Annual Speaker Evals 2019
Tuesday, September 17
Free Domestic Violence Training
Staley Heatly, 46th Judicial District Attorney
Legislative Update
Shannon Edmonds, TDCAA Staff Attorney and Governmental Relations
Vincent Giardino, Asst. Criminal District Attorney, Tarrant County
Wednesday, September 18
Rural Prosecutors’ Forum
Mike Fouts, 39th Judicial District Attorney
Mike Criswell, Swisher County Attorney
Juvenile Forum
Jana Jones, Prosecutor, Special Prosecution Unit
Prosecutor’s Guide to Understanding and Counteracting Cognitive Bias
Alim Adatia, Director, Outreach Strategists, LLC
Richard Baker, Executive Director of Equal Opportunity, Rice University
Jarvis Parsons, District Attorney, Brazos County
Bill Wirskye, First Asst. District Attorney, Collin County
CCA & SCOTUS Update
Hon. David Newell, Court of Criminal Appeals
Thursday morning, September 19
Today’s Intoxication
Marijuana Status & Studies
Ashley Schluck, Traffic Safety Resource Prosecutor, Laramie, Wyoming
Securing & Defending Warrants
Phil Hall & Kristin Burns, Asst. Criminal District Attorneys, Bastrop County
Jury Selection in Drugged Driving Cases
Lauren Black, Asst. Criminal District Attorney, Dallas County
Civil Law
Dealing with the Businesses of Crime
Celena Vinson, Asst. County Attorney, Harris County
Records Request-O-Rama
Russ Roden, Asst. Criminal District Attorney, Dallas County
Insuring Your County
Debbie Bonner, Asst. Criminal District Attorney, Kaufman County
Adult Sex Assault
Pre-Trial
Allenna Bangs, Asst. Criminal District Attorney, Tarrant County
Jury Selection
Jen Falk, Asst. Criminal District Attorney, Dallas County
Consent
Brian Baker, First Asst. District Attorney, Brazos County
Child Sex Assault
Pre-Trial
Sunni Mitchell, Asst. District Attorney, Williamson County
Jury Selection
Karl Alexander, Asst. Criminal District Attorney, Bexar County
Presenting Your Case
Tanisha Manning, Asst. District Attorney, Harris County
Investigators
Contending with Deadly Evidence
Patrick Sloane, Asst. District Attorney, El Paso County
Child Death Investigations
Ronny Dale Smith, Asst. Criminal District Attorney, Tarrant County
Abusive Head Trauma in Children
Gale Echols, DA Investigator
Shanna Redwine, Asst. District Attorney, Montgomery County
KP-VAC
Certification & Determinate Sentencing
Jana Jones, Prosecutor, Special Prosecution Unit
Victims of Cybercrime
Mario Merendon, Computer Forensic Investigator, Denton County
Courthouse Security
Erwin Ballarta, Executive Director, Texas Police Association, Austin
Thursday afternoon, September 19
White Collar & White-Collar Adjacent
Elder Fraud
Lori Varnell, Asst. Criminal District Attorney, Tarrant County
Skimmers & Identity Theft
Chris Gatewood, Asst. Criminal District Attorney, Smith County
Engaging Evidence for Sleepy Jurors
Jessica Frazier, Asst. Criminal District Attorney, Comal County
Civil Law
Current County Vulnerabilities
C. Scott Brumley, County Attorney, Potter County
Property Tax Cap Consequences
Paul Miles, Associate General Counsel, Texas Association of Counties, Austin
Bail Bonds
Andrew Wipke, Asst. Criminal District Attorney, Lubbock County
Forensic Evidence
Seizing Digital Evidence
Cameron Calligan, Asst. District Attorney, Harris County
Social Media: Preserving & Use
Calli Bailey, Asst. Criminal District Attorney, Collin County
Intoxication Crime Forensics
Allison Tisdale, Asst. District Attorney, Travis County
Executives & Admins
Victims & Immigration
Lauren Sepulveda, Asst. Criminal District Attorney, Hidalgo County
Public Perception Strategies
Tyler Dunman, Asst. District Attorney, Montgomery County
Tech Tools: Wheat from Chaff
Kevin Petroff, First Asst. Criminal District Attorney, Galveston County
Erik Nielsen, Asst. District Attorney, Travis County
Investigators
The World’s Most Prolific Serial Killer
Bobby Bland, District Attorney, Ector County
James Holland, Texas Ranger
Understanding Commercial Vehicle Records
Zack Wavrusa, Asst. County and District Attorney, Rusk County
The SPU & You!
Jack Choate, Executive Director
Erin Faseler, Chief of Commitments, Special Prosecution Unit
KP-VAC
Time Management
Rebecca Lundberg, Asst. Criminal District Attorney, Kaufman County
Dealing with Difficult People
Mark Warren, Consultant, Texas Association of Counties, Austin
The Brain’s Reaction to Trauma
Staley Heatly, 46th Judicial District Attorney
Friday, September 20
Diversity and Prosecution Round Table Discussion
Jeremy Sylestine, Asst. District Attorney, Travis County
Kenisha Day, Asst. District Attorney, Harris County
(Hosted by the Diversity, Recruitment, and Retention Committee)
Trial Ethics
Texas Disclosure Law: Reasonable and Unreasonable Fears
Mike Holley, First Asst. District Attorney, Montgomery County
Prosecuting a Mass Murderer: the Aurora Theater Shooting
George Brauchler, 18th Judicial District Attorney, Colorado
Civil Law
Ethics for Litigators
Sherine Thomas, Asst. County Attorney, Travis County
Developing a Capital Project
Tiffany Leal, Asst. Criminal District Attorney, Comal County
Investigators
Street Survival for Investigators
Joe Medrano, Investigator, Bell County
Sovereign Citizen Case Study
Stephanie Greger, Criminal Division Chief, & Rudy Gonzalez, Chief Investigator, Williamson County
VAC Core Training Workshop
Advanced VAC Training
Jalayne Robinson, TDCAA Victim Services Director
Cyndi Jahn, Victim Assistance Coordinator, Bexar County