Search, Seizure, and Strategy: Mastering Fourth Amendment Advocacy

Strengthen your Fourth Amendment advocacy with this one-day CLE packed with practical strategies and updates. From foundational principles to the latest case law, drones, and digital evidence, expert faculty will cover everything you need to know to effectively litigate suppression issues and preserve them for appeal. The program wraps up with candid insights from trial and appellate judges on the dos and don’ts of suppression practice.

Topics & Speakers

• Fundamentals of Fourth Amendment Law

  • Elana Fogel, Duke University Law School, Durham

• Preparing/ Litigating Motions to Suppress and Preserving Suppression Issues for Appeal

  • Dan Blau, Blau & Hynson, PLLC, Raleigh

• Fourth Amendment Case Law Update

  • Phil Dixon, UNC School of Government, Chapel Hill

• Fourth Amendment and the Modern Era: Drone Searches

  • Ashley Cannon, Ashley Cannon, Attorney at Law, Statesville

• Digital Evidence (Computers, cell phones, CSLI) and Motions to Suppress

  • Spencer McInvaille, Director of Digital Forensics, Envista Forensics, Raleigh

•  View from the Trial and Appellate Bench: Do's and Don'ts of Suppression Practice

  • Justice Sam J. Ervin, NC Supreme Court (Ret.), Morganton

  • Judge G. Bryan Collins, Superior Court, Raleigh

  • Judge Dorothy Hairston Mitchell, District Court, Durham