On Demand 36th Annual Conference and Criminal Defense Seminar, 5.5 hrs, including 2 hrs of ethics (2024)

Donna Brown
Email: director@kacdl.net
Phone: (502) 594-1375

1.5 Hrs
Digital Forensics with Play by Play Data Accessing
Presented by MikeLittrell,Experienced Digital Forensics Examiner, former Cyber Crime Detective, with extensive teaching and training experience. 2023KACDLAnnual Conference Sponsor Cyber Agents, LLC

A native of Lexington,MichaelLittrelldid not take a traditional path to digital forensics. Michael earned his bachelor’s degree in criminal justice from Eastern Kentucky University, and after being a patrol officer, and detective for the Georgetown Police Department, Michael earned his master’s degree in criminal justice fromEKU. Michael left law enforcement full-time for four years where he started and taught in the criminal justice program at Bluegrass Community and Technical College, while finishing his doctorate in applied sociology. Michael started in digital forensics as his role as a detective for the Kentucky Office of the Attorney General. During his tenure there, Michael conducted more than 1500 cell phone extractions and examinations, and more than 200 computer forensics examinations. After 18 years in law enforcement, Michael joined Cyber Agents as a digital forensic examiner in January 2022.

Michael has testified as witness hundreds of times, and in the last seven years has testified as an expert witness dozens of times in both state and federal courts. After receiving hundreds of hours of training and education in digital forensics, Michael maintains multiple certifications in both computer and mobile device forensics. Michael loves to give back to the digital forensics’ community by volunteering as a course developer, instructor, and peer coach for new forensic examiners with the International Association of Computer Investigative Specialists. Michael also teaches several college courses in sociology, criminal justice, and digital forensics. Michael recently co-authored a book chapter, “Law Enforcement Challenges to Gathering Intelligence in the Street: The Fourth Amendment.”

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1.0 Hrs
RCr11.42 and Appeals Cases (Ethics)

Presented by Judge PamelaGoodwine,5th Appellate District, Division 1 Kentucky Court of Appeals;Robert F. Stephens Circuit Courthouse

30 min
DiscussingBatsonIssues in Kentucky's Courtrooms

Discussion with the former prosecutor Joe Gutmann and Mr. James Kirkland Batson, defendant and author of War on Jails: Enlighten.

Moderated by Judge PamelaGoodwine,

JudgeGoodwinewas elected to the Kentucky Court of Appeals in November 2018 to serve Division 1 of the 5th Appellate District. Before her election to the Court of Appeals, JudgeGoodwinewas Chief Regional Circuit Judge for Fayette County. She served as a circuit court judge since November of 2003. She served as a district court judge from August of 1999 until November of 2003.

She received her undergraduate degree from the University of Kentucky, Carol MartinGattonCollege of Business in 1991. She graduated from the University of Kentucky, College of Law in 1994. She was admitted to practice law in the Commonwealth of Kentucky in October 1994. She was in private practice with the law firm of Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs from 1994 until her appointment to the district court bench in August of 1999. Her primary practice area was labor and employment law.

Prior to her appointment to the bench, JudgeGoodwinechaired the Kentucky Commission on Human Rights. She also served as a commissioner of that agency. JudgeGoodwinewas inducted into the Carol MartinGattonCollege of Business and Economics Alumni Hall of Fame in February 2000. She was named the Fayette County Bar Association’s Outstanding Young Lawyer in May 2001. On September 21, 2012, JudgeGoodwinereceived the Henry V. Pennington Trial Judge of the Year Award from the Kentucky Justice Association. JudgeGoodwinealso served as a Fayette County Drug Court judge from 2011 until her election to the Kentucky Court of Appeals. In March of 2018, JudgeGoodwinereceived the 2018 “Women Making History” Award from the Kentucky Commission on Women and in April of 2018, she received the CarlBeshear, “Walking by Faith” Award from the Carter G. Woodson Academy.

JudgeGoodwineis married to Lee A. Padgett, Jr. They have two children, six grandchildren, and a 12-year-old German Shepherd named Kobe. In June 2012, JudgeGoodwinewas certified as aJazzercisefitness instructor. She enjoys interior design, watching sports and teaching fitness classes.

Joseph P. Gutmannis a 1978 graduate of the University of Louisville (BS Political Science) and a 1981 graduate of Northern Kentucky University, Salmon P. Chase College of Law. He has been a member of the Kentucky Bar since 1981. For almost 20 years he was an Assistant Commonwealth’s Attorney for Jefferson County, Kentucky handling approximately 2,000 felony cases. His cases included the United States Supreme Court Landmark Case of Batson v. Kentucky. He is a member of the Federal and Supreme Court Bar. In 200l he changed careers to become a high school teacher at Central High School in Louisville. He has been the Law and Government Magnet Program Director, since 2005. During his career he has mentored numerous high school and college students who have become lawyers and professionals within the Criminal Justice system. He has been a part time faculty member at the University of Louisville since 1984, teaching in the Criminal Justice, Paralegal Studies and Political Science Departments. In 2010, he was named National “Street Law Educator of the Year”. He has been the recognized for his work at Central by the University of Louisville, Brandeis School of Law (Dean’s Service Award), Louisville Bar Association (Justice Martin E. Johnstone Award, Trailblazer Award) and Kentucky Bar Association (Nathaniel Harper Award).

