Assistant Federal Public Defenders Megan Hopper-Rebegea & Emma Smith will discuss important 9th Circuit decisions from 2019 in habeas cases. Live in Las Vegas, Video to Reno No need to RSVP for Las Vegas, if you plan to attend in Reno please email Katrina_Burden@fd.org

Assistant Federal Public Defenders Amy Cleary & Wendi Overmyer will discuss important 9th Circuit decisions from 2019 in federal criminal cases. Live in Reno only Please RSVP to Katrina_Burden@fd.org

AFPD's Amelia Bizzaro & Nisha Brooks-Whittington will discuss how to use the Sentencing Guidelines to challenge presentence reports. Live in Las Vegas only. No need to RSVP.  

Certified Forensic Nurse Tara Godoy will explain how those of us without medical training can effectively read and understand medical records. This CLE will be presented via Zoom. Registration is required: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_oHdU7-aHRLicyZSoZyCK3Q    

Please join AFPDs Amy Clearly and Wendi Overmyer on January 20, 2021 at 12 P.M., who will summarize important federal criminal opinions issued by the Ninth Circuit in 2020 via Zoom. To attend, you must register in advance using the link below. Upon registering you will receive a link unique to you, which cannot be […]

You are invited to a Zoom webinar. When: Jan 27, 2021 12:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada) Topic: 2020 Ninth Circuit Review for Habeas AFPD's Ron Sung and Martin Novillo will summarize the important habeas cases issued by the Ninth Circuit in 2020. Register in advance for this webinar: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_X0zMxXkYRrmdB4JCQlF7AA

Please join a panel of attorneys from every unit of the Federal Public Defender to discuss litigating cases in person during the pandemic, and all the new logistics you have to think about as you prepare for court. Feel free to send your questions in advance to me. I will be moderating our distinguished panel: […]

Often times the government resorts to the convenient but-your-client-said-yes excuse to save an otherwise illegal search. Given changes in technology, the media has unprecedented access to documented instances of sometimes aggressive police practices, and then the general public has unfettered exposure to these recordings. We must now question whether officer-initiated contacts are ever consensual in […]

The interplay between 28 U.S.C. Sections 2254(e)(1) and d(2) Presented by Jonathan Kirshbaum, Chief of the Non-capital Habeas Unit at the FPD Nevada, & Randy Fiedler, AFPD in the Capital Habeas Unit March 17 at noon via Zoom 2254(d) & (e) present deference to state court factual determinations, but courts have been inconsistent in how […]

The Ethics of Self-Interest: How to Defend Yourself While Always Defending Your Client Presented by Lori Teicher, First Assistant Federal Public Defender & JoNell Thomas, Clark County Special Public Defender March 25 at noon via Zoom As criminal defense attorneys, we are expected to zealously defend our clients against all accusations of wrongdoing.  But what […]