Defender Dinner
present
THE 2023 ANNUAL DEFENDER DINNER
Please join us for our annual dinner to bring together the entire San Diego criminal defense community.
Featuring Keynote Speaker
Lisa Monet Wayne, Esq.
Executive Director, National Association of Criminal Defense Attorneys & National Foundation for Criminal Justice.
Friday, April 28, 2023
No host cocktails at 5:00 p.m.; Dinner at 6:00 p.m.
Westin San Diego Gaslamp Quarter, 910 Broadway Circle, 4th Floor Ballroom
Presentation of the following awards will be made:
CONANT-CLEARY AWARD for exceptional and unselfish devotion to protecting the rights of the indigent accused to Barton C. Sheela III, Alternate Public Defender
PAUL BELL AWARD for significant appellate achievement to Vincent J. Brunkow, Chief Appellate Attorney, Federal Defenders of San Diego, Inc.
2023 ANNUAL DEFENDER DINNER
Date: April 28, 2023
Time: 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Location: Westin San Diego Gaslamp Quarter, 910 Broadway Circle, San Diego
Cost: $75 per person / $600 table of 8
The CONANT-CLEARY AWARD for exceptional and unselfish devotion to protecting the rights of the indigent accused to Barton C. Sheela III, Alternate Public Defender
This award is named in honor of Stan Conant and John Cleary. Stan Conant was the founding Director of the Defenders Program in San Diego. He was widely respected as an advocate and tried many death penalty cases. Under his direction, that office successfully established itself in the community and paved the way for the establishment of the Office of the Public Defender in the mid-1980’s. John J. Cleary was the first Executive Director of Federal Defenders from 1971 to 1983. It was during this time, that Federal Defenders developed into a distinguished and highly respected office, where attorneys were trained extensively in federal law and trial skills, and expected to aggressively represent clients from trial and through appeal.
Past Recepients of the CONANT-CLEARY AWARD:
1980
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Thomas Ryan |
1981
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Charles Sevilla |
1982
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Elisabeth Semel |
1983
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Steven Feldman |
1984
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John Mitchell |
1985
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John Cleary |
1986
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Alex Landon |
1987
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E. Miles Harvey |
1988
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John Cotsirilos |
1989
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Jeffrey Reilly |
1990
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Robert Grimes |
1991
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Judy Clarke |
1992
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Elaine Alexander |
1993
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Kathleen Coyne |
1994
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Carmela Simoncini |
1995
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Benjamin Rayborn |
1996
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Peter Hughes |
1997
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Mario Conte |
1998
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Allen Bloom and John Cotsirilos |
1999
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Gerald Blank |
2000
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Mary Ellen Attridge |
2001
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Steve Binder |
2002
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Janeen Kerper |
2003
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Benjamin Rayborn |
2004
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Chris Plourd |
2005
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Knut Johnson |
2006
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Elizabeth Missakian and John Lanahan |
2007
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Gary Gibson |
2008
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FDSDI GITMO Team -Ellis (Trip) Johnston, Shereen Charlick, Reuben Cahn, Luciano Silva, Marie Acuna, Zaki Zehawi, Heather Rogers and Stephen Demik. |
2009
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Linda Brown |
2010
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Robert Boyce |
2011
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C. Bradley Patton |
2012
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Mark Adams |
2013
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Knut Johnson |
2014
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Laura Berend |
2015
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Kurt Hermansen |
2016
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Zaki Zehawi |
2017
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Kara Hartzler |
2018
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Jami Ferrara |
2019
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Barton C. Sheela III |
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Members of the Federal Defenders team share a commitment to excellence and a passion for justice in representing indigent people accused of myriad federal criminal offenses. We combine hard work, constant training and intense dedication in the defense of each of our clients.
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