MOMENTUM: DWI & DUI Advocacy for North and South Carolina Practitioners (LIVE)

MOMENTUM: DWI & DUI Advocacy for North Carolina & South Carolina Practitioners

FUN IN THE SUN & EARN CLE CREDIT TOO! Plan a mini-vacation and wind down your summer in Myrtle Beach, SC by attending the MOMENTUM: DWI & DUI Advocacy for North Carolina & South Carolina Practitioners. This seminar, one of the Southeast’s pre-eminent and most distinguished, offers not only quality-content CLE, it provides the attendee with downtime to mix and mingle and trade war stories with other DWI and DUI defenders from North Carolina and South Carolina. Due to the limited capacity of the seminar, register early!

This seminar is accredited for 10.0 CLE Credit Hours (inc. 1.0 Substance Abuse/Mental Health hour) by the NC State Bar and by the SC Commission on Continuing Legal Education and Specialization.  

 

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WHAT YOU WILL LEARN

The Program Co-Chairs have, once again outdone themselves and assembled a ROCK STAR lineup of presenters who will provide you with the latest resources, tips, and techniques on a wide range of topics that DWI and DUI defenders face.

 

PROGRAM CO-CHAIRS

Andrew Banzhoff, Devereux & Banzhoff, PLLC, Asheville, NC

John Fanney, Fanney Law Office, P.L.L.C., Raleigh, NC

Bill Powers, Powers McCartan, PLLC, Charlotte, NC

N. Cole Williams, The Law Office of N. Cole Williams, Durham, NC

 

SEMINAR AGENDA (and time off for fun in the sun too!)

THURSDAY, October 11

5:30 pm  Registration

6:55 pm  Opening Remarks - Program Co-Chairs

7:00 pm  Test Yourself - DWI Assessment & Scoring

Bill Powers,   Powers Landreth, Charlotte

Keisha McLean-Green, Absolute Advocacy, Charlotte

8:00 pm Oddities, Oddball Clients, Odds & Ends - Avoiding Common Pitfalls in DWI

W. "Butch" Jenkins, III, Thigpen and Jenkins, LLP, Biscoe

8:30 pm  Difference Between DUI in South Carolina and DWI in North Carolina 

Gael Gilles, Gilles Law, PLLC, Charlotte

9:00 to 10:00 pm Welcome Networking Reception  sponsored by ALCOLOCK

 

FRIDAY, October 12

8:30 am, Continental Breakfast (included) & Registration/Check In

8:45 am Refresher on the Basics of SFST's 

Susan Williams, Law Offices of Susan E. Williams, Summerville, SC

9:15 am  Federal DWI

Danny Glover, Glover Law Firm, PLLC, Elizabeth City

 9:45 am  DWI and the Civil PI Perspective

Jason Taylor, The Law Offices of Jason E. Taylor, Hickory

10:15 am  Networking Break

10:30 am  Scientific Evidence in a Jury Trial

J.H. Pate Skene, Associate Research Professor of Neurobiology, Duke University, Durham

11:30 am  Rodriguez Issues - Detention or Arrest? 

Andrew Banzhoff, Devereux & Banzhoff, PLLC, Asheville

11:45 am  Lunch with Keynote Presentation sponsored by Smart Start, Inc.

30 Tips From a 30 Year Trial Lawyer

David Teddy,  Teddy  Meekins & Talbert, P.L.L.C., Shelby

12:45 pm  Traffic Tickets & Border Issues SC/NC

John Bateman, The Bateman Law Firm, Greenville

1:00 pm  DMV Implications & DWI -- Appeals Process

Chris Brooks, Assistant Attorney General, NC Dept of Justice, Motor Vehicles Section, Raleigh

2:00 pm   Adjourn

 

SATURDAY, October 13

8:30 am, Continental Breakfast (included) & Check In

8:45 am  The Reptile in Criminal Defense (100 x Easier and 1000 x more successful - an                        Easier, Faster and Cheaper Defense)

David Ball, Malekpour & Ball, Durham

10:00 -10:15 am  Networking Break  

12:00 pm  Adjourn

 

 

REGISTRATION

Registration includes seminar materials (via electronic link), 10 CLE hours, welcome reception, continental breakfast on Friday and Saturday and lunch on Friday.  

NOTE: NCAJ CLE Season Ticket is NOT valid for this seminar. 

 

SEMINAR MATERIAL

All of our seminar materials are PAPERLESS! Please be on the lookout for an email 72 hours prior to the seminar that includes an electronic link to the seminar materials to download and print. 

 

NCAJ ROOM BLOCK

NCAJ has a block of rooms reserved for seminar attendees at the Caravelle Beach Resort (6900 N. Ocean Blvd, Myrtle Beach, SC). Rooms sell out quickly, so book your room reservation today! Room rates and instructions on how to book rooms is indicated below.

This program has been approved for credit in the following jurisdiction(s):

North Carolina State Bar, Board of Continuing Legal Education

Credit has been approved with the North Carolina State Bar, Board of Continuing Legal Education for 9.00 General credits and 1.00 Substance Abuse/Mental Health credit.

Caravelle Resort
6900 N. Ocean Blvd.
Myrtle Beach, SC 29572
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Seminar will be held at the St. Johns Conference Center located across the street from the Caravelle Resort. 

NCAJ ROOM BLOCK 

NCAJ has a block of rooms reserved for seminar attendees at the Caravelle Beach Resort (6900 N. Ocean Blvd, Myrtle Beach, SC).  Rooms sell out quickly, so book your room reservation today!

 

ROOM BLOCK INSTRUCTIONS

Call the Caravelle at (843) 918-8000 extension 0 for front desk and reservations.

Identify yourself as Group: NC Advocates for Justice and Reference Number 802675

 

ROOM RATES

Ocean View Efficiency King - $89 per night* - King Bed, full kitchen, coffee maker and microwave, private ocean view balcony. Max Occupancy 2. 

Ocean View Suite - $89 per night* - 2 Double Beds, Full Kitchen, coffee maker and microwave, separate living area w/sleeper sofa or murphy wall bed, private ocean view balcony. Max Occupancy 6

Oceanfront Efficiency, Doubles - $89 per night* - 2 Double Beds, full kitchen, coffee maker and microwave, private ocean front balcony. Max Occupancy 4. 

Oceanfront Efficiency, King - $99 per night* - 1 King bed full kitchen, coffee maker and microwave, private ocean front balcony. Max Occupancy 2. 

Oceanfront Executive Suite - $99 per night* - 2 Double Beds in bedroom, living room with Wall Bed, full kitchen, coffee maker and microwave; living area, 2 flat screen tvs. Max Occupancy 6. 

 

ADDITIONAL DETAILS

* plus 13% SC sales tax and an $12.00 resort fee per room, per night including tax.

• The negotiated room rate has been extended for stays beginning on October 11, 2018 and ending by October 13, 2018.
• These rates are guaranteed for reservations made prior to the cut-off date of September 28, 2018.
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Cancellations received OCTOBER 4th  are refunded less a $35 service charge. Refunds cannot be given after this date. Substitutions are welcomed and may be made until the date of the seminar. For registrants who wish to transfer their registration to another NCAJ seminar, transfer requests received by 12:00 noon the third working day prior to the seminar are subject to a $50 transfer fee. Transfer requests received after this time are subject to a $110 transfer fee. Registrations may be transferred once and only to seminars scheduled through June 30, 2019.