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SUMMARY:Washington State Chapter: Monthly Chapter Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Washington State Chapter: Open Monthly Meeting\nAs a new state-wide Chapter\, we welcome the participation of all interested Washington State attorneys. \nJoin conversation (microsoft.com); Meeting | Microsoft Teams;
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SUMMARY:Webinar: A Practitioner’s Guide to Evaluating Wrongful/Reversed Conviction Claims
DESCRIPTION:Joel Rudin\, a criminal defense attorney\, and Jabbar Collins\, then a State inmate\, met in 2002 while Jabbar was incarcerated in Greenhaven Correctional Facility serving a 34 years to life sentence for a murder he steadfastly claimed he did not commit.  At the time\, Jabbar was a quintessential jailhouse lawyer\, helping numerous other inmates and winning several their release\, but he let Joel know he was not yet ready to discuss his own conviction.  A few years later\, after completing his reinvestigation of his own case from prison\, Jabbar was ready to discuss it\, having accumulated a remarkable array of evidence undermining every part of the case against him.  Together\, they overcame a denial of their motion to vacate Jabbar’s conviction in state court and\, after four years of litigation\, won an extraordinarily rare grant of federal habeas corpus relief under which any retrial in state court in Brooklyn\, NY\, was barred.  Thereafter Jabbar and Joel successfully litigated Jabbar’s claims for damages for unjust conviction in the NY Court of Claims and for violations of Jabbar’s federal constitutional rights in a federal Section 1983 civil rights action\, recovering a total settlement in the two cases of  $13 million.  But this story did not end with the $13 million settlement:  the Jabbar Collins story is still being written.  Along with the new head of the Brooklyn DA’s Conviction Review Unit\, Professor Collins is now teaching a course at St John’s Law School concerning wrongful convictions while applying for admission to law school.  Join us for a CLE on wrongful convictions from Attorney Rudin and Professor Jabbar Collins. \nPresented by:\nCivil Rights Law Section\n \nRegistration for this event is now closed. \n\nAbout the Presenters\nWylie M. Stecklow\, Wylie Stecklow PLLC (Moderator) \nWylie Stecklow is a civil rights attorney in downtown Manhattan. Mr. Stecklow is a past President of the Southern District of New York Chapter of the Federal Bar Association\, past National chair of its Civil Rights Law Section\, and is an adjunct Professor at Fordham Law School (his alma mater).  He is the 2021 recipient of the Sarah T. Hughes Civil Rights Award.   He is a founding member of the National Action Network’s Legal Rights Nights and for the past twenty years\, he has been litigating police policies and practice concerning the constitutional rights of protesters and photographers.  He has litigated 1983 cases involving First Amendment Rights in New York\, Maryland and Iowa and tried constitutional cases to verdict in various state and federal courts.  His firm was retained by the Occupy Wall Street General Assembly in 2011\, where he organized pro bono representation for over 200 Occupy arrestees and has continued to litigate civil rights claims relating to the policing of Occupy.   Currently he is co-counsel to two of the consolidated cases in the litigation in the SDNY\, In Re New York City Policing During Summer 2020 Demonstrations. \nJabbar Collins\, St. Johns Law School \nJabbar Collins is President of Horizon Research Services\, a consulting firm providing legal research and writing services to appellate and civil rights attorneys.  In 1994 Mr. Collins was wrongfully convicted of murder and sentenced to life in prison.  He spent the next 16 years of his life there\, teaching himself appellate\, civil\, and post-conviction litigation.  While incarcerated\, Mr. Collins drafted scores of successful New York Freedom of Information law lawsuits\, won a federal habeas corpus petition raising complex ineffective assistance of trial and appellate counsel claims\, and was granted permission by two federal judges to orally argue cases on behalf of two prisoners he assisted.  In 2010\, Mr. Collins\, working with Joel B. Rudin\, who would later hire Mr. Collins as a paralegal\, won a rare unconditional writ of habeas corpus petition dismissing all charges based on egregious prosecutorial misconduct.  Mr. Collins and Mr. Rudin then sued the City and State\, exposing systemic misconduct in the Brooklyn DA’s Office and ultimately winning a $13 million dollar settlement\, at the time one of the highest settlements for a wrongful conviction in New York City history.  