FEDERAL PUBLIC DEFENDER
Southern District of Texas
Criminal Justice Act Panel Training
United States Federal Courthouse
Jury Assembly Room
600 E. Harrison St.
Brownsville, TX
March 8, 2024
AGENDA
| 7:30 - 8:00 | Registration | (CLE HRS.) |
| 8:00 - 8:15 | Introductory Remarks Marjorie A. Meyers, Federal Public Defender, S.D. TX Sandra Zayas, Branch Chief, Asst. Federal Public Defender, Brownsville, TX |
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| 8:15 - 9:00 | Defending Immigration Cases Arturo Vasquez, Assistant Federal Public Defender, Brownsville, TX Chris Gonzalez, Assistant Federal Public Defender, McAllen, TX Roxanna Trevino, Investigator, McAllen, TX Presentation Slides |
(.75) |
| 9:00 - 9:30 | Immigration Law for Criminal Practitioners Jaime Diez, Attorney at Law, Brownsville, TX |
(.50) |
| 9:30 - 10:00 | Duress Defense Nathan Janis, Assistant Federal Public Defender, Brownsville, TX Presentation Slides |
(.50) |
| 10:00 - 10:15 | Break | |
| 10:15 - 11:00 | Pretrial Release and Detention Francisco Morales, Senior Litigation Counsel, AFPD, Corpus Christi, TX The Bail Reform Act |
(.75) |
| 11:00 - 11:45 | Defending Drug Cases Humberto Izaguirre, Assistant Federal Public Defender, Brownsville, TX |
(.75) |
| 11:45 - 1:00 | CJA Representations (and lunch) The Honorable Karen Betancourt, United States Magistrate Judge, Brownsville, TX The Honorable Ignacio Torteya, III, United States Magistrate Judge, Brownsville, TX Gerardo S. Montalvo, CJA Supervisory Attorney, Houston, TX |
(.50) |
| 1:00 - 1:45 | Sentencing Update Marjorie A. Meyers, Federal Public Defender, S.D. TX Presentation Slides |
(.75) |
| 1:45 - 2:45 | Recent Supreme Court and Fifth Circuit Caselaw Philip Gallagher, Supervisory Assistant Federal Public Defender, Houston, TX Presentation Slides |
(1.0) |
| 2:45 - 3:00 | Break | |
| 3:00 - 4:00 | Effective Sentencing Advocacy – Panel Angel Olivo-Garcia, Assistant Federal Public Defender, Brownsville, TX Judith Pena, Assistant Federal Public Defender, McAllen, TX Edgar Gaucin, Investigator, Brownsville, TX Israel Nogueira, Mitigation Specialist, McAllen, TX Presentation Slides |
(1.0) |
| 4:00 - 5:00 | Ethics Panel Sandra Zayas, Branch Chief, AFPD, Brownsville, TX Hector Garza, Assistant Federal Public Defender, Brownsville, TX Michelle Taylor, Assistant Federal Public Defender, McAllen, TX Mauricio Garcia, Attorney at Law, Brownsville, TX Presentation Slides |
(1.0 Ethics) |
Approved for 7.50 hours of CLE credit (including 1.0 hrs. of legal ethics) by the State Bar of Texas MCLE Department. (Course No. TBD)
This seminar is for attorneys eligible or seeking to become eligible to take CJA appointments.