Upcoming Wayne County Training

For our first training of 2025, Lauren Anderson will discuss opening statement structure, the importance of storytelling techniques, theory paragraph development, dealing with bad facts, and how to attack the prosecution’s case while telling the story of your client’s innocence.

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In this training Kristin LaVoy will provide an overview of various defenses you might want to raise for your client both pre-trial and at trial.

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In this webinar Guy Cardamone will cover how to use PowerPoint in a way feels nothing like PowerPoint! He will provide tips for making it easy, engaging, and story driven.

Guy Cardamone is a Supervisory Associate Federal Defender with the Federal Defender Service of Western Wisconsin. He was previously the training director with the Wisconsin State Public Defender. Over his  career in both Wisconsin and Miami, Florida, he has defended the indigent accused of all levels of crimes, from homicide to simple battery. Guy has also taught criminal defense and trial skills nationwide as a faculty member of the Wisconsin, Kentucky, and New Jersey Trial Skills programs, and has presented for NACDL, OACDL, and the Wisconsin Public Defender.

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In this training, Cait De Mott Grady will provide a primer on violations of probation. She will cover: VOP procedures, major cases on point, strategy considerations, what happens afterward, and more!

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Approximately 1.5 Annual CLE Hours

This workshop is a repeat session of the Wayne County Evidentiary Foundations and the first skills session of 2025. It covers the basics of admitting exhibits at trial or hearings.

Because this is a skills session it will not be recorded. To obtain skills credit, you must be on time with your camera on. You will be required to participate and try each exercise. Skills hours also count towards regular annual requirements.

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Because this is a small group training, registration is limited. All attorneys practicing defense work are invited to register. If there is a high demand, priority will be given to Wayne Roster and NDS attorneys.

Interested in doing this session in person? Interested in this training but can’t make this date? Let Kristin know at klavoy@waynecountymi.gov!

This session will be similar to the 2024 Sentencing Guidelines Showdown but with new hypotheticals. In this training, Kristin LaVoy will provide the basics of the sentencing guidelines with an opportunity for participants to try their fast fingers for a prize.

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Save the date! More Info to Come

Save the Date! More Info to Come!

Save the date for an in person skills workshop covering the basics of making objections. You will be provided the rules and procedures and then given an opportunity to make on your feet objections in real time using several hypos.

Registration will be required as participation will be limited. Stay tuned and be sure to register early!

Save the date for a full day workshop on Eye Witness Identification Cases. More information to come but this workshop will provide you with the law and relevant rules on ID cases. Participants will then use a mock problem to fact bust an eyewitness ID case, draft appropriate voir dire questions, brainstorm chapters for cross, and more!

Registration will be required and will be limited so please stay tuned and register early!

Save the date for our annual case law update