Basic Training: Appeals

Marriot Century Center Hotel (Atlanta)
Saturday, April 9, 2005
9:00 am-5:00 pm

8:00 Registration/ coffee and pastries

9:00 Appeal nuts and bolts: appellate procedure, resources, and SOPs: Sarah Gerwig-Moore

9:45 Preserving issues for appeal: Steve Phillips

10:30 Break

10:45 Break-out issue preservation exercise and discussion

11:15 Writing an effective statement of facts ("Telling your convicted client's story"): Tom Killeen

12:00 Lunch/ Common Problems in Indigent Criminal Appeals: Holly Sparrow, Deputy Clerk, Court of Appeals of Georgia

1:00 Professionalism: The attorney-client relationship and the appellate process (small-group discussion)

2:00 Panel Discussion Part I: harmless error and standards of review: Carl Greenberg, Wystan Getz, and Jim Bonner

2:40 Break

2:50 Panel Discussion Part II: Spotting and choosing appellate issues: Carl Greenberg, Wystan Getz, Gerard Kleinrock, and Jim Bonner

3:30 Parole 101: Tracy Masters, Director of Legal Services, Georgia Board of Pardons and Paroles

4:15-5:15 Ethical Considerations: A big picture approach to appellate litigation: Carl Greenberg, Sarah Gerwig-Moore, and Jim Bonner