Hi! I'm your new roving blogger!
Greetings friends: My name is Stephanie Martz, and I am the Senior Director for White Collar Crime policy at the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. Back in the other Washington, I do a lot of advocacy work with ACC on issues such as the federal government's charging policies (demanding waiver of attorney-client privilege, firing "culprits," cutting off lawyers' fees, etc.), vicarious corporate criminal liability, and sentencing. So I am very happy to be here to check out this amazingly huge meeting and offer some impressions and information.
But first things first: What shwag! Well done people! I have to say that the trout hot mits from Corporate Service Company seemed to be a big hit, and they were high-visibility. I also got an LED martini glass from Protiviti (my kids will like it for ice cream -- I never touch the stuff -- at least not after last night) , a t-shirt all folded up like a starfish from Steptoe & Johnson, and I won a $50 I-Tunes certificate by spinning the wheel thingie! That's almost enough scratch to make my I-Pod hip.
Because I can't get enough attorney-client privilege, I think I'm going to check out the "How to Respond to Your Financial Services Agency" panel this morning, and maybe the crisis management panel after that (criminal defense lawyers are nothing if not crisis managers). See you there!
