PRESIDENT’S ANNUAL CONFERENCE AND SEMINAR, RECEPTION AND AWARDS DINNER EXCLUSIVELY FOR CRIMINAL DEFENSE LAWYERS
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PRESIDENT’S ANNUAL CONFERENCE AND SEMINAR, RECEPTION AND AWARDS DINNER EXCLUSIVELY FOR CRIMINAL DEFENSE LAWYERS
Wisconsin in Post-Pandemic Times: Challenging Structural Inadequacies & Urgent Issues in the System
PRESIDENT’S ANNUAL CONFERENCE AND SEMINAR, RECEPTION AND AWARDS DINNER EXCLUSIVELY FOR CRIMINAL DEFENSE LAWYERS
Thursday April 21 and Friday, April 22, 2022
Kalahari Resort and Convention Center, Wisconsin Dells
Wisconsin in Post-Pandemic Times: Challenging Structural Inadequacies & Urgent Issues in the System
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
This year WACDL’s annual two-day seminar tackles critical issues in the criminal justice system. Including the challenges of effective socially distance communication and negotiation with clients, prosecutors, and courts, inadequacies in the revocation system, federal litigation on the crisis in Wisconsin meeting the requirements of Gideon, bail in the current political climate, and race and the 4th Amendment.
Attorneys Mark Richards and Corey Chirafisi will discuss their successful self-defense strategy in the Rittenhouse case.
We will also have a session on drug testing and the State Lab of Hygiene and a panel on burden shifting in sensitive crimes and credibility (“Why would she lie?”) .
As always, this annual conference and seminar provides the opportunity to interact with the community of Wisconsin criminal defense lawyers who understand your challenges, share your pain, and have your back.
Program Chair – Attorney Aneeq Ahmad
Ahmad and Associates, LLC, Milwaukee
SCHOLARSHIPS - Because of the generosity of our sponsors we are able to offer two tuition scholarships to this seminar, one to a public defender and another to a criminal defense lawyer in private practice. Each scholarship, available only to WACDL members, covers tuition and two nights in the hotel. To apply, send a letter to WACDL at PO Box 6706, Monona, WI 53716 or an email to wacdl@wacdl.com(link sends e-mail). Make the case why you should receive a scholarship to this seminar.
SPONSORS – Nelson Defense Group, LLC
We will apply for 15 CLE Credits
Lunches and Dinners included in registration.
PROGRAM
Wisconsin in Post-Pandemic Times: Challenging Structural Inadequacies & Urgent Issues in the System
Day One - Thursday, April 21, 2022
8:30 AM: Introduction and Welcome - Aneeq Ahmad
9:00 AM-9:50 AM: Navigating Wisconsin’s Inadequate Revocation Process - Mindy Nolan
9:50 AM-10:40 AM: 4th Amendment Challenges and Race - Deja Vishny
10:40 AM-10:50 AM: BREAK
10:50 AM-12:00 PM: Practical Insights and Tools from the Neighboring Jurisdiction - Nils Wyosnick / David Bolles and other IL practitioners
12:00 PM-1:00 PM: LUNCH
1:00 PM-1:50 PM: Re-visiting Secrist in light of Legal Hemp, CBD, and Delta 8 - Edgar Lin
1:50 PM-2:40 PM: Litigating Issues Involving Drugs and State Laboratory Reports - Jeremiah O’Day
2:40 PM-2:50 PM BREAK
2:50 PM–3:40 PM Challenging Implicit Bias via Proposed Jury Instructions - Aneeq Ahmad
3:45 PM-5:15 PM Reflections and Lessons Learned from the Rittenhouse case - Mark Richards & Corey Chirafisi
5:30 PM-6:30 PM Happy Hour Reception w/ Hot and Cold hors d’oeuvres
6:30 PM-Dinner and Awards Ceremony
Day Two - Friday, April 22, 2022
8:30 AM: Morning Coffee and Hangover Recovery
9:00 AM-9:50 AM: (Socially Distanced) Communication and Negotiation - Guy Cardamone and Erin Nagy
9:50 AM-10:40 AM: Bail Update and Pushing Back on the Punitive Proposals in the Legislature after the Waukesha Parade Tragedy- Rep. Evan Goyke
10:40 AM-10:50 AM: BREAK
10:50 AM-12:00 PM: Winning Strategies and Arguments Addressing Race, Implicit Bias, and Diversity Issues in the Courtroom - The Honorable Danielle L. Shelton
12:00 AM-1:00 PM: LUNCH
1:00 PM-1:50 PM: Effective Bail Arguments and their Importance in Today’s Political Climate - Andrew Martinez
1:50 PM – 2:40 PM: Cutting Edge Motions in Limine in a Post-Pandemic Era of Increasing Electronic Evidence, Social Media, and Zoom - Patrick Cafferty / Jillian Scheidegger
2:40 PM- 2:50 PM: BREAK
2:50 PM-4:20 PM: Panel Discussion on Successful Responses to the State’s Burden-Flipping Arguments; Jessa Nicholson-Goetz, Kathleen Stilling, Donna Kuchler, Nila Robinson. Moderator: Aaron Nelson
ADJOURN
**Note: The written outlines and materials for this program will be made available to all registrants via Dropbox prior to and at the program. Printed copies will not be available.
SPEAKERS
Attorney Aneeq Ahmad, Aneeq Ahmad and Associates
Attorney David Bolles, Murphy Desmond
Attorney Patrick Cafferty, Cafferty & Scheidegger, S.C.
Attorney Guy Cardamone, Assistant State Public Defender/Training Coordinator
Attorney Corey Chirafisi, Chirafisi Law Office, S.C.
Rep. Evan Goyke, (D-Milwaukee)
Attorney Donna Kuchler, Kuchler & Cotton, S.C.
Attorney Edgar Lin, Ahmad and Associates, LLC
Attorney Andrew Martinez, Martinez & Ruby LLC
Attorney Jeremiah Meyer-O’Day, Martinez & Ruby LLC
Attorney Erin Nagy, Assistant State Public Defender
Attorney Aaron Nelson, Nelson Defense Group, LLC
Attorney Jessa Nicholson-Goetz, Nicholson Goetz and Otis, S.C.
Attorney Mindy Nolan, Aneeq Ahmad and Associates
Attorney Mark Richards, Mark D. Richards SC
Attorney Nila Robinson – Nila Robinson & Associates
Attorney Jillian Scheidegger, Cafferty & Scheidegger, S.C.
Judge Danielle Shelton, Milwaukee Court Circuit Court Br. 40
Attorney Kathleen Stilling, Buting, Williams & Stilling SC
Attorney Deja Vishny, DejaVishny.com
Attorney Nils Wyosnick, Murphy Desmond S.C.
To register for this seminar, please go to www.wacdl.com/Events.
Submitted by editor on March 08, 2022