Howard W. Bailey is a partner with Bailey & Orozco LLC. He has been involved with the field of criminal law for thirty years. As a criminal defense lawyer, he focuses his efforts in the defense of clients charged with violating the criminal law and the motor vehicle laws of New Jersey. He has handled cases involving drug possession and distribution, racketeering, assault, homicide, theft, robbery, carjacking, insurance fraud, kidnapping, sexual offenses, arson, criminal mischief, bribery, perjury, weapons, and other types of crimes. Before becoming a criminal defense attorney, Mr. Bailey was a police officer for ten years and an assistant Essex County (New Jersey) prosecutor for fifteen years. During that time and now as a defense lawyer, he has handled drug trafficking cases where the state relied upon every type of investigation technique used by the police. This unique background provides him the experience in how a criminal case is investigated, prosecuted, and defended. As an assistant prosecutor, he was assigned as a legal adviser to the Essex County Prosecutor’s Narcotics Task Force for twelve years, reviewing, supervising, advising, and prosecuting thousands of drug and violent crime cases each year. He served as the task force’s deputy director from 1993 to 1996, as vice chairman of the County Narcotics Commanders Association of New Jersey from 1995 to 1997, and as a member of the Statewide Narcotics Action Plan Working Group from 1993 to 1997, serving on the Attorney General’s Drug Enforcement Policy Manual Committee and the Attorney General’s Legislative Initiatives Committee. These experiences give him an extensive understanding of how the drug laws were drafted and how the police were trained to enforce them. As a criminal defense lawyer, and in his prior employment, Mr. Bailey has taught many courses to both other lawyers and to law enforcement officers. He was a certified police instructor for the New Jersey Police Training Commission for twenty-four years. As a police instructor, he has taught courses to police recruit classes and in-service training for active-duty police officers. He has served as a faculty member of the Top Gun Narcotics Training Seminar sponsored by the Statewide Narcotics Task Force, and has been a featured speaker for the Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers of New Jersey, the New Jersey Narcotics Enforcement Officers Association, and the Office of the Public Defender for the State of New Jersey. He is a member and trustee of the New Jersey Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.
Kenneth Harmell is a partner with Stewart Beall MacNichols & Harmell Inc. PS. He graduated magna cum laude from both Central Washington University and Seattle University School of Law. He has more than ten years of experience representing individuals charged with crimes. He has acted as lead counsel in more than 150 jury trials in more than a dozen jurisdictions. He has represented individuals charged with all levels of drug crimes, including simple possession of a controlled substance, possession with intent to deliver, delivery, manufacturing a controlled substance, and vehicular homicide.
Kurt P. Kerns is an A-rated “Super Lawyer” and the founding partner of Ariagno, Kerns, Mank & White LLC. His successes include state, federal, and appellate cases involving conspiracy, first-degree murder, and fraud. He has served on the board of governors for the Kansas Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and is a life member of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. He practices before the International War Crime Tribunal at The Hague, in the Netherlands. He is one of only twenty-six American lawyers authorized to appear before the International Criminal Court. He is a frequent lecturer at criminal defense seminars across the nation, and he has been a featured legal commentator on the national cable networks Court TV and A&E American Justice. Mr. Kerns earned his J.D. from Washburn University. He has completed additional training at the National Criminal Defense College and Gerry Spence’s Trial Lawyer’s College, where he is currently on staff.
Julius Kim serves as managing partner of the law firm of Kim & LaVoy SC. He specializes in the areas of drunk driving and criminal defense, and has personally handled thousands of criminal matters. He is a former assistant district attorney for Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, where he prosecuted cases involving drug offenses, gun offenses, violent crimes, domestic violence, and sex offenses. As a defense attorney, he has represented clients accused of homicide, sexual assault, Internet crimes, domestic violence, drug offenses, white-collar crime, drunk driving, battery, and a host of other offenses. He has handled many high-profile cases that have been widely reported in the news media, and he has been asked by the media to provide expert commentary on other criminal matters. Mr. Kim has been the lead attorney in more than 100 jury trials, and has litigated several hundred motion hearings. For the past five years, he has been recognized in Milwaukee Magazine as one of Wisconsin’s top criminal defense lawyers through a survey of judges, prosecutors, and attorneys from across the state.
Lana M. Manitta is a partner with Rich Rosenthal Brincefield Manitta Dzubin & Kroeger LLP. Since her admission to the Virginia State Bar in 1998, she has concentrated on family criminal defense litigation in both state and federal courts. In recent years, she has served as lead or co-lead defense counsel in many drug conspiracy cases and other serious felony matters before the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. In the family law arena, she has been able to assist clients with a variety of complex custody matters before the juvenile and domestic and circuit courts throughout Northern Virginia. Ms. Manitta is a regular author on her areas of expertise. She earned her B.A. from Binghamton University and her J.D. from the Georgetown University Law Center. She is a member of the Virginia State Bar, the Alexandria Bar Association, the Fairfax Bar Association, and the Virginia Women Attorneys Association.
