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CURRICULUM VITAE
Attorney, Court Commissioner, Trial Consultant - Devanie and Belzer, October 9th, 2000 to present Assistant to the Training Director - Wisconsin State Public Defender, February, 1999 to October, 2000 La Crosse Region Training Coordinator - Wisconsin State Public Defender, June,1997 to October, 2000 Faculty - National Criminal Defense College, Macon, GA, 1997 to present Instructor or Lecturer - University of Wisconsin Law School, Marquette University Law School, Knox College, Viterbo College and University of Wisconsin-La Crosse Assistant State Public Defender - Wisconsin State Public Defender, 1992 to 2000 Dedicated Service Award - Wisconsin State Public Defender, October 30th, 1996 Leadership and Service Award - Loyola University Law School, May 1992 Advisor - Gideon Initiative, an international collaboration between the Israeli Public Defender and the Wisconsin Public Defender. Advised Israeli managers on developing and implementing a trial skills program for Israeli public defenders. October 11th and 12th, 1999, Madison, WI. Jury Selection and Trial Consultant - Scott A. Lawson v. Dale Trowbridge, Lee Robarge and Wisconsin County Mutual Insurance Company, Michael J. Devanie and Michael Fox, attorneys of record. Trial resulted in a verdict of $5.4 million dollars, the largest of its kind in the United States. December 1998 to March 10th, 1999 Media Advisor - Pasell for Judge campaign, June 1998 to April 1999
"Once Upon a Time: Storytelling Techniques for Trial" - Workshop "Acting for Acquittals" - Workshop Wisconsin State Public Defender - Negotiations and Advanced Negotiation Techniques
National Criminal Defense College - Advanced Cross Examination, Atlanta, GA
October 14th, 1999 - Telling the Story through Cross Examination - Lecture Wisconsin State Public Defender - Criminal Defense Conference, Milwaukee, WI
October 6th - "Representing Challenging Clients" - Lecture National Criminal Defense College - Trial Skills College, Macon, GA
June 14th, 2000 - Lecture on Voir Dire June 19th, 2000 - "Using and Creating Space in the Courtroom" (lecture) July 19th, 2000 - "Acting for Attorneys" (participatory workshop) Wisconsin State Public Defender - Trial Skills Academy, Lake Lawn, WI
May 22nd, 2000 - Lecture on Persuasion Pima County Public Defender - Workshops for Staff and Private Attorneys, Tucson, AZ
May 6th, 2000 - Lecture on Storytelling in the Courtroom
- Voir Dire Demonstration "Persuasion Through Storytelling" - Lecture, Public Defender Intern Class, University of Wisconsin Law School, May 4th, 2000 National Criminal Defense College - Theories and Themes
April 7th, 2000 - Lecture on Storytelling as Part of an Opening Statement Wisconsin State Public Defender - Negotiations and Advanced Negotiation Techniques
Missouri State Public Defender - January 2000 Winter Workshops
January 14th, 2000 - Small Group Faculty January 14th, 2000 - Keynote Address, Defender of Distinction Banquet National Criminal Defense College - Advanced Cross Examination, Atlanta, GA
October 22nd, 1999 - Cross Examination Demonstration Wisconsin State Public Defender - Criminal Defense Conference, Milwaukee, WI
National Criminal Defense College - Trial Skills College, Macon, GA
July 23rd, 1999 - Cross Examination Demonstration July 24th, 1999 - "Story Telling for the Criminal Defense Attorney" (lecture) July 24th, 1999 - "Acting for Attorneys" (participatory workshop) Wisconsin State Public Defender - La Crosse Regional and Private Bar Training, July 16th, 1999
Wisconsin Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers -
June 17th, 1999 - La Crosse, WI June 18th, 1999 - Eau Claire, WI Wisconsin State Public Defender - Trial Skills Academy, Lake Lawn, WI
May 25th, 1999 - Lecture on Story Telling Wisconsin State Public Defender - "Cross Examination of Police Officers", Milwaukee, WI
April 15th, 1999 - Cross Examination Demonstration Negotiation Presentation and Workshop - District Attorney/Public Defender Intern Class, University of Wisconsin Law School - April 13th, 2000 Wisconsin State Public Defender - La Crosse Regional training, March 20th, 1999
United States District Court, District of Puerto Rico - Seminar for C.J.A. Panel Attorneys, San Juan, Puerto Rico
March 4th, 1999 - Closing Argument Demonstration La Crosse County Bar Association - "A Case For Storytelling," (lecture) November 23rd, 1998 Wisconsin State Public Defender - La Crosse Regional and Private Bar Training, October 23rd, 1998
