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2024 DWI Means Defend With Ingenuity Seminar: Successful Strategies from the Masters of DUI Defense
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September 18, 2024 - September 21, 2024
NACDL & NCDD's 2024 Annual Seminar "DWI Means Defend With Ingenuity" Seminar "Successful Strategies from Masters of DUI Defense" will be held September 18-21, 2024 at Planet Hollywood Hotel in Las Vegas, NV.
If you are serious about being an effective DUI defense advocate, or if you're considering adding DUI defenses to your firms portfolio, you need to know the latest scientific and legal strategies to optimize your success at trial. Join your nationwide colleagues in Las Vegas to learn from the best-of-the-best, and take advantage of the unique opportunity to network, mingle, and establish a reciprocal referral base with over 600 of your colleagues from around the country. There is no better opportunity to confer and learn from your peers!
This one-of-a-kind CLE program is held in the mornings only, and consists of one day of general plenary session presentations, one day of split tracks for you to choose from, and one day with your choice of multiple workshops for small group, intense, and focused learning in the areas you need the most help. Whether you are a seasoned criminal defense practitioner, or just getting started and needing to learn the ropes, THIS IS THE NATIONAL GATHERING YOU CANNOT AFFORD TO MISS!
Hotel Information: Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino
Wednesday, September 18, 2024 | ||
3:00p.m.–6:00p.m. | Early Registration, Exhibit Hall Open |
SEMINAR DAY ONE – Thursday, September 19, 2024 | ||
Time | Event Description | Guest Speaker |
7:30a.m.-8:30a.m. | Registration, Exhibits, and Continental Breakfast | |
8:30a.m.–8:50a.m. | Welcome, Introductions, Announcements | DUI Program Chair Steve Oberman, NCDD Dean Mimi Coffey & NACDL President Christopher A. Wellborn |
8:50a.m. – 9:50a.m. | 2023 SFST Manual: Common Practice Errors | Anthony Palacios |
9:50a.m. – 10:50a.m. | Putting the Confrontation Clause on Trial: Getting the Cross-Examination You Need | Joseph P. St. Louis |
10:50a.m. – 11:10a.m. | Refreshment, Exhibitor & Networking Break | |
11:10a.m. – 12:10p.m. | Handcuffing the Blood Technician With Good Science and Jurors Values | Francisco Duarte |
12:10p.m. – 1:10p.m. | Your Guide to All Things Appeal | Michelle Behan |
1:10p.m. | DUI Seminar Adjourns for the Day | |
6:30pm. | Opening Reception | Planet Hollywood Hotel |
SEMINAR DAY TWO – Friday, September 20, 2024 | ||
Time | Event Description | Guest Speaker |
7:30a.m. – 8:00a.m. | Registration, Exhibits & Continental Breakfast | |
8:00a.m. – 9:00a.m. | Networking Tables: Network with other DUI lawyers on issues of interest over coffee and breakfast | |
9:00a.m. – 9:05a.m. | Plenary Session Begins: Remarks and Reminders | Steve Oberman |
9:05a.m. – 10:05a.m. | Select a Track | |
Option A | Closing to Win-The Keys to Delivering a Powerful Summation | Jonathan Cohn |
Option B | Neanderthal Law-Dragging Your Practice into the Future | Bruce Edge |
10:05a.m. – 11:05a.m. | Select a Track | |
Option A | NHTSA’s ARIDE v. DRE: The Truths, the Myths, and Everything In Between | Anthony Palacios |
Option B | Breath Testing | Bell Island |
11:05a.m. – 11:25a.m. | Refreshment, Exhibitor & Networking Break | |
11:25a.m. – 12:25p.m. | Select a Track | |
Option A | Shot Across the Bow-Using the Administrative License Suspension Hearing to Change the Course of Your Case | John Webb |
Option B | Judges Gone Wild!! Judicial Ethics, Refusals & Disqualifications | John Hunsucker |
12:25p.m. – 1:25p.m. | Select a Track | |
Option A | Over the Limit & Off the Hook: Beating Test Results at Trial | Adam Nero |
Option B | The “Hollywood Squares” Style Ethical Experience | Mimi Coffey |
1:25p.m. | DUI Seminar Adjourns for the Day |
SEMINAR DAY THREE – Saturday, September 21, 2024 | ||
Time | Event Description | Guest Speaker |
7:30a.m. – 8:10a.m. | Registration, Exhibits & Continental Breakfast | |
8:10a.m. – 9:30a.m. | Workshops (Select from Options Below) | |
1 | Trying Your First DUI Case (Less than 5 Years’ Experience) | John Webb |
2 | Winning With the Law: DUI Case Law Update | Don Ramsell |
3 | Crossing the FST Officer: Learn to Control, Confront, and Contradict | Steve Oberman & Tony Palacios |
4 | The NHTSA SFSTs: Learning the Basics | Michelle Behan |
5 | Crossing the Blood Tech | Virginia Landry |
6 | Summations Workshop | Jonathan Cohn |
7 | Crossing the Breath Test Operator | Bell Island |
9:30a.m. – 9:50a.m. | Refreshment, Exhibitor and Networking Break | |
9:50a.m. – 11:10a.m. | Workshops (Select from Options Below) | |
1 | Trying Your First DUI Case (Less than 5 years’ experience) | John Webb |
2 | Winning With the Law: DUI Case Law Update | Don Ramsell |
3 | Crossing the FST Officer: Learn to Control, Confront, and Contradict | Steve Oberman & Tony Palacios |
4 | The NHTSA SFSTs: Learning the Basics | Michelle Behan |
5 | Crossing the Blood Tech | Virginia Landry |
6 | Summations Workshop | Johnathan Cohn |
7 | Crossing the Breath Test Operator | Bell Island |
11:10a.m. | DUI Seminar Adjourns Until October 22-25, 2025, at our NEW LOCATION: Sahara Las Vegas! |
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