Send us a text T. Markus Funk, a Partner at Perkins Coie in Denver, Colorado, was a Section Chief with the U.S. State Department in the Balkans, following the war in Kosovo, where he represented the United States in diplomatic negotiations and participated in the restructuring of Kosovo's post-war justice system. Markus graduated from Northwestern School of Law, and later received a doctorate in law from the University of Oxford, where he taught as a law professor. Markus was also a federal pros...
Dec 14, 2023•51 min•Season 5Ep. 5
Send us a text Representing criminal defendants with mental disabilities comes with a range of challenges that make these representations different from the usual criminal representation in important ways. Elizabeth Kelley is an expert in the field, and the Editor of Representing People with Dementia: A Practical Guide for Criminal Defense Lawyers , recently published by the American Bar Association. The book is a collection of 16 essays by lawyers, psychiatrists, and psychologists. You can purc...
Nov 16, 2023•45 min•Season 5Ep. 4
Send us a text Our guest is Richard Saenz, who is a senior attorney in the criminal justice and police misconduct strategist at Lambda Legal. He focuses his work on the criminal legal system, coordinating litigation and policy work on behalf of incarcerated people and against the criminalization of LGBTQ+ people. Richard has been featured in the Washington Post, NBC News, USA Today, Newsweek, and The Advocate....
Oct 31, 2023•53 min•Season 5Ep. 3
Send us a text The Atlantic Center for Capital Representation was founded in 2010, in Philadelphia. The Center provides advice and counsel in death penalty cases around the country, as well as in federal death cases, and represents the Government of Mexico in death penalty cases involving Mexican nationals here in the United States. Justin and Geonard interviewed the Center’s co-founder and Executive Director, Marc Bookman, and the President of its Board of Directors, Patrick Egan. Marc and Pat ...
Oct 12, 2023•52 min•Season 5Ep. 2
Send us a text For three decades, since its founding in 1992 at Yeshiva University’s Cardozo School of Law, the Innocence Project has led a national effort to exonerate wrongly convicted defendants through scientific advances in DNA technology. That work has led to the exoneration of hundreds of wrongly convicted defendants, some of them on death row. Justin and Geonard interviewed the founders of the Innocence Project, Barry Scheck and Peter Neufeld....
Sep 28, 2023•58 min•Season 5Ep. 1
Send us a text On this episode, Nina and Joe have a discussion with Jim Felman on the United States' sentencing guidelines.
Sep 27, 2023•36 min•Season 2Ep. 2
Send us a text White Collar Talks makes its return! In this episode, Nina and Joe engage in a compelling discussion with Scott Schools, the Chief Compliance and Ethics Officer at Uber. Scott takes us through a typical day at Uber, where he navigates the intricacies of his role, and mentions the challenges he encounters as the Chief Compliance Officer of a corporation of Uber's magnitude.
Aug 16, 2023•37 min•Season 2Ep. 1
Send us a text Featuring: Bill Shepherd is an experienced trial lawyer and partner at Holland & Knight's West Palm Beach and Washington, D.C. offices. As previous Chair of the Criminal Justice Section, Bill discusses his early career and how he became involved in the Criminal Justice Section as a law student, eventually creating the London White Collar Crime Institute. Bill joins Nina and Joe to discuss the London White Collar Crime Institute and how it came to be. They also discuss why it i...
Sep 19, 2022•37 min•Season 1Ep. 3
Send us a text Featuring: Lucian Dervan is a Professor of Law and Director of Criminal Justice Studies at Belmont University College of Law. Lucian joins Nina and Joe to discuss international internal investigations, international white collar crime, and international criminal justice issues. As former Chair of the ABA's Criminal Justice Section, Lucian led the Section into the international space of criminal justice. Want to get involved with the Criminal Justice Section? Join us! https://www.a...
Aug 30, 2022•36 min•Season 1Ep. 2
Send us a text Featuring: Ray Banoun, one of the founders of the National White Collar Crime Institute. Maggie O’Donnell, trial attorney focused on white collar criminal defense and civil matters. Hosts: Nina Marino, is a partner and founder of Kaplan Marino based in Los Angeles. In her national practice, she regularly represents individuals in white collar and complex criminal matters. Her clients includes executives, business persons, professionals, and public officials. Joe Whitley, represent...
Aug 16, 2022•51 min•Season 1Ep. 1
Send us a text Featuring: Faraz Mohammadi, Assistant United States Attorney, Orange County, CA Linda Britton ABA CJS Standards Director Kyo Suh ABA CJS Technology and Publications Manager Emily Johnson Senior Public Relations Specialist Join us to learn more about how you can take part in the many opportunities available to members of the Section, from publishing, to creating policy, fellowships, media opportunities and more. Also, this will be our last episode before a hiatus. The JustPod will ...
