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2019 Annual Public Defender Conference

09/23/2019
Rule 608 Attorneys attend at PD registration-fee rate! Links to Conference Registration Forms and Hotel Information.
Monday | September 23, 2019 - Wednesday | September 25, 2019
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2019 Annual

Public Defender Conference

 

 September 23 – 25, 2019

Hilton Myrtle Beach Resort at Kingston Plantation

Myrtle Beach, South Carolina

 

2019 PD Conference Hotel Information.pdf

 2019 PD Conference Individual Registration Form.pdf

 (Rule 608 Attorneys also qualify to attend at Public-Defender Rate!)

2019 PD Conference Group Registration Form.pdf

(Use this form for PD offices or other offices with multiple registrants.)

 

PDCon2019 Agenda - Printable PDF

 

 AGENDA DETAILS AND SPEAKERS' MATERIALS WILL BE POSTED HERE AS THEY BECOME AVAILABLE

 

 

AGENDA

 

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

8:00 a.m. — 8:20 a.m.    Registration
8:20 a.m. -  8:30 a.m.  

Opening Remarks

Breen R. Stevens, Esq.

 

 8:30 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.

CIRCUIT PUBLIC DEFENDERS ONLY

Savannah Palms Room

Royale Palms Condo Bldg

1st Floor [Actually 2nd Floor]

 

 

Circuit Public Defender Breakout: Budgetary Rountable  

Rep. Philip D. Lowe

8:30 a.m. — 9:30 a.m. 

 

Electric Alibi: Cellular Location and Tracking Forensics

Spencer McInvaille, Envista Forensics

 

 
9:30 a.m. — 9:40 a.m.   Break
9:40 a.m. — 10:40 a.m.   

Digital Forensics in Child Pornography

Lars Daniel, Envista Forensics

10:40 a.m. — 11:40 p.m.  

Fighting CSC Cases

Jim Huff, Esq.

11:40 a.m.-12:50 p.m.    Lunch - On Your Own
12:50 p.m.- 1:50 p.m.  

Robert's Rules: Case Law Update & Upcoming Issues

Robert Dudek, Chief Appellate Defender, SCCID

1:50 p.m. — 2:50 p.m

 

Ethics Hour 1: Procedures and Common Mistakes in Disciplinary Cases

John S. Nichols, Esq.

2:50 p.m. - 3:50 p.m.

 

Ethics Hour 2:  Fun With Ethics

Chris Wellborn, Esq.

3:50 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.  

Break

4:00 p.m. - 4:45 p.m.  

These Are a Few of My Favorite Things

Rauch Wise, Esq.

4:45 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.  

Awards and Trubute

 

6:00 p.m. — 8:00 p.m.   

Conference Reception - Poolside

 

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

9:00 a.m. —  10:00 a.m. 

 

 

What Can Trump Teach Us About Advocacy?

Harry Dest, Esq.

Phil Smith, Esq.

 

10:00 a.m. — 11:00 a.m. 

 

Fighting Felony DUI

Drew Carroll, Esq.

11:00 a.m. —  11:15 a.m. 

  BREAK
 11:15 a.m. — 12:15 p.m.    BREAK-OUT SESSION (1)  

Session A:  

 

Guns, Bullets, & Crime Scenes

Christopher N. Robinson, Chris Robinson Forensics

 

Session B:  

 

Defending Veterans: How the VA Can Benefit Your Client

Bennett Gore, Esq.

 

Session C: 

 

Demystifying Waiver Evaluations & Best Practices for Court

Kate Kleinfelter, Ph.D.

 

Session D:

CIRCUIT PUBLIC DEFENDERS ONLY

Savannah Palms Room

 

Circuit Public Defender Session: Legislative Updates

Rep. Thomas E. "Tommy" Pope

Rep. Wallace H. "Jay" Jordan

 

12:15 p.m. — 1:15 p.m. 

  BREAK-OUT SESSION (2)  

Session A:  

 

Immune from Prosecution: Preparing and Arguing Immunity Hearings

Mary A. Ford, Esq.

Megan S. Erlich, Esq.

 

Session B: 

 

Defending the Undocumented: Immigration Law in Criminal Defense

Marco T. Torres, Esq.

 

Session C:  

 

Current Issues in Juvenile Defense

Erik J. Drylie, Esq.

 

Session D:

CIRCUIT PUBLIC DEFENDERS ONLY

Savannah Palms Room

 

 

Legislative Updates (Cont'd)

 

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2019 

 

9:00 a.m. — 10:00 a.m. 

 

Drug Court Treatment & Sentencing

Hon. H. Bruce Williams

Vanessa Price, Director, National Drug Court Institute

 
 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.  

Raise the Age & Other Legislation

Sen. Gerald Malloy

 

11:00 a.m. — 11:15 a.m.

 

Break

 

11:15 a.m. — 1:00 p.m. 

 

DPPP & SCDC Updates

Matthew C. Buchanan, Esq.

Christina Catoe Bigelow, Esq.

 

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