FEDERAL PUBLIC DEFENDER
Southern District of Texas
Criminal Justice Act Panel Training
United States Federal Courthouse
Jury Assembly Room
1133 N. Shoreline Boulevard
Corpus Christi, TX
April 10, 2026
AGENDA
| 7:30 - 8:00 | Registration | (CLE hrs.) |
| 8:00 - 8:15 | Welcome Remarks Philip G. Gallagher, Federal Public Defender, S.D. TX Christopher Jenkins, Supervisory AFPD, Corpus Christi, TX |
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| 8:15 - 9:00 | Picking a Jury Francisco Morales, Senior Litigation Counsel, Corpus Christi, TX |
(.75) |
| 9:00 - 9:30 | Nuts and Bolts of Getting out on Bond Jacqueline Garza, United States Probation Officer, Corpus Christi, TX Daisy Montemayor, United States Probation Officer, McAllen, TX |
(.50) |
| 9:30 - 10:30 | Breaking Down Guns – USSG § 2K2.1 Basics and Pitfalls Philip G. Gallagher, Federal Public Defender, Houston, TX |
(.75) |
| 10:30 - 10:45 | Break | |
| 10:45 - 11:45 | Undocumented Migration and Citizenship from the 1960s to Today Dr. Cristian Roberto Walk, Assistant Professor of History, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi Rachel Braver, Assistant Federal Public Defender, Corpus Christi, TX |
(1.0) |
| 11:45 - 12:15 | CJA Representations Gerardo Montalvo, CJA Supervising Attorney, Houston, TX David Adler, CJA Panel Representative, Houston, TX |
(.50) |
| 12:15 - 1:15 | A View from the Bench (and Lunch) Hon. Nelva Gonzales Ramos, United States District Judge, Southern District of Texas |
(.50) |
| 1:15 - 2:00 | Federal Sentencing Update Rachel Braver, Assistant Federal Public Defender, Corpus Christi, TX |
(.75) |
| 2:00 - 2:45 | Supreme Court and Bruen Update Philip G. Gallagher, Federal Public Defender, Houston, TX |
(.75) |
| 2:45 - 3:00 | Break | |
| 3:00 - 4:00 | Pretrial Motions Christopher Jenkins, Supervisory AFPD, Corpus Christi, TX |
(1.0) |
| 4:00 - 5:00 | Your Conscience vs. Your Duty When your professional obligation conflicts with your sense of right and wrong John Gill, Assistant Federal Public Defender, Corpus Christi, TX Francisco Morales, Senior Litigation Counsel, Corpus Christi, TX |
(1.0 Ethics) |
Pending approval for 7.50 hours of CLE credit (including 1.0 hrs. of legal ethics) by the State Bar of Texas MCLE Department. (Course No. 174313216)
This seminar is for attorneys eligible or seeking to become eligible to take CJA appointments