God Almighty Hates a Quitter: Criminal Defense after 9-11
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02/06/2003 - 8:30am
12/07/2003 - 5:00pm
The Montana Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers invites
you to the howling wilderness of Montana
in the dead of winter to attend their annual seminar:
| God Almighty Hates a Quitter: Criminal Defense after 9-11 |
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You are cordially invited to attend the seminar on February 6-7, 2003, at Chico Hot Springs, in Pray, Montana, and enjoy some Montana hospitality at a historic setting just 30 miles north of Yellowstone National Park. Built in 1900 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places, Chico Hot Springs has an excellent reputation for fine cuisine and extraordinary hot mineral springs.
| 2003 Seminar Topics |
| Howard Morrison, QC - | The Practice of Criminal Defense Before International Tribunals |
| Howard Morrison, a criminal defense attorney from London, England, has practiced extensively before the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia as well as before the Rwanda Genocide Tribunal in Tanzania. He will be traveling across the waters to Montana to share his insights on practicing before these tribunals. | |
| Bruce Lyons - | Trial Skills for Violent Crime Cases |
| A past president of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Bruce Lyons will be speaking on specific trial techniques and skills of use in violent crime cases, as well as the impact of the events of 9-11 on those cases. | |
| Prof. Roger Shuy - | Using a Forensic Linguist in a Criminal Case |
| Prof. Shuy is Distinguished Research Professor of Linguistics, Emeritus, at Georgetown University. As a consultant he has worked on over 600 cases, and as an expert witness, he has testified in 37 criminal cases, 11 civil cases, and four times before Congress. He is the author of four books on the forensic use of linguistics, and a frequent lecturer on the subject. He will present on the many different ways a forensic linguist may be of assistance in a criminal case. | |
| Bruce Lyons & Prof. Roger Shuy |
Selling Drugs -- Buying Sex: A Demonstration Case in the Use of a Forensic Linguist |
| Juval Aviv - | Terrorism and Money Laundering |
| Terrorism, drugs, and organized crime make money laundering the second largest industry in the world at an estimated three trillion dollars, according to anti-money laundering expert Juval Aviv, President and CEO of Interfor, Inc., a leader in corporate intelligence worldwide. Aviv, a leading authority on terrorist networks and their inner workings, will address the links between terrorism and money laundering, and the measures needed to have a meaningful impact on global money laundering operations. | |
| Joe Johnson - | Closing Arguments in a Post 9-11 world |
| Joe Johnson is well known as a criminal defense attorney and lecturer. He is a member of the NACDL Board of Directors and a member of the faculty at the National Criminal Defense College He will be speaking on his philosophy and techniques for closing arguments, and what has changed in addressing juries after 9-11. | |
| Timothy B. Strauch - | The Relationship between Disciplinary Complaints and Claims of Ineffective Assistance of Counsel |
| Timothy B. Strauch was recently appointed as Montana's first Disciplinary Counsel, an Office created by the Montana Supreme Court in 2002. Mr. Strauch will address the burgeoning number of ethical complaints filed by clients of criminal defense attorneys, and the relationship of those complaints to claims of ineffective assistance of counsel. | |
| Bruce Zagaris - | The Internationalization of Criminal Justice at the Millennium |
| Bruce Zagaris is a partner in the Washington, D.C., firm of Berliner, Corcoran & Rowe. He will provide an overview of the emerging international criminal law field, and how developments in that field are affecting the practices of criminal defense counsel throughout the world. He will address the increasing necessity for traditional criminal law and procedure to accommodate the rise of new international laws and institutions to contend with war crimes, transnational terrorism, and international tribunals. | |
| 2003 Speaker Biographies |
Prof. Peter W. Murphy -  |
Prof. Peter W. Murphy holds dual citizenship as a UK citizen by birth, and as a naturalized US citizen. He was born and educated in England, obtaining his, B.A., M.A., and LL.B. from the University of Cambridge. He was called to the Bar of England and Wales by the Middle Temple, 1968, admitted to State Bar of California, 1981, admitted to State Bar of Texas, 1985. He is admitted to practice in all Courts in England and Wales, the U.S. Supreme Court, the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the 5th, 9th and Federal Circuits, the U.S. District Courts all Districts of California, Northern and Southern Districts of Texas, all State Courts in California and Texas, the U.S. Claims Court, and the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY). He practiced as a Barrister in Private Practice, London 1969-1978, as an Associate Attorney for the firm of Bronson, Bronson & McKinnon, San Francisco, 1980-1982, and as an Associate Attorney, for the firm of Fisher & Hurst, San Francisco, 1982-1984. He has taught as Tutor, Inns of Court School of Law, 1968-1969, Adjunct Lecturer, Inns of Court School of Law, 1970-1978, Principal Lecturer, Inns of Court School of Law, London, 1978-1980, and finally as a full Professor of Law, South Texas College of Law, 1984-present. He has authored numerous law review articles, and seven books in the area of criminal law, evidence and procedure (Murphy on Evidence, formerly A Practical Approach to Evidence, Blackstone Press Limited, 1980; 2nd edition 1985; 3rd edition 1988; 4th edition 1992; 5th edition 1995; 6th edition 1997, 7th edition 2000; Blackstone's Criminal Practice Blackstone Press Limited, editor-in-chief since 1991; Evidence: Cases and Argument Blackstone Press Limited, 1982 (with John Beaumont); Evidence: Materials for Discussion Blackstone Press Limited, 1987 (with John Beaumont); Cases and Materials on Evidence Blackstone Press Limited, 3rd edition, 1994; 4th edition 1997 (with John Beaumont and Simon Cooper); Evidence & Advocacy Blackstone Press Limited, 1984; 2nd edition 1986; 3rd edition 1990; 4th edition 1994; 5th edition 1998 (first edition with David Barnard, later editions alone); Evidence, Proof & Facts: A Book of Sources (forthcoming, Oxford University Press, Winter 2002).