"Juvenile Justice Update" National Criminal Defense College - Advanced Cross Examination, Milwaukee, WI
October 18th, 1998 - Cross Examination Demonstration
National Criminal Defense College - Trial Skills College, Macon, Georgia
June 19th, 1998 - "Story Telling for the Criminal Defense Attorney" (lecture) June 19th, 1998 - "Acting for Attorneys" (participatory workshop) Wisconsin Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers - "Storytelling as a Tool for Trial Advocacy," (lecture) May 8th, 1998 Wisconsin State Public Defender - Trial Skills Academy, Lake Lawn, WI
April 27th, 1998 - Lecture on Story Telling and Opening Statements April 28th, 1998 - Opening Statement Demonstration Wisconsin State Public Defender - Advanced Voir Dire Training, Milwaukee, WI
Wisconsin State Public Defender - Criminal Defense Conference, Milwaukee, WI
Wisconsin State Public Defender - La Crosse Regional and Private Bar Training, October 1st, 1997
Organized Ethics Training Wisconsin State Public Defender - Milwaukee Regional Training, June, 1997
"Acting for Lawyers" (participatory workshop) Wisconsin State Public Defender - La Crosse Regional Training, May 16th, 1997
Organized training on "New Discovery Law and Changes in Juvenile Code" Organized training on "The Representation of Hmong Clients" Wisconsin State Public Defender - Trial Skills Seminar, Lake Geneva, WI
May 5th, 1997 - "Brainstorming and Theory of the Case" (lecture) May 6th, 1997 - "Opening Statement and Story Telling" (lecture) Wisconsin State Public Defender - Trial Skills Training, Manitowoc, WI
July 25th, 1996 - "Direct Examination Through Empathy and Preparation" (lecture)
Wisconsin State Public Defender - New Attorney Skills Training Seminar, Madison, WI - February 1996 Supreme Court of Wisconsin - "Courts and Communities: Confronting Violence in the Family"
April 19th, 1995 - Demonstration regarding criminal court procedures Wisconsin State Public Defender - New Attorney Training Seminar, Madison, WI - August 6th, 1993 Coulee Region Mediation and Restorative Justice, LTD. - Board of Directors, July 2000 to present Board President, July 2000 to present Sentencing Strategies Committee - advisory committee to La Crosse County Board, 1999 to present National Storytelling Association - 1998 to present Community Advisory Board - Unified Family Court Project, 1998 to present Appointed to Working Group Committee by the Honorable Dennis G. Montabon Community Advisory Board - Small Group Conferencing Committee, 1998 to present Wisconsin Coalition Against the Death Penalty - 1997 to present Founding member of La Crosse Chapter Wisconsin Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers - 1997 to present Board of Directors - 1999 to present Public Defender Committee - Young Lawyer's Division, State Bar of Wisconsin - 1996 to 1998 La Crosse Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers - 1996 to present President - 1997 to 1998 Mediation Services - Board of Directors - 1995 to 2000 National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers - 1993 to present State Bar Association of Wisconsin - 1992 to present Storytelling Benefit to Aid Waldorf High School Initiative, Viroqua, WI - January 27th, 2001 Death Penalty Presentation - Law Class at Viterbo Collage, La Crosse, WI, November 14th, 2000 Story Telling for Three Rivers Waldorf School - May 6th, 2000 Storytelling Benefit to Aid Waldorf High School Initiative, Viroqua, WI - January 29th, 2000 Storytelling Benefit to Aid in Environmental Protection in Mexico - January 14th, 2000 Storytelling for Holmen Middle School Christmas Fair - December 18th, 1999 "Murder Close Up, From Fury to Forgiveness" - A video presentation for the Unitarian Fellowship of La Crosse - November 7th, 1999 Death Penalty Debate - Aquinas High School, La Crosse WI, November 2nd, 1999 Death Penalty Presentation - Law Class at Viterbo Collage, La Crosse, WI, September 14th, 1999 "Miracles" - A sermon presented to the Unitarian Fellowship of La Crosse - July 11th, 1999 Story Telling for Three Rivers Waldorf School - March 20th, 1999 "Justice Behind Bars" - Lecture at Knox Collage, Galesburg, IL, May 7th, 1999 Storytelling for Three Rivers Waldorf School - May 1st, 1999 "The Creation of Henry David Thoreau" - Presentation to Western Wisconsin Living History Association, April 10th, 1999 Story Telling for Three Rivers Waldorf School - February 13th, 1999 Domestic Abuse Training For Hmong Community of La Crosse - Panel Member, February 6th, 1999 "Universal Unitarianism" - Presentation to