ASSOCIATION OF GOVERNMENT ATTORNEYS IN CAPITAL LITIGATION’S 43rd ANNUAL CONFERENCE AGENDA
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 9, 2023
Pacific Daylight Time
- 11:00 – 1:30 REGISTRATION
- 1:30 – 1:45 WELCOME
Jason Anderson, District Attorney of San Bernardino County, California
- 1:45 – 2:45 THE BEST OF THE BEST
Ed Marshall, Chief, Criminal Appeals Division, Texas Attorney General’s Office, Austin, Texas
- 2:45 - 3:00 BREAK
- 3:00 - 5:00 SUPREME COURT YEAR-IN-REVIEW
Bill Bilderback, Senior Assistant Attorney General, California Department of Justice, Los Angeles, California
- 6:00 – 8:00 RECEPTION
THURSDAY, AUGUST 10, 2023
- 8:30 – 9:30 COMBATING BIAS IN DEATH-ELECTION DECISIONS
Jarvis Parsons, District Attorney of Brazos County, Bryan, Texas
- 9:30 – 9:45 BREAK
- 9:45 – 10:45 THE PROSECUTION ROLE IN CLEMENCY DECISIONS
Nick Klingerman, Division Chief for Training & Post-Conviction, Maricopa County Attorney’s Office, Phoenix, Arizona
- 10:45 – 11:00 BREAK
- 11:00 – 12:00 ETHICS
Traci Bennett, Assistant District Attorney, Chief, Misdemeanor Division, Fort Bend County District Attorney’s Office, Richmond, Texas
- 12:00 – 1:30 LUNCH (On Your Own)
- 1:30 – 3:00 BLOOD SPATTER
Paulette Sutton, Supervisor of Forensic Serology/Biology, Shelby County Medical Examiner’s Office (retired) and Director of Investigations, University of Tennessee Regional Forensic Center (retired), Memphis, Tennessee
- 3:00 – 3:15 BREAK
- 3:15 – 5:00 DIGITAL FORENSICS
Sheila Ross, Director of Capital Litigation, Prosecuting Attorneys Council of Georgia, Atlanta, Georgia
Kevin Leonpacher, Detective, Atlanta Police Department, Atlanta, Georgia
FRIDAY, AUGUST 11, 2023
Appellate Breakout
- 8:30 – 9:30 EMERGENCY MOTIONS IN THE SUPREME COURT
Robert Meek, Emergency Motions Clerk, Supreme Court of the United States, Washington DC
- 9:30 – 9:45 BREAK
- 9:45 – 10:45 EFFECTIVE ORAL ARGUMENT
Bill Bilderback, Senior Assistant Attorney General, California Department of Justice, Los Angeles, California
Shira Markovich, Deputy Attorney General, California Department of Justice, Los Angeles, California
- 10:45 – 11:00 BREAK
- 11:00 – 12:00 ROUNDTABLE
Ron Eisenberg, Senior Appellate Counsel, Pennsylvania Attorney General’s Office, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- 12:00 – 1:30 LUNCH (On Your Own)
Trial Breakout
- 8:15 – 9:30 THE VISUAL TRIAL: PERSUASIVE USE OF EVIDENCE AND
COUNTERING ATTACKS TO USE OF LITIGATION TECHNOLOGY
Mark Shlifka, First Assistant State’s Attorney, Kendall County State’s Attorney’s Office, Yorkville, Illinois
- 9:30 – 9:40 BREAK
- 9:40 – 10:50 DNA
Rachel Singer, Chief, Forensic Science and Cold Case Unit, Kings County District Attorney’s Office, Brooklyn, New York
- 10:50 – 11:00 BREAK
- 11:00 – 12:00 ROUNDTABLE
Ashley Rich, Supernumerary District Attorney, Mobile District Attorney’s Office, Mobile, Alabama
- 12:00 – 1:30 LUNCH (On Your Own)
General Session
- 1:30 – 2:30 NAVIGATING CONVICTION INTEGRITY UNITS
Kathleen Cady, Dordulian Law Group, Los Angeles, California
- 2:30 – 2:45 BREAK
- 2:45 – 3:45 FORENSIC ETHICS
Kevin Petroff, First Assistant District Attorney, Galveston County District Attorney’s Office, Galveston, Texas
- 3:45 – 4:00 BREAK
- 4:00 – 5:00 INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY
Dr. Joseph Browning, MD, Associate Clinical Director for Forensic Services, Georgia Regional Hospital at Atlanta, Atlanta, Georgia
Roe Wilson, Assistant District Attorney (retired), Harris County District Attorney’s Office, Houston, Texas
SATURDAY, AUGUST 12, 2023
- 9:00 – 11:00 CASE STUDY: KEVIN COOPER
Robert Brown, Chief Deputy District Attorney, San Bernardino County District Attorney’s Office, San Bernardino, California