Thursday, September 28 – Friday, September 29, 2017
Denver, Colorado
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Thursday, September 28, 1:00 – 6:30 PM
The View From the Court
Byron White United States Courthouse
1823 Stout St, Denver, CO 80202
Welcome Remarks
1:00-2:00 Inside the Court: Appellate Procedure and Case Review
Betsy Shumaker, Clerk of the Court
Niki Heller, Senior Staff Attorney
2:10-3:20 A Conversation With the Court
Judges of the Tenth Circuit, led by The HonorableTimothyM. Tymkovich, Chief Judge (questions from attendees, moderated by one of the Circuit’s Federal Public Defenders)
3:30-5:00 Historical Tour of the Byron White United States Courthouse
The Honorable Bobby R. Baldock, Senior Judge, Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals
Please join us for a reception sponsored by the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday from 5:00-6:30 (Byron White, 2nd Floor)
Friday, September 29, 8:30 AM – 4:30 PM
A Day of Skill Building – taught by Federal Public Defender appellate experts
The Ralph L. Carr Building,
1300 Broadway, Denver, CO 80203 Room 1E
8:30 Registration and Welcome
Federal Defenders
9:00-10:00 Getting inthe Door: How to Move Successfully from the Trial Court to the Appellate Court
Dean Sanderford, Chief of Appeals, FPD CO & WY
Scott Wilson, First Assistant, FPD Utah
10:15-11:15 How to Write a Better Opening Brief
Veronica Rossman, Senior Counsel, FPD CO & WY
11:30-12:50 Lunch Hour Opening Brief Clinics: Write a Better Statement of Facts and Summary of the Argument
Emma Rolls, AFPD OK Western, Veronica Rossman, Dean Sanderford, Scott Wilson, Barry Derryberry, Paige Nichols and others
(Attendees, please bring 2 copies of a Statement of Facts and Summary of the Argument from a brief authored by you.)
1:00-2:00 How to Deliver a Persuasive Oral Argument
Margaret Katze, First Assistant, FPD New Mexico
2:00-3:00 Navigating Appellate Waivers
Federal Defenders of the Tenth Circuit
3:00-4:30 Tenth Circuit Update
Paige Nichols, AFPD Kansas
Jake Rasch-Chabot, AFPD CO & WYO
Barry Derryberry, AFPD OK Northern & Eastern