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Criminal Defense Law


Total Credits: 6 including 5 CLE, 1 Ethics

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Criminal Law
Faculty:
Gary Blume |  Todd Borst |  Deegan Malone |  Glenn Langner |  Joseph P. Van Heest |  Jeffrey Bradley
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Top criminal defense attorneys and experts will give you practical information on the hottest issues and latest changes that you need to know about.  This program is designed for both novice and experienced criminal defense lawyers.

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Gary Blume's Profile

Gary Blume Related Seminars and Products

Blume & Blume PC


Mr. Blume received his B.S. and J.D. degrees from The University of Alabama.  After law school, he served as Assistant Legal Counsel for The University of Alabama and subsequently with the corporate legal department of Southern Natural Gas Company.  He entered private practice in 1984 in Tuscaloosa and practices with the firm of Blume & Blume, engaging in a general practice.  Mr. Blume’s practice primarily focuses on trials and appeals of criminal defense, juvenile law, workers compensation and Social Security Disability matters.  He is a frequent CLE presenter on those subjects.  Mr. Blume was presented with a Merit Award by the Alabama Criminal Defense Lawyer’s Association in 2012 for “outstanding representation and performance in a criminal case.”  He is a member of the Advisory Board of the Southern Juvenile Defender Center, and has participated in the “invitation only” National Juvenile Defender Center’s Leadership Summit 5 of the last 6 years.  Mr. Blume was selected to chair the Alabama State Bar Task Force on Juvenile Law, Child and Adolescent Rights.  He is also a member of the Louisiana State Juvenile Defender’s Office faculty for training juvenile lawyers throughout that state.


Todd Borst Related Seminars and Products

The University of Alabama Office of Student Judicial Affairs


Todd Borst has over twenty-nine years’ experience in Higher Education, having served in various student affairs leadership roles at several institutions in Alabama and Mississippi. At The University of Alabama, Mr. Borst was recently recognized for twenty-five years of continuous service. Prior to assuming leadership for the Office of Student Conduct, Mr. Borst served as Assistant Dean of Students, overseeing Fraternity & Sorority, Parent Orientation, University Programs, the SGA Student Senate, and Kickoff on the Quad.  As Executive Director of Student Conduct, Mr. Borst works closely with campus police and area law enforcement agencies, the legal community, and Intercollegiate Athletics to address student related issues and concerns. Mr. Borst previously served as Chair of the UA Staff Grievance Council and currently serves a member of the Student Life Leadership Team (SLLT), Behavioral Intervention Team (BIT), and the UA Advisory Committee, which reviews admission applications for past behavior concerns.  

Mr. Borst was also instrumental in the development of the University’s Collegiate Intervention and Recovery Services (CRIS) Department, which provides a comprehensive continuum of care for students with substance use concerns, and coordinates UA’s Campus Drug Court, an innovative program developed to help students with addiction and serious conduct and/or criminal cases remain in school, provided they participate in a specialized treatment program.

Active in several higher education professional associations, Mr. Borst has served in leadership positions for the Association of Fraternity Advisors (AFA), Southern Association for Colligate Student Affairs (SACSA), and the Association for Student Conduct Administration (ASCA). Mr. Borst has also presented on topics of alcohol and substance abuse, risk management, and accountability at both regional and national conferences as well as on other college campuses. Prior to joining The University of Alabama, Mr. Borst worked at Mississippi State University and The University of Alabama at Birmingham.  Mr. Borst has a Master of Science in Counseling and Higher Education Administration from Mississippi State University and a Bachelor of Science in Counseling and Guidance from the University of Montevallo.


Deegan Malone Related Seminars and Products

Healthy Sexual Solutions


Dr. Malone received undergraduate degrees and a Master of Science from Jacksonville State University, an Educational Specialist Degree from UAB and a Master of Science Degree in Health Promotions from The University of Alabama.  She has been a therapist and licensed professional counselor in private practice since 1999, also serving as an adjunct professor at UAB School of Human Services.  She has also worked in the UAB Psychiatry Department, Bradford Health Services and has worked with the Federal Public Defender Office.


Glenn Langner Related Seminars and Products

Public Defenders Office


Glenn A. Langner II.  Live in Montgomery and work at the Montgomery County Public Defender’s Office (305 S. Lawrence Street).  Graduated from Jones School of Law or Faulkner Law, as it is called now, in 2017.  While in law school, I interned at a small private firm in Auburn, Alabama, and was a certified legal intern with the 19th Judicial Circuit District Attorneys Office (Autauga, Chilton, and Elmore counties) where I assisted in handling a variety of cases for the DA’s office.  After graduating law school, I was hired by the Montgomery County Public Defender’s Office as a trial attorney handling low-level felony cases.  I was quickly promoted to a senior trial attorney handling all types of felony cases.  And currently serve as a lead trial attorney, supervising the district court attorney team and handling all appeals to the Court of Criminal Appeals and Supreme Court from felony court.


Joseph P. Van Heest Related Seminars and Products

Office of the Public Defender


Mr. Van Heest received his B.S. in Management from Syracuse University and his J.D. from The Catholic University of America School of Law in Washington, DC. He formerly served as law clerk to Senior United States District Judge Harold Albritton, spent four years as an Assistant Federal Defender, and twelve years in private practice in Montgomery. In 2010 he was appointed Public Defender of Tuscaloosa County. Mr. Van Heest is a past-president of the Alabama Criminal Defense Lawyers Association and the Federal Bar Association (Montgomery Chapter), and graduate of the National Criminal Defense College Trial Practice Institute in Macon, Georgia. He is a frequent speaker at CLE events on the topics of criminal law and criminal defense.


Jeffrey Bradley Related Seminars and Products


Jeff Bradley is the General Counsel for the Alabama Office of Prosecution Services (OPS).  Mr. Bradley joined OPS in March 2021 and as General Counsel, he provides research, education and support services for all forty-two Alabama District Attorney offices and law enforcement throughout the state. 

Prior to joining OPS, Mr. Bradley was an Assistant District Attorney and later the Managing Assistant District Attorney from November 2004 through February 2021.  In his role as the Managing Assistant District Attorney, he was primarily responsible for the day to day operations of the office as well as supervising all District Court Prosecutors and support personnel.  In his time in Shelby County, he has prosecuted everything ranging from traffic offenses to capital crimes.  He spent two tours as the Shelby County Drug Court prosecutor and also served as the prosecutor for both Mental Health Court as well as Veteran’s Treatment Court.  Mr. Bradley was also the supervising attorney for the Shelby County Traffic Homicide Taskforce.  He has served as an instructor for the Shelby County Citizen Sheriff’s Academy for several years.  Additionally, while with the Shelby County District Attorney’s office, each year, he coordinated and instructed law enforcement throughout Shelby County regarding legal updates and criminal procedure.  He also served as an instructor for the Alabama District Attorney’s Association 2017 Winter Conference on the issues of incompetence and not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect and the 2020 Boot Camp for Prosecutors on Opening Statements.  Additionally, he served as a speaker for the 2018 Alabama State Drug Court Conference on the lethality of opioids.

Prior to joining the Shelby County District Attorney’s Office, he was a Deputy District Attorney for the 10th Judicial Circuit, Jefferson County, where he prosecuted felony crimes, crimes involving juvenile defendants, and civil condemnation and forfeiture cases.  Mr. Bradley received his Bachelor Degree in Criminal Justice and Master Degree in Public Administration from the University of Alabama at Birmingham and his Law Degree from the Birmingham School of Law.