NCDD Recognition Award Winners

2024

Stephen Barnard Memorial Trial Advocacy Award: Michelle L. Behan
Leadership Award: Andy Sotiropoulos
Public Defender Award: Lauren Amongero
Public Defender Award: James Maloney
Appellate Advocacy Award: Kevin O'Grady

2023

Trial Advocacy Award: Chad Rory McCabe
Leadership Award: Craig J. Rosenstein
Public Defender Award: Barry J. Bisson
Appellate Advocacy Award: Steven W. Hernandez
Appellate Advocacy Award: John Menzel

2022

Trial Advocacy Award: R. Michael Vang
Leadership Award: Shawn Dominy
Public Defender Award: Delton F. Caraway
Appellate Advocacy Award: Donald J. Bartell

2019

Trial Advocacy Award: Michael M. Rajek
Leadership Award: J. Lynn Gorelick
Public Defender Award: Lisa A. Saltzman
Appellate Advocacy Award: Adam D. Stolte

2018

Trial Advocacy Award: Joseph D. Bernard & Thomas E. Workman, Jr.
Leadership Award: Carl M. Ward
Public Defender Award: Amanda K. Riek
Appellate Advocacy Award: Brian K. Morton & Sonja R. Porter

2017

Mentor Award: John Menzel
Trial Advocacy Award: Stephen P. Barnard
Appellate Advocacy Award: Matthew A Dodd
Leadership Award: Bennie E. Ray
Public Defender Award: Nancy E. Pryor
Pro Bono Award: D. Benjamin Sessions

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By Karleigh Miller Many drunk driving cases involve a chemical test indicating what substance the government believes you are impaired by. The government utilizes testing devices to analyze and quantify the alleged substance or substances in the blood. The government then can utilize the result in Trial against you. In Trial, the government may admit the test results in through the...

Autonomous Vehicles

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By Lance Hendron A couple of months ago, I presented an NCDD webinar highlighting the current state of automatous driving. Since the webinar, there have been recent updates concerning the evolution of automatous driving. Probably the most significant update concerns Telsa's recall of two million vehicles considering serious concerns about its autonomous driving features. Per reports, "numerous reported cases reveal shortcomings in...

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