CDAM Spring Conference taking place in Pontiac March 13-14
The Criminal Defense Attorney of Michigan will present the CDAM 2026 Spring Conference, “The Watchful Eye: Threats, Cybercrime, Privacy, and Surveillance,” Friday and Saturday, March 13-14, at the Auburn Hills Marriott, 3600 Centerpoint Parkway in Pontiac.
The schedule includes:
—Friday, March 13
• 8 a.m. Registration check-in and breakfast buffet.
• 9 a.m. Welcome and keynote, “Judicial Misconduct: The Greatest Threat to Justice” by Brian Steel.
• 10:45 a.m. “No More Open Roads: Automatic Vehicle Tracking” by Sidney Thaxter.
• Noon-1 p.m. Lunch options:
- Working Lunch, “Preventing Wrongful Convictions: Lessons from Wayne County” by Marilena David
- Group Lunch
- Lunch on Your Own
• 1 p.m. 1st Breakout with options/select 1:
- “Detecting AI Images in Criminal Defense Cases” by Kenneth G. Hartman
- “Facial Recognition and Criminal Defense—Detroit and Beyond” by Phil Mayor
- “Litigating and Mitigating Terroristic Threat Cases” by Matt Monahan
- “Non-Flock Surveillance” by Eric Grabski
• 2:25 p.m. 2nd Breakout with three options/select 1:
- “Cell Phone Search Warrants—Identifying Recurring Problems” by Tristen Chamberlain
- “Expungements” by Tiffany Hughes
- “When Google Searches for You” by Eric Grabski
• 3:55 p.m. 3rd Breakout with four options/select 1:
- “Building Cyber Resiliency into Your Everyday Practice” by Cynthia Rast
- “ICAC’s Watchful Eye: CDAM and Torrential Downpour” by Kenneth G. Hartman
- “Inside ICE Surveillance: Tools, Tactics, and Civil Liberties” by Amy V. Doukoure
- “Chill Out and Relax:Yoga” by Marina Chupac and Jordan Zuppke
• 6:15 p.m. CDAM Annual Awards Dinner honoring:
– Anne Yantus—Penny R. Beardslee Excellence in Education Award
- Stuart Friedman and Thomas J. Tomko—Right to Counsel Award
—Saturday, March 14
• 8 a.m. Check-in and breakfast buffet
• 9 a.m. “Michigan Law Updates” by Erin Van Campen
• 10:10 a.m. “Stakeholder Updates” by Bernard Jocuns, CDAM, MIDC; and Kathy Swedlow, SADO, MAACS.
• 10:40 a.m. “Deconstructing the Brian Steel Contempt Case” by Ken Mogill and Arthur Jay Weiss
• 11:50 a.m. “Michigan Sentencing Guidelines” by Anne Yantus
Cost for the conference is $480 for CDAM members and $600 for non members. Some county/court funding units will pay for part, or all, of the cost of a registration.
To register online, visit www.CDAMonline.org. For questions, call CDAM at 517-579-0533.
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