ECAPI is a continuing legal education program created by the Appellate Practice Sections of the Alabama, Florida, and Georgia Bars. Many of the Eleventh Circuit judges, along with well-known appellate practitioners, will be speaking and participating in the CLE programs and in social gatherings.
Noon - 1:00 p.m. Registration
1:00 p.m. - 1:10 p.m. Opening and Welcome
Linda Julin McNamara, Senior Counsel, Oberheiden P.C., Tampa, Florida
1:10 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. The Clerk’s Office and Motion Practice
David J. Smith, Clerk of Court, United States Court of Appeals for the
Eleventh Circuit, Atlanta, Georgia
Peter F. Busscher, Chief Deputy Clerk, United States Court of Appeals for the
Eleventh Circuit, former Supervisory Motions Attorney, Atlanta, Georgia
Moderator: Matthew J. Conigliaro, Shareholder, Carlton Fields, Tampa, Florida
2:00 p.m. - 2:50 p.m. Conversation with Noel Francisco, Former Solicitor General of the United States
Moderator: Henry Charles Whitaker, Solicitor General of Florida
2:50 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. Break
3:00 p.m. - 3:50 p.m. Supreme Court Update
Michael Dreeben, partner and member of Supreme Court and Appellate Litigation
Group, O’Melveny & Myers, Washington, D.C.; former Deputy Solicitor General,
United States Department of Justice
Moderator: David P. Rhodes, Tampa, Florida; Assistant United States Attorney and
Appellate Division Chief, United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Florida
3:50 p.m. - 4:40 p.m. Emerging Issues in the Use of Technology in Appeals
Devin Desai, Associate Professor of Law and Ethics at the Georgia Institute of Technology, Scheller College of Business
Mark O. Reidl, Associate Director of the Georgia Tech Machine Learning Center,
Professor, Georgia Tech School of Interactive Computing, Atlanta, Georgia
Moderator / speaker: Larry Sommerfeld, Chief of Appeals and Legal Advice, U.S.
Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Georgia
4:40 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Institutionalizing the ECAPI
Moderator: Amy Weil, The Weil Firm, Atlanta, Georgia
6:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. Cocktail Reception at the Tampa History Center Sponsored in Part by the Tampa Bay Chapter of the Federal Bar Association
Day 2
Friday, October 20, 2023
8:15 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. Continental Breakfast and Welcome
The Honorable Charles R. Wilson, United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
9:00 a.m. - 9:50 a.m. Ethical Dilemmas Facing the Appellate Practitioner
The Honorable Charles R. Wilson, United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
James E. Felman, Partner, Kynes Markman & Felman, Tampa, Florida
Hala Sandridge, Shareholder and Appellate Practice Group Leader, Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney, Tampa, Florida
Moderator: Beverly Pohl, Of Counsel, Nelson Mullins, Boca Raton, Florida
9:50 a.m. - 10:40 a.m. Trends in Legal Writing
The Honorable Adalberto Jordan, United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
The Honorable Britt C. Grant, United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Moderator / speaker: Jeff Anderson, Associate Professor of Law and Director of the Lawyering and Legal Reasoning Program, Cumberland School of Law, Birmingham, Alabama
10:40 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. Break and move to break-out rooms
11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Hot Topics
Civil
Brigid Cech Samole, Shareholder and Chair of Appeal & Legal Issues Group, Greenberg Traurig, Miami, Florida
Kevin Golembiewski, Director of Advocacy, Education, and Outreach for Disability
Rights Florida; Former Deputy Solicitor General, Florida Attorney General’s Office; former clerk to Judge Charles Wilson
Moderator: Jennifer W. Corinis, Of Counsel, Greenberg Traurig, Tampa, Florida
Criminal
John Shipley, Assistant United States Attorney and Senior Counsel with the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Florida
Moderator: Emily Smachetti, Assistant United States Attorney and Senior Litigation Counsel, Appellate Division, United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Florida
12:15 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. Lunch and Keynote Address
State of the Eleventh Circuit, The Honorable William H. Pryor, Jr.,
Chief Judge of the Eleventh Circuit
Moderator: Linda Julin McNamara, Senior Counsel, Oberheiden P.C., Tampa, Florida
1:45 p.m. - 2:35 p.m. Best Practices for Oral Argument Preparation
The Hon. Gregory G. Katsas, United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Robert Parker, Chief, Criminal Appellate Section, Department of Justice Criminal Division, Washington, D.C.
Henry Charles Whitaker, Solicitor General of Florida
Moderator: Scott Burnett Smith, Partner and founder of the Appellate Litigation
Practice Group at Bradley Arant Bolt Cummings LLP, Huntsville, Alabama
2:35 p.m. - 3:25 p.m. View from the Bench
The Honorable Elizabeth L. Branch, United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
The Honorable Andrew L. Brasher, United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
The Honorable Robert J. Luck, United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Moderator: Emily Smachetti, Assistant United States Attorney and Senior Litigation Counsel, Appellate Division, United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Florida
3:25 p.m. - 3:35 p.m. Break
3:35 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. Lessons Learned on Preservation of Error from Classic Legal Movies: An Interactive Video Experience
United States Magistrate Judge Elizabeth Jenkins, Tampa, Florida
Moderator: Raymond T. Elligett, Jr., Partner, Buell & Elligett, PA, Tampa, Florida
4:30 p.m. Adjourn
Linda Julin McNamara, Senior Counsel, Oberheiden P.C., Tampa, Florida