FEDERAL PUBLIC DEFENDER
Southern District of Texas
Criminal Justice Act Panel Training
United States Federal Courthouse
Jury Assembly Room
1133 North Shoreline Blvd.
Corpus Christi, TX
September 29, 2023
AGENDA
| 7:30 - 8:00 | Registration | (CLE hrs.) |
| 8:00 - 8:30 | Introductory Remarks Julie K. Hampton, United States Magistrate Judge, Corpus Christi, TX Mitchel Nuerock, United States Magistrate Judge, Corpus Christi, TX Marjorie A. Meyers, Federal Public Defender, S.D. TX |
(.50) |
| 8:30 - 9:00 | Bail Reform Act Francisco Morales, Senior Litigator, Corpus Christi, TX |
(.50) |
| 9:00 - 9:30 | Nuts and Bolts of Getting out on Bond JoAnn Torres Cadena, Unites States Probation Officer, Corpus Christi, TX |
(.50) |
| 9:30 - 10:15 | Evidence Marjorie A Meyers, Federal Public Defender, S.D. TX Federal Evidence |
(.75) |
| 10:15 - 10:30 | Break | |
| 10:30 - 11:15 | Firearms Prosecutions in Light of Bruen Elizabeth O’Connell, Assistant Federal Public Defender, Corpus Christi, TX Firearms Prosecutions in Light of Bruen |
(.75) |
| 11:15 - 12:00 | Defending Drug Cases Rachel Braver, Assistant Federal Public Defender, Corpus Christi, TX |
(.75) |
| 12:00 - 12:30 | Defending Immigration Cases Lila M. Garza, Assistant Federal Public Defender, Corpus Christi, TX Immigration-related Criminal Offenses Defenses |
(.50) |
| 12:30 - 1:30 | CJA Representations (and lunch) David Adler, Criminal Justice Act Panel Representative, Houston, TX Gerardo S. Montalvo, CJA Supervisory Attorney, Houston, TX |
(.50) |
| 1:30 - 2:15 | Federal Sentencing Guidelines Kristen Langford, Assistant Federal Public Defender, Corpus Christi, TX |
(.75) |
| 2:15 - 2:45 | Coordinating State/Federal Sentences Christopher A. Jenkins, Assistant Federal Public Defender, Corpus Christi, TX Coordinating Federal & State Sentences |
(.50) |
| 2:45 - 3:00 | Break | |
| 3:00 - 4:00 | Recent Supreme Court and Fifth Circuit Caselaw Philip G. Gallagher, Assistant Federal Public Defender, Houston, TX Fifth Circuit Update |
(1.0) |
| 4:00 - 5:00 | Ethics for Criminal Defense Attorneys John Gill, Assistant Federal Public Defender, Corpus Christi, TX Ethics_A LESSON BEFORE DYING |
(1.0 Ethics) |
Approved for 8.00 hours of CLE credit (including 1.0 hrs. of legal ethics) by the State Bar of Texas MCLE Department. (Course No. 174207409)
This seminar is for attorneys eligible or seeking to become eligible to take CJA appointments.