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2013
Friday, October 4th
9:00 AM

Welcome

Rebecca White, University of Georgia School of Law

Classroom B, Hirsch Hall

9:00 AM - 9:10 AM

9:10 AM

Through the Eyes of New Assistant Public Defenders

Tosif Chouhan, Public Defender's Office, Atlanta Circuit
Elizabeth Taxel, Public Defender's Office, Stone Mountain Circuit
Azi Golshan, Public Defender's Office, Coweta Circuit
Texys Morris, Public Defender's Office, Birmingham, Alabama
Erica J. Hashimoto, University of Georgia

Classroom B, Hirsch Hall

9:10 AM - 10:30 AM

10:45 AM

Circuit Public Defenders: Advocating from Within

Claudia Saari, Public Defender's Office, Stone Mountain Circuit
Leisa Johnson, Public Defender's Office, Dougherty Circuit
Michael Edwards, Public Defender's Office, Eastern Circuit
John Donnelly, Public Defender's Office, Western Circuit
Russell C. Gabriel, University of Georgia School of Law

Classroom B, Hirsch Hall

10:45 AM - 12:15 PM

1:00 PM

Lunchtime Special Guest Speaker

Iham Askia, Gideon's Promise

Classroom B, Hirsch Hall

1:00 PM - 1:15 PM

1:15 PM

Advocating from Outside the System

Steve Bright, Southern Center for Human Rights
Atteeyah Hollie, Southern Center for Human Rights
Sharon Hill, Georgia Appleseed Center for Law and Justice
Mike Caplan, Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore, LLP
Russell C. Gabriel, University of Georgia School of Law

Classroom B, Hirsch Hall

1:15 PM - 2:45 PM

3:00 PM

Screening – Gideon’s Army: 2013 HBO Movie

HBO Documentary Films

Classroom B, Hirsch Hall

3:00 PM - 4:40 PM

4:40 PM

Discussing Gideon’s Army

Dawn Porter, Independent film producer/director
Travis Williams, Northeastern Judicial Circuit
Brandon Clark, Atlanta Judicial Circuit
Timothy Saviello, Atlanta's John Marshall Law School
Andrea L. Dennis, University of Georgia School of Law

Classroom B, Hirsch Hall

4:40 PM - 5:30 PM