Wisconsin State Public Defender’s Annual Criminal Defense Conference 2015 From the Courtroom to the Interview Room: Fighting for our Clients with Courage and Compassion November 12 & 13, 2015 SPEAKER BIOGRAPHIES Craig Albee is an Associate Federal Defender in Milwaukee. Following law school at the University of Wisconsin, he served as a law clerk for Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice William A. Bablitch. From 1991 to 2011 he practiced criminal defense with Shellow, Shellow & Glynn, and Glynn, Fitzgerald & Albee. He is listed in The Best Lawyers in America, and was twice named a top 50 lawyer in Wisconsin by Super Lawyers. Linda Albert is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and a Certified Alcohol and Drug Counselor. She received her Master’s Degree from UW-Madison in Social Work. She has professional assessment/treatment/referral competencies in the areas of addictions, eating disorders, depression, anxiety, trauma and illness impacted by stress. Linda has worked over the past 25 years as an administrator, consultant, trainer and psychotherapist in a variety of settings including providing services to impaired professionals. She has done multiple presentations for conferences at the local, state and national level. Currently Linda is employed by the State Bar of Wisconsin as the WisLap Coordinator. Dr. Lisa Baker has worked as a psychologist, consultant, and researcher over the past 15+ years in various community-based and university settings addressing the effects of stress on well-being and health, including in the context of social justice work and in marginalized and understudied populations. Currently, Dr. Baker works in private practice as a psychologist, consultant, and mindfulness teacher in Madison, WI. She works with individuals, leaders, groups, and organizations who seek to build skills, processes, and relationships in working toward wellness, health, and justice for all. Additionally, Dr. Baker serves as Co-Chair for the the Diversity, Inclusion, and Equity Advisory Committee for the Center for Mindfulness (CFM) in Medicine, Health Care, and Society, UMASS School of Medicine, as well as serves as an ambassador on the Wisconsin’s HIV/AIDS Program’s State Action Planning Group. Dr. Baker continues to write, contribute to research, and offer trainings on various topics, including trauma-informed care, diversity and inclusion, and wellness processes and outcomes in understudied and marginalized populations. John Breffeilh is an SPD staff lawyer in the agency’s Milwaukee Appellate Office. Jerry Buting received his law degree from the University of North Carolina School of Law in 1981. He is part of Buting and Williams, S.C. in Brookfield. His areas of practice include criminal law, drunk driving, domestic violence, drug charges, homicides and violent crimes, internet crimes, white collar crimes, sex offenses and juvenile offenses. Mr. Buting is a member of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, having served on the NACDL Board of Directors from 1990 to 1992, and is current Chair of the State Bar’s Criminal Law Section. Milton Childs is an SPD staff lawyer in the agency’s Milwaukee Juvenile/Mental Health Office in Milwaukee. Milton assists the agency with the training of new staff lawyers, particularly in the area of termination of parental rights cases and racial justice issues. Michael Cohen is the Principal/Onwer of Cohen Law Offices. Mr. Cohen graduated from Dartmouth College in 1988 and received his JD from UW- Madison in 1991. His practice is focused solely on the defense of the accused in all types of criminal matters. Mr. Cohen’s practice is approximately 50% devoted to OWI defense. He is one of only three lawyers in WI to be recognized by the American Chemical Society as a Lawyer- Scientist. Although he focuses his practice in the trial courts, he has successfully argued in all levels of the WI Courts including the WI Supreme Court. (State v Zarnke). Mr. Cohen is a member of the NCDD (National College for DUI Defense), DUIDLA (DUI Defense Lawyers Assoc), DUIDLA's Justice Foundation (Board member) , NACDL, WACDL (Board Member), as well as a Board Member and Committee member for a variety of local Criminal Justice and civic organizations and businesses in his local area in NW WI. Deborah Collins, Psy.D., ABPP is Director of the Wisconsin Forensic Unit and President of Behavioral Consultants, Inc., private clinics which provide consultation to attorneys and courts regarding a wide range of psycholegal issues. The Wisconsin Forensic Unit is in contract with DHS to provide competency to stand trial evaluations of adult defendants on an outpatient basis throughout the state. Ms. Collins provides consultation to courts and DHS regarding the competency evaluation process. She is a Member of the Board of Directors of American Board of Forensic Psychology. Her professional activities include conducting forensic mental health evaluations and teaching at the Marquette University Law School, Wisconsin School of Professional Psychology