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NCDD Seminars and Webinars
2023 Winter Session

SOLD OUT
January 12, 2023 - January 13, 2023
Andaz San Diego Hotel.
Room rate $239 per night
Facing Death: Case Studies and Trial Practice in the DUI Death and Serious Injury Case
Featuring: Mark Richards, Esq.
”I Don’t Represent Causes, I Represent Clients!”
State of Wisconsin v. Kyle H. Rittenhouse
Scorpion, NCDD’s Official Digital Marketing Services Partner
LIVE:
$575 - NCDD Member
$750 - Non-Member
$250 - Individual Public Defender
$150 - Individual Public Defenders (from same office) per person
LIVE STREAMING:
$525 - NCDD Member
$700 - Non-Member
$500 - Public Defender Agency
SEMINAR DAY ONE-Thursday January 12, 2023 | ||
Time | Event Description | Presenter |
8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. | Registration, Breakfast, and Exhibits | |
9:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. | Opening: Facing Death. Higher Stakes, Bereaved Families, and Sleepless Nights. | NCDD Dean Andrew Mishlove |
9:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. | The State’s Investigation, and What you Need to Do Right Now. | Hon. Catherine V. Evans |
10:30 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. | Morning Break | |
10:45 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. | Accident Reconstruction: Human Factors and Physics | Daniel R. Billington II, Accident Reconstructionist |
12:15 p.m. – 1:15 p.m. | Lunch | |
1:15 p.m. - 2:15 p.m. | Voir Dire in the Death or Serious Injury Case | Virginia L. Landry |
2:15 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. | Case Study: A Trial Story: Winning the Vehicular Murder Charge by Mitigation. | G. Cole Casey |
3:30 p.m. – 3:45 p.m. | Afternoon Break | |
3:45 p.m. – 5:15 p.m. | Case Study: A Trial Story: Winning the Vehicular Homicide Charge by Impeaching the State’s Reconstruction Engineer. | Dennis Melowski |
5:15 p.m. | Cocktail Reception | Andaz San Diego Hotel |
SEMINAR DAY TWO-Friday January 13, 2023 | ||
Time | Event Description | Presenter |
8:00 a.m. – 8:45 a.m. | Breakfast and Exhibits | |
8:45 a.m.– 9:00 a.m. | Opening Remarks | Dean Andrew Mishlove |
9:00 a.m.– 9:20 a.m. | Scorpion-NCDD’s Official Digital Marketing Services Partner | |
9:20 a.m.– 10:00 a.m. | Sentencing: The Worst has Happened. The Scales Cannot be Balanced. We Need a Story of Context and Redemption. | Dean Andrew Mishlove |
10:00 a.m.– 10:45 a.m. | Issues in Forensic Pathology | John Hunsucker |
10:45 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. | Morning Break | |
11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. | Case Study: A Case of Chirality: Chemistry Defense in a DUI Meth Homicide | Amanda K. Riek & David Bolles |
12:00 p.m.– 1:00 p.m. | Lunch | |
1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. | Pretrial Litigation in the Serious Case: Motions in Limine, Daubert, Suppression, Etc. | Lara J. Gressley |
2:00 p.m. – 2:45 p.m. | Restitution: How to Use Available Insurance and Avoid the Double Dip. | Lynn Gorelick |
2:45 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. | Afternoon Break | |
3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. | Case Study: A Trial Story: From the Lab to the Verdict. Winning by Impeaching the Chemist | Donald J. Ramsell |
4:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. | The Kyle Rittenhouse Case. Winning the High-Profile Homicide: “I Don’t Represent Causes, I Represent Clients!” | Mark Richards |
5:30 p.m. – 5:45 p.m. | Closing Ceremony |
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