2019 Seminar and Annual Meeting

“Justice Must Be Won XXVII”

June 7- 8, 2019

The Lodge at Gulf State Park

Gulf Shores, AL

Hotel:

The Lodge at Gulf State Park

21196 East Beach Blvd 
Gulf shores, Alabama 36542

Reservations:

251-540-4000

Room Rate: $269 Standard

**UPDATE** Room Block Closes: May 14, 2019

Group Info: Alabama Criminal Defense Lawyers/ 2019 Annual Convention

Registration:

 Members: $265

NonMembers: $315

Guest Ticket for Luncheon: $40

*Member and Nonmember registration includes materials download and luncheon

Call 334-272-0064 to register after 6/4

Application has been made for 9 CLE hours including an hour of ethics.

Agenda:

*speakers and times subject to change

FRIDAY, JUNE 7, 2019

8:30am                Welcome, Wendell Sheffield, ACDLA President

9:00-10:00           Legal Ethics and the Wisdom of Yogi Berra

                              – Nettie Blume, Attorney, Tuscaloosa, AL

10:00-10:15         Break

10:15-11:15        Advances in Forensic Biology and DNA Testing

                             - Angelo DellaManna, National Board for DNA Testing and Procedures

11:15-12:15       Basic Cyber Forensics and How to Use to Challenge

                           Forensics in Child Porn Cases

                          - Jennifer Lynn Thompson, Attorney, Nashville, AL

12:15-1:35         Annual Meeting- Lunch (on your own)

1:35- 2:35           Evidentiary Issues Involving Social Media

                            - John Robbins, Attorney, Birmingham, AL

2:35-2:45             Break            

2:45-4:15             Cross-Examination of Experts- The Medical Examiner in a Homicide Case

                              - Richard Jaffe, Attorney, Birmingham, AL

4:15-4:45              AL Department of Mental Health – Jacob Dubin, Montgomery, AL

4:45                      Adjourn - Cocktail hour and Shrimp Boil to follow

SATURDAY, JUNE 8, 2019

8:30am                  Welcome, Ron Smith, ACDLA President

9:00-10:00             Track 1 – Updates from DOC and Board of Pardons and Paroles

                                              - Bennet Wright, Executive Director, AL Sentencing Commission

                              Track 2 - Reliability of Eye-Witness Testimony

                                           -Dr. Jeffrey Neuschatz, UAH Professor of Psychology

10:00-10:15           Break

10:15-11:15           Track 1 - Case law update

                                             - J.D. Lloyd, Attorney, Birmingham, AL

                              Track 2 – Cyber Crimes

                                             –Daniel Fortune, Attorney, Birmingham, AL

11:20-12:20           Track 1- DUI Update -

                                           - George Flowers, Attorney, Huntsville, AL

                              Track 2 – Effective Motion Practice

                                          – Michael Hanle, Attorney, Birmingham, AL

12:20-1:35             Awards Luncheon

1:35                       Adjourn