DWI on Trial 2024: The Big Apple XXIII
The New York State Bar Association is pleased to present our 23rd annual “DWI on Trial” seminar. This yearly DWI trial skills program, features renowned national lecturers covering a broad range of important topics of interest and applicability in the defense of DWI cases. Don’t miss this opportunity to learn from nationally recognized speakers on key issues of DWI defense.
Breakfast and Lunch will be included for those who attend live in New York.
Topics Include:
-The Art of Plea Negotiations — Thinking Outside the Box
-Cross-examination of the Breath Test Operator
-What Am I Missing? Strategizing and Challenging Certificates of Discovery Compliance
-Ethical Dilemmas in DWI Practice
-Handling the Pre-Trial Hearing
-Challenging the Virtual DMV Refusal Hearing
-Case Law Update
-Closing Arguments
Thank You to our Sponsor!
- October 25, 2024
- 8:30 AM
- 5:00 PM
- 3.0
- 1.0
- 4.0
- 8.0
- New York City
- Virtual Participation
- American Arbitration Association
150 East 42nd Street 17th Floor
New York, NY
8:30 a.m. – 9:10 a.m.
Breakfast and Registration
9:10 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.
The Art of Plea Negotiations -- Thinking Outside the Box
Speaker:
Jonathan Cohn, Esq.
Gerstenzang, Sills, Cohn & Gerstenzang
Albany, NY
1.0 Credit in Skills
10:00 a.m. – 10:50 a.m.
Cross-examination of the Breath Test Operator
Speaker:
Edward L. Fiandach, Esq.
Fiandach & Fiandach
Rochester, NY
1.0 Credit in Skills
10:50 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
Break
11:00 a.m. – 11:50 a.m.
What am I missing? Strategizing and Challenging Certificates of Discovery Compliance
Speaker:
Lisa Saltzman, Esq.
Queens Defenders
Forest Hills, NY
1.0 Credit in Areas of Professional Practice
11:50 a.m. – 12:40 p.m.
Lunch
12:40 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Ethical Dilemmas in DWI Practice
Speaker:
Matthew Simone, Esq.
Gerstenzang, Sills, Cohn & Gerstenzang
Albany, NY
1.0 Credit in Ethics
1:30 p.m. – 2:20 p.m.
Handling the Pre-Trial Hearing
Speaker:
Steven Epstein, Esq.
Barket Epstein Kearon Aldea & LoTurco, LLP
New York, NY
1.0 Credit in Skills
2:20 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Break
2:30 p.m. – 3:20 p.m.
Challenging the Virtual DMV Refusal Hearing
Speaker:
Joseph Gerstenzang, Esq.
Gerstenzang, Sills, Cohn & Gerstenzang
Albany, NY
1.0 Credit in Skills
3:20 p.m. – 4:10 p.m.
Case Law Update
Speaker:
Eric Sills, Esq.
Gerstenzang, Sills, Cohn & Gerstenzang
Albany, NY
1.0 Credit in Areas of Professional Practice
4:10 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Closing Arguments
Speaker:
Xavier Donaldson, Esq.
Donaldson & Chilliest, LLP
New York, NY
1.0 Credit in Areas of Professional Practice
- Hybrid
- 0PF84
- Committee on Continuing Legal Education
- Criminal Justice Section
