Criminal Law and Procedure: A Survey of Recent Supreme Court Cases, CLE Program, Mercer Law School (November 15, 2019)
Commentator for Panelists Jacob Eisler and Seth Golden, Symposium on Contemporary Issues in Election Law, Mercer Law School (September 27, 2019)
“August 11, 1938: Gordon and Barnesville at the Epicenter of American Politics,” Annual Roosevelt Lecture, Gordon College, Barnesville, Georgia (April 10, 2018)
Commentator for Panelists Laurie Levenson and Janet Moore, Symposium on Disruptive Innovation in Criminal Defense, Mercer Law School (October 6, 2017)
“Celebrating Constitution Day,” presentation to students at Mossy Creek Middle School, Kathleen, Georgia (September 18, 2017)
“Supreme Court Appointments Under President Trump,” Panelist for Federalist Society program, Mercer Law School (August 31, 2017)9“
‘Living in a New Evidence World’: Observations on Georgia’s Evidence Code from a Federal Rules Guy,” State Bar Convention program, Jekyll Island, Georgia (June 8, 2017)
“Senator Walter F. George, FDR, and the ‘Purge’ Campaign of 1938,” presentation at the Walter F. George Symposium hosted by David B. Bell (Augusta, Georgia, January 24, 2015)
“Three Score,” keynote address at the opening convocation of the 60thAnnual Barkley Forum hosted by Emory University (Atlanta, Georgia. January 23, 2015)
“Similar Transaction Evidence Under Georgia’s New Evidence Code,” presentation to over 200 prosecutors at the Prosecuting Attorneys’ Council 2014 Winter Conference (Young Harris, Georgia, January 22, 2014)
“Balancing National Security and the Free Flow of Information: The Legal Landscape for Leakers and Publishers of Classified Information,” Young Lawyers’ Division of the State Bar of Georgia (Chicago, Illinois, August 23, 2013)
“Supreme Court Update: Criminal Law andProcedure,” presentation to AUSAs from the Middle District of Georgia (Macon, Georgia, April 3, 2013)
“Evidence Update: The New Georgia Evidence Code,” presentation to over 100 Georgia Juvenile Court Judges sponsored by the Institute of Continuing Judicial Education of Georgia (Jekyll Island, Georgia, May 15, 2012)
“Supreme Court Update: Criminal Law and Procedure,” presentation to AUSAs from the Middle District of Georgia (Macon, Georgia, April 10, 2012)
“August 11, 1938: A Day in the Life of Senator Walter F. George,” presentation at program sponsored by the Georgia Legal History Foundation (Macon, Georgia, April 8, 2011)
“United States Supreme Court Update: Constitutional Criminal Procedure Highlights,” presentation to over 200 Georgia Superior Court Judges sponsored by the Institute of Continuing Judicial Education of Georgia (Athens, Georgia, January 20, 2011)
“Supreme Court Update: A Briefing for Federal Prosecutors,” presentation to AUSAs from the Northern and Middle Districts of Georgia (Macon, Georgia, October 21, 2010)
“Recent Supreme Court Decisions Concerning Federal Criminal Law and Procedure: A Briefing for Federal Prosecutors,” presentation to U.S. Attorney’s Office, Middle District of Georgia (Macon, Georgia, October 2, 2008)
“The Use of Subpoenas to Compel Journalists to Reveal Their Sources,” panelist with First Amendment Attorney Floyd Abrams and University of Chicago Law Professor Geoffrey Stone in the “Issue of Concern to the Legal Profession” series before the American Bar Association House of Delegates (New York, New York, August 11, 2008)
“Constitutional Criminal Procedure,” presentation at program sponsored by the Institute of Continuing Judicial Education of Georgia (Jekyll Island, Georgia, May 12-14, 2008)
“Turning Back the Clock to 1908,” senior dinner speech to the Mercer Law Class of 2008 (Macon, Georgia, April 22, 2008)
“An Enigma Deciphered: Justice Powell’s Concurring Opinion in Branzburg v. Hayes,” presentation at Charleston School of Law (Charleston, South Carolina, April 4, 2008)
“The First Amendment, Reporters, and Confidential Sources in the CIA Leak Case,” presentation at Florida Coastal Law School (Jacksonville, Florida, March 18, 2008)
“Supreme Court Update: Criminal Law and Procedure,” CLE program at Mercer Law School (Macon, Georgia, March 7, 2008)
“The Rest of the Story About Special Testimonial Privileges for Reporters,” keynote address at the annual convention of the National Association of Appellate Court Attorneys (New Orleans, Louisiana, August 3, 2008)
Instructor, Institute of Continuing Judicial Education, University of Georgia, Program on Constitutional Criminal Procedure for Magistrate Court and Municipal Court Judges (Marietta, Georgia, May 21, 2007)
“Miranda and the Law of Privileges,” symposium presentation at “Miranda at 40: Applications in a Post-Enron, Post-9-11 World,” Chapman University School of Law (Orange, California, January 26, 2007)
Presented oral argument in a mock appellate argument against former Assistant U.S. Solicitor General Miguel Estrada before a panel of the Eleventh Circuit at the Eleventh Circuit Appellate Practice Institute (Atlanta, Georgia, Oct.26, 2006)
