"LOOSENING THE DEATH BELT XVIII"
TIGHTENING THE DEFENSE - ONE LIFE AT A TIME

JANUARY 24 - 25, 2014
EMBASSY SUITES HOTEL - BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA

2960 John Hawkins Parkway
Birmingham, AL 35244
For Reservations - 1-800 EMBASSY

Call for Hotel Registration - 1-800-EMBASSY
Group Code: LD4 - $136 single or double
Deadline for Room Discounts - January 2, 2014

Details:  12 CLEs includes 1 Hr Ethics
Agenda:  Call 1-334-272-0064 for email copy

*Pre-registration is advised:
$325 - ACDLA Members early bird (1/2/14)
$375 - Nonmembers and all after 1/2/14
includes materials download and awards luncheon

REGISTER BY PHONE: 1-334-272-0064

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This course, or a portion thereof, has been approved by the Mandatory Commission on Legal Education of Alabama for a total of 12 general CLE hours for this event, including 1 hour of Ethics.

AGENDA (Speakers or Topics Subject to Change) Thursday, January 23, 2014 3:00 p.m. - Abbe Smith, Director, Criminal Defense and Prisoner AdvocacyClinic, Professor of Law, Georgetown Law, Washington, DCCumberland Law School (Optional activity not part of seminar.) Friday, January 24, 2014 8:00 a.m. - Registration 8:50 a.m. - Opening Comments and Welcome – Amber Ladner, Birmingham, AL and President – ACDLA 9:00 a.m. - “Miller in Alabama – Ramifications of Ex Parte Henderson & Stoves” – Wendell Sheffield, Sheffield & Lentine, P.C. 9:30 a.m. “Case Law and Post Conviction Issues”– Christine Freeman, Public Defender, Middle District of AL, Montgomery, AL 10:30 a.m. Break (15 min.) 10:45 a.m. “Ethical Issues and Presentation of Mitigation” – Danalynn Recer,Gulf Region Advocacy Center, Houston, TX 11:45 a.m. Lunch on Your Own (1.5 hrs.) 1:15 p.m. “Integrating Mitigation with Strategy” – Danalynn Recer, Gulf Region Advocacy Center, Houston, TX 2:15 p.m. “Using Daubert in the Defense” – William K. “Chip” Bradford, Bradford Ladner, Birmingham, AL 3:15 p.m. Break (15 min.) 3:30 p.m. “Defending Those People” (Keynote) – Abbe Smith 5:00 p.m. Adjourn 5:30 p.m. Register for ACDLA Shootout – “Lawyers, Guns, and Money” fundraiser for the New Alabama Criminal Defense College. January 25, 2014 8:00 a.m. - Registration 9:00 a.m. - “Getting Extraordinary Resources” – Richard Keith, Attorney at Law, Montgomery, AL 10:00 a.m. - “Getting Your Experts Paid” – Ricky McKinney, Executive Director OIDS, Montgomery, AL 10:30 a.m. - Break (15 min.) 10:45 a.m. - “Reciprocal Discovery Issues & It Goes Both Ways” – Jeff Austin, Attorney, Florence, AL  11:45 a.m. - Lunch to be provided - Merit and President Awards to be given (1.5 hrs.) 1:15 p.m. - “Dealing with the State’s Aggravators: Taking Death Off the Table” – Joel L. Sogol, Tuscaloosa; David Luker, Birmingham; Tommy Goggans, Montgomery; Jeff Deen, Mobile 2:45 p.m. - Break (15 min.) 3:00 p.m. - “Mitigation from a Future Dangerousness Standpoint” –Dr. Mark Cunningham 4:00 p.m. - “Overview of Voir Dire” – William R. Blanchard, Blanchard Law Offices, Montgomery, AL 5:00 p.m. - Wrap Up / Adjourn Seminar

Keynote Speaker Abbe Smith, Director of the Criminal Defense and Prisoner Advocacy Clinic, Co-Director of the E. Barrett Prettyman Fellowship Program, and Professor of Law at Georgetown University.