Mr. Collins’ legal work following his exoneration has resulted in five other wrongfully convicted men being freed after decades in prison.  Mr. Collins’ case also prompted former Brooklyn DA Ken Thompson to run for office and establish a Conviction Integrity Unit that to this day has freed 28 other wrongfully convicted men.  Mr. Collins is currently an adjunct professor at St. John’s Law School where along with the new Chief of the Brooklyn District Attorney’s Conviction Review Unit\, he teaches Justice Dissected: The Anatomy of a Wrongful Conviction. \n \nJoel B. Rudin\, Law Offices of Joel B. Rudin\, P.C. \nJoel B. Rudin is the principal in a four-attorney criminal defense and plaintiff’s civil rights firm based in Manhattan.  He has won three cases before the U.S. Supreme Court\, numerous Second Circuit decisions expanding the rights of former criminal defendants to recover money damages for police and prosecutorial misconduct\, and numerous seven-figure wrongful conviction settlements\, including $13 million for Jabbar Collins and $15.45 million for William Vasquez. He has been a leader in the movement for prosecutorial accountability\, developing through civil litigation voluminous evidence showing the indifference of local District Attorneys to prosecutorial misconduct and winning leading court decisions holding municipalities liable for such misconduct under federal civil rights law even though the individual prosecutors have personal immunity.  The New York State Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers has awarded him its prestigious Thurgood S. Marshall Award for his work freeing the wrongfully convicted.  He is a graduate of Cornell University (1974) and New York University School of Law (1978). \n  \n\nRegistration\nRegistration for this event is now closed. \nRegistration Fees \n\nFBA Member: $0\nNonmember: $75\n\nLive Captioning: Closed captioning is available for all virtual webcasts. \nCancellation Policy: No refunds will be made for cancellations received after the close of business on April 3\, 2022. No-shows will be billed. Substitutions may be made at any time upon notification. Please contact Ariel White at awhite@fedbar.org with cancellation and/or substitution requests. \nInternet Requirements: Virtual programs require suitable internet strength to stream online panels. A minimum internet connection of 800 Kbps is recommended for an optimal attendee experience. Test your connection here.  \n\nCLE\nCLE: 1 CLE Credit (60min state) / 1.2 CLE Credit (50min state) \nCLE Credit will be processed/reported approximately 4-6 weeks after the event date and available for credit in states that allow credit for live webinar presentations. You must attend the live broadcast\, answer engagement polls\, and accurately enter your bar number in our database to receive credit. Certificates and required documentation for self-reporting states will be issued via email\, upon state bar approval. Thank you in advance for your patience\, as state bars are experiencing significant delays with virtual program processing. \nClick Here for more information on CLE Attendance and Reporting. \n\nEmail Communication Policy: By registering for this event\, you agree to receive email communications from the Federal Bar Association and affiliated sponsors of the program concerning event details\, Continuing Legal Education certification\, programming changes\, upcoming events\, surveys\, and post-event communications. \nRecording Disclaimer: By registering for an FBA webinar\, you agree to the recording of audio and visual content presented during the live event and consent to subsequent use of the recording by the FBA. You agree that the recording is the sole property of the FBA and that the recording may be used by the FBA in any manner in its sole and absolute discretion. This recording may include questions and poll responses provided by you during the live event. If you do not consent to the recording and the FBA’s use of the same\, do not register for the event. \nIf you have any questions regarding this program\, please contact Ariel White\, Program Coordinator\, at awhite@fedbar.org
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SUMMARY:Dialogues on Racial Justice Series: Law Enforcement in the United States
