Total Credits: 17.5 MCLE, 3.0 Ethics, 1.0 Elimination of Bias, 16.0 Kansas Credit, 3.0 Kansas Ethics
Join your colleagues for the 2020 Bernard Edelman DWI Law & Science Seminar!
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Kim owns the Missouri DWI & Criminal Law Center at the Benjamin Law Firm, LLC, which is honored to be named in the top 30 of 355 criminal defense firms in KC. She regularly teaches lawyers all over the US how to try criminal and civil cases. www.DWICriminalLawCenter.com - kim@benjaminlawkc.com
Tory Bernsen is a partner at Muhlenkamp & Bernsen and focuses her practice on criminal defense and appellate advocacy. Ms. Bernsen is a Criminal Justice Act Panel Attorney for the United States District Court in the Eastern District of Missouri and the defense attorney for the DWI Court Program in St. Louis County. She sits on the Board of Directors for the Missouri Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (MACDL).
Ms. Bernsen received the Atticus Finch Award from MACDL in 2019 and is a staunch advocate for appellate review on the merits and effective representation of criminal defendants. Ms. Bernsen is a member of the National College for DUI Defense and, while serving as Special Assistant Attorney General and Legal Counsel to the Director of Revenue, she completed the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) course in the administration of standardized field sobriety testing.
Maureen Brady is partner and founder of McShane & Brady, LLC. Her practice focuses on all areas personal injury but has established herself as a leader involving issues of medical privacy, specially HIPAA law.
Dave Cox is the Founder and President of the American Association of Premier DUI Attorneys. Dave has taught approximately 700 DWI Defense Continuing Legal Education Courses across the United States since 2008. Dave is a decorated former police officer and he was recognized as one of the top DWI officers in the country. Dave’s knowledge, experience, and expertise is highly sought after as he is consistently retained nationwide by defense attorneys to help them win their DWI cases. Dave is asked to assist on everything from the highest profile DWI – Drugs accident case with multiple fatalities to the most common DWI – Alcohol case. Dave regularly receives requests to hold special training courses for judges, defense attorneys, prosecutors, and police officers in various locations in the country.
John M. Eccher is a criminal defense and civil plaintiff trial attorney, with the majorities of his criminal practice in the area of DWI defense and his civil practice in the areas of employment and civil rights litigation.
McGill & University of Montreal educated Marisa Feil holds a Bachelor & Master’s of Law. Marisa is the principal/founder of FWCanada, a Canadian law firm specializing in travel waivers for individuals with previous convictions. She offers her expertise at conferences and has written “Inadmissible to Canada” available on Amazon.
Matt Fry is one of Missouri’s top DWI attorneys. He has successfully defended every type of DWI case, including assault, manslaughter, and felony murder. There is no DWI fact pattern Matt has not seen. Outside of DWI offense, Matt is passionate about teaching Trial Advocacy II at SLU Law and running his non-profit, St. Louis Impact.
Atlanta attorney Bubba Head was named “Best DUI Lawyer in Atlanta” in 2017 and 2012 by Best Lawyers in America. No DUI attorney in the State of Georgia has been named to Super Lawyers more times or maintained the highest possible Martindale-Hubbell ratings longer than Mr. Head. Plus, he has been nominated and named to Best Lawyers in America longer than any other Georgia attorney.
Jason Heany earned his Juris Doctor degree from Southern Illinois University in 2006. He practices in the counties of Johnson, Henry, Benton, Bates, and St. Clair here in Missouri. He practices in the firm of Dull & Heany, LLC with offices in Windsor, Clinton and Sedalia, Missouri.
John M. Lynch is an attorney in St. Louis, who also serves as a legal commentator for a host of news/media outlets across the country. Presently, he concentrates in areas of federal law, civil litigation, criminal defense and personal injury.
Kathy Matthews graduated from the University of Missouri-Columbia in 1980 with a Bachelor of Arts in History and UMKC Law School in 1983. For the past 33 years she has represented commercial motor vehicle clients in a diverse range of CDL matters as a solo practitioner in Kansas City, Missouri.
