DPA 2025 Annual Conference

DPA 2025 Annual Conference

1:00pm EDT

Welcome to the DPA Annual Conference 2025 Ballrooms 1-2Damon Preston

2:15pm EDT

2025 Kentucky Supreme Court Criminal Law Update: The SCOKY Family Ballroom 1B. Scott West Expungement Law Update and Clinic Participation Mtg. Rm. 10Elias Kang-Bartlett • Kara Stinson Lewis Murder 101: It Takes a Village Mtg. Rm. 12Kayla Fugate • Monica Woods Serious Youthful Offender Transfer and the Need for System Coordination: A Case Study Mtg. Rm. 14Sharon Schnelle • Stacy Coontz • Donna R Thomas Stopping the School to Prison Pipeline: Using Educational Advocacy for Youth Defense Ballroom 3Sarah Langer Unlocking Public Information: Mastering Kentucky's Open Records Process Mtg. Rm. 9Stephen Bratcher • Melanie Lowe Law of the Guilty Plea Ballroom 2Tom Griffiths

3:30pm EDT

Challenging Selective Enforcement Mtg. Rm. 9Mary Rohrer Investigating and Litigating Intellectual Disability Mtg. Rm. 14Josh Miller Sentence Calculations Mtg. Rm. 10Amanda Sayle • Lacey Ruble Sex Cases 101 Ballroom 2W. Chris Tracy Strangulation: Focus on Voir Dire Mtg. Rm. 12Jeb Dennis US Supreme Court Review Ballroom 1Kathleen Schmidt • Molly Mattingly • Beth McMahon Your Client Says He Will Lie on the Stand. Now What? Ballroom 3B. Scott West

8:30am EDT

Defending Alleged Abusive Head Trauma Cases: Challenging the Commonwealth’s Experts Under Daubert Mtg. Rm. 9Whitney Allen • Chelsea Clem Early Childhood Neurodevelopment and Legal Defense Mtg. Rm. 14Robert Walker, MSW • Athena Kheibari Litigating KRS Chapter 202C Cases Ballroom 2Tim Arnold • Kathleen Schmidt • Sheila Seadler • Beth McMahon Perceptions and Distortions: What Body Camera Footage Does and Doesn't Show Ballroom 1Jumana Musa Science vs. Suspicion: Defending DUI Cases with the NHTSA Manual Mtg. Rm. 10Kadison Roberts • Chris Schramm Speech in the Age of Surveillance and AI: Legal Defense of Social Media Evidence Mtg. Rm. 12Justin Rosas What to Do with Your Mental Health Evidence Ballroom 3Tom Griffiths

9:45am EDT

4AC Sampler: Tech Topics, Trends, and Tips from the Fourth Amendment Center Ballroom 1Jumana Musa Effective Use of KOMS Mtg. Rm. 9Carri Barnett Finding the Buried Bodies: Discovering the Flaws in Forensic Science Evidence Ballroom 2Jerry Buting Mitigation 101 Ballroom 3Cara Venning Role of Childhood Development on Adult Disorder: Application Techniques Mtg. Rm. 14Robert Walker, MSW • Athena Kheibari Team Collaboration in Post Trial Cases Mtg. Rm. 12Melinda Pendergraph District to circuit appeals: You got this! Mtg. Rm. 10Christopher (Kit) Thurman • Jennifer Hubbard

11:00am EDT

Featured Session: Bruce Bryan Ballrooms 1-2Bruce Bryan

1:30pm EDT

ADHD, Race, and the School to Prison Pipeline Mtg. Rm. 12Shaleesa Clayton • Sarah Aagard Complex Medical Cases Mtg. Rm. 9Whitney Allen Getting the Most Out of Your First DUI Trial Ballroom 3Aaron Riggs Legislative Update 2025 Ballroom 1Damon Preston Tackling Transfer as a Team Mtg. Rm. 14Emily Holt • Kenny Dial Telling the Story of Use Disorders and Mental Health Ballroom 2Lorinda Youngcourt Unveiling Justice: Navigating Kentucky's Open Records Law and Strategic Discovery Tactics in Criminal Cases Mtg. Rm. 10Stephen Bratcher • Melanie Lowe

