| 8:30-10:00
a.m. |
Tribal
Court Jurisdiction and Practice - B.J. Jones |
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B.J.
Jones is Director of the Northern Plains
Tribal Judicial Training Institute at the
University of North Dakota School of Law. He
received his J.D. from the University of Virginia
School of Law in 1984. He serves as Chief Judge
for the Sisseton-Wahpeton Tribal Court, Chief
Appellate Judge for the Turtle Mountain Band of
Chippewa Indians Tribal Court, Appellate Judge of
the Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe and Special
Judge for the Spirit Lake Tribal Court. As
Director of the NPTJTI, Jones is responsible for
the training of tribal court judges and their
court personnel.
|
| 10:00-10:15
a.m. |
Refreshment
Break |
| 10:15-11:45
a.m. |
Constitutional
Road Kill: Traffic Stops & and 4th Amendment - |
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Tom
Lockney, Bruce Quick and Mark Friese |
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Tom
Lockney is a Professor of Law at UND
School of Law. He received his J.D. from the
University of Texas in 1970 and his LL.M. from
the Harvard Law School in 1974. Lockney joined
the UND School of Law faculty in 1971. He teaches
and researches in the criminal law area. Lockney
has spoken at many seminars for Municipal J.D.
Judges on the subjects of criminal law and
procedure. Bruce
Quick received his J.D. in 1978 from the
University of North Dakota School of Law. He
practices criminal defense law with the firm of
Vogel, Brantner, Kelly, Knutson, Weir & Bye,
Ltd., Fargo and is an adjunct faculty member at
the UND School of Law teaching Criminal Advocacy.
Quick was Deputy Attorney General of North Dakota
for several years prior to joining the Vogel
firm.
Mark
Friese is a 2000 graduate of the UND
School of Law. He served as clerk to Justice Dale
Sandstrom of the ND Supreme Court and is
currently with the firm of Vogel, Brantner,
Kelly, Knutson, Weir & Bye, Ltd., Fargo.
Prior to law school, Friese was a uniformed
patrolman.
|
| 11:45-1:00 p.m. |
Lunch on your
own |
| |
Afternoon
Sessions Sponsored by the North Dakota Trial
Lawyers Association |
| 1:00-2:00
p.m. |
Criminal
Defense I - Tom Dickson |
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Thomas
A. Dickson is a partner in the Dickson
and Purdon Law Firm in Bismarck, ND. He attended
the Monterey Institute of Foreign Studies
receiving his B.A. in 1977 and Southern Methodist
University School of Law receiving his J.D. in
1981. Dickson was a law clerk to Associate
Justice Vernon R. Peterson, N.D. Supreme Court
from 1981-1982. He has written numerous articles
on trial practice. Mr. Dickson serves on the
Board of Governors of the Association of Trial
Lawyers of America and is a member of the ABA. He
was president of the North Dakota Trial Lawyers
Association from 1993-1994. |
| 2:00-3:00
p.m. |
Criminal
Defense II - William McKechnie |
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William
E. McKechnie practices law with McKechnie
and Associates, PC in Grand Forks, ND. He
attended the Citadel where he earned his B.A. in
1974. He holds both a Master's Degree and a Juris
Doctorate from the University of North Dakota. McKechnie
is a Past President and Board Member of the North
Dakota Trial Lawyers Association, a member of the
Association of Trial Lawyers of America, and a
Board certified Civil Trial Specialist -National
Board of Trial Advocacy. He is admitted to
practice in United States District Courts of
North Dakota and Montana, U.S. Courts of Appeal
8th & 9th Circuits, and the U.S. Supreme
Court. |
| 3:00-3:15
p.m. |
Refreshment
Break |
| 3:15-4:15
p.m. |
Tax
Implications of Settlements and Verdicts - Alex
Reichert |
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Alex
Reichert is an associate with the Pearson
Christenson Law Firm in Grand Forks, ND. He
primarily practices tax litigation in state and
federal court. He also has experience working
with private business as general counsel and
controller for Franchise Concepts Unlimited, a
hospitality sector management and development
company. Mr. Reichert graduated with distinction
from the University of North Dakota School of
Law. He is a member of the Association of Trial
Lawyers of America, the National Association of
Criminal Defense Lawyers and the North Dakota
Trial Lawyers Association. |
| 4:15 p.m.
|
Adjourn |