Travis Noble concentrates in the areas of DWI, federal and state drug charges and other felonies. He served as a police officer from 1985 until 1990 and a narcotics agent from 1990 until 1995. He has instructed in the areas of Narcotics Investigations, Forensics, Criminal Investigations, Police K-9, Standardized Field Sobriety Testing and DWI Investigations. As a result of ten years in law enforcement, he brings a unique outlook and background in the defense of persons charged with crimes. In addition to trying cases throughout the State of Missouri, he has represented defendants in both federal and state courts throughout the United States.
Michael Sharma-Crawford is a principal in Sharma-Crawford Attorneys at Law. He has been defending non-citizens in removal proceedings since 2002. In 2011 he and his partner Rekha Sharma-Crawford opened The Clinic, a 501(c)(3) non-profit law clinic that provides representation to indigent non-citizens in the Kansas City Immigration Court.
Dr. Valentine has B.S. degrees in both Biology and Chemistry from Centenary College of Louisiana; M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from The University of Mississippi in Medicinal Chemistry. He retired in 2008 from the University of Arkansas, College of Medicine, where he served for 19-years as Professor of Pediatrics, Pharmacology, and Myeloma Research and the last 5-years as Chairman of the Institutional Review Board at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences which oversaw all the human research in the various colleges and affiliated Veterans’ Hospitals. Prior to that Dr. Valentine was a faculty member at the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine (Assistant Professor of Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Lecturer in Medicine) and Oral Roberts University School of Medicine in Tulsa, Oklahoma (Associate and Full Professor and Chairman of Pharmacology). At all the academic institutions where Dr. Valentine served as a faculty member he also directed Toxicology laboratories and had active research programs in the fields of drugs of abuse, performing and developing analytical techniques for determining drugs of abuse, and correlating levels found in humans with behavioral effects.
Dr. Valentine was a pioneer in utilizing gas and liquid chromatography for analysis of human physiological fluids and tissues. Dr. Valentine has published 59 articles in peer-reviewed scientific and medical literature, 12 monographs in forensic newsletters, 14 chapters in books and is co-author of 3 books. He has presented at many scientific meetings on the correlation of drug use and behavioral effects in relationship to levels determined in physiological fluids both in living and post-mortem situations. Dr. Valentine has testified in numerous civil and criminal trials, and administrative hearings concerning drug findings and has been qualified as an expert witness in 28 different states as well as Federal courts and military court martial proceedings. Dr. Valentine now serves as a consultant in medical pharmacology and toxicology. Dr. Valentine is also a commercially rated pilot and a Certified Flight Instructor.
TUE | DEC 1
8:30 – 9:30 AM | PLENARY SESSION
Opening Remarks & Case Law Review | 1.2 MCLE
Speaker: Matthew D. Fry, Rosenblum Schwartz & Fry, St. Louis
9:30 – 9:40 AM | BREAK
9:40 – 11:25 AM | PLENARY SESSION
Using NHTSA Manuals to Cross LEOs | 2.1 MCLE
Speaker: Dave Cox, American Association of Premier DUI Attorneys, Middleton, ID
11:25 – 11:40 AM | GRAB YOUR LUNCH
11:40 AM – 12:30 PM | LUNCHEON PRESENTATION
Ethics at Lunch: What You Need to Know about HIPAA in Your DWI Cases | 1.0 MCLE / 1.0 Ethics
Speaker: Maureen M. Brady, McShane & Brady, LLC, Kansas City
12:30 – 12:40 PM | BREAK
12:40 – 1:40 PM | BREAKOUT SESSION 1
CRIMINAL | Everything I Wish I’d Known About DWIs When I was a Public Defender | 1.2 MCLE
Speaker: N. Craig Napier, Missouri DWI & Criminal Law Center at the Benjamin Law Firm, Kansas City & Belton