His practice before the ICTY has included acting as counsel or legal consultant in the cases of : Prosecutor v. Delalic et al ("Celibici" case, for Esad Landzo); Prosecutor v. Simic et al ("Bosanski Samac",for Blagoje Simic); Prosecutor v. Plavsic and Krajisnik (for Mrs.Plavsic). He is currently is working for the defense in the case of Prosecutor v. Blagojevic et al (IT-02-60 "Srebrenica", for Dragan Jokic). The UN website for that case is found at: http://www.un.org/icty/ind-e.htm, and the Amended Joinder Indictment charging his client with with Murder, Persecutions, and Inhumane Acts as Crimes Against Humanity, and Murder as a Violation of the Laws or Customs of War may be found Here. |
Bruce Lyons -  |
A former President of the National Association of Criminal Defense lawyers, Bruce Lyons is past Chair of the American Bar Association's Criminal Justice Section. His law practice is devoted to all aspects of criminal defense work, including the application of forensic science, at both the state and federal trial levels. During the past 30 years he has testified before the U.S. House of Representatives and litigated at both the State and Federal levels. He has written and lectured on all aspects of criminal law nationally. Mr. Lyons received the prestigious Robert C. Heeney Award from the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers in 1997. Mr. Lyons received his undergraduate and law degrees from the University of Miami and he is a licensed member of several state and federal bars, including Florida, Colorado and the United States Supreme Court. Mr. Lyons most recently traveled to Xi'an, China, on behalf of the American Bar Association and the Ford Foundation to participate in a trial demonstration on domestic violence.
The website for his law firm is located Here |
Prof. Roger Shuy -  |
Roger Shuy is Distinguished Professor of Linguistics, Emeritus, Georgetown University, where he taught for thirty years before retiring from teaching and moving to Montana in 1996. He created the sociolinguistics program at Georgetown and mentored over 100 doctoral dissertations. His early research and publications were in sociolinguistics as well as doctor-patient communication, language attitudes, literacy, and research methods. In 1979 a casual meeting with a lawyer sitting next to him on an airplane led to his 20 plus years of work in forensic linguistics. That case was the solicitation to murder trial of Texas v. T. Cullen Davis. Since that time Shuy has consulted on some 500 law cases.
While at Georgetown, he created a linguistic consulting company, Roger W. Shuy, Inc., through which he continues to provide linguistic services to attorneys in criminal and civil cases. He has testified as a linguistics expert 52 times in 26 states, including the high profile cases of federal judge Alsee Hastings, US Senator Harrison Williams, and car-maker John DeLorean, among others. For the government, he has trained DEA undercover agents, worked with the Department of Justice, and consulted with the FBI on several threat cases, including the Unibomber. His most recent books on the intersection of language and law include Language Crimes (1993), The Language of Confession, Interrogation and Deception (1998), Bureaucratic Language (1998), and Linguistic Battles in Trademark Disputes (2002). His website is located Here |
Juval Aviv -  |
Mr. Juval Aviv has an M.A. in Business from Tel Aviv University and served as an officer in the Israel Defense Force (Major, retired) leading an elite Commando/Intelligence Unit. Additionally, Mr. Aviv was selected by the Israel Secret Service (Mossad) to participate in a number of intelligence and special operations in many countries in the late 1960s and 1970s. In 1984, a true account of one mission was published, entitled Vengeance, which was available in 27 countries. The book became a best seller and was later made into an award-winning film, Sword of Gideon which was broadcast in North America on HBO and in other countries.
