Minneapolis, Minnesota

Opening Statement from Judge Cardone and Hearing Agenda
PDF icon Hearing Agenda - Minneapolis (5/13/16)

Panel 1 -- Views from Innovative State Court Models
PDF icon Transcript: Views from Innovative State Court Models
PDF icon Testimony from Public Defender Service of DC (Buchanan & Leighton)
PDF icon NLADA Report on Public Defender Service of DC (Buchanan & Leighton)
PDF icon Testimony from Judge Thomas Boyd, Michigan State Court (55th Judicial District)
PDF icon Testimony from William Leahy, Director, New York State Office of Indigent Services

Panel 2 -- Views from Federal Defenders
PDF icon Transcript: Views from Federal Defenders
PDF icon Testimony from Melody Brannon, FPD (D. Kan.)
PDF icon Testimony from Carol Brook, CDO (N.D. Ill.)
PDF icon Testimony and Supplemental Materials from Neil Fulton, FPD (D.S.D. & D.N.D.)
PDF icon Testimony from Thomas Patton, FPD (C.D. Ill.)
PDF icon Testimony from David Stickman, FPD (D. Neb.)

Panel 3 -- Views from a Mixed Panel
PDF icon Transcript: Views from a Mixed Panel
PDF icon Testimony from Judge John Carroll (ret.), Professor of Law, Cumberland School of Law, Stamford University
PDF icon Testimony from Norm Lefstein, Professor of Law & Dean Emeritus, Robert H. McKinney School of Law, Indiana University
PDF icon Testimony from Andrew Zaso, Chief, CSMO, AOUSC
PDF icon Follow-up materials from Andrew Zaso, Chief, CSMO, AOUSC (Revised 2/26/18)

Panel 4 -- Views from CJA Attorneys and District Reps
PDF icon Transcript: Views from CJA Attorneys and District Reps
PDF icon Testimony from Edward "EJ" Hunt, CJA Panel Attorney (E.D. Wis.)
PDF icon Testimony from Robert LeBell, CJA District Representative (E.D. Wis.)
PDF icon Testimony from Minnesota Assoc of Criminal Defense Lawyers via Robert Richman, Board Member (D. Minn.)
PDF icon Testimony from Stephen Swift, CJA District Representative (N.D. Iowa)

Panel 5 -- Views from a Mixed Panel
PDF icon Transcript: Views from a Mixed Panel
PDF icon Testimony from Monica Foster, CDO (S.D. Ind.)
PDF icon Testimony from Alexander Reichert, CJA Panel Attorney (D.N.D.)
PDF icon Testimony from Jon Sands, FPD (D. Ariz.)
PDF icon Testimony from Dan Scott, CJA District Representative (D. Minn.)

Panel 6 -- Views from the Judiciary
PDF icon Transcript: Views from the Judiciary
PDF icon Testimony from Judge Paul Borman (E.D. Mich.)
PDF icon Testimony from Chief Judge John Tunheim (D. Minn.)

Live Stream -- Testimony from David Carroll, Sixth Amendment Center
PDF icon Transcript: Testimony from David Carroll
PDF icon Testimony from David Carroll, Sixth Amendment Center

No Oral Testimony
PDF icon Testimony from Richard Anderson, Former FPD (N.D. Tex.)
PDF icon Testimony from Miriam Siefer, FPD (D. Minn.)