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The Wisconsin Defender Author Index (Fall 2005 to present)


Avery Task Force Issues Recommendations
DOJ Announces Eyewitness Identification Recommendations


Wisconsin Lawyers Assistance Program: An Overview

SORNA: What Every Wisconsin Criminal Defense Lawyer Should Know
        By: Attorney Craig Albee

Prescription Medication: Abuse, Addiction and Complication Factors for Attorneys
        By: Linda Albert, LCSW, CSAC

Work – Life Balance: Why It Is Important For You
        By: Attorney Gary L. Bakke

Summary of Seminar by Steven Ceci on “Children, Suggestibility, Memory and Interviewing”
        By: Allen Beatty

Opening Statement
        By: Marilyn Bednarski

Short Answers for “Things that Give Me the Most Trouble in Voir Dire”
        By: Sam Benedict and Robin Dorman

Challenging Misuse of Section 968.135 by District Attorneys Who Seek to Obtain a Defendant’s Healthcare or Business Records
        By: Attorney Marcus J. Berghahn

Potential Consequences Collateral to a Criminal Conviction
        By: Attorney Marcus J. Berghahn

Synopsis of the La Crosse Model of the Veterans Court
        By: Honorable Todd Bjerke, JA, USAR

Veteran’s Diversion Court in Rock County
        By: Honorable James P. Daley

Selling Confession: The Interrogator, the Con Man, and their Weapons of Influence
        By: Deborah Davis, Ph.D.

Roles of the Defense Attorney in Drug Treatment Courts
        By: David Dickmann and Elliott Levine

“It’s Too Horrible To Turn Over”: Limitations of Electronic Discovery in Child Pornography Cases
         By: Attorney Jeffrey J. De La Rosa

Short Answers for “Things that Give Me the Most Trouble in Voir Dire”
        By: Sam Benedict and Robin Dorman

The Lawyer as Counselor: Representing the Impaired Client
        By: Attorney Timothy David Edwards

Act 28 and its Consequences for the Practitioner
        By: Attorney Katherine Findley

National Eyewitness Identification Litigation Network
        By: Keith Findley

Can Defense Counsel Ethically Breach a Plea Agreement?
        By: Stephen P. Hurley and Erik R. Guenther

What’s Truth Got to Do With It? The Burden of Proof Instruction Violates the Presumption of Innocence
        By: Erik Guenther

Closing Arguments: Strategy, Technique & Style
        By: Gary Guichard

Roper v. Simmons: What Does it Mean for Wisconsin
        By: Eileen Hirsch

Can Defense Counsel Ethically Breach a Plea Agreement?
        By: Stephen P. Hurley and Erik R. Guenther

Getting to Know Your County Veterans Service Officer
        By: Michael R. Jackson

Trial by Design
        By: Cathy Kelly

HIPAA COW Law Enforcement Grid
Impeachment
        By: Michele LaVigne and Craig Mastantuono

Roles of the Defense Attorney in Drug Treatment Courts
        By: David Dickmann and Elliott Levine

Motion to Suppress: Attacking the Voluntariness of a Confession in Wisconsin
        By: Attorney Alejandro Lockwood

HIPAA COW Law Enforcement Grid
Impeachment
        By: Michele LaVigne and Craig Mastantuono

For Women Staff of the State Public Defender’s Office: Making a Living, Making a (Healthy) Life
        By: Attorney Larraine McNamara-McGraw

The Alternate Defense Pre-Sentence Investigation Report: Tempering Harsh State Sentencing Recommendations
        By: Attorney Jeffrey L. Murrell

Adults and Adolescents with Asperger's Syndrome
        By: Sharon Patrick

PTSD Among Combat Veterans
        By: Lori Phelps, Ph.D.

Sentence Adjustment Petitions: An Update
        By: William Rosales

Sentence Modification and Early Release for TIS Inmates
        By: Meredith Ross

Research-Based Best Practice Principles in Treating Addiction
        By: David Schreiter

Lock Them Up Wisconsin
        By: Ken Streit

Assess, Inform and Measure (AIM) Pilot Project Overview
        By: Tony Streveler

“But we’ve always done it this way!” A Progressive Approach to Police Interview and Interrogation Training
        By: Detective John Tedeschini

Some Thoughts on a Strategy for Defending an Arson Case in Wisconsin
        By: Dennis Verhaagh

Prior Sexual Assault Convictions as Character Evidence The New Jury Instruction 276 and Tips for Defense Counsel
        By: Charles Vetzner

Cross Examining Police in False Confession Cases
        By: Attorney Deja Vishny

The Storytelling Method of Direct
        By: Deja Vishny

Twenty Simple Rules for Trying Your Case to a Jury: A Return to Some of the Basics
        By: Joe Wall

Make a Juvenile Bench Trial a 'Real' Trial
        By: Michael Yovovich

Veterans Justice Outreach in the V.A.
        By: Edward Zapala




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