In your criminal law practice, the stakes are highest when homicide is the charge - a life has been lost. Another may face the strictest sentencing our legal system can impose. No matter which side of the counsel table you hail from - prosecution or defense - this program amps up your awareness of the most determinative scientific and social factors in homicide trials. Our panel brings you current on what is happening in Massachusetts courts on both fronts. They present the latest on introducing certain pieces of evidence, discuss Mattis and emerging adults, and examine panel/attorney-conducted voir dire. You come away from this program savvier, more aware, and more knowledgeable.
Raise your homicide practice to a higher level.
Raise your homicide practice to a higher level.
Course Content
9:30am - 9:35am - Welcome and IntroductionDebra DeWitt-Ahern, Esq.,
Ahern Law Offices, Lowell
Suzanne Wiseman, Esq.,
Middlesex Superior Court, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Woburn
9:35am - 11:00am - Caselaw Update
Ryan P. Sullivan, Esq.,
Erkan and Sullivan, PC, Andover
Jamie Charles, Esq.,
Middlesex Superior Court, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Woburn
Hon. Frank M. Gaziano,
Supreme Judicial Court, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Boston
11:00am - 11:15am - Break
11:15am - 12:35pm - Mattis and Emerging Adults
Karen Logee Swenson, Esq.,
Committee for Public Counsel Services, Lowell
Kate B. MacDougall, Esq.,
Essex District Attorney's Office, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Salem
Hon. Jay D. Blitzman,
, Watertown
12:35pm - 1:35pm - Lunch (on your own)
1:35pm - 2:55pm - Panel/Attorney-Conducted Voir Dire
Austin C. Tzeng, Esq.,
Law Office of Austin C. Tzeng, Quincy
Mark Tan Lee, Esq.,
Suffolk District Attorney's Office, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Boston
Hon. William M. White, Jr.,
Superior Court, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Boston
2:55pm - 3:10pm - Break
3:10pm - 4:30pm - Introducing Certain Pieces of Evidence
Mark W. Shea, Esq.,
Shea and LaRocque Law Offices, Boston
Megan C. McGovern, Esq.,
Middlesex Superior Court, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Woburn
Hon. Patrick M. Haggan,
Superior Court, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Boston
Speaker(s)
CochairsDebra DeWitt-Ahern, Esq.,
Ahern Law Offices, Lowell
Suzanne Wiseman, Esq.,
Middlesex Superior Court, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Woburn
Faculty
Hon. Jay D. Blitzman,
Watertown
Jamie Charles, Esq.,
Middlesex Superior Court, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Woburn
Hon. Frank M. Gaziano,
Supreme Judicial Court, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Boston
Hon. Patrick M. Haggan,
Superior Court, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Boston
Mark Tan Lee, Esq.,
Suffolk District Attorney's Office, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Boston
Kate B. MacDougall, Esq.,
Essex District Attorney's Office, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Salem
Megan C. McGovern, Esq.,
Middlesex Superior Court, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Woburn
Mark W. Shea, Esq.,
Shea and LaRocque Law Offices, Boston
Ryan P. Sullivan, Esq.,
Erkan and Sullivan, PC, Andover
Karen Logee Swenson, Esq.,
Committee for Public Counsel Services, Lowell
Austin C. Tzeng, Esq.,
Law Office of Austin C. Tzeng, Quincy
Hon. William M. White, Jr.,
Superior Court, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Boston
