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Criminal Defense: Secrets Prosecutors Don't Want You to Know

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Hawaii CLE Approved 6 Total
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Illinois CLE Approved 6 Total
Indiana CLE Approved 6 Total
Kansas CLE Approved 7 Total
Kentucky CLE Approved 6 Total
Maine CLE Approved 6 Total
Minnesota CLE Approved 6 Total
Missouri CLE Approved 6 Total
Northern Mariana Islands CLE Approved 6 Total
Mississippi CLE Approved 6 Total
Montana CLE Approved 6 Total
North Carolina CLE Approved 6 Total
North Dakota CLE Approved 6 Total
Nebraska CLE Approved 6 Total
New Hampshire CLE Approved 6 Total
New Jersey CLE Approved 7.2 Total
New Mexico CLE Approved 6 Total
Nevada CLE Approved 6 Total
New York CLE Approved 7 Total
Ohio CLE Approved 6 Total
Oklahoma CLE Approved 7 Total
Oregon CLE Approved 6 Total
Pennsylvania CLE Approved 6 Total
Rhode Island CLE Upon Request 6 Total
South Carolina CLE Approved 6 Total
Tennessee CLE Approved 6 Total
Texas CLE Approved 6 Total
Utah CLE Approved 6 Total
Virginia CLE Approved 6 Total
Vermont CLE Approved 6 Total
Washington CLE Approved 6 Total
Wisconsin CLE Approved 7 Total
West Virginia CLE Approved 7.2 Total
Wyoming CLE Approved 6 Total
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5 hours 47 minutes
Carla Sigler
M. Lynn Dunlap
Howard Snader
Nancy Schuster
Travis Sayre
With Carla S. Sigler from Sigler Law, Inc. + 4 others
Recorded July 30, 2026.
Product ID 102166

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Overview

Capitalize on Prosecutorial Pressure Points and Blind Spots

Effective criminal defense requires more than knowing the law. It requires understanding how prosecutors actually think, operate, and prioritize cases. In this program, you'll go behind the scenes to see how prosecutors evaluate strength, where they overestimate their position, and which charges truly matter - and which exist primarily as leverage. You'll uncover the discovery gaps built into the system, learn how trial risk is assessed behind closed doors, and identify where prosecutors are most vulnerable. Most importantly, you'll learn how to turn those realities into strategic advantage for your client. Register today!

  • Learn which charging decisions are real and which exist primarily as bargaining tools.
  • Hear why "open file" discovery is not necessarily complete and where critical gaps arise.
  • Discover how underused pretrial motions can disrupt the prosecutor's strategy.
  • Find out what actually moves plea numbers and why offers suddenly change.
  • Examine trial vulnerabilities prosecutors hope you won't reveal.

Abbreviated Agenda

  1. Inside Prosecutorial Priorities and Pressures
  2. Charging Decisions: Behind the Scenes
  3. Plea Negotiations: What Really Drives Offers
  4. Discovery: What You're Not Being Shown (and How to Get it)
  5. Strategic Motion Practice: What Prosecutors Don't Anticipate
  6. Trial Weaknesses Prosecutors Don't Want You to Know
  7. Sentencing and Post-Conviction Pressure Points

