Top Guns: Criminal Trial Attorneys

Tuesday, October 24, 2006
4:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.

Sponsor
Criminal Law Section


Criminal trials require skill, preparation and a sound tactical strategy.  This program, designed for all levels of criminal trial attorneys, will show attendees how to improve the critical skills needed to get results in the courtroom.

The panel, consisting of six of the city’s best criminal trial lawyers, will share some of the secrets of success at trial from their various perspectives as judge, defense attorney and prosecutor.  Attendees will learn effective ways to handle the most important events in a criminal trial, from opening statements to closing arguments, as well as practical and innovative ways to develop and execute a trial strategy.

The program will include a wide-ranging exploration of current issues and techniques in state and federal criminal trials, including

• Developing innovative pretrial strategies
• Keeping your skills transferable: what state practitioners need to know about federal trials and vice versa
• Crafting effective openings, closings, direct and cross examinations
• Setting up a winning defense
• Effectively presenting documentary evidence
• Strategically using objections and preserving the record

Panelists:

The Honorable F. Dennis Saylor IV
United States District Court

Timothy Feeley
United States Attorney’s Office

Gerard Leone
Candidate for Middlesex County District Attorney
Vance International, Inc.

Stephanie Page
Committee for Public Counsel Services

Kevin J. Reddington
Kevin J. Reddington Law Office

Robert Ullmann
Nutter McClennan & Fish LLP

Program Co-Chairs:

Adam Bookbinder
United States Attorney’s Office

Allison Burroughs
Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP

Program Prices

$120 - BBA Members
$155 - Non-Members
$85 - BBA Sponsoring Section Member
$65 - BBA Member Legal Services/Government Lawyer
$25 - Law Student

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