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Program

Thursday, June 14
Moderator: Mary Sofia, OCDLA Legislative Representative, Eugene
      
9a | Public Defense Services Commission Meeting
to 12:30p      
 
Noon | Registration

Exhibitors —
• Tom Cronkrite, TravelPro, Tigard

• Cort Heroy, Client Management and Trial Strategies, Eugene

• Malaer Legal Nurse Consulting, Bend

• Smart Start, Inc., Grapevine

• Fat Pencil Studio, Portland

• Cascade Forensic Engineering & Failure Analysis, Inc., Portland

• Stephen Mallery, Mallery Financial LLC, Eugene
 
1p | Can I Take That Back? Myriad Ways to Suppress Client Statements in Oregon
Conor Huseby, Federal Public Defender, Portland
 
2p | Did My Client Really Say That? Spanish-Speaking Clients and Law Enforcement Interviews
Laura Lopez, MA, Foundations Counseling and Interpreting Services, McMinnville; Manuel Perez, Deputy Public Defender, Public Defender Marion County, Salem
(access to justice credit)
 
3p | Break / Door Prizes
      
3:15p | Lost in Translation: Forensic Evaluation of Adults with Suspected Developmental Language Disorders
David C. Prillwitz, MS CCC-SP, Licensed Speech-Language Pathologist, Randall Children's Hospital at Legacy Emanuel, Portland, OR
Private Practice, Portland, OR
 
4p | Oregon Innocence Project: Closing Forensic Science Gaps in Your Case
Janis Puracal, Attorney and Co-founder, Oregon Innocence Project, Portland
 
4:30p | CLE adjourns for the day
 
4:30p | First-Timers Reception & Job Fair
New OCDLA members, those new to the bar, and first time attendees — sign up for this free event online in advance here or call OCDLA).
 
5p | Old-Fashioned BBQ — hosted by Board of Directors
Free for attendees, friends and family.
Includes music, food and drinks.
 

Friday, June 15
Moderator: Lee Wachocki, Attorney, St. Helens
 
8a | Continental Breakfast (included)
Exhibitors (all day)
Silent Auction (all day)
 
9a | Appellate Update
Marc Brown and Stacy Du Clos, Appellate Division, Office of Public Defense Services, Salem
 
10a | Restitution, Compensatory Fines and Avoiding Civil Liability
Laura Fine, Attorney, Eugene
      
11a       Break / Door Prizes
      
11:15a | Better Than “No Comment”: How to Communicate with  the Media
Noelle Crombie, Staff Writer, The Oregonian, Portland; Chris O’Connor, Metropolitan Public Defender, Portland
 
12:15p | Business Meeting

• Present Ross Shepard Lifetime Service to OCDLA Award
• Announce Juvenile Law Award Recipients
• Candidate Statements
• President’s Awards
     

• The Role of Foster Parents: How to Engage and How to Challenge | Victoria Moffet, Attorney, Prineville
• Your Client is a Witness? Invoking the Right Against Self-incrimination | Bill Walsh, Attorney, Portland
• Time Management | Rachel Edwards, Professional Liability Fund, Oregon State Bar, Tigard

• Aid & Abet: Aiding Another Actually Present | Marc Brown, Mary Reese, Eric Deitrick, Appellate Division, Office of Public Defense Services, Salem
• The View from the Bench: What Works in the Courtroom / The Practices of Effective Courtroom Lawyers | The Honorable Michael Greenlick, Multnomah County Circuit Court, Portland
• Post-Conviction Relief | Tony Bornstein, Federal Public Defender, Portland