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Product ID 102166

Credit Details

Credits Available
Credit Status Total
Alaska CLE Reciprocity 6 Total
Alabama CLE Approved 6 Total
Arkansas CLE Approved 6 Total
Arizona CLE Approved 6 Total
California CLE Approved 6 Total
Colorado CLE Approved 7 Total
Connecticut CLE Approved 6 Total
Delaware CLE Approved 6 Total
Florida CLE Approved 7 Total
Georgia CLE Approved 6 Total
Hawaii CLE Approved 6 Total
Iowa CLE Approved 6 Total
Idaho CLE Approved 6 Total
Illinois CLE Approved 6 Total
Indiana CLE Approved 6 Total
Kansas CLE Approved 7 Total
Kentucky CLE Approved 6 Total
Maine CLE Approved 6 Total
Minnesota CLE Approved 6 Total
Missouri CLE Approved 6 Total
Northern Mariana Islands CLE Approved 6 Total
Mississippi CLE Approved 6 Total
Montana CLE Approved 6 Total
North Carolina CLE Approved 6 Total
North Dakota CLE Approved 6 Total
Nebraska CLE Approved 6 Total
New Hampshire CLE Approved 6 Total
New Jersey CLE Approved 7.2 Total
New Mexico CLE Approved 6 Total
Nevada CLE Approved 6 Total
New York CLE Approved 7 Total
Ohio CLE Approved 6 Total
Oklahoma CLE Approved 7 Total
Oregon CLE Approved 6 Total
Pennsylvania CLE Approved 6 Total
Rhode Island CLE Upon Request 6 Total
South Carolina CLE Approved 6 Total
Tennessee CLE Approved 6 Total
Texas CLE Approved 6 Total
Utah CLE Approved 6 Total
Virginia CLE Approved 6 Total
Vermont CLE Approved 6 Total
Washington CLE Approved 6 Total
Wisconsin CLE Approved 7 Total
West Virginia CLE Approved 7.2 Total
Wyoming CLE Approved 6 Total
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Agenda

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  1. Inside Prosecutorial Priorities and Pressures

    1. Case Intake Models and Screening Thresholds
    2. Incentives That Drive Prosecutorial Decisions
    3. Turnover, Reassignment, and Institutional Memory Gaps
    4. Prosecutor Assumptions About Defense Counsel
    5. Defense Takeaways and Tips

  2. Charging Decisions: Behind the Scenes

    1. How Charges Are Selected
    2. Which Charges Are Real and Which Are Bargaining Tools
    3. Evidence Prosecutors Rely on Most at Charging
    4. How Defense Advocacy Can Influence Charging Outcomes

  3. Plea Negotiations: What Really Drives Offers

    1. Timing, Delay, and Case Momentum
    2. Which Factors Actually Move Plea Numbers
    3. The Myth of the "Standard Offer"
    4. When Offers Get Better - and When They Never Will
    5. The “Trial-Ready Discount” and How It's Earned

  4. Discovery: What You're Not Being Shown (and How to Get it)

    1. Investigation Secrets: What Happens Before You Ever Take the Case
    2. Open File Policies and Their Limits
    3. Brady, Giglio, and Their Enforcement Gaps
    4. Electronic Evidence and Metadata

  5. Strategic Motion Practice: What Prosecutors Don't Anticipate

  6. Trial Weaknesses Prosecutors Don't Want You to Know

    1. Trial Preparation Oversights in High-Volume Offices
    2. Juror Skepticism
    3. Cracks in Law Enforcement Credibility
    4. Civilian Witnesses Who Unravel
    5. Vulnerabilities in Expert Testimony
    6. Chain of Custody and Foundation Soft Spots

  7. Sentencing and Post-Conviction Pressure Points

Who Should Attend

This program is designed for criminal defense counsel. Paralegals may also benefit.

Speakers

Carla S Sigler
Carla S.
Sigler
Sigler Law, Inc.
M. Lynn Dunlap
M. Lynn
Dunlap
M. Lynn Dunlap PC
Howard A Snader
Howard A.
Snader
Attorneys For Freedom Law Firm
Nancy C Schuster
Nancy C.
Schuster
Schuster & Simmons
Travis Sayre
Travis
Sayre
Sayre Law Services, PLLC
Speaker bio
Carla S Sigler

Carla S. Sigler

Sigler Law, Inc.
Carla Sigler

is a solo practitioner at Sigler Law, Inc. She serves clients with integrity and skill in the areas of criminal defense, family law, business litigation, estate planning, successions, and represents government agencies and serves as the Vinton Magistrate Judge. As an experienced appellate advocate, Ms. Sigler won a murder case before the U.S. Supreme Court while serving as an assistant district attorney. She also is available for legal writing and research, and appellate advocacy work and consultation. Ms. Sigler earned her B.S. degree from McNeese State University and her J.D. degree from Paul M. Hebert LSU Law Center. She is a member of the Southwest Louisiana Bar Association and State Bar of Texas. Ms. Sigler is also a member of several federal bars, including the U.S. Supreme Court, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, and U.S. District Court Middle and Western districts of Louisiana. In her practice she represents a number of succession clients in issues involving real estate sales and fiduciary litigation. Ms. Sigler has been appointed by courts to serve as an administrator in succession cases and has been asked to provide expert testimony.

