 | I have been involved as a guest instructor at Southern Methodist University, Dedman School of Law on the topic of Death Penalty Defense (Death Penalty Project) for the past seven years. I have had training, as well as experience, in working with the issues of mental health and mental retardation. Each of the following seminars has had specific training with regard to working with a mentally retarded/mentally ill client: TCDLA Capital Murder Seminar Galveston, Texas March, 2002 TCDLA Capital Murder Seminar Houston, Texas March, 2000 Texas Defender Services Mitigation Seminar Dallas, Texas April, 2001 NITA Habeas Training Seminar Houston, Texas 2001 Federal Habeas Seminar Habeas Assistance Training Counsel Administrative Office, United States Court Denver, Colorado State Habeas Training Seminar Habeas Assistance Training Counsel Administrative Office, United States Court Austin, Texas Mental Retardation Update Center For American and International Law Austin, Texas Third Annual Mental Health and the Criminal Law Seminar Habeas Assistance Training Counsel Administrative Office, United States Court Atlanta, GA Capital Trial Advocacy “Persuading the Jury that your Client is Not a Future Danger” The Center for American and International Law Plano, Texas January 17, 2003 Capital Murder Trial Training Georgia Indigent Defense Council/GACDL Jekyll Island, GA February 6-9, 2003 Federal Habeas Corpus Training U.S. Court Administration/HAT August 19-23, 2004 St. Louis, MO Lubbock Criminal Defense Lawyers Association Annual Criminal Defense Seminar January 7-8, 2005 Lubbock, Texas TCDLA/CDLP Forensic Seminar September 22-23, 2005 Dallas, Texas Third National Forensic Evidence and the Criminal Law Seminar
January 26-29, 2006
St. Anthony Wyndham Hotel
San Antonio, TX Fourth National Forensic Evidence and the Criminal Law Seminar
January 18-21, 2007 Marriot New Orleans at the Convention Center New Orleans, Louisiana
Life in the Balance 2007 March 10-13, 2007 The Fairmont Hotel Dallas, TX Capital Defense Training National Consortium for Capital Defense Training May 10-12, 2007 Center for American and International Law Plano, Texas Texas Criminal Procedure and Offenders with Mental Impairments: A Refresher December 14, 2007 Texas Tech University School of Law Lubbock, Texas Convicting the Innocent April 4, 2008 Texas Tech University School of Law Lubbock, TX TCDLA Forensics October 23-24, 2008 Holiday Inn Dallas Dallas, TX Sixth National Seminar on Forensic Evidence and The Criminal Law January 7-10, 2010 Hilton Bayfront Hotel San Diego, CA Additionally, I have had experience in working with mentally retarded, mentally ill and autistic clients on numerous occasions, most notably, as a consulting expert (under State of Texas vs. DeFreece) in the State of Texas vs. Johnny Paul Penry, State of Texas vs. Abigail Whytus, and State of Texas vs. Joe Lee Guy (reversed and remanded by the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals). |