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Federal Criminal Appellate Practice Seminar - ME - Program

	Federal Criminal Appellate Practice Seminar Program February 10, 2025
Meeting Location: Portland Regency Hotel, Atlantic Room, Second Floor		Agenda
Time	Activity	Materials
8:00 a.m. - 8:40 a.m.	Continental Breakfast
8:40 a.m. - 8:45 a.m.	Introduction Anastasia Dubrovsky, Clerk
8:45 a.m. - 10:10 a.m	Criminal Appeals in a Digital World: From Notice of Appeal to Certiorari Vivianne M. Marrero, Supervisory Assistant, Federal Public Defender's Office, District of Puerto Rico; Franco Perez-Redondo, Supervisory Assistant, Federal Public Defender's Office, District of Puerto Rico; Jamesa Drake, Esq., Drake Law LLC	PDF
10:10 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.	Remarks by the Federal Public Defender James Nixon, Federal Public Defender for the District of Maine
10:15 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.	Coffee Break
10:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.	Best Practices for Federal Appellate Court Brief Writing and the Presentation of Oral Argument Hon. Lara E. Montecalvo, U.S. Circuit Judge, Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
11:30 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.	Issue Preservation, Forfeiture, Waiver, and Standards of Review Judith Mizner, Chief - Appeals Unit, and Wade Zolynski, Research & Writing Specialist, Federal Public Defender's Office, District of Massachusetts	PDF  Slides
12:15 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.	Lunch Break
1:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.	Clerk's Office Update Anastasia Dubrovsky, Clerk, and Sarah Koster, Chief Deputy Clerk, Court of Appeals for the First Circuit	PDF
2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.	Re-cap of Recent Supreme Court Decisions and Circuit Splits Charles Rankin, Esq., Rankin & Sultan, Boston	PDF
3:00 p.m. - 3:15 p.m.	Afternoon Break
3:15 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.	4th Amendment and Sentencing Issues Heather Gonzales, Assistant Federal Public Defender, District of Maine; Jamesa Drake, Esq., Drake Law LLC	PDF  Slides
4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.	Re-cap of Recent First Circuit Cases Judith Mizner, Chief - Appeals Unit, District of Massachusetts	PDF
5:00 p.m. - 5:15 p.m.	Adjournment