Great Criminal Trial Lawyers: Winning Strategies

Monday, March 4, 2024 | 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm

Format: Webinar

• Description
• Agenda
• CLE Credit
• Sponsors

• Don’t miss this unique opportunity to hear four nationally prominent defense lawyers address the central components of a criminal trial. These renowned criminal defense lawyers will discuss the strategies that they have found successful in winning criminal jury trials. The panel will discuss critical trial issues that can make or break a case, including:

  • Jury Selection and Opening Statements
  • Cross-Examination
  • Summation: Style and Substance

  Who Should Attend: This will be a rewarding program for both more and less experienced criminal defense lawyers.

  Program Fee:
  $199 for Members | $299 for Nonmembers
  This program is free to Members who are Law Students, Recent Law Graduates, Newly Admitted Lawyers (admitted for the first time in 2020-2022), In-House Counsel, Judges, or Attorneys  in  Government, Academic or Not-for-Profit sectors.

• 2:00 pm – 2:10 pm
  Introduction
  Frederick P. Hafetz

  2:10 pm – 2:45 pm
  Jury Selection and Opening Statements
  Jan Little

  2:45 pm – 3:25 pm
  Cross-Examination
  Rusty Hardin

  3:25 pm – 3:40 pm
  Break

  3:40 pm – 4:40 pm
  Summation
  Hank Asbill, Kenneth J. Montgomery

  4:40 pm – 5:00 pm
  Discussion and Q&A

• New York: 3.0 Skills
  New Jersey: 3.0 General
  California:  3.0 General
  Pennsylvania:  2.5 General
  Connecticut: Available to Licensed Attorneys

• Sponsoring Association Committees:
  Criminal Advocacy, Adam S. Miller, Chair
  Criminal Courts, Carola Beeney and Anna G. Cominsky, Co-Chairs
  White Collar Crime, Jenna Dabbs, Chair

  Co-Sponsored By:
  New York Council of Defense Lawyers | Dani James, President
  Federal Defenders of SDNY & EDNY | Barry D. Leiwant, Interim Executive Director
  New York Criminal Bar Association | Andrew Eibel, President
  New York State Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers | Steven B. Epstein, President

  Sponsorship Opportunities are Available! Please Contact:
  Yelena Balashchenko, Manager, Business Development & Sponsorships | (212) 382-6608 | ybalashchenko@nycbar.org