CIVIL RIGHTS LITIGATION:
Representing Victims of Law Enforcement Misconduct on the Street and in the Cell Block

A National Police Accountability Project / Human Rights Defense Center CLE Seminar

Generously sponsored by the Southern Poverty Law Center

West Palm Beach Marriott (Gallery Room)
1001 Okeechobee Boulevard
West Palm Beach, FL 33401
 March 2nd and 3rd, 2017

Moderation:      Paul Wright, Executive Director, Human Rights Defense Center, Lake Worth, FL
                         Brigitt Keller, Executive Director, NPAP, New York, NY                                      

Day One: Thursday, March 2nd, 2017

8:15 – 9:00:       REGISTRATION

9:00 – 9:15:       WELCOME & INTRODUCTIONS
                        Brigitt Keller, Executive Director, NPAP, New York, NY

9:15 – 10:15:      HOW TO CUT LITIGATION COSTS USING TECHNOLOGY
                        James Cook, Law Office of James Cook, Tallahassee, FL

10:15 – 11:00:    LITIGATING SECTION 1983 WRONGFUL CONVICTION CASES
                        Anna Benvenutti Hoffmann, Neufeld Scheck & Brustin, New York, NY
                        David Owens, Loevy & Loevy, Chicago, IL

11:00 – 11:15:    BREAK

11:15 – 12:00:    (Continued) LITIGATING SECTION 1983 WRONGFUL CONVICTION CASES
                        Anna Benvenutti Hoffmann, Neufeld Scheck & Brustin, New York, NY
                        David Owens, Loevy & Loevy, Chicago, IL

12:00 – 1:30:     LUNCH

1:30 – 2:30:       RECONSTRUCTING A POLICE SHOOTING:
                        Using Models to Prove the Plaintiff's Case
                        Robert Phillips, McGowan Hood and Felder, Rock Hill, SC

2:30 – 3:30:      SECTION 1988 ATTORNEYS' FEES
                        Randall Berg, Jr., Florida Justice Institute, Inc., Miami, FL

3:30 – 3:45:       BREAK

3:45 – 4:45:       ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS in Section 1983 Litigation
                        James K. Green, James K. Green, P.A., West Palm Beach, FL

Day Two: Friday, March 3nd, 2017

9:00 – 10:00:      PRISON AND JAIL PRELIMINARY INJUNCTIONS:
                         Roadmaps to Victory
                         Sabarish Neelakanta, Human Rights Defense Center, Lake Worth, FL

10:00 – 11:00:     GETTING, VETTING, AND SETTLING PRISONER CASES:
                          Earning a Living as a Solo Doing Prisoner Cases
                          Lynn Walsh, Attorney at Law, Portland, OR

11:00 – 11:15:      BREAK   

11:15 – 12:15:      THE USE OF FOCUS GROUPS TO IDENTIFY PERCEIVED
                          DILEMMAS AND STREAMLINE YOUR CASE
                          Corey B. Friedman, Romano Law Group, Lake Worth, FL

12:15 – 12:30:      FINAL REMARKS

Accreditation

NPAP has applied to the Florida MCLE Board for accreditation of 10 CLE credit hours.

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