DESCRIPTION:The FBA’s Diversity and Inclusion Standing Committee and the FBA’s Professional Development Task Force are pleased to invite you to the second installment of the Dialogues on Racial Justice Series.  This virtual\, 90-minute CLE program will consist of a panel discussion that addresses the benefits and detriments of the legal doctrine of qualified immunity\, which substantially limits the liability of police officers and other government officials in civil rights cases. The panelists will also delve into topics regarding the relevance and enforcement of consent decrees\, the direct and indirect implications of police brutality on minority communities\, and the challenges associated with meaningful reform in law enforcement. \n\nAbout the Speakers\nHon. Andre M. Davis\, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit (Ret.) – Moderator\nDuring a thirty-year judicial career starting in 1987\, Davis served as an Associate Judge on the District Court of Maryland for Baltimore City; as an Associate Judge on the Circuit Court for Baltimore City; as federal district judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland; and as a federal appellate judge on the Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. In September 2017\, Davis retired fully from service as a judge to become City Solicitor\, as Head of the Law Department\, of Baltimore. There\, he managed a department of approximately 110\, including 70 lawyers who represent the City in all civil legal matters.  In his role as counsel to the Baltimore City Police Department\, he was at the forefront of the City’s implementation of the federal court consent decree requiring broad policing reforms. He retired as City Solicitor in February 2020. \n \nJonathan Aronie\, Partner\, Sheppard Mullin; Consent Decree Monitor\, New Orleans\nJonathan Aronie is a partner at Sheppard Mullin where he is the Leader of the firm’s Government Contracts\, Investigations\, and International Trade Practice Group and is a former Managing Partner of the Washington\, D.C. office.  Jonathan also is a founding member of the firm’s Organizational Integrity Group\, a cross-disciplinary team of litigators\, regulatory specialists\, federal monitors\, and ex-prosecutors with extensive experience helping organizations prevent and defend against challenges to their organizational integrity.  After graduating from Brandeis University (1990) and Duke University School of Law (1993)\, during which he worked with the United States Attorney’s Office in North Carolina\, Jonathan served as a law clerk to the Honorable Judge Patricia Wynn on the DC Superior Court.  In the early 2000s\, Jonathan served as the Deputy Independent Monitor over the Memorandum of Agreement between the Department of Justice and the DC Metropolitan Police Department. In August 2013\, Jonathan was appointed as the lead monitor over the New Orleans Police Department Consent Decree\, a position he continues to hold. Jonathan is the co-founder of the Georgetown/Sheppard Mullin Active Bystandership for Law Enforcement (ABLE) Project and the chair of ABLE’s Board of Advisors and Corporate Advisory Board. \nTerree A. Bowers\, Counsel\, Arent Fox\nTerree has extensive experience in criminal\, civil\, and municipal law and previously served as the US Attorney for the Central District of California and the Chief Deputy City Attorney for Los Angeles. He brings more than 35 years of experience in corporate investigations\, crisis management\, securities fraud\, criminal and civil RICO cases\, banking and financial institution fraud\, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA)\, the False Claims Act (FCA)\, civil rights actions\, political corruption and campaign contribution issues\, government contracting\, health care fraud and regulatory matters\, pharmaceutical issues\, environmental criminal and regulatory matters\, employment issues\, customs\, tax fraud\, antitrust issues\, insurance coverage\, California Unfair Competition (Section 17200) cases and a variety of other complex litigation matters. Before joining Arent Fox\, Terree served as the US Attorney for the Central District of California\, where he supervised the work of the Criminal\, Civil\, Tax\, and Asset Forfeiture Sections. After serving as the US Attorney\, Terree became the Chief Deputy City Attorney for Los Angeles and supervised more than 525 attorneys. In 1994\, the Department of Justice selected Terree to serve as a US representative on the Yugoslavia War Crimes Tribunal (ICTY). \nHon. Susie Morgan\, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana\nJudge Morgan graduated from the LSU Law Center where she was a member of the Order of the Coif. After graduation\, she clerked for Judge Henry Politz who served as Chief Judge of the United States Fifth Circuit Court of Appeal. Judge Morgan was a civil trial lawyer before becoming a United States District Court Judge for the Eastern District of Louisiana on March 30\, 2012. Four months after her appointment\, on July of 2012\, Judge Morgan was assigned the New Orleans Police Department Consent Decree\, which she has described as a life-changing experience. Over the years\, Judge Morgan has devoted much of her judicial time and energy to working with the NOPD and