All seminar programs were held on Friday, April 9, 2010 at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center.

The next Judicial and Bar Conference will be held in 2012.

The Duty to Disclose: Reexamining Prosecutors’ Obligations under Brady v. Maryland 2:15 p.m. to 3:45 p.m. Sponsored by the D.C. Bar Criminal Law and Individual Rights Section; cosponsored by the Superior Court Trial Lawyers Association Description: Litigation relating to the prosecution’s duty to disclose exculpatory materials under Brady v. Maryland has become increasingly contentious. A panel representing the perspectives of judges, defense attorneys, and current and former prosecutors will examine whether recent incidents of violation of the Brady disclosure obligation truly represent a trend; whether the system of Brady disclosure and enforcement is broken; and whether a new system for encouraging disclosure is necessary. Amit P. Mehta, Partner, Zuckerman Spaeder LLP, moderator The Honorable Reggie B. Walton, Judge, United States District Court for the District of Columbia, speaker Robert M. Cary, Partner, Williams & Connolly LLP, speaker Sandra Levick, Chief, Special Litigation Division, Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia, speaker David Shertler, Partner, Shertler & Onorato LLP, speaker Jonathan Wroblewski, Director, Office of Policy and Legislation, United States Department of Justice, Criminal Division, speaker

Perceptions of Race and Ethnicity in the Courts: Views from the Bench, Bar and Jury Box 2:15 p.m. to 3:45 p.m. Sponsored by the D.C. Bar Litigation Section; cosponsored by the Asian Pacific American Bar Association of the Greater Washington D.C. Area; D.C. Bar Courts, Lawyers and Administration of Justice Section; D.C. Bar Criminal Law and Individual Rights Section; D.C. Bar District of Columbia Affairs Section; Hispanic Bar Association of D.C.; Washington Bar Association; Women’s Bar Association of the District of Columbia Description: The program will be a town-hall style discussion about improving public perceptions of racial and ethnic disparities in the District of Columbia courts.  Panelists will address both civil and criminal cases, and will discuss issues of access to the courts, impact of race and ethnicity on decision makers, whether and what types of bias may exist, and solutions to address such biases. Neely Tucker, Staff Writer, Washington Post, moderator The Honorable Neal E. Kravitz, Associate Judge, Superior Court of the District of Columbia, speaker Roy L. Austin, Jr., Deputy Assistant Attorney General, United States Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division, speaker Avis E. Buchanan, Director, Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia, speaker Jonathan M. Smith, Executive Director, The Legal Aid Society of the District of Columbia, speaker

Don’t Get Lost: Navigating an Income or Sales Tax Dispute through the D.C. Administration and Courts 2:15 p.m. to 3:45 p.m. Sponsored by the D.C. Bar Taxation Section, State and Local Committee; cosponsored by the D.C. Bar Administrative Law and Agency Section and the D.C. Bar Litigation Section Description: A diverse panel will discuss the key aspects of handling a non-property tax controversy in the District of Columbia. The speakers will focus on contesting assessments within the Office of Tax and Revenue, the Office of Administrative Hearings, the D.C. Superior Court, and the D.C. Court of Appeals. Significant procedural differences between assessments and refund claims will also be discussed. Todd Lard, General Counsel, Council on State Taxation, moderator Richard G. Amato, Senior Assistant Attorney General, District of Columbia, speaker Edward A. Blick, Assistant General Counsel, D.C. Office of Tax and Revenue, speaker Stephen P. Kranz, Partner, Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP, speaker

The 20 Keys to Successful Law Firm Management 2:15 p.m. to 4:15 p.m. Sponsored by the D.C. Bar Practice Management Service Committee; cosponsored by the Association of Legal Administrators and the D.C. Bar Law Practice Management Section. Description: Effective and efficient law office management can make the difference in a firm's profitability and rate of growth. Knowing the elements of good management is essential for a firm of any size. Find out from experienced lawyers, an administrator, and a marketing specialist the keys to good law firm management. The 20 most important aspects of effective and efficient law firm management will be presented. Daniel M. Mills, Manager, D.C. Bar Practice Management Advisory Service, moderator Anne E. Collier, Founder, Arudia, speaker Tom Foster, Founder and Owner, Foster Web Marketing, speaker Marilyn E. Mickelson, Law Office Administrator, The World Bank, speaker Benjamin F. Wilson, Managing Principal, Beveridge & Diamond PC, speaker Peter C. Wolk, Attorney at Law, speaker

Emerging E-Communication Issues: Before, During and After Trial (Part One) 2:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Sponsored by the District of Columbia Bar Board of Governors Description: The rise in electronic communications—e–mails, text messages, IM, blogs, social networks, and more—affects every step of our litigation process. Part one of this lively, two–part program will use hypothetical scenarios to explore practical e–communications issues about the creation of the attorney–client relationship, lawyer marketing, internal corporate communications, the fate of electronic files, ex parte communications with represented adversaries, and discovery tactics. Thomas E. Spahn, Partner, McGuire Woods LLP, presenter

Representing a Client with a Disability (Free Seminar) 4:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. Description: This session will include a discussion of a lawyer’s representation of the the expressed interests of a client with a disability or an impairment. It will include a discussion of the lawyer’s ethical responsibilities. It will also include a discussion of when it is proper to seek the court’s appointment of a guardian ad litem. Robert Dinerstein, Professor of Law, Director of the Clinical Programs, Director of the Disability Rights Law Clinic, American University Washington College of Law, moderator Todd Christiansen, M.D., Child, Adolescent, and Adult Psychiatrist; Psychiatric Institute of Washington, speaker Laurie B. Davis, Staff Attorney, Mental Health Division, Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia, speaker Hope C. Todd, Assistant Director, Legal Ethics, D.C. Bar Regulation Counsel, speaker

What Happens After Sentencing?: Post–Conviction Issues for District Criminal Offenders 4:00 p.m. to 5:45 p.m. Sponsored by Our Place, D.C.; cosponsored by the Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency; Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia; Superior Court of the District of Columbia; and the United States Parole Commission Description: This panel will discuss issues facing a D.C. felony inmate after sentencing in D.C. Superior Court.  What are the challenges involved in serving a sentence in a federal prison? And, when the released inmate comes home, what are the ins and outs of community-supervised release? Our panel endeavors to answer these questions and more. Michelle Bonner, Director of Legal Services, Our Place, D.C., moderator Rainey Brandt, Special Counsel, Superior Court of the District of Columbia, speaker Donna McLean, Hearing Officer, United States Parole Commission, speaker Olinda Moyd, Director, Parole Division, Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia, speaker

Emerging E-Communication Issues: Before, During and After Trial (Part Two) 4:15 p.m. to 5:45p.m. Sponsored by the District of Columbia Bar Board of Governors Description: Part Two of this interactive program continues the examination of the impact of e-communiations, including "tweeting" and "friending", on the litigation process. This session focuses on outsourcing, inadvertent transmissions of privileged information, inadvertent production of documents, the right to "mine" metadata, the efforts of courts to deal with e–communications of lawyers and jurors, and the use of "unpublished" judicial decisions. Thomas E. Spahn, Partner, McGuire Woods LLP, presenter