THE JUVENILE SECTION OF
THE LORAIN COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION
PRESENTS
Annual Juvenile Law Seminar
Friday, September 8, 2017
6.00 General CLE Credit Hours
**This seminar meets ALL requirements for the Ohio Public Defender’s Regulations to take Juvenile Delinquency Appointments**
8:15 a.m. Registration
8:30 a.m. Delinquency Oerview
Attorney Adam Bryda
• Delinquency – Statutory Construction
• Parents Patriae
• Jurisdiction
• Role of a Guardian Ad Litem
• Flow Chart
• Detention Home Hearings
• Delinquency Dispositions
• Restitution
• Bindover
• Sex Classification
• Serious Youth Offenders
• Competency
• Transfer to Jail
• Credit for Time Served
• Judicial Release and
Supervised Release from ODYS
10:00 a.m. Truancy and Status Offenses
Attorney Jay Grunda
• Overview of Truancy Law and
Status Offenses
10:30 a.m. Break
10:45 a.m. Dispositional Programs:
Probation Dept. and ODYS
Nancie Murello, Patty Wilson,
Jennifer Kerns,Jean Frantz, and
Beverly Turczyk
• Investigation and Referral Team
• Case Plans
• General Community Control Program
• Community Intervention Program
• Specialized Services
• Juvenile Drug Court and
Juvenile Mental Health Court
• Department of Youth Services
11:45 a.m. Lunch (on your own)
1:00 p.m. Pretrial Practice
Attorney Paul Griffin
• Suppression Motions
o Identifying Suppression Issues
o Motions to Suppress – Tactics
• Motions for Competency:
When and Why
• Plea Bargaining Strategy
2:00 p.m. Interacting with Children
in Delinquency Cases
Attorney Christopher Rewak
• Interviewing client
• Juvenile as witness
• Children as witnesses
• Interacting with parents
• Conflict as attorney/GAL
• Competency of client
3:00 p.m. Break
3:15 p.m. Mock Cases:
Prosecutor and Defense Attorney Panel
Attorneys Tom DeRoma, Jay Grunda,
Michael Towne, Steve List
• Mock Cases
• Prosecutors, defense counsel,
and magistrate discuss strategy
and procedure for 3-4 mock
case scenario
• Q & A
COST: LCBA Member $165.00*
Non-Member $185.00*
*This total includes the $5 surcharge for credit card payments.
LorMet Community Federal Credit Union
2051 Cooper Foster Park Road
Amherst, OH 44001
LCBA
627 Broad Street
Elyria, OH 44035
Cancellation Policy: Individuals canceling up to 48 hours prior to the date of the seminar will be issued a credit for attending a future seminar. Those not attending or those leaving early will receive the course materials in full consideration of the seminar fee paid.