2024 CJA Federal Criminal Practice Seminar
Handouts
Pretrial Services Update
Presenters
Melanie Furry, Chief Pretrial Services Officer for the Southern District
Laurie Cooke, Pretrial Officer for the Southern District
Vouchers and Payments: CJA eVoucher, Excess Compensation Cases & Budgeting
Presenters
Dennis C. Alerding, Case Budgeting Attorney for the Sixth Circuit
Cross Jurisdictional Cases (State/DRC/FED)
Presenters
Rosie Brown, Assistant Federal Public Defender for the Southern District
Andrew Hartman, Managing Counsel of the Intake & Prison Legal Services
Kelsey Reno, Managing Counsel of the Ross County Public Defender’s Office
Supreme Court Update
Presenters
10th District Court of Appeals Judge Carly Edelstein
What happens when your client gets to the BOP?
Presenters
Jack Donson, The Federal Prison Education and Reform Alliance and My Federal Prison Consultant, LLC
2023 CJA Federal Criminal Practice Seminar
October 26 - University of Dayton, Keller Hall
Handouts
Judges Panel
The PSI Process - Back to Basics
Presenters
Mark Grawe, Chief U.S. Probation Officer
Lisa Dopp, Deputy Chief U.S. Probation Officer
Diane Menashe, CJA Attorney
Sentencing Guidelines Updates
Presenters
Davina Chen, National Sentencing Resource Counsel, Litigation Lead
Jennifer Coffin, Assistant Federal Public Defender, Eastern District of Tennessee
Drug Guidelines
Presenters
Davina Chen, National Sentencing Resource Counsel, Litigation Lead
Jennifer Coffin, Assistant Federal Public Defender, Eastern District of Tennessee
Bail Reform Act
Handouts
Presenters
Matthew Deates, Assistant Federal Public Defender, District of Minnesota
Sixth Circuit & Supreme Court Updates
Presenters
Richard Monahan, First Assistant Federal Public Defender, Southern District of Ohio
Kevin Schad, Assistant Federal Public Defender, Southern District of Ohio
2022 Virtual CJA Federal Criminal Practice Seminar
2022 Agenda
Handouts
Welcome and Judge’s Panel – The “New Normal” in SDOH
Presenters
Chief Judge Algenon L. Marbley
Judge Michael H. Watson
Judge Susan J. Dlott
Judge Michael J. Newman
Mag. Judge Peter B. Silvain Jr
Mag. Judge Caroline H. Gentry
Navigating Social Media
Presenters
Dumaka Shabazz, Asst. Federal Public Defender, Nashville, Tennessee
First Step Act and Earned Time Credits in the BOP
Presenters
Patricia Richman, National Sentencing Resource Counsel Attorney, Phoenix, AZ/Greenbelt, Maryland
Defense Opportunities from the Victory Newsletter
Presenters
Dan Siegel
Getting Paid in the SDOH
Presenters
Mary Rogers, SDOH CJA Specialist, Cincinnati, Ohio
Case Updates: Supreme Court and Sixth Circuit
Presenters
Christian Grostic, Asst. Federal Public Defender, Cleveland, Ohio
Stacey MacDonald, Supervisory Asst. Federal Public Defender, Columbus, Ohio
2018 CJA Training Seminar
8:30AM - Registration
Handouts
9:00 AM - Update on Sessions v. Dimaya
Presenters
Kevin Tierney, Frost Brown Todd, Cincinnati
9:30 AM - Six Areas to Worry About in Firearms Cases
Presenters
Leigh Skipper, Chief Federal Defender, Federal Community Defender Office, Philadelphia, PA
10:45 AM - Sentencing Guidelines – Changes and Focus
Presenters
Ebise Bayisa, Sr. Attorney, USSC Office of Education & Sentencing Practice
1:15 PM - Contempt of Court: A Lynching that forever changed the practice of law
Presenters
Mark Curriden: lawyer, journalist, legal correspondent
2:15 PM - Case Updates
Presenters
Claire Cahoon, Research & Writing Attorney, FPD Northern District of Ohio
Christian Grostic, Research & Writing Attorneys, FPD Northern District of Ohio
3:15 PM - Federal resources for noncapital & capital lawyers
Presenters
Lori Green, Chief of Defender Services Office Training Division
Ubong Akpan, Attorney Advisor at Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts
Kevin McNally, Federal Death Penalty Resource Counsel
4:15 PM - CJA Vouchers & More
Presenters
Clerk's Office
2017 CJA Training Seminar - Oct. 27,2017
2017 Agenda Download
Supreme Court & Sixth Circuit Updates
Presenters
Richard Monahan, First Assistant Federal Public Defender
Kevin Schad, Assistant Federal Public Defender, Appellate Director
Immigration Primer & Update
Presenters
Milagros Cisneros, Assistant Federal Public Defender, District of AZ
Judges Panel on Oral & Written Advocacy
Presenters
Chief Judge Sargus
CJA Voucher Presentation
Presenters
Mike Socha, Financial Administrator, Ohio Southern District Court
Kristen Keppler, CJA Specialist, Ohio Southern District Court
Cell Phones & 4th amendment
Presenters
Tina Miller, Trial Lawyer, Western District of Pennsylvania
October 14, 2016 - Federal Criminal and Sentencing Law Seminar
Seminar Materials
8:30 - 10:00 The hits just keep coming – Supreme Court & Sixth Circuit updates
Presenters
Michael Holley, Asst. Federal Public Defender, Nashville, TN
10:00 -- 11:00 The Ethical Criminal Practice in Federal Court
Presenters
Rasheeda Khan, Asst. Federal Public Defender, Columbus
11:00 - 11:15 Break
11:15 - 12:15 Johnson, Johnson, Johnson . . . and the Sentencing Guidelines too
Presenters
Kevin Schad, Asst. Federal Public Defender/Appellate Director, Cincinnati
12:15 - 1:00 Lunch
1:00 - 2:30 What’s Race Got to do With It? Voir Diring for Race with Federal Juries.
Presenters
George Chaney, Asst. Federal Public Defender, Columbus
2:30 - 3:30 News from the courthouse - US Pretrial Services & US Probation
Presenters
Melanie Furry, Chief US Pretrial Services Officer, Dayton
John Dierna, Chief US Probation Officer, Columbus
2015 CJA CLE Event Wilmington Ohio
Sixth Circuit Update
Presenters
Richard Smith-Monahan
Kevin Schad
Erin Barnhart
Johnson Update
Presenters
Jennifer Coffin
SRV Reovcation Hearings
Handouts
Presenters
Karen Savir
Using Technology to Discover Your Case
Presenters
Brad Craley
GUNS: Mystery Solved
Presenters
Richard Vickers
Seminar 2014
When the Past Coes Back to Haunt You - ACCA/Careeer Offender issues
Handouts
Presenters
Laura Davis, EDTN
NEW Sentencing Guideline Amendments
Handouts
Presenters
Lisa Dopp, USPO SDOH, Schal Boucher, USPO SDOH
Effective Sentencing Advocacy
Handouts
Presenters
Vickie Piontkowski, WDPA
Sixth Circuit Update
Handouts
Presenters
Kevin Schad, SDOH, Richard Smith-Monahan, SDOH
Uncommon Defenses
Handouts
Presenters
Paul Laufman, CJA Panel