Education, Honors, Training and Affiliations
Education:
Suffolk University Law School, Boston, Massachusetts, 1999 - J.D.
American University, Washington, DC, USA - B.A.
Major: Political Science
Honors and Awards:
- Graduated Cum Laude
- ABA National Trial Competition Regional Semi-Finalist, 1999
- Institute for Criminal Defense Advocacy Participant, 2001
- 3rd Year Moot Court Trial Competition Semifinalist
Additional Training:
- Auto Case Essentials
- Insurance Law
- Estimating Crash Severity
- National College of DUI Defense: Harvard Law School
- Evidentiary Breath Technician: Intoxilyzer 5000EN
- From Roadside to Curbside: DWI Means Defend With Ingenuity
- Advanced DWI and ALS
- New Hampshire DWI Update
- Strategies in Handling DWI Cases
- Lorton Hears a Who- DWI Jurisprudence
- Direct and Collateral Consequences of Motor Vehicle Related Convictions
- Lab Fraud, Wrongful Convictions, and Freeing the Innocent
- Jury Trial Skills: Jury Selection, Closing Arguments and Cross-Examination of Experts
- Jury Selection and Persuasion
- Voir Dire, Jury Selection and Creative Jury Practices
- How U.S. v. Sell will Affect NH Practice
- Attacking the Voluntariness of a Confession
- DNA Evidence in New Hampshire Courts
- Forensic DNA Evidence: Principles of Law and Science in New Hampshire Courts
- Population, Genetics and Statistics Relating to Forensic DNA
- End of the year updates; DNA, State v. Melvin
- Scientific and Legal Challenges in Drug Cases
- Creating the Record
- Federal and Immigration Consequences to Arrest and Conviction
- Immigration Consequences of Criminal Convictions
- Collateral Consequences of Criminal Convictions - Focus on Immigration
- Criminal Practice - Juvenile Cases
- Litigating Domestic Violence Cases
- Expert Testimony on Battered Woman's Syndrome
- More Nuts and Bolts: Electronic Surveillance, Accomplice Liability, Search Warrants
- Media Coverage of Criminal Cases in NH
- Expert or Opinion Testimony and Scientific Evidence
- Reasons to Challenge Digital Evidence and Electronic Photography
- Issues in Substantive Criminal Law: Sex Crimes
- Sexual Assault - Effective Litigation in Sexual Assault Cases
- National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers: Trial Skills Institute
- Defense of Sexual Assault Charges
- Computer and Internet Crimes; Including Pornography on the Internet
- Computer Forensics
- Racial Profiling in Searches and Seizures
- Navigating the Mental Health System
- Litigating Competency
- Treatment to Restore Competency and United States v. Sell
- Overview of Mental Health System in NH
- Demonstrative Evidence Techniques
Professional Associations and Memberships:
National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
National Trial Lawyers Association
Volunteer Firefighter with New Castle Fire Department, 2000 - Present
Past Employment Positions:
NH Attorney General's Office, Criminal Bureau Intern, 1997
NH Public Defender's Office, Rule 36 Intern, 1998
Fraternities:
Phi Alpha Delta
Birth Information:
1974, Exeter, New Hampshire