2024 CJA Federal Criminal Practice Seminar
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Pretrial Services Update
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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
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Dennis C. Alerding, Case Budgeting Attorney for the Sixth Circuit
Cross Jurisdictional Cases (State/DRC/FED)
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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
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10th District Court of Appeals Judge Carly Edelstein
What happens when your client gets to the BOP?
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Jack Donson, The Federal Prison Education and Reform Alliance and My Federal Prison Consultant, LLC
2023 CJA Federal Criminal Practice Seminar
Judges Panel
The PSI Process - Back to Basics
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Mark Grawe, Chief U.S. Probation Officer
Lisa Dopp, Deputy Chief U.S. Probation Officer
Diane Menashe, CJA Attorney
Sentencing Guidelines Updates
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Davina Chen, National Sentencing Resource Counsel, Litigation Lead
Jennifer Coffin, Assistant Federal Public Defender, Eastern District of Tennessee
Drug Guidelines
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Davina Chen, National Sentencing Resource Counsel, Litigation Lead
Jennifer Coffin, Assistant Federal Public Defender, Eastern District of Tennessee
Bail Reform Act
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Matthew Deates, Assistant Federal Public Defender, District of Minnesota
Sixth Circuit & Supreme Court Updates
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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
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Welcome and Judge’s Panel – The “New Normal” in SDOH
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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
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Dumaka Shabazz, Asst. Federal Public Defender, Nashville, Tennessee
First Step Act and Earned Time Credits in the BOP
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Patricia Richman, National Sentencing Resource Counsel Attorney, Phoenix, AZ/Greenbelt, Maryland
Defense Opportunities from the Victory Newsletter
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Dan Siegel
Getting Paid in the SDOH
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Mary Rogers, SDOH CJA Specialist, Cincinnati, Ohio
Primary vs. Secondary Custody – Why It Matters At Sentencing and Beyond
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Andrew Szekely, Asst. Federal Public Defender, Baltimore, Maryland
Case Updates: Supreme Court and Sixth Circuit
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Christian Grostic, Asst. Federal Public Defender, Cleveland, Ohio
Stacey MacDonald, Supervisory Asst. Federal Public Defender, Columbus, Ohio
2021 Virtual CJA Seminar
2021 Virtual CJA Seminar
2020 Federal Criminal Practice Seminar
2020 Federal Criminal Practice Seminar
2019 CJA Training Seminar - October 25, 2019
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Chief Judge Algenon Marbley - Introduction
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John Ellis
Denny Aldering
Mary Rogers
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Vickie Piontkowski
Rosie Brown
Richard Monahan & Kevin Schad
2018 CJA Training Seminar
8:30AM - Registration
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9:00 AM - Update on Sessions v. Dimaya
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Kevin Tierney, Frost Brown Todd, Cincinnati
9:30 AM - Six Areas to Worry About in Firearms Cases
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Leigh Skipper, Chief Federal Defender, Federal Community Defender Office, Philadelphia, PA
10:45 AM - Sentencing Guidelines – Changes and Focus
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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
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Mark Curriden: lawyer, journalist, legal correspondent
2:15 PM - Case Updates
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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
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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
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Clerk's Office
2017 CJA Training Seminar - Oct. 27,2017
2017 Agenda Download
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Supreme Court & Sixth Circuit Updates
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Richard Monahan, First Assistant Federal Public Defender
Kevin Schad, Assistant Federal Public Defender, Appellate Director
Immigration Primer & Update
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Milagros Cisneros, Assistant Federal Public Defender, District of AZ
Judges Panel on Oral & Written Advocacy
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Chief Judge Sargus
CJA Voucher Presentation
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Mike Socha, Financial Administrator, Ohio Southern District Court
Kristen Keppler, CJA Specialist, Ohio Southern District Court
Cell Phones & 4th amendment
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Tina Miller, Trial Lawyer, Western District of Pennsylvania
October 14, 2016 - Federal Criminal and Sentencing Law Seminar
Seminar Materials
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8:30 - 10:00 The hits just keep coming – Supreme Court & Sixth Circuit updates
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Michael Holley, Asst. Federal Public Defender, Nashville, TN
10:00 -- 11:00 The Ethical Criminal Practice in Federal Court
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Rasheeda Khan, Asst. Federal Public Defender, Columbus
11:00 - 11:15 Break
11:15 - 12:15 Johnson, Johnson, Johnson . . . and the Sentencing Guidelines too
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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.
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George Chaney, Asst. Federal Public Defender, Columbus
2:30 - 3:30 News from the courthouse - US Pretrial Services & US Probation
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Melanie Furry, Chief US Pretrial Services Officer, Dayton
John Dierna, Chief US Probation Officer, Columbus
2015 CJA CLE Event Wilmington Ohio
Sixth Circuit Update
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Richard Smith-Monahan
Kevin Schad
Erin Barnhart
Seminar 2014
When the Past Coes Back to Haunt You - ACCA/Careeer Offender issues
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Laura Davis, EDTN
NEW Sentencing Guideline Amendments
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Lisa Dopp, USPO SDOH, Schal Boucher, USPO SDOH