Seminars and Webinars

NCDD Seminars and Webinars

NACDL & NCDD's 25th Annual DUI Seminar - DWI Means Defend With Ingenuity™

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October 13, 2021 - October 16, 2021

Register today for the nation's largest DUI Defense CLE, "Top Shelf DUI Defenses." This three day program has something for everyone, regardless of your experience level.

Dates: October 13-16, 2021

Hotel Information: Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino

SEMINAR DAY ONE – Thursday, October 14, 2021
Time	Event Description	Guest Speaker
7:30a.m. – 8:30p.m.	Registration, Exhibits & Continental Breakfast
8:30a.m. – 8:50a.m.	Welcome, Introductions, Announcements	DUI Program Chair Steve Oberman, NCDD Dean Don Ramsell & NACDL President Martin Sabelli
8:50a.m. – 9:50a.m.	Defending the Brain: The Art of Improving Your Memory	Paul Mellor
9:50a.m. – 10:50a.m.	Trial Techniques for Combating the Breath Test	Steven Epstein
10:50a.m. – 11:10a.m.	Refreshment, Exhibitor & Networking Break
11:10a.m. – 12:10p.m.	Pulling Back the Curtain on Laboratory Issues	Joseph P. St. Louis
12:10p.m. – 1:10p.m.	The Disconnect: Defending Cases Where the Defendant Looks Good, But the BLAT is High	Denis DeVlaming
1:10p.m.	DUI Seminar Adjourns for the Day
6:30pm.	Opening Reception

SEMINAR DAY TWO – Friday, October 15, 2021
Time	Event Description	Guest Speaker
7:30a.m. – 8:00a.m.	Registration, Exhibits & Continental Breakfast
8:00a.m. – 9:00a.m.	Networking Tables: Network with other DUI lawyers on issues of interest over coffee and breakfast
9:00a.m. – 9:05a.m.	Remarks & Reminders	Steve Oberman
9:05a.m. – 10:05a.m.	Select a Track
Option A	Changing the Variables in Retrograde Extrapolation	Dr. James O'Donnell
Option B	SFST's-What You Need to Know	Anthony Palacios
10:05a.m. – 11:05a.m.	Select a Track
Option A	Acceptable Medical Practices When Drawing Blood	Ron Lopez, RN, CPI
Option B	Defeating the DRE With Their Own Science	Doug Murphy
11:05a.m. – 11:25a.m.	Refreshment, Exhibitor & Networking Break
11:25a.m. – 12:25p.m.	Select a Track
Option A	Lung Physiology for Breath Tests	Joe C. Anderson, Ph.D.
Option B	Memory Improvement Techniques for Use at Trial	Paul Mellor
12:25p.m. – 1:25p.m.	Select a Track	Do
Option A	DUI Trials: Tricks of the Trade	Denis DeVlaming
Option B	Memory Improvement Techniques for Use at Trial	Paul Mellor
1:25p.m.	DUI Seminar Adjourns dor the Day

SEMINAR DAY THREE – Saturday, October 16, 2021
Time	Event Description	Guest Speaker
7:30a.m. – 8:10a.m.	Registration, Exhibits & Continental Breakfast
8:10a.m. – 9:30a.m.	Workshops (Select from Options Below)
1	Trying Your First DUI Case (Less than 5 years experience)	Denis DeVlaming & John Webb
2	FST Cross (1-5 years experience)	Michelle Behan & Virginia Landry
3	Challenging Drug Tests	De. James O'Donnell
4	Blood Draw Workshop	Ron Lopez, RN, CPI
5	DUI Case Law Update	Donald Ramsell
6	Crossing the ARIDE Officer	Anthony Palacios & Steve Oberman
7	Crossing the Breath Test Operator	Steven Epstein
9:30a.m. – 9:50a.m.	Refreshment, Exhibitor and Networking Break
9:50a.m. – 11:10a.m.	Workshops (Select from Options Below)
1	Trying Your First DUI Case (Less than 5 years experience)	Denis DeVlaming
2	FST Cross (1-5 years experience	Michele Behan, John Webb & Anthony Palacios
3	Challenging Drug Testing	Dr. James O'Donnell
4	When the Stakes are High-Handling Serious Injury and Death Cases	Joseph P. St. Louis
5	Oral Fluid Drug Testing Devices	Donald Ramsell
6	Crossing the Breath Test Operator	Steven Epstein
7	Memory Power Workshop	Paul Mellor
11:10a.m.	DUI Seminar Adjourns

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