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7:15am EDT
7:30am EDT
8:00am EDT
8:15am EDT
8:15am EDT
Reduct Video Demo
Tuesday July 21, 2026 8:15am - 8:45am EDT
Speakers 
Public Defense Engagement Lead, Reduct Video
Reduct.video transforms the way teams work with video by combining AI transcription, text-based editing, searchable video archives, and collaborative tools in one platform. It helps organizations quickly find key moments, create highlights, and turn hours of recordings into impactful...
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9:00am EDT
Welcome & Remarks
Tuesday July 21, 2026 9:00am - 9:45am EDT
Speakers 
Omotayo B. Alli, JD, MPA, SPHR is the Executive Director of the Georgia Public Defender Council and leads the agency statewide. An experienced public defender, she brings proven skills to enhance the effectiveness and quality of legal representation for indigent persons. Her goal...
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Anthony E. "Tony" Waller presently serves as the assistant dean for career development at the University of Georgia School of Law. He joined the School of Law in 2015 as the school's director of public sector career advising and bar exam success programming, and he has been responsible...
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Tuesday July 21, 2026 9:00am - 9:45am
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UGA CHAPEL
9:45am EDT
The Price of Mercy
Tuesday July 21, 2026 9:45am - 10:45am EDT
Speakers 
Executive Director, Partners for Justice
Emily Galvin Almanza is the Co-Founder and Executive Director of Partners for Justice, a nonprofit creating a new collaborative model designed to empower public defenders nationwide. Prior to co-founding PFJ, Emily fought for clients inside the LA County Public Defender, Santa Clara...
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Tuesday July 21, 2026 9:45am - 10:45am
EDT
UGA CHAPEL
10:45am EDT
BREAK
Tuesday July 21, 2026 10:45am - 11:00am EDT
Tuesday July 21, 2026 10:45am - 11:00am
EDT
UGA CHAPEL
11:00am EDT
Rooted: Grounded in Work That Can Shake You
Tuesday July 21, 2026 11:00am - 12:00pm EDT
Speakers 
CEO & Founder, The Bowden-Lewis Consulting Group
TaShun Bowden-Lewis, Esq. is a criminal defense expert, esteemed speaker, personal & executive coach, catalyst for change, and the CEO & Founder of The Bowden-Lewis Consulting Group, LLC. With almost 30 years dedicated to working in public defense, culminating in her historic 2022...
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Tuesday July 21, 2026 11:00am - 12:00pm
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UGA CHAPEL
11:00am EDT
12:00pm EDT
1:00pm EDT
1:00pm EDT
BOX LUNCH
Tuesday July 21, 2026 1:00pm - 2:15pm EDT
1:15pm EDT
1:30pm EDT
Q & A With Executive Director Alli
Tuesday July 21, 2026 1:30pm - 2:00pm EDT
Speakers
Omotayo B. Alli, JD, MPA, SPHR is the Executive Director of the Georgia Public Defender Council and leads the agency statewide. An experienced public defender, she brings proven skills to enhance the effectiveness and quality of legal representation for indigent persons. Her goal...
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2:00pm EDT
Q & A With Executive Director Alli
Tuesday July 21, 2026 2:00pm - 2:30pm EDT
Speakers
Omotayo B. Alli, JD, MPA, SPHR is the Executive Director of the Georgia Public Defender Council and leads the agency statewide. An experienced public defender, she brings proven skills to enhance the effectiveness and quality of legal representation for indigent persons. Her goal...
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2:30pm EDT
Ethics, Confidentiality, and Operations for Legal Administrators
Tuesday July 21, 2026 2:30pm - 3:30pm EDT
Speakers PL
Pamela Lockett is an accomplished Business Analyst Supervisor with a diverse professional background in business operations, law enforcement, and higher education. With more than a decade of experience in law enforcement, she has developed a strong foundation in leadership, strategic...
