Workshops

Telling Your Story: A How-To for Writing Investigations Reports That Will Impress Even Prosecutors!

This workshop is for every AP investigator who has had holes poked in their investigation reports. (See you all there!) What’s included in your report – and what’s left out - can make or break a criminal case. Your law enforcement partners and local prosecutors rely on AP reports for many reasons, including whether to file charges, offer a plea deal, or take a case to trial. Criminal defense attorneys will seize on inaccurate or missing information in your report to call your credibility into question and plant reasonable doubt. It’s important to get your report right from the outset to avoid having to correct or add to the record later on. Who better to teach AP investigators how to write a lock-solid report than a prosecutor working in the trenches every day? In this 2-hour interactive workshop, ADAs from King County (WA) and San Francisco will share tips for writing factual, comprehensive and well-organized case reports that will pass prosecutorial muster no matter where you are located. You’ll leave with a checklist that can serve as a framework for training your entire team. Law enforcement officers are encouraged to attend!

SPEAKERS

• Patrick Hinds, Chief Deputy, Economic Crimes & Wage Theft Division, King County Prosecuting Attorney's Office
• Nicole Lawson, Deputy Prosecuting Attorney, King County Prosecuting Attorney's Office
• Conrad del Rosario, Assistant District Attorney, San Francisco District Attorney's Office

Stay INFORMed: Leveraging the Law in Your Investigations

2023 saw the implementation of the federal INFORM Consumers Act, which puts new obligations on online marketplaces to collect, verify, and disclose certain seller information, suspend non-compliant sellers, and create a reporting mechanism for suspicious marketplace activity. This workshop will provide an overview of the INFORM Act and explore how it can be utilized in AP investigations, as well as the ways you can leverage those efforts to aid in state and federal enforcement.

SPEAKERS

• Ben Dugan Executive Director, Asset Protection CVS Health
• Sean Browne, Senior Manager, Asset Protection Investigations
• Paul Singer Partner Kelley Drye & Warren LLP