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Venue:
CLASSROOM D, E, & H clear filter
3:45pm EDT
Forensics on Trial (BROADCAST)
Monday July 20, 2026 3:45pm - 4:45pm EDT
Speakers 
Fact Investigator, Georgia Capital Defender
Emily Powers received her JD in 2008. Emily has been an investigator for sixteen years. She began her career at the Capital Defender as a mitigation specialist, and then transitioned to fact investigation nine years ago. She currently works at both the pre-trial level and in the Capital...
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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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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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9:00am EDT
The Playbook for Winning a Gang Case (BROADCAST)
Wednesday July 22, 2026 9:00am - 10:00am EDT
Speakers 
Roberto “Shawn” Hoover R. Shawn Hoover is the Senior Manager of the Georgia Public Defender Council’s Specialized Unit. Before joining the Specialized Unit he was a trial attorney with the Georgia Capital Defender and was the Southwest Georgia Conflict Defender for the Council...
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10:15am EDT