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2:30pm EDT
A Series of Unfortunate Events — Bad Character Evidence in Disguise
Tuesday July 21, 2026 2:30pm - 3:30pm EDT
Speakers 
Appellate Attorney, GPDC Appellate Division
David Douds works for the GPDC Appellate Division out of Athens serving multiple circuits in Northeast Georgia. He has been with GPDC for eight years — the first five as a trial attorney in the Coweta and Western Circuits.
David graduated from the Georgia State University of La...
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2:30pm EDT
Case Law and Statutory Changes Update
Tuesday July 21, 2026 2:30pm - 3:30pm EDT
Speakers 
Chief Assistant Public Defender, Brunswick Judicial Circuit Public Defender's Office
Background: I am a career Public Defender. University of Georgia Class of 2007 (history/philosophy). Washington & Lee University School of Law Class of 2010.From Hagan, GA. Currently, live in Liberty County, GA. Started as an Assistant Public Defender in the Middle Judicial Circuit...
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2:30pm EDT
Case Law Update (BROADCAST)
Tuesday July 21, 2026 2:30pm - 3:30pm EDT
Speakers
Chief Assistant Public Defender, Brunswick Judicial Circuit Public Defender's Office
Background: I am a career Public Defender. University of Georgia Class of 2007 (history/philosophy). Washington & Lee University School of Law Class of 2010.From Hagan, GA. Currently, live in Liberty County, GA. Started as an Assistant Public Defender in the Middle Judicial Circuit...
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2:30pm EDT
Daubert: Litigating Expert Testimony
Tuesday July 21, 2026 2:30pm - 3:30pm EDT
Speakers CK
Assistant Public Defender
Charlie Koch is an Assistant Public Defender in the Macon Judicial Circuit, primarily handling cases in Peach and Crawford counties.
2:30pm EDT
What Happened to You? Trauma‑Informed Advocacy for Youth at Every Stage
Tuesday July 21, 2026 2:30pm - 3:30pm EDT
Speakers GB
Director, Youth Advocacy Division, Georgia Public Defender Council
Gayle B. Murray is the Director of Youth Advocacy Division for the Georgia Public Defender Council, where she leads statewide initiatives to strengthen juvenile defense practice and elevate the voices of young people in the justice system. A career public defender with nearly three...
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2:30pm EDT
Discovering & Telling Your Client's Story: Mitigation & Life Histories in Court
Tuesday July 21, 2026 2:30pm - 3:30pm EDT
Speakers 
Vogelsang Consulting, Inc
Janet Vogelsang, LISW-CP, BCD, is a licensed clinical social worker with more than 45 years of clinical experience. She earned her master’s degree in social work from the University of South Carolina and her undergraduate degree in psychology from Pepperdine University.
Janet began her career in Los Angeles County, where she worked with justice-involved youth and helped develop programs for adolescents involved in serious offenses. She later returned to South Carolina, where she established a private practice in Greenville specializing in biopsychosocial...
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2:30pm EDT
3:30pm EDT
BREAK
Tuesday July 21, 2026 3:30pm - 3:45pm EDT
3:45pm EDT
The Life of a Criminal Case for Non Lawyers
Tuesday July 21, 2026 3:45pm - 4:45pm EDT
Speakers 
Chief Assistant Public Defender, Law Office of the Public Defender, Augusta Judicial Circuit
Lyndsey Hix is a 2007 graduate of the University of Georgia School of Law and a 2004 graduate of Pennsylvania State University. She has been the Chief Assistant Public Defender for the Augusta Judicial Circuit Law Office of the Public Defender since 2021. In that role, she is responsible...
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3:45pm EDT
3:45pm EDT
Voir Dire Straits: Picking a Jury Without Losing Your Mind
Tuesday July 21, 2026 3:45pm - 4:45pm EDT
Speakers 
David Tatem is the Towaliga Circuit Public Defender, serving Jackson, Lamar, and Monroe counties. David began working with the Georgia Public Defender Agency in 2014, winning a felony trial as a law student at Mercer University School of Law while interning with the Dublin Circuit...