and Medical College of Wisconsin. Tony Cotton graduated law school in 2005 from Marquette. He and his mother, Donna Kuchler, are the partners at Kuchler & Cotton, in Waukesha. Mr. Cotton was elected to the Board of Directors of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL) and served two terms on the board. For 8 years he has been on the Board of Directors of the Wisconsin Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (WACDL). In July, Mr. Cotton will become WACDL's president. Since 2012, he has written a monthly column for the Wisconsin Law Journal, called "On the Defensive." In addition to his writings and organizational work, he maintains an active law practice, handling criminal cases in state and federal court. Mr. Cotton is always available to help or assist with issues that may arise in anyone's practice. Peyton Engel is a litigation associate in the Madison law firm of Hurley, Burish & Stanton, S.C. He has a B.A. in Russian from Grinnell College, an M.A. in Russian literature from the University of Wisconsin - Madison, and received his J.D. from the University of Wisconsin Law School. Prior to joining Hurley, Burish, & Stanton, Mr. Engel worked for over 18 years in information technology, with 16 years specialized in information security. He holds the CISSP and CSSLP certifications and is a frequent speaker at computer security and hacker conferences. Mr. Engel’s practice includes business disputes and professional liability, as well as forensic and consulting expert work in matters of information security, privacy, regulatory compliance, and criminal charges. He frequently serves as a consultant and expert witness in cases where digital evidence is at issue. Keith Findley moved to the tenure track in the fall of 2012 after more than 20 years teaching in the clinical programs at the Law School's Frank J. Remington Center. He currently teaches Evidence, Wrongful Convictions, and Criminal Procedure. Along with co-director Professor Carrie Sperling, he also continues to serve as faculty director of the Wisconsin Innocence Project (which he co-founded with Professor John Pray). For five years, from 1999 to November 2014, he served as president of the Innocence Network, an affiliation of 68 innocence projects in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, The Netherlands, France, Italy, South Africa, Israel, and Argentina. Prof. Findley's primary areas of expertise are in wrongful convictions, criminal law and procedure, and appellate advocacy. He has previously worked as an Assistant State Public Defender in Wisconsin, both in the Appellate and Trial Divisions. He has litigated hundreds of post-conviction and appellate cases, at all levels of state and federal courts, including the United States Supreme Court. He also lectures and teaches nationally on wrongful convictions, forensic science, evidence, and appellate advocacy. His scholarly agenda focuses on the causes of and remedies for wrongful convictions. Fernando Freyre, Esq., became a trial lawyer in the Denver Office of the Colorado State Public Defender in January of 1983 because no NFL team wanted him. He is currently a supervisor in the Denver office for a felony division. He has tried over 100 felony trials including more than 30 murder cases. Fernando often teaches ethics and trial tactics within the Public Defender System and does lectures for the Colorado Bar Association and at the law schools for the Universities of Denver and Colorado. He also teaches in Latin America and for the National Criminal Defense College in Macon, Georgia. He is a fellow in the American College of Trial Lawyers. Jennifer Friedman is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin. She has been a Deputy Public Defender in Los Angeles County since 1987. She is currently the Assistant Special Circumstances Coordinator and Forensic Science Coordinator for the Los Angeles County Public Defender’s office. She assists in the supervision of the office’s capital cases and represents clients charged with capital murder. She has tried over 150 felony jury trials many of which were sexual assaults and homicides involving complex scientific issues. She writes the expert section of the California Death Penalty Manual. She was a member of the President’s Inter-Agency Working on Standards, Practices and Protocols and is a member of the Office of Scientific Area Committees Legal Resources Committee. She is a frequent lecturer on the death penalty and the use of forensic sciences in the courts. Kate Frigo is a lawyer with Strang Bradley, LLC in Madison. She previously worked as an Assistant State Public Defender in the Stevens Point Office. She obtained her law degree from the University of WI Law School and her undergraduate degree from Marquette University. Nicholas Gansner is a partner at Nicholson & Gansner, S.C., where he joined the defense bar in 2013 after acting in a prosecutorial capacity as both an Assistant District Attorney in Dane County, Wisconsin and an Assistant Attorney General with the Illionis Attorney General.