FEDERAL CRIMINAL DEFENSE SEMINAR

October 9, 2009

Hilton Hotel

60 Battery Street

Burlington, Vermont

AGENDA

8:15 A.M.              Registration, Gathering and Continental Breakfast

8:55 A.M.              Introduction

                                Michael L. Desautels, Federal Public Defender, District of Vermont

9:00 A.M.              Federal Sentencing Update

                                Sara Noonan, Sentencing Resource Counsel, Boston, Massachusetts

10:00 A.M.           Supreme Court Update

                                A.J. Kramer, Federal Public Defender for the District of Columbia

11:00 A.M.           Overview of the Report of the National Academy of Sciences on Forensic Science:

                               Lessons on Relying on Forensics

                               Geoffrey S. Mearns, Dean, Cleveland Marshall College of Law

12:00 P.M.            Lunch (on your own)

1:30 P.M.              Immigration and Removal Lessons for Criminal Defense Attorneys

                              Thomas Benckert, Deportation Officer in Charge, USICE Detention and Removal,

                              St. Albans, Vermont

2:30 P.M.              Criminal Justice Panel Update

                               Nancy J. Waples, CJA Panel Representative, Hoff Curtis, Burlington, Vermont

3:00 P.M.              Computer Forensics: Was That Really On My Computer?

                               Frederick S. Lane, Attorney and Expert Witness, Burlington, Vermont

4: 00 P.M.             Closing Remarks, Adjourn