DOR BASICS | Administrative Hearings | 1.4 MCLE (NOTE: This program is 68 minutes long)
Speaker: Tory D. Bernsen, Muhlenkamp & Bernsen, Clayton
IMMIGRATION | Immigration Issues all DWI Lawyers Should Know | 1.2 MCLE
Speaker: W. Michael Sharma-Crawford, Sharma-Crawford Attorneys at Law, Kansas City
1:40 – 1:50 PM | BREAK
1:50 – 2:50 PM | BREAKOUT SESSION 2
CRIMINAL | How to Win a DWI Case with a Motion to Suppress | 1.2 MCLE
Speaker: John M. Lynch, The Law Offices of John M. Lynch, LLC, St. Peters
DOR BASICS | Refusal Cases & Trials de Novo | 1.1 MCLE
Speaker: Christopher J. Zellers, Gabris Law LLC, St. Louis
IMMIGRATION | Even an SIS on a DWI Prevents Travel to Canada | 1.2 MCLE
Speaker: Marisa Feil, FW, Canada, Montreal, Quebec
2:50 – 3:00 PM | BREAK
3:00 – 4:40 PM | PLENARY SESSION
50 Ways to Beat a Breath Alcohol Test | 2.0 MCLE
Speaker: William “Bubba” C. Head, Attorney at Law, Sandy Springs, GA
WED | DEC 2
8:30 – 10:30 AM | PLENARY SESSION
Why Blood Tests Cannot Be Trusted to Be Accurate: An Expert’s Perspective | 2.4 MCLE
Speakers: Carrie R. Valentine, PhD and Jimmie L. Valentine, PhD, Medical Pharmacology and Toxicology Consultants, Gulfport, MS
10:30 – 10:40 AM | BREAK
10:40 – 11:46 AM | PLENARY SESSION
How to Keep the Blood Test & Breath Test Out of Evidence: Foundation Issues | 1.3 MCLE (NOTE: This session is 66 minutes long)
Speakers: John M. Eccher, Eccher Law Group, St. Louis and Tory D. Bernsen
11:46 AM – 12:00 PM | GRAB YOUR LUNCH
12:00 – 12:50 PM | LUNCHEON PRESENTATION
Ethics at Lunch: How You Can Win Your DWI by Using a DOR Subpoena & Court Reporter at Your Administrative Hearings: Including the Ethics of Using a Subpoena | 1.0 MCLE / 1.0 Ethics
Speaker: Jason Heany, Dull & Heany, LLC, Clinton
12:50 – 1:00 PM | BREAK
1:00 – 1:50 PM | DOR BASICS | Drafting Exceptional Findings of Fact & Conclusions of Law in Your DOR | 1.0 MCLE
Speaker: John M. Eccher
1:50 – 2:00 PM | BREAK
2:00 – 2:50 PM | DOR BASICS | Everything you Need to Know about CDL’s | 1.0 MCLE
Speaker: Kathleen Matthews, Attorney at Law, Kansas City
2:50 – 3:10 PM | BREAK
3:10 – 4:00 PM | BREAKOUT SESSION 3
CRIMINAL | How to Effectively Talk to a Jury & Win Your Case Using the Methods of the Gerry Spence Trial Lawyers College | 0.9 MCLE
Speaker: Kimberly Benjamin
DOR BASICS | Everything You Must Know About BWIs: Sink or Swim | 0.9 MCLE
Speaker: Timothy R. Cisar, The Cisar Law Firm, PC, Lake Ozark
4:00 – 4:10 PM | BREAK
4:10 – 5:00 PM | PLENARY SESSION
Can’t Miss! Be Aware of Implicit Bias & Cultural Incompetency in Juries, Judges, Cops, Prosecutors, & YOU | 1.0 MCLE / 1.0 Ethics / 1.0 Bias
Speaker: Travis L. Noble, Sindel Noble, St. Louis
5:00 PM | ADJOURN
BERNARD EDELMAN DWI LAW & SCIENCE SEMINAR 2020 REGISTRATION CANCELLATION & REFUND POLICY
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| Dec 01, 2020 @ 08:30 AM (CST) |
PLENARY | Opening Remarks & Case Law Review
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Total Credits: 1.2 MCLE | 1 Hour 03 Minutes | More info » | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dec 01, 2020 @ 09:40 AM (CST) |
PLENARY | Using NHTSA Manuals to Cross LEOs
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Total Credits: 2.1 MCLE | 1 Hour 45 Minutes | More info » | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dec 01, 2020 @ 11:40 AM (CST) |
LUNCHEON PRESENTATION | Ethics at Lunch: What You Need to Know About HIPAA in Your DWI Cases (Qualifies for 1.0 Ethics hour)
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Total Credits: 1.0 MCLE | 50 Minutes | More info » | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dec 01, 2020 @ 12:40 PM (CST) |
BREAKOUT SESSION 1 | CRIMINAL | Everything I Wish I'd Known About DWIs When I Was a Public Defender
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Total Credits: 1.2 MCLE | 1 Hour 02 Minutes | More info » | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dec 01, 2020 @ 12:40 PM (CST) |
BREAKOUT SESSION 1 | DOR BASICS | Administrative Hearings
