Pennsylvania Bar Institute

Any attorney seeking to handle a capital case in Pennsylvania must have a high level of understanding of how to handle these complicated cases. Judge Renee Hughes has brought together seven of her colleagues to explain to you the problems they see when capital cases are tried. This is an opportunity to find out how best to handle capital cases from the people who hear them.

 

Examine:

Review the special rules for cases in which a death sentence is authorized. Receive a listing of important capital cases that every practitioner who handles capital cases needs to have in their library, as well as helpful forms. Cover issues that arise in pre-trial motions, motions in general, voir dire and other jury issues, penalty phase issues, and post trial. Witness a mock voir dire.

 

Program Schedule:

Hon. Renee Cardwell Hughes, Court of Common Pleas, First Judicial District Member, Pennsylvania Commission on Judicial Independence, Philadelphia

Hon. James J. Fitzgerald, III, Administrative Judge, Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia

Hon. Jane Cutler Greenspan (Ret.), JAMS, The Resolution Experts, Philadelphia

Hon. C. Darnell Jones, II, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia

Hon. Benjamin Lerner, Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia

Hon. Kathryn S. Lewis, Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia

Hon. John J. Poserina, Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia

Hon. Shelley Robins New, Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia

Hon. M. Teresa Sarmina, Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas, Trial Division, Philadelphia

Hon. David N. Savitt, Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia

Hon. Sheila A. Woods-Skipper, Supervising Judge, Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia

Jude D. Conroy, Esq., Assistant District Attorney, Homicide Unit, Office of the District Attorney, Philadelphia

Robin Godfrey, Esq., Chief, PCRA Unit, Philadelphia District Attorney's Office, Philadelphia

Elizabeth Graham-Rubin, Esq., Philadelphia District Attorney's Office, Philadelphia

Edward F. McCann, Jr., Esq., Deputy District Attorney, Philadelphia District Attorney's Office, Philadelphia

Brian J. McMonagle, Esq., McMonagle, Perri, McHugh & Mischak, P.C., Philadelphia

André A. Norwood, Jr., Esq., Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia

David S. Rudenstein, Esq., Law Office of David S. Rudenstein, Philadelphia

Bernard L. Siegel, Esq., Law Offices of Bernard L. Siegel, Philadelphia