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Office of
Public Defense 
opd@kingcounty.gov
Phone: 206-296-7662
Fax: 206-296-0587
TTY: 711 Relay Service

Administration Only:
Chinook Building
401 5th Ave, Suite 550
Seattle, WA 98104

Screening Locations:

Maleng Regional Justice Center
401 4th Ave. N.
Room M-1264
Kent, WA 98032

King County Courthouse
516 Third Avenue, E-820

Seattle, WA 98104


Department: Community and Human Services

Continuing Legal Education

The King County Office of Public Defense (OPD) has scheduled the following Continuing Legal Education (CLE) classes:

August 15, 2011

Ethics with Professor Brooks Holland

Time: Noon to 1:30 p.m.

Place: Chinook Building, 401 Fifth Avenue, Room 115, Seattle, WA

To attend, email maryjane.ferguson@kingcounty.gov

CLE credits pending

September 16, 2011 (Seattle) / September 23, 2011 (Kent)

Requesting Expert Services in Your Case

September 16, 2011

Time: 2:00 to 4:30 p.m.

Place: Chinook Building, 401 Fifth Avenue, Room 115, Seattle, WA

September 23, 2011

Time: 2:00 to 4:30 p.m.

Place: Maleng Regional Justice Center, Community Room, Kent, WA

To attend, email maryjane.ferguson@kingcounty.gov

CLE credits pending

November 14, 2011

Client Communication and Other Issues

Time: 8:00 a.m. to 4:15 p.m.

Place: Chinook Building, 401 Fifth Avenue, Room 121, Seattle, WA

To attend, email maryjane.ferguson@kingcounty.gov

CLE credits pending

Past King County OPD CLEs:

2011 CLE Classes:

June 22, 2011 (Kent) / June 29, 2011 (Seattle)

Using Social Work Services in Dependency and Termination Cases

Tory Gilred, LICSW, CDP, Parents Representation Program, Washington State Office of Public Defense

1.0 CLE credit

May 12, 13, 14, 2011

Trial Advocacy for Public Defenders: Three-Day Small Group Intensive

Ira Mickenberg, Director, National Defender Training Project

19.25 CLE credits

2010 CLE Classes:

December 7, 2010

Coordinating Civil Legal Services and Dependency Services for Adolescents

Karen Pillar, Staff Attorney, TeamChild

1.0 CLE credit

November 12, 2010

Forensics Roundup: Fingerprint Challenges, Sedatives, DNA and Crime Scenes

Dr. Robert M. Julien, M.D., Ph.D.

Mark Prothero, Attorney at Law

Professor Simon Cole, University of California, Irvine

Michael Cherry, Cherry Biometrics

Dr. Donald E. Riley

Dr. Ray Grimsbo, Intermountain Forensic Laboratories

6 CLE credits

August 13, 2010

Persuasive Legal Writing: A Writing Refresher

Professor Connie Krontz, Seattle School of Law Legal Writing Program

5.75 CLE credits (including 1 ethics credit)

July 16, 2010

Padilla and Immigration Issues

Ann Benson, Director, Immigrations Project, Washington Defender Association

1.25 CLE credits

May 6, 7, 8, 2010

Trial Advocacy for Public Defenders: Three-Day Small Group Intensive

Ira Mickenberg, Director, National Defender Training Project

19.0 CLE credits

April 12, 2010 (Kent) / March 19, 2010 (Seattle)

Ethical Issues in Representing Children

Jana Heyd, Deputy Director, Society of Counsel Representing Accused Persons

1.5 CLE credits

March 12, 2010

Confidentiality, Candor, Zeal and the RPCs

Professor Brooks Holland, Gonzaga Law School

1.5 CLE credits

February 5, 2010

Defending Against Scientific Evidence and the 2009 NAS Report

Mark Prothero, Attorney at Law, Kent, WA

1.25 CLE credits

2009 CLE Classes:

November 25, 2009

Advanced Communication Arts for the Professional

Joshua Karton, Director, Communication Arts for the Professional

4.75 CLE credits

November 12, 2009 (plenary and small group November 12 or November 13, 2009)

Communication Arts for the Professional: From Presentation into Persuasion

Joshua Karton, Director, Communication Arts for the Professional

5.5 CLE credits

October 7, 2009 (Kent) / October 16, 2009 (Seattle)

Identifying and Defending Battered Women Clients

Pat Valerio, Felony Supervisor, Associated Counsel for the Accused

Meg Crager, Battered Women Advocate

1.25 CLE credits

August 21, 2009

Good Science, Bad Science and Complex Cases

Dr. Richard Harruff, King County Chief Medical Examiner

David Trieweiler, Attorney at Law, Seattle

John Henry Browne, Law Office of John Henry Browne, Seattle

Mark Larranaga, Walsh & Larranaga, Seattle

David L. Lewis, Lewis & Fiore, New York City

5.5 CLE credits

July 17, 2009

King County Criminal Justice Initiative Project: Helping Defendants with Unmet Mental or Substance Abuse Needs

Dave Murphy, Project Coordinator

Jesse Benet, Project/Program Manager

1.25 CLE credits

April 30-May 1, 2, 2009

Trial Advocacy for Public Defense: Three-Day Small Group Intensive

Ira Mickenberg, Director, National Defender Training Project

20.25 CLE credits

April 8, 2009 (Kent) / April 17, 2009 (Seattle)

What if Your Client Under Supervision Wants to Leave the State: Interstate Compact on Adult Offender Supervision (ICAOS)

Judy Garcia, ICAOS Coordinator and Acting Director, Probation Services, King County District Court

1.25 CLE credits

January 23, 2009

Practice Update: Proposed Changes in the King County Criminal Department

Dave Roberson, Deputy Director, Northwest Defenders Association

1.0 CLE credit

January 16, 2009

Client Communication and Other Issues in Public Defense
Dr. Rebecca Nerison, Ph.D., Psychotherapist, Washington State Bar Association
Dr. Marcia Kent, M.D., Psychiatrist, Seattle
Juanita Holmes, Attorney at Law, Ellis, Holmes & Witchley, Seattle
Rita Griffith, Attorney at Law, Seattle
David Zuckerman, Attorney at Law, Seattle
Maureen Devlin, Attorney at Law, Seattle
V. David Hocraffer, King County Public Defender
Kim Ambrose, Supervising Attorney, Children and Youth Advocacy Clinic, University of Washington School of Law

6.5 CLE credits

2008 CLE Classes:

October 8, 2008

Search and Seizure Issues: State v. Bee Xiong

Eric Broman, Attorney at Law, Nielsen, Broman & Koch, Seattle

1.0 CLE credit

August 15, 2008

Cross Examination: Techniques that Work

Terry MacCarthy, Federal Public Defender, Chicago

6.0 CLE credits

May 1, 2, 3, 2008

Trial Advocacy for Public Defense: Three-Day Small Group Intensive

Ira Mickenberg, Director of the National Defender Training Project

19.75 CLE credits

April 11, 2008

Adolescent Brain Development: Implications for Juvenile Public Defense

Simmie Baer, Supervisor of Northwestern Law School’s Bluhm Legal Clinic in the Children and Family Justice Center

Dr. Marty Beyer, Psychologist

6.5 CLE credits