FEDERAL PUBLIC DEFENDER
Southern District of Texas
Criminal Justice Act Panel Training

United States Federal Courthouse
Jury Assembly Room
1300 Victoria St., Laredo, Texas
April 20, 2023

 

AGENDA

 

7:30 - 8:00 Registration (CLE HRS)
8:00 - 8:15 Introductory Remarks
Marjorie A. Meyers, Federal Public Defender, S.D. TX
Marissa Perez-Garcia, Branch Chief, Asst. Federal Public Defender, Laredo, TX
8:15 - 8:45 Defending Drug Cases
Raul Martinez, Assistant Federal Public Defender, Laredo, TX
David Castillo, Assistant Federal Public Defender, Laredo, TX
(.50)
8:45 - 9:15 Defending Immigration Cases
Myrna Montemayor, Assistant Federal Public Defender, Laredo, TX
(.50)
9:15 - 10:15 Recent Cases
Sara Martinez, Assistant Federal Public Defender, Laredo, TX
(1.0)
10:15 - 10:30 Break
10:30 - 11:30 404(b)
Francisco Morales, Senior Litigation Counsel, AFPD, Corpus Christi, TX
404(b) Evidence as a Sword and Shield
(1.0)
11:30 - 12:00 CJA Appointments Process and Duties
The Honorable Diana Song-Quiroga, United States Magistrate Judge, Laredo, TX
The Honorable John Kazen, United States Magistrate Judge, Laredo, TX
The Honorable Christopher dos Santos, United States Magistrate Judge, Laredo, TX
David Adler, Criminal Justice Act Panel Representative, Houston, TX
(.50)
12:00 - 1:00 A View from the Bench
The Honorable Diana Saldana, United Stated District Judge, Laredo, TX
The Honorable, Marina Garcia Marmolejo United States District Judge, Laredo, TX
(.50)
1:00 - 1:45 Sentencing Update
Marjorie Meyers, Federal Public Defender, S.D.TX
Federal Sentencing Paper
Presentation Slides
(.75)
1:45 - 2:45 Effective Sentencing Advocacy
Moderator: Suzette Ermler, Mitigation Specialist, Houston, TX
Panel Members: Tito Alfaro, Supervisory Assistant Federal Public Defender, Laredo, TX
Christina Arellano-Villarreal, Assistant Federal Public Defender, Laredo, TX
Shelley Strayer, Asst. Chief Investigator, Laredo, TX
(1.0)
2:45 - 3:00 Break
3:00 - 3:45 The Fourth Amendment in South Texas
John Paul, Branch Litigation Counsel, AFPD, Laredo, TX
(.75)
3:45 - 4:45 Ethics Panel
Moderator: Raul Guerra, Assistant Federal Public Defender, Laredo, TX
Panel Members:
Ricardo Guerra, Assistant Federal Public Defender, Laredo, TX
Ramon Villafranca, Assistant Federal Public Defender, Laredo, TX
David Lopez, Assistant Federal Public Defender, Laredo, TX
(1.0 Ethics)

 

Pending approval for 7.50 hours of CLE credit (including 1.0 hrs. of legal ethics) by the State Bar of Texas MCLE Department. (Course No. 174188511)
This seminar is for attorneys eligible or seeking to become eligible to take CJA appointments.

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