2016 Joint Annual Meeting of
Pennsylvania Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
Juvenile Defenders Association of Pennsylvania and
Public Defender Association of Pennsylvania
Thank You to our Sponsors
Platinum
Cramer, Swetz, McManus & Jordan, P.C.
Greenblatt, Pierce, Engle, Funt & Flores, LLC
Law Offices of Philip Gelso
MacElree Harvey, Ltd.
Perry Shore Weisenberger & Zemlock
Post & Schell, P.C.
PACDL
115 State Street, Harrisburg, PA 17101
One North Second Street, Harrisburg, PA 17101
Questions: Please contact us at [email protected] or 717.234.7403.
Hilton Harrisburg
Scholarships: There may be a limited number of full or partial
scholarships available to assist with the seminar fee for PACDL members
whose dues are current. To apply, mail the completed seminar
registration form with a letter requesting financial assistance to PACDL
no later than April 5. Scholarship letters received after that date will not
receive consideration.
April 28-29, 2016
Overnight Accommodations
PACDL has reserved a block of rooms available for $139 plus taxes. This
block expires on March 28, 2016. Please call reservations to make your
booking at 1-800-445-8667 using group code PACDL. In the alternative,
you can click on this booking link to make your reservations online.
Pennsylvania Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
Juvenile Defenders Association of Pennsylvania and
Public Defender Association of Pennsylvania
Sponsorships
Opportunities are available to sponsor this year’s Joint Annual
Conference. For more information on sponsorship, opportunities, please
contact [email protected]. If you choose to sponsor, please send your law
firm or corporate name and a high resolution logo to [email protected]
along with your check to PACDL, 115 State Street, Harrisburg, PA 17101.
2016 Joint Annual Meeting of
Silver
Steven L. Breit, Esquire
Feeney & Gurwitz
Fink, Fink and Associates
Myers, Brier & Kelly, LLP
Suzanne M. Swan, Esquire
Bradley Winnick, Esquire
Pennsylvania Association of
Criminal Defense Lawyers
Gold
Farrell & Reisinger, LLC
Jason S. Dunkle, Esquire
April 28-29, 2016
Hilton Harrisburg
One North Second Street, Harrisburg, PA 17101
This seminar has been approved for up to 10 substantive credit hours and
2 ethics hours (including 6 Rule 801 credit hours by the Continuing Legal
Education Board of the Supreme
Court of Pennsylvania.
PACDL
Pennsylvania Association of
Criminal Defense Lawyers
SCHEDULE
Track 1: Noncapital Track
9:00 a.m. Understanding the Impact
of Commonwealth v. Olivo
by Professor Jules Epstein, Director
of Advocacy Programs, Temple
Beasley School of Law, with a video
presentation by Dr. Maggie Bruck,
Johns Hopkins Medicine.
10:00 a.m. SORNA and SVP Update
by Aaron Marcus, Assistant
Defender (Appeals Division)
and Ellen McBennett, Assistant
Defender (Appeals Division)
at the Defender Association of
Philadelphia
11:00 a.m. Break
11:15 a.m. Preliminary Hearings in the
Post-Ricker Era
Panelists: Royce Morris, Esquire,
Goldberg Katzman, P.C.; Caroline
M. Roberto, Esquire, Law Office of
Caroline M. Roberto; and Stephanie
Fennell, Defender Association
of Philadelphia; Moderated
by Professor Leonard Sosnov,
Delaware Law School of Widener
University
12:15 p.m. Lunch
1:30 p.m. Self-Defense and the
Castle Doctrine
by Ronald Greenblatt, Esquire,
Greenblatt, Pierce, Engle, Funt
& Flores, LLC and Mary L. Klatt,
Esquire, Dauphin County Public
Defender’s Office
2:30 p.m. Handling a Juvenile Homicide
Sentencing Post-Miller and
Montgomery (Session I) by
Bradley Bridge, Esquire, Defender
Association of Philadelphia and
Marsha Levick, Deputy Director
and Chief Counsel and Emily Keller,
Supervising Attorney of the
Juvenile Law Center
3:30 p.m. Break
3:45 p.m. Handling a Juvenile Homicide
Sentencing Post-Miller and
Montgomery (Session 2) by
Bradley Bridge, Esquire, Defender
Association of Philadelphia and
Marsha Levick, Deputy Director and
Chief Counsel and Emily
Keller, Supervising Attorney of
the Juvenile Law Center
THURSDAY, APRIL 28
FRIDAY, APRIL 29
7:45 a.m. Registration and Breakfast
7:30 a.m. Registration and Breakfast
Track 2: Capital Track
9:00 a.m. The Investigation and
Methodology of De Authorizing and Mitigation
Track 3: Juvenile Defender Track
10:00 a.m. Pre-Trial Litigation
11:00 a.m. Break
11:15 a.m. Themes and Presentation
at Trial
9:00 a.m. Graduated Response: A More
Client-Centered Approach
to Noncompliance with
Probation by Amanda NeMoyer,
MS, JD – PhD Candidate; Emily
Haney-Caron, MS – JD/PhD
Candidate; and Rhonda McKitten,
Esquire, Defender Association of
Philadelphia
12:15 p.m. Lunch
11:00 a.m. Break
1:30 p.m.
11:15 a.m.