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3:45pm EDT
Voir Dire Straits: Picking a Jury Without Losing Your Mind (BROADCAST)
Tuesday July 21, 2026 3:45pm - 4:45pm EDT
Speakers
David Tatem is the Towaliga Circuit Public Defender, serving Jackson, Lamar, and Monroe counties. David began working with the Georgia Public Defender Agency in 2014, winning a felony trial as a law student at Mercer University School of Law while interning with the Dublin Circuit...
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3:45pm EDT
War Stories from Veteran Defenders: Lessons from BS decisions and court actions
Tuesday July 21, 2026 3:45pm - 4:45pm EDT
Moderators 
Natalie Glaser is a Deputy Director and the Chief Legal Officer for the Georgia Public Defender Council. Ms. Glaser advises the Agency regarding any legal, policy or legislative matters. She also oversees the Training Division, the Capital Division, the Conflict Division, the Appellate...
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Angela Dillon is 1995 graduate of Emory Law School. After being admitted to the Georgia Bar in 1995, she was in private practice in the Atlanta Metro area specializing in criminal and family law. She has been a contractor for GPDC since 2005 handling appeals and then cases on the...
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Josh Larkey is the Circuit Public Defender for the Waycross Judicial Circuit. A 2004 graduate of the University of Georgia School of Law, he began his career as a partner in a small law firm in Fitzgerald, Georgia, where he practiced in trial and appellate courts throughout the state...
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Kristin Waller is a native of Indiana, attending Butler University and earning a Bachelor's of Science in Finance, Magna Cum Laude, from the Lacy School of Business in 2000. She was a four-year letter winner in track and field. Seeking better weather, Kristin attended the University...
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3:45pm EDT
Terabytes and Volumes: How to handle excessive discovery.
Tuesday July 21, 2026 3:45pm - 4:45pm EDT
Speakers JT
Jackie graduated from Emory University School of Law in 2017, and began working with GPDC’s Appellate Division in January 2018. She was a Staff Attorney with the Appellate Division for 4 years, and now handles all conflict-free appeals in the Clayton Judicial Circuit, where she...
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Senior Attorney, Georgia Innocence Project
As a Senior Attorney with the Georgia Innocence Project, Veronica O'Grady analyzes wrongful conviction claims and develops strategies to investigate and present them, often through litigation, while guiding case preparation and evidence review. Before joining Georgia Innocence Project...
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3:45pm EDT
Delusions & How They impact Competency & Criminal Responsibility
Tuesday July 21, 2026 3:45pm - 4:45pm EDT
Speakers 
Atlanta Adult & Forensic Psychiatry
Joseph Browning, M.D., is a board certified general and forensic psychiatrist who got his undergraduate degree from West Virginia University and then graduated from medical school at Emory University School of Medicine. He also completed his general psychiatry residency training and...
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3:45pm EDT
The Quiet Force-Partners in crime
Tuesday July 21, 2026 3:45pm - 4:45pm EDT
Speakers 
Criminal Defense Investigator II, Ga Public Defender Council
Shaveena Rogers is a Criminal Defense Investigator II with the Youth Advocacy Division of the Georgia Public Defender Council. Based in Atlanta, Shaveena Rogers brings extensive experience supporting indigent youth and Major felony cases across Georgia’s judicial circuits through...
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Criminal Defense Investigator, Office of the Public Defender, Fulton County
Whitney Hammons is a dedicated Criminal Defense Investigator with the Fulton County Office of the Public Defender, where she has served for the past twelve (12) years. Her commitment to public defense began even earlier when she served as the Lead Investigative Intern during the summer...
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4:00pm EDT
4:00pm EDT
4:45pm EDT
My Justice Portal Demo
Tuesday July 21, 2026 4:45pm - 5:15pm EDT
Speakers 
Co-Founder/CEO, My Justice Portal
Wanna make fewer jail visits? My Justice Portal is the secure remote communication platform designed specifically for Pubic Defenders and their incarcerated clients. Leverage privileged features such as messaging, video visits, file sharing, language translation and even eSignature...
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5:00pm EDT
6:00pm EDT
7:00pm EDT
Reception
Tuesday July 21, 2026 7:00pm - 10:00pm EDT
