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| March 20, 2010 AQUARIUS RESORT/CASINO (4 Hours) AGENDA: Laughlin, Nevada 8:30-9:00 Continental Breakfast (and walk-in registration) 9:00-10:15 Excellence in Advocacy, Part I: The Beast Called a Jury. John Napper (see attached bio) 10:15-10:30 Break (Drink Service) 10:30-12:00 Excellence in Advocacy, Part II: Ethical Dilemmas Around Every Corner. Angela Napper, Assistant Ethics Counsel, State Bar of Arizona (see attached bio) 12:00-1:30 AWARDS LUNCHEON, MOHAVE COUNTY BAR. Speaker: The Honorable Frank X. Gordon, Jr., Former Chief Justice, Arizona Supreme Court 1:45-3:00 Excellence in Advocacy, Part III: Effective Cross-Examination and Witness Preparation. Matthew Smith, Mohave County Attorney; Billy K. Sipe, Jr., Criminal Law Specialist 3:30 Annual Meeting and Elections - Mohave County Bar | |
| Speaker Bios JOHN NAPPER is a private practice in Prescott, Arizona. Mr. Napper practices predominately in criminal defense, but also has a small civil litigation practice. He also works part time as a senior capital attorney with the Maricopa County Legal Defenders Office. Mr. Napper has participated in multiple felony trials, including trials involving capital offenses, homicides, sex offenses, assaults, and drug trafficking. He earned his B.A. degree in political science from Greensboro College and his J.D. degree, cum laude, from The John Marshall Law School where he was a member of The Law Review. Mr. Napper attended the Arizona State College of Law as a visiting student during his final year of law school where he was a Willard Pedrick scholar and a winner of the CALI Excellence for the Future Award for Excellent Achievement in the Study lf Law, Litigation, and Science. Mr. Napper has won a National Public Service Recognition Award and was awarded the Rising Star Award by the Arizona Public Defenders Association. ANGELA M. BRADWSHAW NAPPER has been employed by the State Bar of Arizona since August 2004. In May 2006, she accepted the position as assistant ethics counsel. Previously, she was employed as bar counsel prosecuting discipline matters. Angela was admitted to practice in 1995. For the first seven years of her practice she worked as a deputy attorney for the Coconino County Public Defenders Office. While there she tried several felony jury trials and notably, initiated a graduate intern program for the office. She was integrally involved in the development and implementation of Coconino County’s DUI/Drug Court. She was a participant in the 2000 National Symposium on Indigent Defense held in Washington D.C. During her time in Flagstaff, she served as an officer for three years with the Coconino County Bar Association. In 2002, she left the public defenders office to start a family, but remained active in the DUI/Drug Court as the defense counsel liaison. In 2003 and 2004, she worked as a part time judge pro-tem for the Flagstaff Municipal Court. She is presently an active member of the Yavapai County Bar Association and the Northern Arizona Women Lawyers Association. | | CLE COST*: $10.00/Hr. Member Rate $20.00/Hr. Non-Member Rate Mohave County Bar Assoctiation Membership: $25 | |
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