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M. Lynn Dunlap

M. Lynn Dunlap

M. Lynn Dunlap PC
M. Lynn Dunlap

is an attorney at M. Lynn Dunlap PC, practicing criminal law, personal injury law, and debt recovery. He earned his B.A. degree from the University of Washington and is admitted to practice law in Idaho.

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Howard A Snader

Howard A. Snader

Attorneys For Freedom Law Firm
Howard Snader

is a senior attorney at Attorneys For Freedom Law Firm. He focuses his practice on criminal defense law. In 1995, the Arizona State Bar recognized Mr. Snader as a certified specialist in criminal law. He earned his bachelor's degree from Arizona State University and his J.D. degree from Lewis & Clark College. Mr. Snader is admitted to practice law in Arizona. 

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Nancy C Schuster

Nancy C. Schuster

Schuster & Simmons
Nancy Schuster

is principal of Schuster & Simmons Co. L.P.A, a "boutique" law firm located in an 1846 Italianate style residence in Ohio City's "Hinge Town". With certain exceptions, Schuster & Simmons handles transactions of all types in addition to litigation in both federal and state courts. Ms. Schuster graduated from the University of Wisconsin at Madison and from the Cleveland Marshall College of Law of Cleveland State University (night classes) cum laude. Before becoming a founding partner of Schuster & Simmons she was with the U.S. Department of Justice for eleven years, nine in the Northern District of Ohio where she was Chief of the Criminal Division for four years and two as Senior Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Eastern District of California at Sacramento. She was the first woman in the country to hold the position of Criminal Chief. Ms. Schuster is a Fellow of the Ohio State Bar Foundation, a Delegate from Cuyahoga County to the Ohio State Bar Association House of Delegates (and a member of the Scanning Committee), former Chairman of the Judicial Administration & Legal Reform Committee, twice appointed to the Board of Editors of the Ohio Lawyer Magazine, an appointed member of the Ohio Supreme Court's Commission on the Rules of Practice & Procedure in Ohio Courts and Chairman of the Federal Court Committee of the Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association. Ms. Schuster is an appointed Commissioner and Vice Chairman of the Cleveland Metropolitan School District Bond Accountability Commission and former Member of the Board and Vice President of the Ohio City Community Development Corporation. She has lectured on various aspects of criminal and civil, trial practice, law office management and labor and employment matters and taught The Lawyering Process as adjunct professor of law at Case Western Reserve University School of Law. She is a Life Member of the Judicial Conference of the Eighth District and Sixth Circuit and a Master Bencher of the William K. Thomas Inn of Court. She is rated AV Preeminent.

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Travis Sayre

Travis Sayre

Sayre Law Services, PLLC
Travis Sayre

is a dedicated trial attorney at Sayre Law Services, PLLC, based in Parkersburg, West Virginia. His practice centers on criminal defense and civil litigation in West Virginia, as well as veterans' disability claims before the Department of Veterans Affairs. Mr. Sayre earned his B.S. in Business Administration from West Virginia University at Parkersburg and his J.D. from West Virginia University College of Law. While at WVU, he was a member of the Marlyn E. Lugar Trial Association and participated in mock trials. With extensive trial experience, he has successfully handled a wide range of cases, from simple misdemeanors to serious felonies, including murder and sex offenses. He has further honed his skills through Professional Certificates and training in Trial Skills from esteemed institutions such as the National Criminal Defense College, The Trial Lawyers College, and the NACDL's Forensic Science College at Cardozo Law School. Mr. Sayre serves on the West Virginia State Bar Criminal Law Committee, the NACDL's AI Task Force Committee, and the NACDL's Fourth Amendment Committee. He is admitted to practice law in West Virginia.

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