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

REGISTRATION CLOSED
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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