Jeb Dennis is the

and a KACDL Public Attorney Member. He practices out of the DPA Bowling Green North Trial Office. He is from Cranford, New Jersey.Jeb moved to Durham, North Carolina to attend Duke University School of Law. Throughout his time at Duke, he was honored with the Pro Bono All Star Award for logging the most pro bono hours in his graduating class. Immediately upon graduation, Jeb spent five years as an Assistant Public Defender in Durham, North Carolina, handled over 2,600 cases during his tenure, while gaining valuable trial experiences in North Carolina District and Superior Court. He and his wife moved to Bowling Green, Kentucky, in late 2021 and he promptly applied to be a public defender. He has been happily working in the Bowling Green North Trial office for the past 18 months.

The Case:Jeb Dennis had his first Kentucky jury trial as first chair - he represented a client in Warren Circuit Court, who was charged with attempted unlawful transaction with a minor 1st degree for responding to a "sting" operation akin to Dateline's “To Catch a Predator.” The client spent 344 days in custody awaiting trial. With assistance from Jason Pfeil, Jeb was able to succeed in some key pretrial advocacy, getting some problematic parts of his client's statement to police redacted and later successfully arguing for an entrapment instruction. The offer was 7 years on a plea of guilty, with the prosecution opposed to probation. The offer was refused, the case went to trial, and Jeb walked his client out the door with a complete acquittal.

Zanda Myers, KACDL Private Attorney Member, has successfully defended many cases before juries in the Commonwealth of Kentucky. She has secured not guilty verdicts on Robbery, Strangulation, Drug Trafficking, DUI, Disorderly Conduct, Terroristic Threatening and Menacing. Having handled cases in 52 of Kentucky's 120 counties, Mrs. Myers has handled well over 1,500 cases in her 17+ years of experience as a trial attorney. She is a graduate of the National Criminal Defense College Trial Practice Institute and also a member of the National Criminal Defense Lawyers Association.

The case:out of Allen Circuit. 19–CR-134. The jury found theclient guilty of trafficking meth but rejected PFO. The client had 4 prior felonies for which he has served a continuous sentence, Ms. Myerswas able to get the PFO1 instruction knocked down to PFO2. By emphasizing through opening and closing remarks that Justice and reaching a just result was solely in their handsand through enough mitigation in sentencing, the jurysimply rejected the PFO all together..

Christopher Spedding, KACDL Private Attorney Member, graduatedfrom theUniversity of Louisville School of Law, Upon graduation, hepracticed law in Louisville for 14 years.In 2006, Christopher moved back to Lexington and opened his own criminal defense practice. Although hiscriminal defense practice is based in downtown Lexington (Fayette County), he serves clients throughout the region. It is not uncommon for himto represent criminal defendants in any of the surrounding counties, including Anderson, Boyle, Bourbon, Clark, Franklin, Garrard, Harrison, Jessamine, Madison, Mercer, Montgomery, Scott, Shelby and Woodford.

The case:Case No. 19-CR-165. In 2018, Christopher was retained to defend a young man who at the time was a University of Kentucky (UK) student and who had struck a four-year-old with his car following a UK football game. The childdied after being struck, which resulted in charges of reckless homicide and driving under the influence (DUI). Christopherworked with Louisville attorney Steve Schroering and Lexington attorney Eric Ray to prepare a robust defense for the client. After a four-day trial, the jury unanimously determined that the client was not guilty of reckless homicide and chose to convict only on the DUI charge. Theclient was fined $500 by the judge and released. Christopher's comments after the trail to media resources: "My job as a defense attorney is to work tirelessly on behalf of my clients, using all the evidence and testimony to get the best result on their behalf. This kind of defense is guaranteed under the United States Constitution. In this case, I solicited the assistance of two highly capable attorneys. Together, we were able to prove that this situation was the result of a terrible, tragic accident, and that our client was not guilty."

Marcel began her career in Private Practice after learning the ropes in Criminal Defense as a Public Defender. She left her practice in Lexington, Kentucky to start in California where she immediately defended the driver of a vehicle stopped at the border with 48 kilos of cocaine. Marcel has had more than 100 criminal jury trials and is Death Penalty Qualified under the Standards of the American Bar Association. In 2016, Marcel returned to Kentucky in the aftermath of a loss in her family. She finished her last California case in 2017 and after private practice once again in Kentucky, now is practicing law with the Department of Public Advocacy.

Handouts: All handout materials are in digital form and are provided via a secured dropbox link.

CLE: 5.5 hrs, including 2 ethics approved KBA

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