57th Annual Conference

NYSDA's 57th Annual

Meeting and Conference

July 21 23, 2024

Saratoga Hilton & City Center

 

REGISTER HERE

 Deadline: Wednesday, July 3, 2024

Registration Fee

 

  • $290 for NYSDA Members, Public Defenders, Legal Aid & Assigned Counsel Attorneys ($225 for one day)

 

  • $390 for all others ($325 for one day)

 

Tuition assistance for financial hardship is available.

 

  • Defender Reception & Awards Banquet (Monday evening)

$95 per person [Register here for the Banquet only]

 

*Note: There will not be a virtual option for this event. NYSDA anticipates recording the training sessions for future access by defenders and defense team members.

 

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THE FULL PROGRAM SCHEDULE

 

Sunday

July 21, 2024

 

12:00 – 4:00 pm

Chief Defender Convening

 

4:30 – 6:00 pm

NYSDA Board Meeting

 

6:00 – 7:30 pm

Welcome Defender Reception

 

 

Monday

July 22, 2024

 

8:30 – 9:00 am

Annual Meeting of the Membership

 

9:00 am – 5:00 pm

CLE sessions for Criminal and Family Defense Practitioners

 

5:30 pm

Defender Reception and Awards Banquet

 

Tuesday

July 23, 2024

 

8:00 – 9:00 am

NYSDA Board Meeting

 

9:00 am – 4:30 pm

CLE sessions for Criminal and Family Defense Practitioners

Presenters Include

 

Zainab Akbar 

Managing Attorney, Family Defense Practice

Neighborhood Defender Services

 

Chas Budnik

Supervising Attorney, Family Defense Practice

Brooklyn Defender Services

 

Brian Cummings

Digital Evidence Resource Attorney, Discovery and Forensic Support Unit

New York State Defenders Association

 

Shalonda Curtis-Hackett 

Community Outreach Coordinator, Family Defense Practice

Neighborhood Defender Service of Harlem

 

Drew DuBrin

Special Assistant Public Defender, Appeals Section

Monroe County Public Defender’s Office

 

Nancy Farrell

Director, Veterans Defense Program

New York State Defenders Association

 

Sophie Feal

Managing Attorney, Holistic Representation Program

WNY Regional Immigration Assistance Center (RIAC), Legal Aid Bureau of Buffalo

 

Cynthia Feathers

Family Court Appellate Consultant

Albany County Public Defender's Office

 

Deborah Frankel

Supervising Attorney, Family Defense Practice

Brooklyn Defender Services

 

Nicole Smith Futrell

Professor of Law and Co-Director, Defenders Clinic

CUNY School of Law

 

Jacqueline Gosdigian

Supervising Policy Counsel, Policy Team

Brooklyn Defender Services 

 

Kayla Hardesty

Assistant Public Defender

Cortland County Public Defender’s Office

 

Jennifer Hose

Citywide Decarceration Attorney, Decarceration Project

The Legal Aid Society

 

William King

Assistant Public Defender

Monroe County Public Defender’s Office

 

Timothy Murphy

Assistant Federal Public Defender, Appellate Unit

Federal Public Defender’s Office for the Western District of New York

 

Benjamin Pomerance

Deputy Commissioner for Program Development

New York State Department of Veterans’ Services

 

Veronica Reed

Attorney at Law

Law Offices of Veronica Reed

 

Elizabeth Daniel Vasquez

Director, Science & Surveillance Project

Brooklyn Defender Services

 

Saul Zipkin

Supervising Appellate Attorney, Family Defense Practice

The Bronx Defenders

 

 

Hotel Reservations

The conference room blocks at the Saratoga Hilton and the Saratoga Hilton Garden Inn have been filled. For more information on other hotels in the area, visit Discover Saratoga at https://www.discoversaratoga.org/stay/.

 

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NYSDA's Annual Conference training is intended for defense attorneys in criminal and family court practice and other members of the defense team, including investigators, paralegals, social workers, mitigation specialists, and parent advocates.

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MCLE

NYSDA has been certified by the New York State Continuing Legal Education Board as an Accredited Provider of Continuing Legal Education in the State of New York (2022-2025) in traditional and non-traditional formats. CLE Credits will be announced when the schedule is finalized.

 

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