Religion Class at Viroqua High School Initiative, December 14th, 1998 "Story Telling as a Family Ritual" - Presentation at La Crosse Waldorf Education Conference, La Crosse, Wisconsin - November 21st, 1998 "Waldorf Education" - Discussion with Cathy Van Maren and Dick Swantz on Wisconsin Public Radio, November 19th, 1998 Death Penalty Presentation - Law Class at Viterbo Collage, La Crosse, WI, October 27th, 1998 Story Telling for Three Rivers Waldorf School - October 10th, 1998 "Waldorf Education" - Presentation to La Crosse Breakfast Optimists Club, September 16th, 1998 Story Telling for Three Rivers Waldorf School - April 2nd, 1998 Death Penalty Presentation - Place of Grace, La Crosse, WI - March 27th, 1998 Story Telling for Three Rivers Waldorf School - March 14th, 1998 "Courageous Profiles" - A sermon presented to the Unitarian Fellowship of La Crosse - March 12th, 1998 "Happy Birthday Mr. WAPERD" - Commissioned to write and portray 100 year birthday celebration of "Mr. WAPERD" for 100 year anniversary of Wisconsin Association of Physical Education, Recreation and Dance, La Crosse, Wisconsin - October 1997 "Waldorf Education" - Presentation to the Unitarian Fellowship of La Crosse - 1997 "Zen Mind" - Sermon Co-Presenter with Ronald Malzer, Ph.D., to the Unitarian Fellowship of La Crosse - 1996 "Henry David Thoreau, Bachelor of Thought and Nature" - Wrote, directed and performed a one-person play about the life of Henry David Thoreau - May 1996 "Preventing and Surviving Domestic Abuse" - Sermon presented to the Unitarian Fellowship of La Crosse - 1996 Death Penalty Presentation - Democratic Party Meeting, La Crosse, WI - 1996 "The Misanthrope" - Director of play for Pegasus Players, La Crosse, WI - 1995 "The Death Penalty - We Can Live Without It" - A Sermon Presented to the Unitarian Fellowship of La Crosse, WI - 1995 "The Divinity School Address" - Staged Presentation of Ralph Waldo Emerson's Signature Address, La Crosse, WI 1994 "Marijuana and It's Application to the Coptic Religion" - A Sermon Presented to the Unitarian Fellowship of La Crosse, WI - 1994 "The Night of January 16th" - Director of play for La Crescent High School, La Crescent, MN - 1994 "A View From the Bridge" - Acted in Touring Production, May 1991 to January 1992 "Tracers" - Acted in Grassroot Arts Production in Chicago, IL, May to July 1987 Grassroot Arts Theater Company - Co-founder, Actor, and Producer of Professional Theater Company, Chicago, IL - 1987 to 1992 "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom" - Actor in Play Selected as Best Play of the Year in Chicago, IL - 1987 "Today" - Author of Play Performed as a Staged Reading by the Profiles Theater Company in Chicago, IL - 1986 The Goodman Theatre - Operations Manager, Chicago, IL - 1985 to 1989 "Yesterday" - Author of Play Produced as Part of a New Playwrights Festival in San Francisco, CA - January, 1985 "Federico Lorca" - Author of Play Produced at the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center in Waterford, CT - 1984 "For the Sake of a Thrill" - Author, Actor, and Director of Play Produced by McHenry High School in McHenry, IL - 1981 "Advanced Storytelling Techniques" - National Criminal Defense College, Macon, GA, June 17th, 2000 "Breakthrough Negotiations: Techniques for Lawyers" - American Law Institute-American Bar Association, November 9th, 1999 "Understanding How Adults Learn" - National Legal Aid & Defender Association Training, August 6-7th, 1999, Chicago, IL "Planning to Win, Advanced Professional Training with James McElhaney" - March 26th, 1999 "Cutting Edge Ethics for Government Lawyers" - Wisconsin State Bar Association - September 28th, 1998 Storytelling - University of Wisconsin-La Crosse - January 1998 to April 1998 State Bar of Wisconsin - "Advanced Trial Persuasion" - February 1997 National Criminal Defense College - Trial Practice Institute, Macon, GA - June 11th to June 24th, 1995 Wisconsin State Public Defender - One Week Trial Skills Training - May 15th to May 20th, 1994 Committee to Supervise Student Minister - Unitarian Fellowship of La Crosse, February 2001 to present La Crosse Storytelling Guild - Founding member, 1999 to present Board of Directors - Three Rivers Waldorf School, 1994-1995, 1997-1999 President - 1998-1999 Sunday School Teacher - Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of La Crosse, 1997 to 2000 Board of Directors - Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of La Crosse, 1995 to 1996
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