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NAPD Leadership Institute Indianapolis 2025



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Wednesday, April 16
 

9:00am EDT

Talent Development: Building Strong Relationships Across Generations
Wednesday April 16, 2025 9:00am - 10:15am EDT
Auditorium
In this session, we'll focus on how successful leaders engage with and inspire their team members. 
Speakers
avatar for Stan Hickman

Stan Hickman

Training Supervisor, New York County Defender Services
Stanford Hickman is a criminal defense attorney currently based in New York City. A Howard University School of Law Graduate, he began his career as a staff attorney with the Legal Aid Society in Queens New York, and progressed to a senior trial attorney with New York County Defender... Read More →
Wednesday April 16, 2025 9:00am - 10:15am EDT
Auditorium
  Plenary

10:30am EDT

Small group
Wednesday April 16, 2025 10:30am - 12:00pm EDT
Small Group Breakouts


Wednesday April 16, 2025 10:30am - 12:00pm EDT
Small Group Breakouts
  Small Group

12:00pm EDT

Lunch (on your own)
Wednesday April 16, 2025 12:00pm - 1:15pm EDT
Wednesday April 16, 2025 12:00pm - 1:15pm EDT
  Lunch on your own

1:15pm EDT

Journal Tech - Sponsor Session
Wednesday April 16, 2025 1:15pm - 1:25pm EDT
Auditorium
Speakers
avatar for Heidi Henry

Heidi Henry

Technical Sales Director, Journal Technologies
Wednesday April 16, 2025 1:15pm - 1:25pm EDT
Auditorium

1:30pm EDT

Sustaining the Defenders: Leadership Strategies for a Thriving Team
Wednesday April 16, 2025 1:30pm - 2:30pm EDT
Auditorium
Public defense leaders play a crucial role in shaping a work environment that supports their team’s longevity and excellence. This session will explore practical strategies to prevent burnout, foster resilience, and create a culture where defenders feel valued, supported, and committed to the work for the long haul. Participants will leave with actionable steps to strengthen their office’s well-being and sustainability, ensuring both staff retention and high-quality advocacy.  NAPD Ten Principles for Creating Sustainability in Public Defense

Speakers
avatar for Marilena David

Marilena David

Acting Director, State Appellate Defender Office
Marilena David is the Acting Director at the Michigan State Appellate Defender Office and concurrently serves as Deputy Director, Training Director, and Project Reentry Manager. Marilena represents individuals on appeal of their felony convictions and individuals who are being resentenced... Read More →
Wednesday April 16, 2025 1:30pm - 2:30pm EDT
Auditorium
  Plenary

2:45pm EDT

Small group
Wednesday April 16, 2025 2:45pm - 3:45pm EDT
Small Group Breakouts
  • Practice conversations that may be involved in working on leadership challenge
Wednesday April 16, 2025 2:45pm - 3:45pm EDT
Small Group Breakouts
  Small Group

4:00pm EDT

Data Chaos to Courtroom Clarity: TrialKit’s AI-Powered Platform for Defense Attorneys- Sponsor Session
Wednesday April 16, 2025 4:00pm - 4:10pm EDT
The challenges of handling vast amounts of discovery—spanning documents, audio, video, and images—can be overwhelming. This presentation will showcase how TrialKit leverages AI to streamline discovery review and case preparation.

The live demo will highlight how TrialKit’s tools simplify discovery and trial preparation, including:
  • Automatically organizing discovery materials with transcription, entity extraction, and object detection.
  • Enabling natural language search to locate evidence effortlessly, whether it’s buried in text, audio, video, or images.
  • Helping attorneys tag key facts, build fact and witness charts, and link directly to relevant media clips for seamless trial preparation.
  • Facilitating collaboration with teammates by assigning tasks and sharing insights directly within the platform.
Wednesday April 16, 2025 4:00pm - 4:10pm EDT

4:15pm EDT

Engaging the Community and Leading from all Angles
Wednesday April 16, 2025 4:15pm - 5:15pm EDT
Auditorium
Speakers
avatar for James McDermott

James McDermott

Chief Public Defender, Far West Texas Regional Public Defender
James Gerard McDermott lives in Alpine, TX with his four dogs . He is the foundingChief Public Defender of the Far West Texas Regional Public Defender. The programcovers five counties in Big Bend country, about 20,000 square miles—almost twicethe size of Maryland—with a population... Read More →
avatar for Heather Cessna

Heather Cessna

Executive Director, Kansas State Board of Indigents' Defense Services
Heather Cessna has been the Executive Director of the Kansas State Board of Indigents' Defense Services since 2019. Prior to that, Ms. Cessna was a Deputy Appellate Defender, having worked in appellate public criminal defense in Kansas since 2003. Ms. Cessna has made revamping the... Read More →
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avatar for David Davila

David Davila

DAVID DAVILA is the Chief Investigator for the Federal Public Defender, Western District of Texas. He began his career with the FPD WD of Texas in June of 1989. He has handled a wide variety of complex cases including, white collar fraud, drug, RICO, immigration, bank robbery, counterfeiting... Read More →
Wednesday April 16, 2025 4:15pm - 5:15pm EDT
Auditorium
  Plenary

5:15pm EDT

Facilitators Meeting
Wednesday April 16, 2025 5:15pm - 5:30pm EDT
Conference Room A
Wednesday April 16, 2025 5:15pm - 5:30pm EDT
Conference Room A
 
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Small Group Breakouts
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  • Lunch on your own
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