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Program Agenda (subject to change)
| Wednesday, November 20, 2013 |
| 3:30 pm |
Early Registration & Exhibits |
| Thursday, November 21, 2013 |
| 7:30 am |
Registration, Exhibits & Continental Breakfast |
| 8:15 am |
Welcome, Introductions, Announcements - CLE Program Co-Chairs John Arrascada, Darren Ligon, and Jeff Thoma |
| 8:30 am |
Suppressing the Evidence: Developing Trends in Search & Seizure from the U.S. Supremes - Al Menaster (Los Angeles ,CA) |
| 9:30 am |
It Means What it Needs to Mean: Combatting Drug Jargon Testimony - C. Rauch Wise (Greenwood, SC) |
| 10:30 am |
Exhibits, Networking & Refreshment Break |
| 10:50 am |
Cross of the Arresting Officer - Drew Findling (Atlanta, GA) |
| 11:50 am |
Interdiction Challenges for the Basis of an Auto Stop - Eric Newmark (Minneapolis, MN) |
| 12:50 pm |
Lunch on Your Own |
| 2:15 pm |
Cross-Examination of the Rat - Steve Harmon (Riverside, CA) |
| 3:15 pm |
Per se Limits of Illicit Drugs - Dr. Jimmie L. Valentine (Ocean Springs, MS) |
| 4:15 pm |
Exhibits, Networking, & Refreshment Break |
| 4:35 pm |
Investigating Crime Labs - Edward Ungvarsky (Arlington, VA) |
| 5:35 pm |
Adjourn for the day |
| 7:00 pm |
Cocktail Reception |
| Friday, November 22, 2013 |
| 7:30 am |
Registration, Exhibits & Continental Breakfast |
| 8:15 am |
Morning Announcements - CLE Program Co-Chairs John Arrascada, Darren Ligon, and Jeff Thoma |
| 8:20 am |
99 Problems and... the Feds Ain't One: Selective Enforcement by the Feds-Post Wren - Colette Tvedt (Seattle, WA) |
| 9:20 am |
Getting to Not Guilty in “Pill-Mill” Cases - David O. Markus (Miami, FL) |
| 10:20 am |
Exhibits, Networking & Refreshment Break |
| 10:35 am |
Possession of Medical Marijuana Over State Lines - E. Edward Aquino (Honolulu, HI) |
| 11:25 am |
KEYNOTE ADDRESS: A Federal Judge's Musings on Defendants' Right and Rite of Allocution after A Drug Conviction
- Hon. Mark W. Bennett, U.S District Court, Northern District of Iowa |
| 12:35 pm |
Lunch on Your Own |
| 1:55 pm |
Defenses Based on Brain Functionality - Speaker TBA |
| 2:55 pm |
Ethics: Terminating Your Relationship with a Client - Terrence M. Jackson (Las Vegas, NV) |
| 3:55 pm |
Exhibits, Networking, & Refreshment Break |
| 4:10 pm |
Collateral Consequences of a Drug Conviction: Personal, Professional, and Immigration - Margaret Katze (Albuquerque, NM) |
| 5:00 pm |
Diversion, Treatment, Drug Courts, and Sentencing Issues - Maureen Franco (El Paso, TX) |
| 5:50 pm |
Seminar Adjourns |