FEDERAL PUBLIC DEFENDER
Thirty-Third Annual Staff Conference and CJA Panel Training
United States District Courthouse
Jury Assembly Room
515 Rusk Ave., Houston, TX
Friday, July 12, 2024
AGENDA
| (CLE Hrs.) | ||
| 8:00 - 8:30 | Registration | |
| 8:30 - 9:15 | Pretrial Release and Detention Francisco Morales, Senior Litigation Counsel AFPD, Corpus Christi, TX |
(.75) |
| 9:15 - 10:15 | Recent Cases Timothy W. Crooks, Esq., Houston, TX Presentation Slides |
(.75) |
| 10:15 - 10:30 | Break | |
| 10:30 - 11:15 | Challenging Digital Evidence Aisha Dennis, Esq., Houston, TX |
(.75) |
| 11:15 - 12:00 | Legal Issue in White Collar Defense Ashley Kaper, Esq., Houston, TX |
(.75) |
| 12:00 - 1:15 | Trying Difficult Cases (Luncheon Speakers) Jose Gonzalez-Falla, AFPD, Austin, TX |
(.75) |
| 1:15 - 2:00 | Introduction to the Federal Death Penalty Anthony Haughton, Death Penalty Resource Counsel, Houston, TX |
(.75) |
| 2:00 - 2:45 | Socio-Economic Impacts on African Americans Dr. Marino Anton Bruce, Clinical Professor of Behavior and Social Sciences Tilman J. Fertitta, Family College of Medicine, Houston, TX |
(.75) |
| 2:45 - 3:00 | Break | |
| 3:00 - 3:45 | Conditions Pushing Immigrants to the United States Elise Griesmyer, Esq, Vice President of Immigration Legal Services For Catholic Charities Francis Cabrini, Center for Immigration Legal Assistance, Houston, TX |
(.75) |
| 3:45 - 4:30 | Sentencing Update Rachel Braver, AFPD, Corpus Christi, TX |
(.75) |