Seminar Agenda: (Program and Faculty are subject to change)

Thursday, November 6, 2008
8:15 am Registration, Exhibits & Continental Breakfast
9:00 am Welcome and Introduction
- Lawrence Center, Executive Director, Georgetown CLE
- Norman Reimer, Executive Director, NACDL
- Gerald Goldstein, Program Co-Chair
- Abbe David Lowell, Program Co-Chair
9:15 am Jumping the Pond: International Criminal Investigations
*Coordinating US and Foreign Aspects of Cases
*Data Protection; Retention
*Parallel Proceedings
*Using or Avoiding MLATS
*Extradition Issues

Moderator: Gerald Goldstein, Goldstein, Goldstein & Hilley
Panelists: Howard Srebnick; Mark F. Mendelsohn; Michael O'Kane; Beryl Howell
10:45 am

Refreshment Break

A special thank you to Dwyer & Collora, LLP for their co-sponsorship.

11:00 am The Robe and the Gavel - Judicial Perspective: Successful Litigation Strategies
*Pre-Trial Motions
*Jury Selection
*The 5 Worst Mistakes Lawyers Make During Trial
*Update on Sentencing Hearings

Moderator: Abbe David Lowell, McDermott Will & Emery
Panelists: Hon. Faith S. Hochberg; Hon. Reggie Walton
12:30 pm

Box Lunch
Keynote Speaker: US Senator Patrick Leahy (INVITED)

A special thank you to Kelley Drye for their co-sponsorship.

2:00 pm Second Chances - The Science and Art of Criminal Appeals
*Appeal Issues from Discovery Through Verdict
*How to "Protect the Record"
*Using Appellate Lawyers Before the Appeal
*How to Write a Criminal Appeals Brief
*Oral Argument Tips

Moderator: Gerald Goldstein, Goldstein, Goldstein & Hilley
Panelists: Miguel Estrada; Jon Hacker; Michael R. Dreeben; David Gerger
3:30 pm

Refreshment Break

A special thank you to Dwyer & Collora, LLP for their co-sponsorship.

3:45 pm How Do You Pronounce Daubert? - The Critical Nature of Expert Testimony
*Identifying Cases for Expert Testimony
*Discovery of Expert Evidence
*Pre-Trial Motions Practice
*Preparation of Experts for Trial and "Dueling Experts"
*Cross-Examination of Experts

Moderator: Abbe David Lowell, McDermott Will & Emery
Panelists: Baruch Weiss; Sean M. Berkowitz; Mark Mahoney
5:15 pm Adjourn for the day
5:30 pm

Cocktail Reception

A special thank you to Zuckerman Spaeder LLP for co-sponsoring the Thursday Reception.


Friday, November 7, 2008
8:15 am Registration, Exhibits & Continental Breakfast
8:30 am Bull's Eye on Companies - Defending the Corporation, Including Going to Trial
*Changes Since the McNulty Memorandum
*Coordinating Corporate and Individual Representation
*Alternatives to DPAs
*Taking a Corporation to Trial

Moderator: Abbe David Lowell, McDermott Will & Emery
Panelists: Gordon A. Greenberg; James J. Brosnahan; Michael J. Madigan; Hon. Karin J. Immergut
10:00 am Refreshment Break
10:15 am Workshops (Select One)
Option I: Stories from the Secured Compartmentalized Information Facility (SCIF) - Dealing with Classified Information - Abbe David Lowell; Edward B. MacMahon, Jr.
Option II: Updates on Federal Sentencing Mitigation in White Collar Cases - Marcia Shein
Option III: Grand Jury Practice - Gerald B. Lefcourt
11:45 am Refreshment Break
12:00 pm Déjâ Vu All Over Again - The New Era of Financial Institution Crime
*Where Administrative Cases Become Criminal Cases
*Similarities and Differences to the Bank Cases of the 1990's
*Peculiar Problems of "Parallel Proceedings"
*Can Any Lender Go to Trial?

Moderator: Gerald Goldstein, Goldstein, Goldstein & Hilley
Panelists:Steven M. Cohen; Andrew L. Sandler; Helen Gredd; Daniel P. Stipano
1:30 pm Seminar Adjourns


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