2014 Seminars

Susan Reed and Judge Kirsten Frank Kelly will provide useful tips for attorneys practicing criminal defense as well as an overview of how to effectively use Kids Talk Videos.

SADO’s Social Worker/Attorney team will provide detailed information for attorneys useful even if, or particularly when, there is no ability to employ a social worker. In addition to identifying critical forms and information that attorneys might need to acquire, tips and techniques for gathering mitigation evidence will be covered for use with defense at trial and with an emphasis on mitigation at sentencing. Defense Attorneys will also learn from a social worker about how to enhance client-centered representation by identifying the issues that bring your client into the criminal justice system and by helping develop support and resources to meet those needs. All of this will improve attorney-client relationships and may improve your client’s sentencing outcomes and help you in preparing a post-conviction mitigation plan (developing an impactful allocution, documenting resources and presenting your plan).

Homicide? Suicide? Accidental? Come hear the Chief Wayne County Medical Examiner Dr. Carl Schmidt talk about causes of death. What a medical examiner can determine from a forensic examination. What to look for in an internal and external examination and why an external examination can be more important that an internal one in criminal investigations.

The first cell phones were sold by Motorola in 1973. In 1979, Japan launched the first commercial cellular network and in 2007, Apple released the iPhone which created a revolution of smart mobile devices. Over the years, mobile device usage has increased and this trend does not appear to be changing any time soon. Today, almost 70% of all criminal investigations involve mobile device forensics. Join us for discussion on cell phone science:

• The history of cell phones.
• How cellular data is propagated.
• How cell phone data is acquired and preserved.
• What kind of data can be recovered from cell devices.
• What should be included in litigation hold letters.
• Sample subpoena language.

SRR’s experts will provide an update on cell phone forensics and what every criminal attorney needs to know about their client’s potential records to be produced.

Garry A. Pate, CFCE, CHFI, CCFE, EnCE, CEECS is a Director of the E-Discovery practice within the Dispute Advisory & Forensic Services Group at Stout Risius Ross (SRR). Mr. Pate has extensive experience managing E-Discovery projects from collection through production in complex litigation cases involving issues such as IP theft, business technology, copyrights, patents, trademarks, employment disputes, environmental, divorce, and numerous other disputes. Mr. Pate also was an IT Specialist at the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) where he was a founding member of the computer forensic laboratory analysis team. Mr. Pate can be reached at +1.248.432.1304 or gpate@srr.com

Brian A. Rosenthal, CISSP, EnCE is a Digital Forensic Manager of the E-Discovery practice within the Dispute Advisory & Forensic Services Group at Stout Risius Ross (SRR). He has a background in Computer Forensics, E-Discovery, and forensic analysis of digital media including: computers, servers, cell phones, and other mobile media storage devices. Mr. Rosenthal can be reached at +1.646.807.4242 or brosenthal@srr.com.

This seminar will provide a concise run down of both Drug Courts, Veteran’s Court, Swift and Sure Sanctions, Mental Health Court, Mental Health Diversion and Diversion led by a panel of speakers: Yvonne Barnett-Greene, head of Specialty Courts, Jeremy Henner a Veteran and attorney for Veteran’s Court, and William Heaphy, Wayne County Assistant Prosecuting Attorney and head of Diversion and Mental Health Diversion.

The Michigan Department of Corrections plans to use COMPAS in every presentence investigation report beginning this summer. All presentence investigation reports will include risk assessment information pursuant to a new Michigan Department of Corrections’ Policy. This session will incorporate the earliest reports of use at sentencing and will discuss the meaning of the COMPAS scores, reliability of the scores, limitations on their use and the constitutional and state-law objections to raise at sentencing hearings.

Anne Yantus, Manager of SADO’s Special Unit on Pleas & Sentencing, will provide a legal update and practical advice on substantive sentencing law and guidelines issues.

Always informative! Cooley Law School Professor Ronald J. Bretz returns for his annual engagement to update what’s new from the Michigan Supreme Court and the Michigan Court of Appeals.

Analyzing the recent decisions of the United States Supreme Court.