“The First Amendment, Reporters, and Grand Juries,” address to meeting of the Middle Georgia Trial Lawyers’ Association (Macon, Georgia, October 4, 2006)
Panelist, Session on Media Subpoenas, Annual Convention of the Society of Professional Journalists (Chicago, Illinois, August 26, 2006)
“The CIA Leak Inquiry: An Examination of the Public Record,” speech to Mercer’s University Club (Macon, Georgia, May 16, 2006)
Panelist, “When Journalists are Compelled to Speak: A Close Look at the Government’s Subpoena Power,” 19th Annual Media and the Law Seminar sponsored by Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association and the University of Kansas School of Law (Kansas City, Missouri, April 7, 2006)
“Media Subpoenas: The Reporter’s Privilege in Federal Criminal Cases” and “Implications of Crawford v. Washington,” Office of the United States Attorney, Middle District of Georgia (Macon, Georgia, March 15, 2006)
“Deliberating the Jury,” address to William Augustus Bootle Inn of Court (Macon, Georgia, September 27, 2005)
“Media Subpoenas: The Reporter’s Privilege in Federal Criminal Cases,” 31st Annual Federal Criminal Law Seminar hosted by the United States Attorney, Southern District of Ohio (Miami, Ohio, July 14, 2005)
“National Security Cases: Reporter’s Privilege in the Face of Grand Jury Investigations,” Department of Justice National Security Coordinators’ Conference at the National Advocacy Center (Columbia, South Carolina, June 27, 2005)
“The Future of the Federal Sentencing Guidelines,” Greater Chicago Chapter of the Association of Certified FraudExaminers (Chicago, Illinois, September 14, 2004)
“Recent Developments in Federal Sentencing Law,” Regional Meeting of Inspectors of the U.S. Department of Labor (Chicago, Illinois, March 25, 2005)
“Federal Sentencing in Light of Booker: Where Do We Go From Here?” Chicago Bar Association (Chicago, Illinois, February 25, 2005)
“Issues in Criminal Appellate Practice,” Office of the United States Attorney, Northern District of Illinois (Chicago, Illinois, April 10, 2003, October 10, 2003, and March 18, 2005)
Instructor, Department of Justice Appellate Chiefs’ and Coordinators’ Conference, National Advocacy Center (Columbia, South Carolina, February 26-28, 2003)
“Jury Selection After Batson,” Continuing Legal Education program, sponsored by the Macon Bar Association (Macon, Georgia, November 8, 2002)
“Meet the Class of 1902: Address to the Mercer Law School Class of 2002,” Mercer Law School Senior Dinner (Macon, Georgia, April 25, 2002)
“A Briefing on Post-September 11th Legal Developments in Criminal Law & Procedure,” Speech to League of Women Voters of Macon (Macon, Georgia, February 27, 2002)
“August 11, 1938: A Day in the Life of Senator Walter F. George,” Speech to Dublin Rotary Club (Dublin, Georgia, September 21, 2001) and Middle Georgia Phi Beta Kappa Society (Macon, Georgia, October 18, 2002)
“The Education of Walter F. George,” Address at Woodruff Scholarship Finalist Dinner (Macon, Georgia, February 22, 2002)
Moderator of panel discussion, “Ethical Issues in Criminal Litigation,” William Augustus Bootle Inn of Court (Macon, Georgia, April 19, 2001)
“Anatomy of a Landmark Case: The Supreme Court Reconsiders Miranda,” Law Day Presentation (Macon, Georgia, March 11, 2000)
“You are History: Address to the Mercer Law School Class of 2000,” Mercer Law School Senior Dinner (Macon, Georgia, April 25, 2000)
Commentator on Evidence Issues, Mock Trial, William Augustus Bootle Inn of Court (Macon, Georgia, January 11, 2000)
The Debate Over the Independent Counsel Statute,” Law Day Presentation (Macon. Georgia, March 13, 1999)
Guest Speaker, Macon Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (Macon, Georgia (January 21, 1999)
“Inside the Oklahoma City Bombing Case,” Law Day Presentation (Macon, Georgia, March 14, 1998)
Instructor, Institute of Continuing Judicial Education, University of Georgia, Program on Constitutional Criminal Procedure for Magistrate Court and Municipal Court Judges (Columbus, Georgia, May 21-23, 1997)
“Supreme Court Update: A Briefing on Recent Supreme Court Decisions with Implications for Federal Criminal Prosecutions,” 7th Annual United States Attorneys’ Office Continuing Legal Education Conference (Macon, Georgia,March 7, 1997)
“Glide Path to an ‘Inclusionary Rule’: How Expansion of the Good Faith Exception May Fundamentally Change the Exclusionary Rule,” paper presented to conference on criminal justice hosted by University of Nebraska Law School, Creighton University Law School, and the University of Nebraska-Omaha (Omaha, Nebraska, September 7, 1996)
“The Federalization of Crime,” presentation to The Federalist Society, Mercer University School of Law (October 17, 1995)
“Chain Reaction,” Address to Debate Coaches at the 1995 Barkley Forum, Emory University, published in The Rostrum (December 1999)
MEDIA COMMENTARY
Provided analysis and commentary for the media on the Oklahoma City bombing prosecutions and other federal criminal matters, including
appearances on the PBS Newshour with Jim Lehrer, MSNBC, and CNN.
