Product Description

In your criminal law practice, the stakes are highest when homicide is the charge—a life has been lost. Another may face the strictest sentencing our legal system can impose. No matter which side of the counsel table you hail from—prosecution or defense—this program amps up your awareness of the most determinative scientific and social factors in homicide trials. Our panel brings you current on what is happening in Massachusetts courts on both fronts. They present the latest on introducing cyber evidence, discuss self-defense, and examine shaken baby cases. You come away from this program savvier, more aware, and more knowledgeable. 

Raise your homicide practice to a higher level.

Agenda & Materials

• 9:30am - 9:35am

  Welcome and Introduction

  Debra DeWitt-Ahern, Esq., Ahern Law Offices , Lowell
  Suzanne Wiseman, Esq., Middlesex Superior Court, Commonwealth of Massachusetts , Woburn
  
• 9:35am - 10:40am

  Shaken Baby Cases

  Lisa M. Kavanaugh, Esq., CPCS Innocence Program , Boston
  Katharine B. Folger, Esq., Middlesex District Attorney's Office, Child Abuse Prosecution Unit , Woburn
  
• 10:40am - 11:45am

  Heat of Passion/Mitigation

  Kate B. MacDougall, Esq., Essex District Attorney's Office, Commonwealth of Massachusetts , Salem
  Hon. Lynn C. Rooney, Superior Court, Commonwealth of Massachusetts , Woburn
  Ryan P. Sullivan, Esq., Erkan and Sullivan, PC , Andover
  
• 11:45am - 11:55am

  Break
• 11:55am - 1:00pm

  Introducing Evidence

  Hon. Patrick M. Haggan, Superior Court, Commonwealth of Massachusetts , Boston
  C. Henry Fasoldt, Esq., C.Henry Fasoldt, Attorney at Law , Boston
  Megan C. McGovern, Esq., Middlesex District Attorney's Office, Commonwealth of Massachusetts , Woburn
  
• 1:00pm - 2:00pm

  Lunch (on your own)
• 2:00pm - 3:10pm

  Introducing Cyber Evidence

  Hon. Patrick M. Haggan, Superior Court, Commonwealth of Massachusetts , Boston
  Mark W. Shea, Esq., Shea and LaRocque Law Offices , Boston
  Jessica M. Strasnick, Esq., Essex District Attorney's Office, Commonwealth of Massachusetts , Salem
  
• 3:10pm - 3:20pm

  Break
• 3:20pm - 4:30pm

  Self-Defense

  Hon. William M. White, Jr., Superior Court, Commonwealth of Massachusetts , Boston
  Victoria Kelleher, Esq., Law Office of Victoria Kelleher , Boston
  John C. Verner, Esq., Suffolk District Attorney's Office, Commonwealth of Massachusetts , Boston
  

Special Program Materials:

• Trying Murder and Other Homicide Cases in Massachusetts

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Fees

• $175.50 - MCLE Sponsor Member
• $97.50 - New Lawyer
• $97.50 - Pending Admittee
• $97.50 - Law Student
• $97.50 - Paralegal
• $195.00 - All Others

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