Apr 27, 2022•23 min•Season 4Ep. 10
Send us a text Featuring: Kristin Henning is the Blume Professor of Law and Director of the Juvenile Justice Clinic and Initiative at Georgetown Law Kristin joins us to discuss her recently published book “The Rage of Innocence: How America Criminalizes Black Youth.” Kristin shares some highlights with our listeners as well as sharing her method for gathering the perspectives and conclusions put forward in this work. Want to get involved with the Criminal Justice Section? Join us! https://www.am...
Apr 22, 2022•23 min•Season 4Ep. 9
Send us a text Featuring: Melba Pearson, Policy Director for the Center for the Administration of Justice with the Florida International University. Is that assault? Melba joins us to answer one of the questions that filled Twitter following the Oscars. Yes, we are talking about "the slap" but as one of many examples as we try to discern the obligations of law enforcement and prosecutors when a victim decides not to press charges. Want to get involved with the Criminal Justice Section? Join us! ...
Apr 13, 2022•20 min•Season 4Ep. 8
Send us a text Featuring: Wayne McKenzie, General Counsel at NYC Department of Probation Chair of the ABA Criminal Justice Section. Wayne joins us to give an update on what the Section has been up to and what plans they have for the coming months. We discuss in-person events like the recent National White Collar Crime Institute and our upcoming CJS Spring Meeting in Savannah. We also discuss the other work of the Section in awards and competitions. Want to get involved with the Criminal Justice ...
Mar 30, 2022•11 min
Send us a text Featuring: Prof. David M. Crane, Distinguished Scholar in Residence Syracuse University College of Law; Founding Chief Prosecutor UN Special Court for Sierra Leone; Founder, Global Accountability Network; Board of Advisors for the International Criminal Court Project (ABA’s Criminal Justice Section & Center for Human Rights) David joins us to highlight the war crimes and crimes against humanity committed by Russian during its current invasion of Ukraine. Learn more about the a...
Mar 23, 2022•21 min•Season 4Ep. 7
Send us a text Featuring: Michael J. Leotta Partner Wilmer Hale, Co-Chair of the ABA CJS White Collar Crime Committee Michael joins us on the podcast because President Biden signed an executive order on government oversight of cryptocurrency. Michael will help walk us through this order on a high level to discuss what the order includes, what the potential impact is and what practitioners need to know now. Want to join a CJS committee? Want to get involved with the Criminal Justice Section? Join...
Mar 16, 2022•19 min•Season 4Ep. 6
Send us a text Featuring: Honorable Ernestine Gray, recently retired Judge of the Orleans Parish Juvenile Court, Co-Chair of the ABACJS Juvenile Justice Committee and member of the Juvenile Justice Standards Task Force and Chair-Elect of the Judicial Division. Honorable Denise Langford Morris, Oakland County Circuit Court Judge, Secretary of the National State Trial Judges Conference of the Judicial Division, CJS Council Member, CJS Women's Task Force Member and Co-Executive Director of the ABAC...
Mar 09, 2022•26 min•Season 4Ep. 5
Send us a text Featuring: Stephen Saltzburg, Wallace and Beverley Woodbury University Professor of Law. Co-director of the Litigation and Dispute Resolution Program at George Washington University School of Law. Former CJS Chair. The ABA policymaking body convened virtually Feb. 14 as part of the 2022 Midyear Meeting to debate and vote on a wide range of policy issues. CJS Delegate, Steve Saltzburg joins us to talk about the CJS resolutions that were cosponsored by CJS. Join us as we discuss new...
Mar 03, 2022•27 min•Season 4Ep. 4
Send us a text Featuring: Dr. Jonathan Wender Co-Founder, President and CEO of POLIS Solutions Jonathan joins us to examine rising crime and a potential relationship to recent police reforms. We discuss the need to focus on replicating successful practices and not just removal of police practices. We discuss the impact of recent reforms that were adopted in jurisdictions across the U.S. POLIS Solutions Legal Education Police Practices Consortium Want to get involved with the Criminal Justice Sec...
Feb 17, 2022•42 min•Season 4Ep. 3
Send us a text Featuring: Cynthia Nakao Professional Responsibility Advisor Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office. Ghislaine Maxwell was recently convicted of sex trafficking a minor, but her attorneys have formally requested a retrial stating that a juror did not disclose that they are a sexual abuse survivor. Cynthia highlights the applicable standards and potential problems that can arise in jury trials that can lead to a mistrial or retrial. Want to get involved with the Criminal Jus...
Feb 09, 2022•21 min•Season 4Ep. 2
Send us a text Featuring: Mark Beardsworth partner in Cadwalader’s White Collar Defense and Investigations Group, resident in the London office. Saverio Lembo heads Bär & Karrer’s White Collar Crime practice group. Frances McLeod is a founding partner of FRA and head of its US offices. Mark, Saverio and Frances are editors and contributors to the new CJS book, “An International Guide to Corporate Internal Investigations”. They join us to provide us with an introduction and sampling of the va...
