Seminars--presenter or on faculty

Mr. Stanziano has been a frequent lecturer, faculty member and presenter on various topics within the field of criminal defense since 1993. The following list includes only his presentations since 2001. A full listing is available here.


2011 2011 National Defender Association Defender Advocacy Institute, Dayton, Ohio, June 2011. Faculty Member: Worked in small groups and presented on Opening Statements
2011 2011 Kentucky Department of Public Advocacy Annual Conference, June 2011, Lexington, Kentucky, Presentations on Social Workers' Opinions as Junk Science in CSA Cases and Archetype Theory
2010 West Virginia Public Defender Services, 2010 Public Defender Annual Conference June 18, 2010, Charleston, West Virginia. Presentations on Handling Hostile Witnesses and Using and Defending Against Other Acts Evidence.
2010 Kentucky Department of Public Advocacy Annual Conference June 17, 2010, Covington, Kentucky. Presentations on Cross-Examination of Children and Handling CSA cases
2010 National Defender Association Defender Advocacy Institute Dayton, Ohio, June 2010. Faculty Member: Worked in small groups and presented on Direct Examination.
2009 2009 West Virginia Public Defender 1st Trial Advocacy Conference Charleston, West Virginia - Faculty Member: Worked in small groups and presented on Cross-Examination and Impeachment.
2009 2009 National Defender Association Defender Advocacy Institute, Dayton, Ohio, June 2009 - Faculty Member: Worked in small groups and presented on Impeachment.
2009 2009 Hamilton County Public Defender Pre-Trial Investigation Training, Cincinnati, Ohio; March 4-5, 2009 - Faculty Member: Worked in small groups and presented on Forming an Investigation Plan.
2008 2008 Kentucky Department of Public Advocacy 25th Litigation Persuasion Institute, October 2008 -Faculty Member: Worked in small groups with attorneys handling sexual offense cases.
2008 2008 National Defender Association Defender Advocacy Institute, Dayton, Ohio, June 2008 - Faculty Member and Lecture/Demonstration on Storytelling.
2007 National Defender Association Defender Advocacy Institute Dayton, Ohio, June 2007 - Faculty Member and Lecture/Demonstration on Direct Examination
2007 Kentucky Department of Public Advocacy 24th Litigation Persuasion Institute October 2007 - Faculty Member: Worked in small groups with attorneys handling sexual offense cases. Lectures on Handling Sex Offenses "101" and Advanced Cross-Examination. Also, developed one of the case problems - Commonwealth vs Donnie Becker Fagan© - for the Advanced/Sex Offenses track.
2007 Kentucky Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers Annual Conference-Elizabeth, Indiana, November 16, 2007 - The Gambler and Other Archetypes: Synchronizing Your Client's Story to the Universal Stories in Jurors' Heads.
2006 National Legal Aid and Defender Association Defender Advocacy Institute Dayton, Ohio, June 2005 - Faculty Member and Lecture/Demonstration on Cross-Examination
2006 Minnesota Public Defender Trial School, St. Thomas Law School - Faculty Member and Lecture/Demonstration on Cross-Examination

Read the full seminar list of Mark Stanziano.


Serious Felonies
Violent Offenses
         Murder
         Manslaughter
         Robbery
White Collar Crime
Sex Offenses
Drug Offenses
Drunk Driving
Theft (all kinds)
All State & Federal Courts



Brainstorming Case Issues
Developing Theories & Emotional Themes
Formulating Issue-Sensitive Strategies
Organizing Case-Specific Jury Selection
Preparing Lines of Cross-Examination
Preparing Defense Witnesses for Trial
Finding and Working with Expert Witnesses
Developing the Defense Strategy in Order to Tell the Client's Story Persuasively to the Jury
Pretrial Investigation Assistance
Records and Discovery Review
Preserving the Record for Appeal



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