To be sure you have a seat, please register online at www.gacdl.org. If you mail your registration form the week of the seminar, it may not be

received in time. You can check seating availability online at www.gacdl.org. No cancellations after October 21. Substitutions are

welcome. Preregistration closes November 8 at 5:00 PM.

Speaker materials will be emailed to all pre-registered and pre-paid attendees via the GACDL website on November 8 after 5 PM. Please be sure that your email address is correct online at www.gacdl.org so that you will receive materials. Attendees who do not prepay by this date, and seminar walk-ins will receive materials by email during or

after the seminar.

If you wish to register by mail, please send this completed panel to: GACDL P.O. Box 29653 Atlanta, GA 30359

Name: _________________________________________

Bar Number: ______________Phone:________________

City _______________ E-mail ______________________

Please choose one option:

___ $325 I am a regular, contributing, substantial , associate, or life member (2005 or later) and I need CLE___$255 Same and I do not need CLE

___$0 I am a life (prior to 2005) or sustaining member and do not need CLE ___$70 Same and I need CLE

___ $245 I am a full time federal, state, or county employed public defender in the _______________ circuit and I need the CLE. Every attorney in our circuit is a 2013 GACDL member. ___$180 Same, but I do not need CLE. (Note: If all PDs in your office are not members, please pay regular member rate if you are a member. The special PD rates only applies to full time government employed PDs in offices where every person is a GACDL member.)

___ $500 I am not a member of GACDL (attorneys only)

___$0 I am a student member of GACDL (space permitting register by phone one week before seminar)

___$165 I still need to pay my 2013 dues and I realize that they expire at the end of November___$110 PD dues

This seminar offers 11 hours CLE including 1 hour ethics, 1 hour pro-fessionalism, and 9 hours trial practice (applied for).No CLE will be

authorized without registration, proper payment, and seminar check in. If you register online, do not complete the payment process, then do not

show up for the seminar, you will be billed. The GACDL office is closed 2 days before seminar for travel to the venue. Questions? Call

404-248-1777

GACDL’s Annual Fall Seminar Brasstown Valley Resort

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November 8 & 9, 2013 Brasstown Valley Resort, Young Harris GA

For hotel reservations, call 1-800-201-3205

The Georgia Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers,

Aimee Maxwell, and Sandra Michaels present:

InvestigatingYour Case!

GACDL FALL SEMINAR

Brasstown Valley Resort Young Harris GA

For hotel reservations, call 1-800-201-3205

November 8 & 9, 2013

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This seminar offers 11 hours CLE including 1 hour ethics, 1 hour professionalism, and 9 hours trial practice (applied for).

No CLE will be authorized without registration, proper payment, and seminar check in.

If you register online, do not complete the payment process, then do not show up for the seminar, you will be billed.

The GACDL office is closed 2 days before seminar for travel to the venue.

Questions? Call 404-248-1777

Friday 8 November 201311:30 am Sign in begins for pre-registrations.

Fast! Come early!

Noon: Walk in registrations begins (add $20)

12:55-1:00 Welcome GACDL President Marcia Shein, Program Directors Aimee Maxwell and Sandra Michaels

1:00-2:00 When the Facts of the Case are Not What They Seem - Jay Strongwater*

2:05-3:05 Investigating Computer-Related Evidence - Bernard Brody*

3:10-3:25 BREAK courtesy of Atlanta Custom Tailors

3:25-4:25 Getting the Witness to Talk to You - Watani Tyehimba*

4:30-5:30 Investigating the Witness - Susan Miller*

Cocktail Party -Drinks and appetizers in the lobby following the seminar

Saturday 9 November 20138:30-9:30 am Post Conviction Investigation -

William Montrose*

9:35-9:50 BREAK courtesy of Investigator Cathy Crawford

9:50-10:50 When the Press Investigates Your Case - McCracken Poston and Bill Rankin*

10:55-11:55 Ethics of Investigation - Jack Martin and Brad Gardner*

Noon-1:00 LUNCH on your own. GACDL Board Meeting

1:00-2:00 Professionalism: Victim Outreach - Kelly Branham*

2:05-2:20 BREAK courtesy of A&A All County Monitoring Services

2:20-3:20 Investigating Your Client’s Criminal History - Marissa McCall Dodson*

2:20-3:20 Challenging Forensic Evidence - TBA

3:20-3:35 THE Final Word on Investigations - Aimee Maxwell & Sandra Michaels*

*Each speaker will be followed by 5 minutes on their topic by Aimee and Sandra (this plus the final 15 min. comprises the final CLE hour)

Jay Strongwater (Atlanta) is a conscientious and thoroughly prepared attorney. Thirty years as a criminal defense attorney has taught him that there is no substi-tute for experience and hard work. He also believes that the respect and trust he has with judges, prosecutors and fellow defense attorneys benefit the client. Jay has experience in defending clients in all phases of the criminal process. He has handled cases of every kind in federal courts primarily in GA but also throughout the

US. Jay is often quoted in the media on pending high profile cases.

