Mr. Hawkins and Ms. Knight will explore best-practices available to practitioners to maximize Discovery. First, they will highlight the current procedures in place to transmit discovery documents to defense counsel. Hawkins and Knight will then shift gears to explain how, when, and why CJA practitioners have access to funds by which to make use of Investigators and other and case experts. 09:45 10:00 A.M. BREAK – 10:00 10:30 A.M. CJA Vouchers: Required practices; Best practices; and – Practices to avoid. Rm 410 Kim Schaefer, CJA Auditing Attorney, U.S. Dist. Clerk’s Office (TXN), Dallas Tammy Shipley, Administrative Assistant, U.S. Dist. Clerk’s Office (TXN), Dallas Ms. Schaefer and Ms. Shipley will discuss best practices for setting up eVoucher accounts and for obtaining prompt and proper payment. They will also review various provisions in the Guide to Judiciary Policy, Vol. 7, Part A, chapters 1 through 6, as well review the Northern District's new CJA Plan. Among other things, attendees will learn how to prepare a voucher for quickest processing, how to request the assistance of investigators and experts, how to request transcripts, what work is compensable, what expenses are reimbursable, when to prepare budgets, and how to avoid common mistakes. 10:30 11:50 A.M. Bureau of Prisons Sentencing Considerations. Rm 410 – Theresa Montoya, Assistant General Counsel, Bureau of Prisons, Designation & Sentence Computation Center, Grand Prairie, Texas (We have reprised last year’s BOP presentation because of its overwhelming popularity. But this year we have added an This session will additional 30 minutes for more Q & A.)
Mr. Hawkins and Ms. Knight will explore best-practices available to practitioners to maximize Discovery. First, they will highlight the current procedures in place to transmit discovery documents to defense counsel. Hawkins and Knight will then shift gears to explain how, when, and why CJA practitioners have access to funds by which to make use of Investigators and other and case experts. 09:45 – 10:00 A.M. BREAK 10:00 – 10:30 A.M. CJA Vouchers: Required practices; Best practices; and Practices to avoid. Rm 410 Kim Schaefer, CJA Auditing Attorney, U.S. Dist. Clerk’s Office (TXN), Dallas Tammy Shipley, Administrative Assistant, U.S. Dist. Clerk’s Office (TXN), Dallas Ms. Schaefer and Ms. Shipley will discuss best practices for setting up eVoucher accounts and for obtaining prompt and proper payment. They will also review various provisions in the Guide to Judiciary Policy, Vol. 7, Part A, chapters 1 through 6, as well review the Northern District's new CJA Plan. Among other things, attendees will learn how to prepare a voucher for quickest processing, how to request the assistance of investigators and experts, how to request transcripts, what work is compensable, what expenses are reimbursable, when to prepare budgets, and how to avoid common mistakes. 10:30 – 11:50 A.M. Bureau of Prisons Sentencing Considerations. Rm 410 Theresa Montoya, Assistant General Counsel, Bureau of Prisons, Designation & Sentence Computation Center, Grand Prairie, Texas (We have reprised last year’s BOP presentation because of its overwhelming popularity. But this year we have added an additional 30 minutes for more Q & A.) This session will
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