A FREE to attend CLE Virtual Only via Zoom on December 13, 2024, from 9:30 a.m. – 12:00 Noon.
The CLE has been approved in Georgia for 2 hours of CLE Credit, including 1 hour of ethics CLE credit, 1 hour of professionalism CLE credit, and 2 hours of trial CLE credit.
Attorneys are responsible for paying the CLE fees required by the Commission on Continuing Lawyer Competency to maintain the CLE on their CLE transcript.
During the CLE, the panelists will discuss professionalism and ethics issues that lawyers face when serving as a witness in ineffective assistance of counsel hearings and/or as a witness in Brady claim hearings. Commission member and William Augustus Bootle Chair in Ethics and Professionalism in the Practice of Law at Mercer University School of Law, Professor Patrick Longan and Assistant Professor of Law, Mercer University School of Law, Meagan Hurley, drafted hypothetical problems that the panelists will use to discuss the relevant issues during the CLE.
The Lawyer As Witness in Criminal Law Cases
WRITTEN MATERIALS
The confirmed panelists for the CLE are as follows:
• Lisamarie Bristol, Gwinnett County Solicitor-General;
• Katie Elwart, Founding Attorney, Kathryn R. Elwart, LLC;
• Benjamin Goldberg, Founding Attorney, The Law Office of Ben Goldberg, LLC;
• Meghan Hill, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Section Chief Post Conviction Litigation Section;
• Honorable Samir Patel, Judge, Superior Court, Cherokee Judicial Circuit;
• Judge Holly W. Veal, Judge, Superior Court, Flint Judicial Circuit;
• Leigh Ann Webster, Partner, Strickland Webster, LLC.
Remarks and/or Moderators:
Lauren Shubow, Assistant Public Defender, Office of the Public Defender, Atlanta Judicial Circuit
Robert W. Smith, General CounselProsecuting Attorneys’ Council of Georgia
Patrick Longan, William Augustus Bootle Chair in Ethics and Professionalism in the Practice of Law at Mercer University School of Law
Meagan Hurley, Assistant Professor of Law, Mercer University School of Law
Planning Team:
Trish McCann Bertram, Professional Development Director, Georgia Public Defender Council; Marie G. Broder, District Attorney, Griffin Judicial Circuit; Elicia Hargrove, Assistant United States Attorney, Middle District of Georgia, Albany Criminal Division; Lauren Shubow, Atlanta Circuit Public Defender’s Office; Robert W. Smith, Jr., General Counsel, Prosecuting Attorney’s Council; LaToya Simone Williams, LaToya S. Williams, Managing Attorney, East Metro Alternate Defender Office, Georgia Public Defender Council; Professor Patrick Longan, William Augustus Bootle Chair in Ethics and Professionalism in the Practice of Law at Mercer University School of Law; Professor Meagan Hurley, Assistant Professor of Law, Mercer University School of Law; and Karlise Y. Grier.
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