James W. Parkman III is a senior partner with Parkman, Adams & White LLC. He has won more than twenty federal criminal cases and forty-five state criminal cases. He earned his B.S. in business administration from the University of Alabama and his J.D., cum laude, from Cumberland Law School. Mr. Parkman is a member of the American Bar Association, the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, the Alabama Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, and the American Trial Lawyers Association. He is admitted to practice before the U.S. District Courts for the Middle, Southern, and Northern Districts, as well as before the U.S. Supreme Court and the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Third and Eleventh Circuits. He has been listed in Who’s Who in Executives and Professionals, has been named a member of the Masters of the Bench, has received the International Academy of Trial Lawyers Distinguished Achievement Award, and was selected as one of the top 100 trial lawyers of 2007 and 2008 by the American Trial Lawyers Association.
Lester A. Pines has been in practice since 1975 in Madison, Wisconsin. He is a partner in the firm of Cullen Weston Pines & Bach LLP, where he leads its litigation practice. A 1974 graduate of the University of Wisconsin Law School, he concentrates on criminal defense and civil trials. Mr. Pines is a fellow in the American College of Trial Lawyers and a member of its Federal Criminal Rules Committee. He has appeared in trial and appellate courts throughout Wisconsin, in federal trial courts in Wisconsin, Illinois, Iowa, Michigan, Ohio, and New York, and before the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals. His criminal defense work has involved many high-profile cases, especially involving teachers, police officers, and other public employees. His civil trial practice encompasses constitutional and civil rights claims, employment, personal injury, and commercial disputes. Mr. Pines is listed in The Best Lawyers in America for white-collar and non-whitecollar criminal defense and labor and employment, and he is a Wisconsin “Super Lawyer,” as chosen by Law & Politics magazine. He is a master in the James E. Doyle chapter of the American Inns of Court and was its president from 2002 to 2007. He maintains memberships in the American Bar Association, the National and Wisconsin Associations of Criminal Defense Lawyers, the National and Wisconsin Associations for Justice, and the American Civil Liberties Union. He is an adjunct professor at the University of Wisconsin Law School, teaching civil trial advocacy. He has regularly lectured at continuing education seminars. In 2004, he was awarded the Ben Minkoff Volunteer Service Award by the Madison Jewish Community Council. In 2009, he received the Harry and Velma Hamilton Branch Service Award for exemplary volunteer efforts from the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People’s Madison branch. And in 2010, he was presented with the Fair Wisconsin Leadership Award for his advocacy on behalf of the rights of gay, lesbian, and transgendered people.
Leslie Prince is a partner with the Law Offices of Russo & Prince. She graduated from Hastings Law School in San Francisco in 1981. While in law school, she was a writer and editor for Hastings Constitutional Law Quarterly. In addition, she worked as a judicial extern for California Court of Appeals Justice Sidney Feinberg, and as a research assistant for Hastings Law Professor Leo Kanowitz. She has been an attorney in private practice for more than twenty years, and was a sole practitioner in Alameda County for more than ten years before coming to Solano County in 1994 to become a principal in the Law Offices of Russo and Prince. Ms. Prince primarily practices in the area of criminal defense and represents both adults and juveniles in all types of criminal matters, including homicides, drug offenses (possession, possession for sale, transportation, being under the influence, etc.), assault and battery, domestic violence, driving under the influence, theft crimes (burglary, receiving stolen property, grand theft, petty theft, etc.), and sex crimes. She has extensive trial experience as well as substantial knowledge of criminal procedure. In addition to criminal trial work, she has more than twenty years of experience handling criminal appeals, including direct appeals and petitions for writ of habeas corpus.
Kevin B. Ross is a partner with Sorrels, Udashen & Anton. Recently, he was named as managing attorney by the firm’s partners. He is a well-respected criminal defense attorney in Texas, as evidenced by his recognition as a “Texas Super Lawyer Rising Star” each year since 2004. In March 2010, he was recognized by the Dallas Volunteer Attorney Program for his contribution in assisting Legal Aid of Northwest Texas in handling cases involving expunctions and non-disclosures and serving as a mentoring attorney. In his criminal law practice, Mr. Ross represents clients in both federal and state court. He began his legal career at the Federal Public Defender’s Office in the Northern District of Texas, providing him with firsthand experience in the intricacies of the federal criminal justice system. While there, he exclusively worked on federal cases at the trial and appellate level. As such, he has the experience to handle federal cases involving mortgage and bank fraud, wire fraud, mail fraud, Medicare-Medicaid fraud, health care fraud, tax fraud, embezzlement, Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act violations, federal firearms offenses, drug conspiracies, counterfeiting, child pornography, identity theft, computer crimes, and more. He also assists clients, if eligible, in cleaning their criminal record through filing an expunction and/or a petition for non-disclosure. At the state level, Mr. Ross handles a wide range of cases such as driving while intoxicated, assault, drug offenses, prescription fraud, engaging in organized criminal activity, theft, embezzlement, credit card abuse, identity theft, evading arrest, sexual assault, robbery, weapon offenses, public intoxication, minor in possession of alcohol, minor in consumption of alcohol, possession of fictitious identification, fraud, and more. He also assists clients, if eligible, in cleaning their criminal record through filing an expunction and/or a petition for non-disclosure. In addition to handling cases at the trial level, Mr. Ross also handles federal and state appeals and post-conviction proceedings. He has argued cases before the Federal Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans, and he regularly handles appeals of state criminal convictions. He is a member of the Innocence Project of Texas and handles postconviction investigations into prisoners’ claims of actual innocence involving DNA testing.
