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