Executive Director’s Perspective: By the Numbers – By Joseph A. Martinez

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Special thanks to course directors Jeanette Kinard (Austin) and Stan Schwieger (Waco) for the CDLP Winning Trial Tactics seminar held in Waco in April. Thanks to their efforts and the speakers we had 103 participants.

Special thanks to course directors Mark Snodgrass (Lubbock), Kelly Pace (Tyler), and Jason Cassel (Longview) for the CDLP Winning Trial Tactics held in Tyler in April. Thanks to their efforts and the speakers we had 61 participants.

Special thanks to course directors Jason Cassel (Longview), Sharon Curtis (McKinney), and Coby Waddill (Denton) for the TCDLA Cross-Examination seminar held in Dallas in April. Thanks to their efforts and the speakers we had 90 participants.

Special thanks to our course directors, David Burrows (Dallas), Larry Boyd (Dallas), and Deandra Grant (Dallas), for the TCDLA: DWI Defense Project seminar held in Arlington in May. Thanks to their efforts and the speakers we had 194 participants.

Special thanks to course directors J. Gary Trichter (Bandera) and Troy McKinney (Houston) for the CDLP Understanding Blood Alcohol Testing: Basics of Gas Chromatography seminar held in Houston at the South Texas School of Law in May. Special thanks to the Harris County Public Defenders Office and South Texas School of Law, who co-sponsored the seminar. Thanks to their efforts and the speakers we had 89 participants, which included judges.

Are you interested in forming a local criminal defense bar? Need help getting organized? Please contact Bobby Mims, Chair of the TCDLA Affiliate Committee ().

Please save the date to join us this summer for the following outstanding seminars:

      July 12–13   CDLP Winning Trial Tactics at South Padre Island, 2012. Our course directors will be Bobby Lerma, Jeanette Kinard, and Sheldon Weisfeld. We will have the annual Beach Barbecue event with chef extraordinaire Bill Trantham and his band of grillers.

      July 20–22   TCDLA Membership Retreat, League City

     August 1–2   CDLP, Innocence Work for Real Lawyers: How to Get Innocent Clients Out of Prison, Austin

  August 16–17   TCDLA, 10th Annual Top Gun DWI Seminar, Austin

Good verdicts to all.

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Joseph A. Martinez
Joseph A. Martinez
Joseph A. Martinez is the former long-time Executive Director of the Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association.
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