Winning Strategies for the Defense: Ethical Dilemmas in Creative Advocacy
National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers Advanced Criminal Law Seminar – Aspen, CO January 2023
How Ya Gonna Spin That? Getting the Media to Warm Up to Your Case
Zealous Advocacy in Sex Assault Cases- NACDL – Las Vegas, NV November 2022
How Cognitive Bias Impacts Litigators
Toronto Trial Lawyers Association November 2022
McCarthy Tetrault – October 2022
You Can’t Win a Plea, Trial Techniques from the Masters: Effective Use of the Media
NACDL Annual Seminar Palm Beach, FLA August 2022
The Staircase: the Role of Cognitive Bias
CrimeCon UK – London, England June 2022
Confessions of a Civil Rights Attorney: Art, Justice and the Law
The Charlotte Center for the Humanities and Civic Engagement June 2022
The Impact of Human Behavior on Criminal Investigations
Brauti Thorning, LLP, Toronto, ON May 2022
Lies, Fake Science and the Owl Theory
The University of Ottawa, Ontario April 2022
The Impact of Cognitive Bias on Criminal Cases
Nebraska Criminal Defense Attorneys Association April 2022
Wrongful Convictions: the Role of Cognitive Bias
CrimeCon Las Vegas April 2022
Legal Ethics and Professionalism – Lessons Learned from a Varied Career
Faculty of Law, University of Toronto, March 2022
Headlines, Heartburn and Handling Voir Dire – Jury Selection in “High Profile” Cases
National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers Mid-Winter Seminar Austin, Texas, March 2022
The Endless, Expansive Definitions of Art, Impact and Community
Faculty of Law, University of Toronto, March 2022
Police Misconduct, Wrongful Prosecutions and Innocence Claims:
What Criminal Defense practitioners can learn from Civil Rights cases: how to litigate cases that involve police brutality, investigatory overreach and cognitive biases, January 2021
Race in the Courtroom:
How to Confront Peremptory Strikes that Appear to be Based on Race North Carolina Advocates for Justice Virtual, August 2020
Moderator, “Get to Know the Show with Tim Robbins & The Actors’ Gang: The New Colossus”
Blumenthal Performing Arts Center, January 2020
Moderator, “A Conversation on Educational Inequality” panel discussion
Mecklenburg Bar Foundation Annual McMillan Dinner, February 2019
Moderator, “The Staircase Post-mortem: Lessons Learned from a Hard Fought Case”
Hilton Ballroom, Charlotte, NC November 2018
Moderator, “Inside the Staircase”
McGlohon Theatre, Charlotte, NC October 2018
Moderator, “Documentary as both Art Form and Social Critique”
with Jean Xavier de l’Estrade, Allyson Luchak and David Rudolf, October 2018
Moderator, “Inside the Staircase: Lies, Fake Science, and the Owl Theory”
Boston, Massachusetts, July 2018
Moderator, “Inside the Staircase: Lies, Fake Science, and the Owl Theory”
Boston, Massachusetts, July 2018
Moderator, #ShapingCLT Panel discussion on the #MeToo Movement in the South
April 2018, Levine Museum of the New South
Moderator, The Role of the Artist in Times of Upheaval
Elder Gallery of Contemporary Art February 2018
Moderator, “Spotlight” panel discussion
Byron’s South End, Charlotte, NC March 2017
Mecklenburg County Public Defender Office
Jury Selection Essentials
Mecklenburg County Public Defender Office
Jury Selection 101
Mecklenburg County Public Defender Office
Curatorial Activism
Queens University, Arts and Advocacy Conference
Navigating the Interplay Between Civil Fault and Criminal Responsibility: Lessons Learned in the Acquittal in State v. Gay
North Carolina Advocates for Justice, Fall Conference Asheville, NC
The Defense Perspective in the Kenan Gay case
Justice Bobbitt Inn of Court, Charlotte, NC
Melendez-Diaz basics and update
Presenter, Justice Bobbitt Inn of Court, Charlotte, NC
Mecklenburg County Criminal Defense Lawyers Association
Challenging HGN
Presenter, Mecklenburg County Criminal Defense Lawyers Association
