Schedule

TENTATIVE SCHEDULE

8:30 – 9:00 A.M. Registration and Continental Breakfast

9:00 – 9:05 A.M. WELCOME

• Victor Gold, Fritz B. Burns Dean & Professor of Law, Loyola Law School and Senior Vice President, Loyola Marymount University
• Laurie L. Levenson, David W. Burcham Professor of Law in Ethical Advocacy, Loyola Law School      

9:05 A.M. – 9:30 A.M. INTRODUCTORY REMARKS

• Hon. André Birotte, Jr., United States Attorney, Central District of California
• Hon. Jackie Lacey, District Attorney, Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office

9:30 A.M. – 10:45 A.M. PANEL 1:  HOT TOPICS IN SEARCH & SEIZURE

• Hon. Brian M. Hoffstadt, Superior Court of California, Los Angeles County
• Steve Lurie ‘02, Lieutenant, Los Angeles Police Department
• Philip E. Marshall, Deputy District Attorney, Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office
• Mando Moriel, Lieutenant, Los Angeles Police Department, K-9 Unit         
• Michael J. Proctor, Partner, Caldwell Leslie & Proctor, PC    
• Diana Smith, Detective, Los Angeles Police Department, K-9 Unit

Moderator: Marcy Strauss, Professor of Law, Loyola Law School, Los Angeles

10:45 A.M. BREAK 

11:00 A.M. - 12:15 P.M.  PANEL 2:  HOT TOPICS IN WHITE COLLAR CRIME

• Hon. Melinda Haag, United States Attorney, Northern District of California
• Brian Hennigan, Partner, Irell & Manella LLP
• Dorothy Kim, Assistant United States Attorney, Deputy Chief of the Criminal Division
• David C. Scheper, Partner, Scheper Kim & Harris, LLP
• Jennifer Snyder, Assistant Head Deputy, Public Integrity Division, Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office

Moderator: Laurie Levenson, Professor of Law, Loyola Law School, Los Angeles

12:15 P.M. – 1:30 P.M.  LUNCH AND KEYNOTE SPEAKER

• Judy Clarke, Defense Counsel, Clarke & Rice, Visiting Professor at Washington & Lee University School of Law

1:30 P.M. – 2:45 P.M. PANEL 3: HOT TOPICS IN SENTENCING

• Albert Camacho, Jr. , Deputy Public Defender, Los Angeles County Public Defender’s Office
• Elizabeth Calvin, Senior Advocate, Children’s Rights Division, Human Rights Watch
• Hon. Lisa B. Lench, Superior Court of California, Los Angeles County
• Maureen Pacheco, Assistant Director Center for Juvenile Law and Policy Loyola Law School, Los Angeles
• Michael Romano, Director and Co-Founder of the Three Strikes Project,Stanford Law School

Moderator: Priscilla Ocen, Associate Professor of Law, Loyola Law School, Los Angeles

2:45 P.M.  BREAK

3:00 P.M. – 4:15 P.M.  PANEL 4:  THE ABC’S OF CALIFORNIA HABEAS CORPUS LAW

• Brentford J. Ferreira, Deputy District Attorney, Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office
• Hon. Kelvin Filer, Superior Court of California, Los Angeles County
• Dylan Ford, Deputy Public Defender, Los Angeles County Public Defender’s Office
• Hon. Sean K. Kennedy ’89, Federal Public Defender, Office of theFederal Public Defender
• Hon. Thomas Willhite, Jr. ‘79, California Court of Appeal, Second District, Division Four

Moderator: Joseph Trigilio, Deputy Public Defender, Office of the Public Defender and Adjunct  

4:15 P.M. Fidler Institute Awards

• Judges of the Year: Hon. Audrey B. Collins, United States District Court, Central District of CaliforniaHon. David S. Wesley, Assistant Presiding Judge, Superior Court of California, Los Angeles County
• Prosecutor of the Year:  Hon. André Birotte, Jr., United States Attorney
• Defense Lawyer of the Year:  Hon. Sean K. Kennedy ‘89, Federal Public Defender

4:30 P.M. JUDGE’S RECEPTION

SCHEDULE AND PARTICIPANTS SUBJECT TO CHANGE

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