Mr. Aviv is the President of Interfor, Inc, a private security agency which he founded over 20 years ago. Interfor, Inc. has become a leader in corporate intelligence worldwide, working with U.S. and foreign law firms, major banks, insurers and governmental agencies. Interfor is staffed by professionals who have been associated with government, defense, and intelligence agencies worldwide, including, the British Secret Service, Israeli intelligence, various European agencies, and the United States CID, CIA, DEA and FBI agencies. Interfor is fully licensed and operates in the United States, Europe, the Middle East, the Americas, Africa and Asia. For over thirty Mr. Aviv has worked with corporations and other entities, both domestically and internationally, on security measures for the protection of assets and personnel. Mr. Aviv's experience is broad and includes high profile clients such as El Al Airlines. While working as a consultant with El Al, Mr. Aviv surveyed the existing security measures in place and updated and developed El Al's security program, making El Al the safest airline in business today. Mr. Aviv is a leading authority on terrorist networks and their inner workings and served as lead investigator for Pan Am Airways into the Pan Am 103-Lockerbie terrorist bombing. In March 2000, Mr. Aviv was interviewed on National Public Radio (NPR) regarding the Pan Am investigation. Mr. Aviv has been a speaker and panel participant for many organizations including the National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges, the U.S.. Department of Justice, Internal Revenue Service, the American Bankruptcy Institute and the National White Collar Crime Center. The website for his firm is located Here |
| Joe Johnson - | Joseph D. Johnson is a Magna Cum Laude graduate of Winston-Salem State University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina and a 1975 graduate of the University of Kansas School of Law. He is a life member of the Kansas Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (KACDL) and the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL) where he was a former member of the Board of Directors. Additionally, Attorney Johnson is a member of the faculty at the National Criminal Defense College (NCDC). He has given presentations at Criminal Defense Programs in over twenty-five different states. A former State Public Defender, Mr. Johnson's private practice emphasizes State and Federal felony defense work, domestic relations and a limited amount of plaintiff personal injury litigation. A strong believer in the rights of the accused, he makes no excuses for his "take no prisoners" approach to criminal defense work. |
Timothy B. Strauch -  |
Timothy B. Strauch was recently appointed as the first attorney for the recently created Office of Disciplinary Counsel in Montana. Mr. Strauch previously was in private law practice as a plaintiff's trial lawyer in Great Falls, Montana. He has a bachelor's degree from the University of Virginia in Charlottesville and graduated cum laude with a Juris Doctorate from the University of Baltimore School of Law in Maryland. Prior to opening his own practice in July of 2000, Strauch was an associate with Church, Harris, Johnson & Williams PC in Great Falls. He previously was an associate with the law firm of Feder and Garten in Baltimore. |
| Bruce Zagaris - | Bruce Zagaris is a partner with the law firm of Berliner, Corcoran & Rowe, Washington, D.C. His private practice includes criminal trial and appellate work. In addition, he has handled evidence gathering and extradition cases both on the interstate and international levels and cases involving prisoner transfer applications. His criminal work has included counseling on extradition and international evidence gathering cases, testifying as an expert in international criminal cases involving money laundering and tax crimes, counseling of witnesses for grand jury investigations, prisoner rights, representation of parolees, probation revocation matters, and early release of prisoners on emergency medical problems. His private practice has also included monitoring international tax and enforcement developments in the U.S. and the Caribbean for foreign governments and corporate clients. Since 1985, he has edited the International Enforcement Law Reporter, a monthly publication which discusses developments in international criminal and related enforcement law matters. His international tax practice has included counseling twelve governments on developing international financial sector work and tax treaty strategy and negotiations. The practice has involved structuring transactions and tax compliance. His bar activities include: chair, Committee on International Tax, Section of International Law & Practice,American Bar Association, 1989-92; Chair, Committee on International Criminal Law, Criminal Justice Section, American Bar Association, 1989-93; member, Executive Committee and Executive Council, American Society of International Law, 1991-93; co-chair, Committee on Public International and Criminal Law, D.C. Bar Assoc.; and President, Washington Foreign Law Society, 1990-91. He has been an adjunct professor of law at the Washington College of Law, American University, Fordham Univ. School of Law in New York, and John Marshall College of Law in Chicago. He has authored and edited several books and hundreds of articles on international law.
The website for his law firm is located Here |
Location
- Chico Hot Springs
- Pray, MT
