Expert Witnesses and Daubert

February 28 — March 2, 2019 \\ Auburn Hills MarriottCenterpoint Parkway, Pontiac, MI

Advanced Criminal Defense Practice Spring Conference

February 28 — March 2, 2019 Thursday (optional) — Saturday

Auburn Hills Marriott Centerpoint Parkway, Pontiac, MI

Featuring Keynote Speaker Andrea Lyon

Durkin and Roberts, Chicago, IL

Just $129.00 Per Night!Rates guaranteed through February 14th, 2019

Annual Awards DinnerFriday, March 1, 2019

Visit www.CDAMonline.org for details.

Three Days of Amazing SessionsA is for Attorney James R. Samuels, Big RapidsLisa B. Kirsch-Satawa, Birmingham Experience CDAM’s acclaimed new lawyer session. Much of what a new lawyer needs to know to begin practicing criminal defense: interviewing a client, setting up a file, nuts and bolts of criminal court procedures, Q&A. Morning session is procedure, working lunch. Afternoon session is trial skills.

Telling Your Client’s Story Through The Experts Andrea Lyon, Chicago

Litigating Daubert...Separating the Junk From the Science Mark A. Satawa, Southfield

Breaking News, MIDC, and MAACS Updates Elizabeth A. LaCosse, Marquette Loren E. Khogali, LansingBradley Hall, Lansing

Tech Tips Marla McCowan, MIDC Director of Training and Outreach, Lansing

ABC’s of DNA Lori Montgomery, Lansing

Federal Updates, 6th Circuit Case Law, and First Step Act Fabian Renteria Franco, Detroit Andrew Wise, Detroit Issue Spotting and Expert Selection Lisa Kirsch-Satawa, Birmingham

Law Office Marketing and Social Media For Lawyers (not MIDC Compliant) Marina Chupak, Royal Oak Jordan Zuppke, Royal Oak Wendy Kirsch, Southfield

Grim Prognosis: When Judges Try to Practice Medicine Gary M. Wilson, Grosse Pointe Woods

The Strx and Stripes of DNA Greg Hampikian, PhD, Boise, ID

Child Abuse and Sexual Assault Injury: Mimic and Misrepresentation Dr. Steven R. Guertin, Lansing

Don’t Crash and Burn: Understanding The Interplay Between Discovery, Evidence, and A Successful Accident Reconstruction Case Daniel R. Billington, Eagle, WI Elizabeth A. LaCosse, Marquette

More of the Business of Criminal Defense (not MIDC Compliant) Raymond A. Cassar, Farmington Hills

Physical Evidence Experts William Wolf, Chicago, IL

Essential Online Resources for the Criminal Defense Practitioner: www.SADO.org Marilena David-Martin, Detroit

U.S. Supreme Court Update Kathy Swedlow, Lansing

Cell Phone Forensics and Location Evidence Lars Daniel, Morrisville, NC

Ethics of Using Experts Thomas M. Loeb, Farmington Hills

Mindfulness for Stress Reduction (not MIDC Compliant) Dr. Ruth Lerman, West Bloomfield

Soft Science Experts Tiffany L. DeBruin, East Lansing

Straight Talk On STARMix Clinton Hughes, New York, NYAlexander S. Rusek, Okemos, MI

Michigan Law Update Ronald J. Bretz, Lansing

ReLIEability: Creative Motions for Challenging Examiners and Their Examinations Bonnie Hoffman, Washington, DC

View From Above: 10 Mistakes Defense Lawyers Make Dealing With Daubert and Experts From An Appellate Standpoint Hon. Amy Ronayne Krause, Lansing Cecilia Quirindongo Baunsoe, Bloomfield Hills

Michigan Sentencing Guidelines Anne Yantus, Detroit

Get to Know Keynote Speaker Andrea Lyon

Andrea Lyon is a partner with Durkin and Roberts. Ms. Lyon received her undergraduate degree from Rutgers University and her law degree from the Antioch School of Law. After graduating, she worked for the Cook County Public Defenders’ Office in the Felony Trial Division, Post-Conviction/Habeas Corpus Unit, Preliminary Hearing/First Municipal (misdemeanor) Unit and the Appeals Division. Her last position there was Chief of the Homicide Task Force, a 22-lawyer unit representing persons accused of homicides. She has tried over 130 homicide cases most of which were jury trials and defended more than 30 potential capital cases at the trial level, including taking 19 cases through penalty phase; she won all 19.

The former Dean of Valparaiso University Law School, Ms. Lyon was a leader in curriculum reform and embracing diversity. Before becoming dean, she was a clinical professor of law, Associate Dean of Clinical Programs, and Director of the Center for Justice in Capital Cases

at the DePaul University College of Law. Ms. Lyon also taught as a clinical professor at the University of Michigan Law School for five years.

In 1990, she founded the Illinois Capital Resource Center and served as its director until joining the University of Michigan Law School faculty as an assistant clinical professor in 1995. A winner of the prestigious National Legal Aid and Defender Association’s Reginald Heber Smith Award for best advocate for the poor in the country, she is a nationally recognized expert in the field of death penalty defense and a frequent Continuing Legal Education (CLE) teacher throughout the country. She is the first woman to defend a death penalty case in the United States and has been designated as learned counsel in the federal defense system.

Durkin and Roberts, Chicago, IL

Conference InformationContinuing Legal Education Credit Hours

One credit hour is accrued for each hour of CLE training: 22 maximum hours available. CLE forms will be available at the registration desk. Attorneys are responsible for completing the form and submitting it to the person responsible for tracking their CLE hours. Attorneys are advised to keep a copy of their CLE form. CLE Hours are good through 2019.

Conference Material

Material will be distributed through a Drop Box link and a CDAM CROWD COMPUS application. Registrants are strongly encouraged to bring a smartphone, laptop, or other electronic device in order to access materials. Hard copy materials are only available if purchased by February 14, 2019. See registration form. Thank you for helping us reduce our carbon footprint.

For Assigned Counsel and Public Defenders

Some county/court funding units will pay for part, or all, of the cost of your registration. In some instances, hotel per diem and mileage are also covered. It is up to you to contact your local funding unit to determine if this is applicable to you and what payment or reimbursement method you will need to use. If the court pays for registration, the attorney must attend at least 12 hours of training.

If you do not know the contact information for your court’s local funding unit, contact Deborah Mitchell at the Michigan Indigent Defense Commission at 517-657-3066 or dmitchell@michiganidc.gov. If you email, use the subject line “CDAM.”

If your funding unit is not listed on the attachment, CDAM is not your provider for MIDC CLE. However, you are welcome to attend, and credit hours accrued meet MIDC standards and can be applied toward minimum standards.

NOTE: Please get the name of your court’s funding unit before you begin the registration process

Registration and/or Questions

Register online at www.CDAMonline.org. For questions, please call CDAM at 517-579-0533.

A Special Thanks to Nationwide Interlock, Defender Sponsor, and to SADO’s CDRC for administrative assistance