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2024 Winter Session-Lessons from Legends Part One: Breathe Life into Your Case
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January 18, 2024 - January 19, 2024
Atlanta, GA
Winter Session 2024 is “Breathe Life Into Your Case” and will be focusing entirely on trial scenarios for a breath testing case. Lots of nuggets are planned and this is surely a seminar you don’t want to miss! We will have Lessons From Legends Part I, featuring Doug Murphy, Michael Hawkins, William, Victor Carmody, and Flem Whited and you will also hear from some other exciting and highly talented presenters. You will not want to miss these Lessons to Be Learned!
The course will be held at the Loews Atlanta Hotel. Our room rate is $229/night. You can make your hotel reservations by clicking the link above to take advantage of our discounted room rate.
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 18, 2024 | ||
Time | Event Description | Presenter |
7:30 a.m. – 8:30 a.m. | Registration, Breakfast, and Exhibits | |
8:30 a.m. – 8:45 a.m. | Opening Remarks | NCDD Dean Virginia L. Landry |
8:45 a.m. – 9:45 a.m. | Voir Dire: Start With A Deep Breath | Doug Murphy |
9:45 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. | Opening Statements and Demonstration: The Breath of Life | Michael M. Hawkins |
10:45 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. | Morning Break | |
11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. | Workshops: Choose one track (Select from Options Below | |
Track 1 | Voir Dire | |
Track 2 | Opening Statements | |
12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. | Lunch and Vendor Presentations | |
1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. | Breath Testing: Breathe Life Into Your Case | Juanita T. Kimble |
2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. | Take Their Breath Away: Say Hello to My Little Friend—The Use of Scientific Treatises in Cross-Examination to Defeat Breath Testing | Michelle L. Behan |
3:00 p.m. – 3:15 p.m. | Afternoon Break | |
3:15 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. | Demonstrative Evidence: If You Can Breathe, You Can Survive | Victor W. Carmody, Jr. |
4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. | Breath Testing Machines: May The Breath Be With You—Differences Between Man and Machine | Victor W. Carmody, Jr. |
5:00 p.m. | Formal Session Ends | |
5:15 p.m. – 6:15 p.m. | Wet Labs and Machine Handling (Bring Your Machines) | |
6:00 p.m. | Cocktail Reception | Hickory Room at the hotel |
SEMINAR DAY TWO-Friday January 19, 2024 | ||
Time | Event Description | Presenter |
7:30 a.m. – 8:30 a.m. | Breakfast and Exhibits | |
8:30 a.m.– 8:45 a.m. | Opening Remarks | Dean Virginia L. Landry |
8:45 a.m.– 9:45 a.m. | Breath Overviews: Understanding the Flow—The Basics | Dean Virginia L. Landry |
9:45 a.m.– 10:45 a.m. | Breath Specifics and Using Your Expert to Breathe Life Into Your Case (An advanced case study) | Victor W. Carmody, Jr. and Dr. Jimmie Valentine |
10:45 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. | Morning Break | |
11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. | Don’t Stop Breathing, It Is Bad For Your Health--Ethics | Sara Compher-Rice |
12:00 p.m. – 12:20 p.m. | The Future of Search: How Generative AI will Impact Your Practice | Brian M. Blades-Scorpion Internet Marketing |
12:20 p.m.– 1:20 p.m. | Lunch | |
1:20 p.m. – 2:20 p.m. | Closing Statements: When Your Breath is All Gone | William K. Kirk |
2:20 p.m. – 3:20 p.m. | Workshops: Choose one track (Select from Options Below) | |
Track 1 | Crossing the Breath Test and Using Your Expert | |
Track 2 | Closing Statements | |
3:20 p.m. – 3:35 p.m. | Afternoon Break | |
3:35 p.m. – 4:35 p.m. | Keynote Address: Good Breath To Know-Now and Then | Flem K. Whited, III |
4:35 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. | Every Breath Counts: From Passion to Practice | Dean Virginia L. Landry |
5:00 p.m. | Seminar Concludes |
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