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Total Credits: 1.4 MCLE | 1 Hour 08 Minutes | More info » | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dec 01, 2020 @ 12:40 PM (CST) |
BREAKOUT SESSION 1 | IMMIGRATION | Immigration Issues All DWI Lawyers Should Know
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Total Credits: 1.2 MCLE | 58 Minutes | More info » | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dec 01, 2020 @ 01:50 PM (CST) |
BREAKOUT SESSION 2 | CRIMINAL | How to Win a DWI Case with a Motion to Suppress
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Total Credits: 1.2 MCLE | 59 Minutes | More info » | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dec 01, 2020 @ 01:50 PM (CST) |
BREAKOUT SESSION 2 | DOR BASICS | Refusal Cases & Trials de Novo
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Total Credits: 1.1 MCLE | 53 Minutes | More info » | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dec 01, 2020 @ 01:50 PM (CST) |
BREAKOUT SESSION 2 | IMMIGRATION | Even an SIS on a DWI Prevents Travel to Canada
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Total Credits: 1.2 MCLE | 59 Minutes | More info » | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dec 01, 2020 @ 03:00 PM (CST) |
PLENARY SESSION | 50 Ways to Beat a Breath Alcohol Test
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Total Credits: 2.0 MCLE | 1 Hour 30 Minutes | More info » | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dec 02, 2020 @ 08:30 AM (CST) |
PLENARY | Why Blood Tests Cannot be Trusted to be Accurate: An Expert's Perspective
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Total Credits: 2.4 MCLE | 2 Hours | More info » | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dec 02, 2020 @ 10:40 AM (CST) |
PLENARY | How to Keep the Blood Test & Breath Test Out of Evidence: Foundation Issues
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Total Credits: 1.3 MCLE | 1 Hour 06 Minutes | More info » | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dec 02, 2020 @ 12:00 PM (CST) |
LUNCHEON PRESENTATION | Ethics at Lunch: How You Can Win Your DWI by Using a DOR Subpoena and Court Reporter at Your Administrative Hearings - Including the Ethics of Using a Subpoena (Qualifies for 1.0 Ethics hour)
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Total Credits: 1.0 MCLE | 48 Minutes | More info » | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dec 02, 2020 @ 01:00 PM (CST) |
DOR BASICS | Drafting Exceptional Findings of Fact & Conclusions of Law in Your DOR
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Total Credits: 1.0 MCLE | 52 Minutes | More info » | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dec 02, 2020 @ 02:00 PM (CST) |
DOR BASICS | Everything You Need to Know About CDLs
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Total Credits: 1.2 MCLE | 49 Minutes | More info » | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dec 02, 2020 @ 03:10 PM (CST) |
BREAKOUT SESSION 3 | CRIMINAL | How to Effectively Talk to a Jury & Win Your Case Using the Methods of the Gerry Spence Trial Lawyers College
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Total Credits: 0.9 MCLE | 46 Minutes | More info » | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dec 02, 2020 @ 03:10 PM (CST) |
BREAKOUT SESSION 3 | DOR BASICS | Everything You Must Know About BWIs: Sink or Swim
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Total Credits: 0.9 MCLE | 46 Minutes | More info » | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dec 02, 2020 @ 04:10 PM (CST) |
PLENARY | Can't Miss! Be Aware of Implicit Bias & Cultural Incompetency in Juries, Judges, Cops & Prosecutors & YOU (Qualifies for 1.0 Ethics hour | 1.0 Bias hour)
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Total Credits: 1.0 MCLE | 50 Minutes | More info » | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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