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MACDL Annual Conference
June 8th and June 9th, 2023
Harraseeket Inn, Freeport, ME
For the first time since 2019, MACDL's annual conference is back at the Harraseeket--live and in living color!
Thursday, June 8th
8:00 a.m. Registration & Breakfast
8:30 a.m. Presidentβs Welcome
Amber L. Tucker, The Law Office of Amber L. Tucker
8:45 a.m. State Constitutional Arguments
Jamesa Drake, Drake Law
10:00 a.m. Break & Snacks
10:15 a.m. Representing & Advocating for Trans Clients
Gia Drew, EqualityMaine
11:15 a.m. 2022-2023 Legislative Updates
Walter F. McKee, McKee Law
12:00 p.m. Lunch
1:00 p.m. All Aboard the Crazy Train: Defending the Mentally Ill Offender in Serious Criminal Cases
Nellie King, NACDL President, Law Offices of Nellie King (West Palm Beach, FL)
2:00 p.m. Attorney-Directed Voir Dire: Applying Lessons Learned from Civil Cases
Ben Gideon, Gideon Asen
3:00 p.m. Break & Snacks
3:15 p.m. Ethics is Reely Fun
Stephen J. Schwartz, Schwartz & Schwartz
4:15 p.m. MACDL Defender Reception
6:00 p.m. MACDL 30th Anniversary Celebration Dinner (Separate Registration Required!)
CLE CREDITS (Day 1): 4 General Hours; 1 Ethics; 1 H&D (6 hours total)
Friday, June 9
8:30 a.m. Fighting (and Winning!) Probation Revocation Motions
Cory McKenna, McKenna PLLC
9:30 a.m. 2022-2023 Law Court Updates
David Bobrow, Bedard & Bobrow
10:30 a.m. Break & Snacks
10:45 a.m. Understanding Police K9 Cases & Dog Sniff Evidence
Andy Falco Jimenez, Falco K9 Academy, and Kristine Hanly, Garmey Law
12:15 p.m. Lunch
1:00 p.m. Anatomy of a Jury Trial
James Howaniec, Howaniec Law Offices, and Jesse Archer, The Law Office of Jesse James Ian Archer
2:30 p.m. Break & Snacks
2:45 p.m. A State Court Practitionerβs Guide to Federal Court
David Beneman, Federal Defenderβs Office
3:45 p.m. Closing Remarks
4:00 p.m. Adjourn
CLE CREDITS (Day 2): 6 General Hours.
Total for both days: 12 CLE Credit Hours, including 10 general hours and 1 hour each of Ethics and H&D credit.
The cost to attend both days is $400 for non-MACDL members; $350 for MACDL members.
To attend for one day only, the cost is $225 for members and $275 for non-MACDL members.
The cost of attendance includes continental breakfast, morning and afternoon snacks, and lunch. There will also be a cocktail hour for all attendees following presentations on Thursday, June 8th with two free (beer/wine) drink tickets for each person and unlimited free snacks and non-alcoholic beverages for all.
Registrations are absolutely non-refundable after June 1st.
Please contact me at mainemacdl@gmail.com with any questions or concerns.
Can't wait to see you!
Tina H. Nadeau
MACDL Executive Director
MACDL 30th Anniversary Celebration
6 p.m. to 9 p.m.
βTo be an effective criminal defense counsel, an attorney must be prepared to be demanding, outrageous, irreverent, blasphemous, a rogue, a renegade, and a hated, isolated, and lonely person - few love a spokesman for the despised and the damned.β β Clarence Darrow
On behalf of MACDL's Events Committee (Steve Schwartz, Lenny Sharon, Walt McKee, and Amber Tucker):
You are cordially invited to join MACDL as we celebrate--a smidge belatedly--our 30th anniversary at the beautiful Harraseeket Inn in Freeport, Thursday, June 8th, at 6:00 p.m.
Former MACDL Board Presidents are invited to attend our celebration for free (registration is still required).
In addition, any attendee can register to attend at various sponsorship levels:
$500 for Renegades,
$250 for Rogues, and
$100 for Rebels.
The cost for all other attendees is $50 per person.
Dinner will be buffet style with a cash bar.
Cocktail hour will be held from 4:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. outside the Harraseeket with two free (beer/wine) drink tickets for each attendee, as well as snacks and unlimited non-alcoholic beverage options for all.
Space is limited, so please sign up as soon as possible!
Also, if you have photographs or memories you would like to share at the celebration, please send them to me at mainemacdl@gmail.com.
Additionally, if you would like to say a few words at the event, please let me know as soon as you can.
I look forward to seeing many of you soon!
Tina