National Defender Investigator Association

NDIA 2012 National Conference - Atlanta, Georgia
April 19 - 20, 2012

Seeing Is Believing - Or Is It? Challenging Assumptions to Better Defend Our Clients.


THURSDAY

8:30 am - 9:00 am -
NDIA Welcome and Opening Remarks Local Defender and NDIA Conference Committee

9:00 am - 10:15 am - Eyewitness Identification: A Psychological Perspective Jennifer Dysart, Associate Professor, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, New York, NY

10:30 am - 11:45 pm - Concurrent Sessions
1. GPS, New Technology and Issues of Search and Seizure Justin Murphy, Attorney, Crowell & Moring, Washington, DC James Strupp, Investigator, Federal Public Defender, District of Oregon, Portland, OR
2. Complying with Padilla Pursuant to the New Supreme Court Holding: What is Expected of Attorneys When Representing and Advising Non-Citizen Clients Facing Federal Convictions Jodi Linker, Assistant Federal Public Defender, Northern District of California, San Francisco,CA Sarah Rose Weinman, Equal Justice Works Fellow, National Immigrant Justice Center, Chicago, IL
3. Computer Forensics Jim Persinger, Owner and Chief Executive Officer, PM Investigations, Atlanta, GA

1:15 pm - 2:30 pm - Concurrent Sessions
1. Freeing the Innocent: Real Life Examples of Why Seeing Is Not Necessarily Believing Aimee Maxwell, Executive Director, Georgia Innocence Project, Decatur, GA
2. Failure to Investigate: In Search of Best Practices and a Standard of Care in Investigations Dean Applegate, Investigator, Federal Public Defender, Northern District of Mississippi,Oxford, MS Kevin Murphy, Chief Investigator, Federal Public Defender, District of New Jersey, Camden, NJ Karen Jackson, Chief Investigator, Public Defender Services, Washington DCBrendan Wells, Deputy Chief Investigator, Public Defender Services, Washington DC Irma Whiteley, Investigator, Federal Public Defender, Western District of Texas, El Paso, TX
3. Cellular Triangulation and Forensics K. Gus Dimitrelos, Digital Forensics, Risk Assessment & Electronic Countermeasures Director, DDF - Division of Regency Consulting, Davie, Florida**

1:15 pm - 5:15 pm - Special Concurrent Session
4. Taking Charge of Your Discovery: Hands-on Evidence Review Platform (ERP) Instruction - Part II Kelly Scribner, Assistant National Litigation Support Administrator, Office of Defender Services Training Branch, Oakland, CA Alex Roberts, National Litigation Support Paralegal, Office of Defender Services Training Branch, Oakland, CA Michelle Kovitch, Director, Litigation Support Training, AccessData, Lindon,
NOTE: In order to attend this class, you must attend the prior session (Part I) on April 18, and be a federal public defender employee. Contact the National Litigation Support Team (either kelly_scribner@fd.org or alex_roberts@fd.org) for further information about this exciting opportunity.

2:45 pm - 4:00 pm - Concurrent Sessions
1. International Investigations Susy Johnson, Mitigation Specialist, Investigator and Attorney, Alba S. Johnson, Esq. Mitigation Services, Ithaca, NY Herbert Duzant, Investigator, Federal Public Defender, District of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV
2. Hands-on Introduction to Firearms Philip Crumbacker, Certified Firearms Instructor, Reisterstown, MD
3. Habeas Investigation and Case Organization James Strupp, Investigator, Federal Public Defender, District of Oregon, Portland, OR Donetta Bray, Paralegal, Federal Public Defender, Northern District of Ohio, Cleveland, OH

4:15 pm - 5:15 pm General Business Meeting NDIA Board of Directors

6:00 pm - 9:00 pm President's Reception April 20, 2012

FRIDAY

8:30 am - 10:00 am - (Re)Active Investigation: How Not To Be A Potted Plant Henderson Hill, Executive Director, Federal Defenders of Western North Carolina, Inc, Charlotte, NC Jack Sussman, Partner, Tin Fulton Walker & Owen, Charlotte, NC

10:15 am - 11:45 am - Concurrent Sessions

1. Ethics and Strategies for Interviewing Child Witnesses Craig Hickein, Staff Attorney, Public Defender Service, Washington, DC
2. Obtaining Social History Records Herbert Duzant, Investigator, Federal Public Defender, District of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV Debra Nelson, Investigator and Mitigation Specialist, New York, NY
3. Pathology and Homicide Investigations Dr. Darinka Miluesnic-Polchan, The University of Tennessee Graduate School of Medicine, Department of Pathology, Knoxville, TN
4. Sentencing Advocacy TBA

1:15 pm - 2:30 pm - Concurrent Sessions
1. Internet Sleuthing Jonathan Lyon, Private Investigator, Chicago, IL
2. Hands-on Introduction to FirearmsPhilip Crumbacker, Certified Firearms Instructor, Reisterstown, MD
3. New Technology and Mobile Computing Natasha Silas, Assistant Federal Public Defender, Federal Public Defender, Northern District ofGeorgia, Atlanta, GA Jesse Wallis, Chief of Information Technology, Federal Public Defender, Central District of California, Los Angeles, CA Alex Roberts, National Litigation Support Paralegal, Office of Defender Services Training Branch, Oakland, CA

2:45 pm - 4:15 pm - Eyewitness Identification: A Legal Perspective James M. Doyle, Attorney at Law, Carney & Bassil, Boston, MA

4:15 pm - 4:30 pm Closing Remarks and Certificates

For more information please call Beverly Davidson at 860-635-5533 or visit the web site at www.ndia.net