2:45pm EDT

Building Collaborative Teams on Serious Felony Cases Mtg. Rm. 12Lorinda Youngcourt • Holly Harrison Hawkins Creative Ways to Present Argument in PC and Direct Appeals Mtg. Rm. 10Melinda Pendergraph Strangulation: Focus on Witnesses Mtg. Rm. 9Jeb Dennis • Lewis Collins Working with a Mitigation Specialist in a Non-Capital Case Ballroom 3Cara Venning Working with our Veterans to Address Their Treatment Needs Ballroom 2Kathy Vasquez You Was Doing 55 in a 54: Defending Complex Drug Cases Ballroom 1Justin Rosas Invisible Disabilities: The Not-So-Obvious Conditions and the Obviously-Needed Dialogue Mtg. Rm. 14Cheyla Bush • Jeff Edwards

4:00pm EDT

Brady Violations: Are We Holding Our System Accountable? Ballroom 2Whitney True Lawson Defending DNA Cases at Trial Ballroom 1Jerry Buting Immigration Update 2025 Mtg. Rm. 9Emily Jones Kentucky Sentencing 101 Mtg. Rm. 12Alyson McDavitt • Jason Pfeil Kentucky's Forensic Healthcare System Mtg. Rm. 10Mariya Leyderman • Koleen Slusher The Language and Advocacy of Use Disorders: Holding onto Humanity Through Setbacks Mtg. Rm. 14Leann Kane • Brian Davis Ethics of Crucial Conversations on Teams Ballroom 3Cara Lane Cape • Stephanie Corum • Robin Rawlins

8:30am EDT

Advanced Sentencing: Sex Offenses Mtg. Rm. 10Glenn McClister Identifying and Litigating Fresh Issues in Criminal Law Mtg. Rm. 9Steven Buck • Jennifer Wade Suspicious Minds: Investigating and Litigating Mental Health in Complex Cases Mtg. Rm. 12Catalina Goodwin • Stephen Ross Johnson Back to the Future Part I: Finding the Information About Our Clients’ Pasts to Make a Difference in Our Clients’ Futures Mtg. Rm. 14Shanda West-Stiles • Bethany Steenbergen • Holly Harrison Hawkins Trial and Post Trial Collaborating to Deliver Excellent Client-Centered Representation: The Duty of Loyalty to Our Clients Mtg. Rm. 11Jessica Beard • Samuel Potter

9:45am EDT

Back to the Future Part II: Presenting a Compelling Story of Mitigation to Judges and Juries for Clients Mtg. Rm. 14Shanda West-Stiles • Samantha Costello • Meghan Moorhouse HB 5 Implementation and Litigation Mtg. Rm. 9Tim Arnold Sex, Lies, and Social Media: Defense Subpoenas and the Stored Communications Act Mtg. Rm. 12Catalina Goodwin • Stephen Ross Johnson Using the American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM) Criteria for Level of Care Assessment Mtg. Rm. 11Charles Jones Rocket Docket: What It Is and How to Do It Right Mtg. Rm. 10Alyson McDavitt

11:00am EDT

Crimmigration 101 Mtg. Rm. 9Duffy B. Trager • Rachel Carmona Teamwork: Learning from the Columbia Shuttle Disaster Mtg. Rm. 14Jessica Shoemaker Using the American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM) Criteria Results in Criminal Defense Mtg. Rm. 11Charles Jones • Christopher Kippley Voir Dire in a Sexual-Based Offense Case Mtg. Rm. 12Greg Coulson Defending the Youngest Clients: Kids under 14 Mtg. Rm. 10Laura Karem • Emily Swintosky

12:15pm EDT

Awards Luncheon Exhibit Hall 1A