The Ethics of Preparation Getting the Team, the Time
and the Resources Necessary
to Do the Job
2:30 p.m. Forensic Science Education
– Part 1
by Dr. Barry K. Logan and
Heather McKiernan, MSFS, The
Center for Forensic Science
Education
REGISTRATION
12:15 p.m. Lunch
3:30 p.m. Break
3:45 p.m. Forensic Science Education –
Part 2 by Dr. Barry K. Logan and
Heather McKiernan, MSFS, The
Center for Forensic Science
Education
Unlikely Partners: Working
with Law Enforcement to
Effectuate Better Outcomes in
Juvenile PED Stops by Rhonda
McKitten, Esquire, Defender
Association of Philadelphia
1:30 p.m. Act 21: Ethical and Practical
Considerations after In Re
TB by Elton Anglada, Esquire
and Lyandra Retacco, Esquire,
Defender Association of
Philadelphia
3:30 p.m. Break
3:45 p.m. Case Law Update by Aaron
Marcus, Esquire, Adrienne
Winney, Esquire Defender
Association of Philadelphia
5:15 p.m. Reception at Mulligan's
Downtown Pub, 17 North
Second Street, Harrisburg
8:15 a.m. Women’s Law Breakfast (all invited) Keir Bradford Grey, Chief, Defender
Association of Philadelphia
9:00 a.m.
2016 Update on Search and
Seizure in Pennsylvania by David
Rudovsky, Esquire, Kairys, Rudovsky,
Messing & Feinberg, LLP
Substitutions: If you cannot attend, a
colleague may take your place or your
materials will be mailed to you. The
individual submitting the transfer request
is responsible for all financial obligations
(any balance due) associated with that
substitution.
CLE Credits: You will be eligible to receive
up to 12 continuing legal education credits
and six credits for Rule 801 certification if you
attend the capital track on Thursday, April 28.
Consent to Use of Photographic
Images: Registration and attendance at,
or participation in PACDL meetings and
activities constitutes an agreement by the
registrant to the use and distribution of the
registrant’s image or voice in photographs,
videotapes, electronic reproductions and
audiotapes of such events and activities
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10:00 a.m Evidence Update by Professor
Leonard N. Sosnov, Delaware Law
School of Widener University
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11:00 a.m Break
Special dietary needs ___________________________________________________________________
11:15 a.m. DUI and Motor Vehicles by Edward F.
Spreha, Jr., Esquire, Wagner & Spreha
Registration Fees
12:15 p.m. Lunch
1:45 p.m.
Recent Developments in Probation
and Parole by David R. Crowley, Chief
Public Defender, Centre County
Public Defender’s Office
2:45 p.m.
Appellate Update by Peter
Goldberger, Esquire, Law Office of
Peter Goldberger and Suzanne M.
Swan, Esquire
3:45 p.m. Break
4:00 p.m. Preservation of Issues for Appeal
and Ethics Moderated by Isla Fruchter,
Esquire, Defender Association of
Philadelphia
5:15 p.m. PACDL Annual Meeting
12:15 p.m. Annual Meeting of the Public Defenders Association of Pennsylvania – Registration Required; Lunch Fee
Cancellation Policy All cancellation and
refund requests must be made in writing
before close of business on April 20, 2016.
A refund of the full conference fee, minus
a $75 administration fee, will be given for
cancellations received by close of business
on that date. No refunds will be granted for
requests dated/postmarked after April 20.
You may submit your cancellation via email
to [email protected]. PACDL regrets that
refunds shall not be provided for no-shows.
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by PACDL without the express written
permission of those included in the
photograph or video. PACDL may use
the photograph/video in publications or
other media materials produced, used or
contracted by PCDL including brochures,
magazines, websites, invitations, etc.
No names or other personal identifying
information will be used without written
approval from the photographed subject
to ensure your privacy. By participating
in our training, you agree to release,
defend, hold harmless and indemnify
PACDL from any and all claims involving
the use of your photograph or likeness.
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CLE reporting fees are included in the seminar price. Seminar materials will be provided on a thumb
drive as a Adobe pdf file. Join PACDL and save on your fee! This seminar has been approved for 12 CLEs
and Rule 801 capital credit hours (5 substantive and 1 ethics hours) by the continuing legal education
board of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
Nonmember Prices
Thursday and Friday (12 credits)
Thursday only (6 credits)
Friday only (6 credits)
$595
$495
$495
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PACDL Member Prices
Thursday and Friday (12 credits) Thursday only (6 credits)
Friday only (6 credits)
$495
$365
$365
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$____________
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PACDL Public Defenders and PACDL Members in Practice less than 5 years
Thursday and Friday (12 credits)
$450
Thursday only (6 credits)
$335
Friday only (6 credits)
$335
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Special Events
Public Defender Board Meeting Thursday Lunch Only ($45 if not already registered)
$____________
Welcome Reception (Thursday evening) Free (indicate number attending) ____
Awards Luncheon (Friday lunch) Free (indicate number attending)
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TOTAL $____________
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Mail or fax your completed registration form with payment no later than April 20, 2016. Only prepaid
attendees are guaranteed seating. Door registrations are permitted only as space and material are
available. The address is: PACDL, 115 State Street, Harrisburg, PA 17101
Fax: 717.234.7462