Feb 03, 2022•30 min•Season 4Ep. 1
Send us a text Featuring: Wayne McKenzie, General Counsel at NYC Department of Probation Chair of the ABA Criminal Justice Section. Wayne joins us to give an update on what the Section has been up to and what plans they have for the coming months. We discuss in-person events like the recent white collar crime institutes and our upcoming CJS Fall Institute. We also discuss the other work of the Section in policy, new books, new reports and more. With the CJS Fall Institute next week and Thanksgiv...
Nov 10, 2021•21 min•Season 3Ep. 37
Send us a text Featuring: Raul Ayala, Deputy Federal Public Defender at Office of the Federal Public Defender in the Central District of California and the collaborative court supervising attorney. Ellen Yaroshefsky, The Howard Lichtenstein Distinguished Professor in Legal Ethics and Professor of Law. Raul and Ellen join us to share what a day in the life is like for them as a public defender and an academic, respectively. Each shares their daily activities in addition to reflections on pivotal ...
Nov 03, 2021•26 min•Season 3Ep. 36
Send us a text Featuring: Maryam Ahranjani, Associate Professor and Don L. & Mabel F. Dickason Professor with the University of New Mexico School of Law. Reporter of the Task Force: Women in Criminal Justice. Yaamini Rao, Deputy Public Defender at Santa Clara County Public Defender's Office. Advisory Board member and Data Committee Co-chair. The Task Force: Women in Criminal Justice join us to discuss their final report “Pulling Back the Curtain”. Further we discuss the impact of the listeni...
Oct 20, 2021•23 min•Season 3Ep. 35
Send us a text Featuring: Jody Westby, Global Cyber Risk LLC and Adjunct Professor, Georgia Institute of Technology, School of Computer Science Matthew Esworthy Partner with Bowie & Jensen There has been a surge in cybercrime over the last 18 months, escalating the need for more uniform laws in this space both globally and domestically. Jody and Matt join us to give us background on the escalation in cybercrime and what the gaps are in our laws. Further we discuss how these laws impact inves...
Oct 13, 2021•31 min•Season 3Ep. 34
Send us a text Featuring: Hon. Rachel L. Pickering, Third Judicial District; Shawnee County Kansas Elizabeth Rosen, Assistant State's Attorney at The Office of the State's Attorney, Howard County Judge Pickering and Elizabeth share what a day in the life is like for them as a judge and a prosecutor, respectively. Each shares their daily activities in addition to reflections on pivotal career moments that got them to where they are. Finally, they reflect on what they wish they would have known be...
Oct 06, 2021•21 min•Season 3Ep. 33
Send us a text Featuring: Kristina Kersey, Senior Youth Defense Counsel We are revisiting Jones v. Mississippi as the decision came as a shock and disappointment to juvenile justice advocates across the country. With recent Miller and Montgomery decisions, the expectation was that the court would rule to reduce the sentence of Jones. Kristina helps us review Jones' path to the Supreme Court and what the potential impact of this decision might be. Keeping up with the Joneses Want to get involved ...
Sep 29, 2021•15 min•Season 3Ep. 32
Send us a text Featuring: Emily Galvin-Almanza, Co-Founder and Executive Director of Partners for Justice Emily joins us to recommend ways that public defenders can be a leader in criminal justice reform. We talk discuss early interventions that can help mitigate caused to defendants when they intersect with the criminal justice system. Partners for Justice Want to get involved with the Criminal Justice Section? Join us! https://www.americanbar.org/membership/join-now...
Sep 22, 2021•23 min•Season 3Ep. 31
Send us a text Featuring: Dean Madeleine Landrieu of Loyola University New Orleans College of Law Dean Sudha Setty of Western New England University School of Law Madeleine & Sudha join us to discuss a new initiative of the ABA, housed within CJS, the Legal Education Police Practices Consortium. What is the Consortium? Why was it created? What does it hope to accomplish? Want to get involved with the Criminal Justice Section? Join us! https://www.americanbar.org/membership/join-now...
Sep 15, 2021•21 min•Season 3Ep. 30
Send us a text Featuring: Hadar Avriam Professor of Law, UC Hastings College of the Law Sharon Dolovich Professor of Law and Director, UCLA Covid-19 Behind Bars Data Project Director, Prison Law and Policy Program UCLA School of Law In May of 2020, we discussed the impact of COVID on prisoners during the pandemic. It’s been over a year since that discussion so Hadar and Sharon provide a review of how things have been going with transmission rates, early releases, serving sentences at home, vacci...
Sep 01, 2021•34 min•Season 3Ep. 29
