2026 Winter Conference
December 4–5, The Benson, Portland
Potential CLE credits: General–Pending; Ethics 1
Program Speakers, Topics and Times subject to change.
Friday, December 5
Moderator: TBA
8:00a
Registration
9:00
Severance
Judge Souede, Multnomah County Circuit Court, Portland
9:45
Break / Door Prizes
10:00
Public Speaking 101
Kristi Foster,
11:00
How to Get the Information You Need. Public Records Request/Confrontation Clause/Cartwright
Susan Wilk, Federal Public Defender, Portland
Kassidy Hetland, Metro Public Defender, Portland
12:00p
Lunch (Included)
1:00
Case Presentation
David Ball,
2:00
Case Presentation
John Robb, Attorney, Portland
Henry Oostrom-Shah, Metro Public Defender, Portland
3:00
Break/Door Prizes
3:15
Ethics/Judicial Fitness/Bar Complains (ethics credit)
David Elkanich, Attorney, Portland
Theo Erde-Wollheim, Metro PD, Washington Co., Hillsboro
4:15
Adjourn for the Day
6:00
Holiday Dinner and Ken Morrow Award
Saturday, December 5
Moderator: TBA
7:30a
Hot Breakfast (included)
8:30
Science Behind Snitching and Why Juries Believe Them
Jeffrey Neuschatz, Indiana
Stacy Wetmore, Indiana
9:30
Break/Door Prizes
9:45
Crossing the Snitch
Patrick Sweeney, Attorney, Portland
10:30
Proportionality
TBA
11:30
Adjourn