her team of federal monitors toward implementation of the decree. \nBhavani Raveendran\, Partner\, Romanucci & Blandin\, LLC\nBhavani Raveendran is a Partner at Romanucci & Blandin\, LLC where she works on behalf of plaintiffs on civil rights\, police misconduct\, sexual abuse and wrongful death cases. Bhavani focuses much of her work on civil rights actions in federal court across the country as well as here in Illinois. Bhavani has first-chaired federal and state trials and received numerous settlements for her clients\, notably including a $21.3 million verdict for a family devastated by a police pursuit and representing the family of George Floyd in their civil lawsuit against the City of Minneapolis. Bhavani is the chair of the Police Misconduct Litigation Group for the American Association of Justice and the vice-chair of the Human and Civil Rights Section Council for the ISBA. \nKeenan J. Saulter\, Principal\, Saulter Law P.C.\nKeenan J. Saulter is an Alumnus of Howard University School of Law and has practiced for 21 years. He is the Principal of Saulter Law P.C. where he focuses his practice on Civil Rights and Personal Injury matters\, he has generated more than $15 Million in jury verdicts and settlements since 2014. Keenan is a Member of the Trial Bar for the Federal District Court for the Northern District of Illinois\, and is admitted to practice before the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals\, and the Federal District Court for the Central District of Illinois. Keenan serves as a member of the Board of Directors for the Chicago Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights (prior Board Vice-Chair) and has previously served as the inaugural Board Chair for the Associate Board of the Chicago Committee—which works to Advance Minority Attorneys at large law firms. \nIntroduction by Lisa Kpor\, Associate\, Holland & Knight; FBA Diversity & Inclusion Standing Committee Vice Chair\nLisa M. Kpor is a litigation attorney at Holland & Knight\, LLP and the Vice Chair of the FBA’s Diversity and Inclusion Standing Committee. She concentrates her practice on shareholder litigation\, product liability actions\, financial services litigation\, and complex breach of contract cases. \n\nRegistration\nOnline registration is now closed. Attendees received webinar credentials via calendar invitation on Wednesday\, April 13. \nRegistration Fees \n\nFBA Member: $0\nNonmember: $75\n\nLive Captioning: Closed captioning is available for all virtual webcasts. \nCancellation Policy: No refunds will be made for cancellations received after the close of business on April 8\, 2022. No-shows will be billed. Substitutions may be made at any time upon notification. Please contact meetings@fedbar.org with cancellation and/or substitution requests. \nInternet Requirements: Virtual programs require suitable internet strength to stream online panels. A minimum internet connection of 800 Kbps is recommended for an optimal attendee experience. Test your connection here.  \n\nCLE\nCLE: 1.5 CLE Credit (60min state) / 1.8 CLE Credit (50min state) \nCLE Credit will be processed/reported approximately 4-6 weeks after the event date and available for credit in states that allow credit for live webinar presentations. You must attend the live broadcast\, answer engagement polls\, and accurately enter your bar number in our database to receive credit. Certificates and required documentation for self-reporting states will be issued via email\, upon state bar approval. Thank you in advance for your patience\, as state bars are experiencing significant delays with virtual program processing. \nClick Here for more information on CLE Attendance and Reporting. \n\nEmail Communication Policy: By registering for this event\, you agree to receive email communications from the Federal Bar Association and affiliated sponsors of the program concerning event details\, Continuing Legal Education certification\, programming changes\, upcoming events\, surveys\, and post-event communications. \nRecording Disclaimer: By registering for an FBA webinar\, you agree to the recording of audio and visual content presented during the live event and consent to subsequent use of the recording by the FBA. You agree that the recording is the sole property of the FBA and that the recording may be used by the FBA in any manner in its sole and absolute discretion. This recording may include questions and poll responses provided by you during the live event. If you do not consent to the recording and the FBA’s use of the same\, do not register for the event. \nIf you have any questions regarding this program\, please contact Caitlin Rider\, Sr. Conference Manager\, at crider@fedbar.org
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