Come for the seminar…stay for the barbecue! You won’t want to miss the best seminar of the summer. Join SCACDL in Greenwood for blues, barbecue and an outstanding CLE. Name: _______________________________________ SC Bar Number: ______________________________ Address: _____________________________________ _____________________________________ Registration Fee $195.00 for Regular Members / $100.00 for Public Defenders E-mail: ______________________________________ Please detach this form & return with your payment to: Location The Arts Center of the Federal Building 120 Main Street Greenwood, SC CLE Information This seminar qualifies for 6.66 CLE hours that includes one hour of ethics. SCACDL PO Box 8353 Columbia, SC 29202 Visit SCACDL.ORG to Register Online Post Office Box 8353 Columbia, SC 29202 Friday, July 10, 2015 8:30 am SPEAKERS ELIZABETH FRANKLIN-BEST is a partner in the law firm of Blume Norris & Franklin-Best LLC, focusing almost exclusively on capital litigation. Before that, she was an Appellate Defender at the South Carolina Commission on Indigent Defense. She also worked as an associate for Jack Swerling, and as an assistant public defender with the Richland County Public Defender’s Office. She was awarded Lawyer of the Year by the Public Defender Association in 2010. SHAUN KENT is the founding partner of the Kent Law Firm, LLC, in Manning, E. CHARLES GROSE, JR. served as Chief Public defender for thirteen DIEDREICH VON LEHE is a native of Charleston, South Carolina. He is a ED MALLETT is a past President of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, and the Texas and the Harris County Criminal Defense Lawyer Associations. He has been Board Certified as a criminal lawyer for over 30 years. He received his B.A. from Dartmouth College, attended the Graduate School of Business at the University of Chicago, and received his law degree from the University of Texas. He is listed in The Best Lawyers in America, the Texas Monthly “Super Lawyers,” and the “Best Lawyers in Houston.” DAWN MCQUISTON is currently a psychology professor at Wofford College after having served on the faculty at Arizona State University for ten years. Her work focuses on the intersection of psychology and law, specifically involving the reliability of eyewitness testimony, jurors’ evaluation of expert evidence, and extra-legal factors in courtroom decision-making. She has published numerous scholarly articles, and given research presentations at academic and legal conferences. Her research has been funded by the National Institute of Justice. Dr. McQuiston provides consultation and expert testimony concerning memory, perceptual processes, information processing, and recall as these relate to disputed eyewitness evidence. years, and then opened a law firm in 2012. His practice is primarily General Sessions Court. He also handles appeals before the South Carolina Supreme Court and the Court of Appeals. His practice also includes civil rights litigation. As the 2014-2015 Chair of the Criminal Law Section Council, he planned and moderated the 2015 Criminal Law Update as part of the annual South Carolina Bar Convention. He currently chairs the Board of Directors South Carolina Death Penalty Resource & Defense Center. CHELSEA MCNEILL, a 2010 graduate of the Charleston School of Law, began her legal career as a Law Clerk and later a Volunteer Attorney with the Charleston County Public Defender’s Office. In 2011, she joined the 4th Circuit Public Defender’s Office, then in 2012, she accepted a position in the 8th Judicial Circuit. Prior to becoming a lawyer, Chelsea worked as a Clinical Addictions Counselor at the Charleston Center in Charleston, SC, where she worked at the Charleston County Detention Center in the Persons Incarcerated Entering Recovery Program (P.I.E.R.), counseling and educating inmates who suffer from addiction to substances. Chelsea’s trial practice is concentrated in major felonies. She is a member of NACDL and SCACDL. SC. A 2000 graduate of the Thomas M. Cooley Law School, Mr. Kent has tried hundreds of cases. A former Prosecutor for the 9th Judicial Circuit and a Public Defender for the 2nd Judicial Circuit, Mr. Kent’s practice currently focuses primarily on criminal defense. graduate of The Citadel (1983) and the University of South Carolina School of Law (1986) and has served as a Marine Corps fighter pilot, staff attorney with the Charleston County Public Defender’s Office, and part-time municipal court prosecutor. Since 1996, he has been a sole practitioner and concentrates in criminal defense and personal injury cases. Diedreich holds an AV rating and has made CLE presentations in South Carolina, Texas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Indiana, California, and Nevada. JUDGE WILLIAM H. “BILLY” MURPHY, JR. is the founder and a senior partner of Murphy, Falcon & Murphy in Baltimore. With more than 42 years of practice, Judge Murphy has been successful in over 90% of his state court cases and over 40% of his federal cases–4 times higher than the national average of 9%. The Baltimore Sun has profiled him as one of the top 5 lawyers in the state and wrote that he is recognized by his peers as “extraordinarily gifted” and “one of the best defense attorneys of his time.” AGENDA Seminar Moderator: Rauch Wise 8:30 Registration & Continental Breakfast 3:00 Afternoon Break 8:50 Welcome & Opening Remarks 3:10 9:00 Child Sex Abuse Issues Charles Grose and Chelsea McNeill Evaluating Eyewitness Evidence Dawn McQuiston 4:00 10:30 Morning Break Ethics for Criminal Defense Lawyers Diedreich P. von Lehe 10:40 Battling Batson Biases Elizabeth Franklin-Best 11:30 Easy, Enlightening, Entertaining Elementary Essential Evidence for Defense Lawyers Ed Mallett 12:20 Lunch on your own 1:20 Learning Liars’ Lies Billy Murphy 2:10 Planning the Perfect Play Shaun Kent 5:00-until Enjoy the blues and barbecue and continue discussions at many of the local downtown clubs. BLUES, BBQ & BAR CLE Friday, July 10, 2015
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