Bernard Brody (Atlanta) is an accomplished Georgia trial lawyer with a successful track record of resolving complex criminal cases. He has particularly distinguished himself with his ability to defend and dispose of some of the most difficult sex offense cases in Georgia. He has been recognized by Georgia Trend Magazine as one of Georgia’s Legal Elite and by Atlanta Magazine as a Super Lawyers Rising Star for his work in the courtroom and his tireless work

ethic that has led to countless dismissals of cases prior to trial. Bernard has spoken on topics including Sex Offense Allegations, Computer Crimes, and Federal Asset Forfeiture.

Watani Tyehimba (Decatur) is a Certified Protection Professional and a Board Certified Criminal Defense Investigator. He is President and CEO of (TSI) Tye-himba Services, Inc., which specializes in criminal defense, mitigation and post-conviction investigations in complex high profile capital cases. He is a fire-arms and self-defense instructor specializing in issues regarding the use of force, and has qualified and testified as an expert witness on firearms forensic evi-

dence, and reconstructive aspects of crime scenes, and shooting incidents.

Susan Miller (Atlanta) is a staff investigator with the Federal Defender Program in the Northern District of GA. She joined the Federal Defender Program in August 1981 and was a licensed private investigator from 1995 to early 1997. As a staff investigator, Susan works on all types of Federal Criminal Cases. Susan also volunteers for the Georgia Innocence Project, sitting on a committee that determines which cases the GIP should pursue.

William R. Montross, Jr. (Atlanta) is a senior capital attorney at the Southern Center for Human Rights. He represents individuals in GA and AL charged or convicted of capital offenses at trial, on direct appeal, and in the post conviction process, consults with lawyers throughout the US on capital cases, and works with other organiza-tions to end the use of the death penalty. He is a faculty member at Gideon’s Promise, mentoring young public defenders in the Deep South.

McCracken Poston (Ringgold) was select-ed to the “2006 Georgia Super Lawyers” class, McCracken Poston was named “2004 Newsmaker of the Year” by the Fulton County Daily Report, and selected to Georgia Trend’s “The Legal Elite: Georgia’s Most Effective Lawyers” in 2005. He has an “AV” Peer Review Rating in Martindale-Hub-bell. McCracken Poston is a charter Fellow of the Litigation Counsel of America. In 2007, McCrack-

en Poston was selected by the American Trial Lawyers Association as one of the Top 100 Trial Lawyers in the State of Georgia.

GACDL Past President Jack Martin (Atlan-ta) is devoted to the defense of felony criminal cases, including capital cases, in federal and state courts. He has been listed in The Best Lawyers in America since its inception in 1987. Among his more newsworthy clients are Jamil Al-Amin (the former H. Rapp Brown), Richard Jewell. and for-mer United Nations Ambassador Andrew Young. He has represented over thirty capital defendants.

He has taught Criminal Procedure I and II as an adjunct professor at The Georgia State University College of Law.

Brad Gardner (Atlanta) is a Senior Staff Attorney for the Georgia Capital Defender, a Division of the Georgia Public Defender Standards Council. Before returning to the Capital Defender Office in 2010, he managed his own law office while serving as an As-sociate Magistrate Court Judge in Clayton County, Georgia. Following law school, Brad joined the law office of Dwight Thomas where he tried criminal cases throughout the State of Georgia and in federal

court, acting as lead or co-counsel in over twenty death penalty cases.

Kelly Branham (Nashville, TN) is the National Victim Outreach Coordinator for the Office of the Federal Defender, Middle District of TN. An attorney for 25 years, she coordinates victim outreach in federal cases nationwide. Kelly speaks nationally and internationally to promote attorney awareness of the importance of victim outreach. She has worked on capital cases throughout the country in both state and federal proceedings and at all levels of the judicial process.

Marissa McCall Dodson (Atlanta) is the Lead Coming Home Attorney and Staff Attorney at the Georgia Justice Project. As an Equal Justice Works fellow, she developed the Coming Home Program, a three-tiered program addressing the barriers to reentry suffered by those with a record of arrest or conviction. Marissa also represents indigent individuals who have been charged with felony and misdemeanor offenses. Most recently, Marissa

drafted language for the recent revisions to Georgia's expungement statute. The legislation passed and is effective on July 1, 2013.

To reserve your hotel room online: Go to website: www.brasstownvalley.com • Click on Reservations • Enter arrival Date (under running photo slideshow) • Click on “Click here for Special Rates”

In Group code box: Enter: GAA1107_001 • Click on Check Availability • Select room type and make reservation. • www.gacdl.org