust he has with judges, prosecutors
and fellow defense attorneys benefit the client. Jay
has experience in defending clients in all phases of the
criminal process. He has handled cases of every kind in
federal courts primarily in GA but also throughout the
US. Jay is often quoted in the media on pending high profile cases.
Bernard Brody (Atlanta) is an accomplished
Georgia trial lawyer with a successful track record of
resolving complex criminal cases. He has particularly
distinguished himself with his ability to defend and
dispose of some of the most difficult sex offense
cases in Georgia. He has been recognized by Georgia
Trend Magazine as one of Georgia’s Legal Elite and
by Atlanta Magazine as a Super Lawyers Rising Star
for his work in the courtroom and his tireless work
ethic that has led to countless dismissals of cases prior to trial. Bernard has
spoken on topics including Sex Offense Allegations, Computer Crimes,
and Federal Asset Forfeiture.
Watani Tyehimba (Decatur) is a Certified Protection
Professional and a Board Certified Criminal Defense
Investigator. He is President and CEO of (TSI) Tyehimba Services, Inc., which specializes in criminal
defense, mitigation and post-conviction investigations
in complex high profile capital cases. He is a firearms and self-defense instructor specializing in issues
regarding the use of force, and has qualified and
testified as an expert witness on firearms forensic evidence, and reconstructive aspects of crime scenes, and shooting incidents.
McCracken Poston (Ringgold) was selected to the “2006 Georgia Super Lawyers” class,
McCracken Poston was named “2004 Newsmaker
of the Year” by the Fulton County Daily Report,
and selected to Georgia Trend’s “The Legal Elite:
Georgia’s Most Effective Lawyers” in 2005. He has
an “AV” Peer Review Rating in Martindale-Hubbell. McCracken Poston is a charter Fellow of the
Litigation Counsel of America. In 2007, McCracken Poston was selected by the American Trial Lawyers Association as one
of the Top 100 Trial Lawyers in the State of Georgia.
GACDL Past President Jack Martin (Atlanta) is devoted to the defense of felony criminal
cases, including capital cases, in federal and state
courts. He has been listed in The Best Lawyers in
America since its inception in 1987. Among his
more newsworthy clients are Jamil Al-Amin (the
former H. Rapp Brown), Richard Jewell. and former United Nations Ambassador Andrew Young.
He has represented over thirty capital defendants.
He has taught Criminal Procedure I and II as an adjunct professor at The
Georgia State University College of Law.
Brad Gardner (Atlanta) is a Senior Staff Attorney
for the Georgia Capital Defender, a Division of the
Georgia Public Defender Standards Council. Before
returning to the Capital Defender Office in 2010, he
managed his own law office while serving as an Associate Magistrate Court Judge in Clayton County,
Georgia. Following law school, Brad joined the law
office of Dwight Thomas where he tried criminal
cases throughout the State of Georgia and in federal
court, acting as lead or co-counsel in over twenty death penalty cases.
Susan Miller (Atlanta) is a staff investigator with the
Kelly Branham (Nashville, TN) is the National Victim Outreach
Federal Defender Program in the Northern District
of GA. She joined the Federal Defender Program in
August 1981 and was a licensed private investigator
from 1995 to early 1997. As a staff investigator,
Susan works on all types of Federal Criminal Cases.
Susan also volunteers for the Georgia Innocence
Project, sitting on a committee that determines which
cases the GIP should pursue.
Coordinator for the Office of the Federal Defender, Middle District
of TN. An attorney for 25 years, she coordinates victim outreach in
federal cases nationwide. Kelly speaks nationally and internationally
to promote attorney awareness of the importance of victim outreach.
She has worked on capital cases throughout the country in both state
and federal proceedings and at all levels of the judicial process.
William R. Montross, Jr. (Atlanta) is a senior capital
attorney at the Southern Center for Human Rights. He
represents individuals in GA and AL charged or convicted
of capital offenses at trial, on direct appeal, and in the
post conviction process, consults with lawyers throughout
the US on capital cases, and works with other organizations to end the use of the death penalty. He is a faculty
member at Gideon’s Promise, mentoring young public
defenders in the Deep South.
Marissa McCall Dodson (Atlanta) is the Lead
Coming Home Attorney and Staff Attorney at the
Georgia Justice Project. As an Equal Justice Works
fellow, she developed the Coming Home Program,
a three-tiered program addressing the barriers to
reentry suffered by those with a record of arrest
or conviction. Marissa also represents indigent
individuals who have been charged with felony
and misdemeanor offenses. Most recently, Marissa
drafted language for the recent revisions to Georgia's expungement statute.
The legislation passed and is effective on July 1, 2013.
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