Meeting/Event Information

Join us for the Fiesta 2026 CLE, SACDLA’s 8th Annual Advanced Criminal Law Seminar!

We are excited to invite you to this top-notch CLE that focuses on the skills necessary to fight and win the best possible results for our clients. Defense lawyers do our best work when we come together as a community to share legal knowledge and practical advice. This year’s lineup features several of San Antonio’s powerhouse lawyers to do just that.

11.00 hours of CLE, including 1.00 hour of ethics.

Thursday, April 16 from 12:30pm-5:00pm

12:45pm – Opening Remarks
1:00pm-1:45pm – Pretrial Investigations / Mitigation – Michael Edwards
1:45pm-2:45pm – Assertive Tactics in Federal Pleas – Michael McCrum
2:45pm-3:00pm – Afternoon Break
3:00pm-5:00pm – Winning Challenging Trials (with Q&A) – Nico LaHood and Jason Goss
5:30pm-8:30pm – Fiesta Party!

Friday, April 17 from 8:30am-4:30pm

8:30am – Registration
8:45am – Opening Remarks
9:00am-10:00am – SCOTUS/Fourth Amendment Update – Gerry Goldstein
10:00am-10:45am – PDR Update – Mark Stevens
10:45am-11:00am – Morning Break
11:00am-12:00pm – Ethics for the Defense Lawyer – Stephanie Stevens
12:00pm-12:15pm – Lunch Line
12:15pm-1:15pm – A Promise to Keep – Kerry Max Cook (Keynote Speaker)
1:15pm-2:00pm – The Odyssey of the Kerry Max Cook Case – Bert Richardson
2:00pm-2:15pm – Afternoon Break
2:15pm-3:15pm – K9 Sniffs and Searches – Don Flanary
3:15pm-4:15pm – Autism and Neurodivergent Clients – Brisa Hernandez and Angelica Cogliano
4:15pm-5:00pm – Sexual Assault and Case Strategies – Amanda Hernandez
5:00pm – Adjourn

Prosecutors are invited to attend from 12:00pm-2:00pm on Friday, April 17 to hear from Kerry Max Cook and Bert Richardson, but otherwise the event is not open to prosecutors or those working at a prosecutor’s office.