Death Penalty 2024 

Please note you are registering to attend in person
Doubletree Raleigh Durham Airport, RTP
6.0 CLE hours (1.0 substance abuse/mental health if attending Thursday night)

The Death Penalty seminar returns to Durham. NCAJ in conjunction with Indigent Defense Services, The Office of the Capital Defender, and Program Chair Terry Alford present the Death Penalty 2024 seminar. This seminar is packed full of topics and information criminal lawyers need to know when representing someone facing the death penalty. The topics include forming a team, managing murder cases with a law practice, forensic and mental health experts available, mitigation, and childhood trauma. This is the seminar you do not want to miss.

Thursday, April 25  (OPTIONAL EVENT 1.0 substance abuse/mental health for attendance at this presentation: there is an additional fee)

• 6 p.m. | Reception

• 7 p.m. | Banquet 

• 8 p.m.| Keynote presentation: Resilience- Calm in the Middle of Chaos

  • Candace Hoffman, LAP Field Coordinator, Raleigh

  • Will Graebe, Claims Counsel, Lawyers Mutual Liability Ins. Co., Cary

Friday, April 26

• 7:45 a.m. | Registration

• 8:15 a.m. | Welcoming remarks by Program Chair

  • Terry Alford, Trial Resource Counsel, Office of the Capital Defender, Durham

• 8:30 a.m. | Lessons Learned: Forming a Team Early

  • Rob Sharpe, Capital Defender, Durham

• 9:15 a.m. | Managing Murder Cases

  • Douglas A. Smith, Douglas A. Smith, PLLC, Salisbury

• 10 a.m. | Break

• 10:15 a.m. | Non-Traditional Experts

  • Sarah Olson, Forensic Resource Counsel, Durham

• 11 a.m.| Mitigation is Not Excuses

  • Kellie Mannette, Thomas Ferguson & Beskind, LLP, Durham

• 11:45 a.m. | Fact Investigators: Expand Their Role

  • David Botchin, David B. Botchin PC, Winston-Salem

• 12:15 p.m. | Lunch

• 1:45 p.m. | Childhood Trauma and Culture

  • Moira Artigues, MD, Forensic Psychiatrist Specialist, Cary

• 2:45 p.m.| Wymore: Finding a Good Juror and Frontloading Mitigation During Jury Selection

  • Lisa Dubs, Law Office of Lisa Andrew Dubs, Hickory

• 3:45 p.m. | Break

• 4 p.m. | If You Don’t Care, Why Should They Care?

  • Fred D. Webb, Jr., Fred Webb Law Firm, Sanford

• 4:30 p.m. | Adjourn

This seminar is only available in person and will not be recorded or offered on demand. 

• SEMINAR MATERIALS

• All of our seminar materials are electronic. 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.

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 1.00 Ethics credit and 6.00 General credits.

DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Raleigh-Durham Airport at Research Triangle Park

Materials available with registration:

Please request the Death Penalty 2024 group room rate of $115 when booking your reservation at the hotel by calling 800.445.8667 or clicking the link to book online. 

• Cancellations received one week prior to the seminar date are refunded less a $40 service charge. Refunds cannot be given after this date. Please note: Refunds are not available for Thursday night dinner. 
• 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 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 ( to include any price difference).
• All transfer and cancellation requests must be in writing by sending email to cle@ncaj.com.