FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
SACDLA Presents the Jim Greenfield Memorial Nuts and Bolts on Friday, October 30
SAN ANTONIO (October 21, 2026), The San Antonio Criminal Defense Lawyers Association presents the Jim Greenfield Memorial Nuts and Bolts, its day of fundamentals for the criminal defense bar, on Friday, October 30, 2026, in the restored 1896 Double Height Courtroom at the Bexar County Courthouse, 100 Dolorosa, Room 2.01, Second Floor. Registration opens at 8:30 a.m., and sessions run from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
The program carries 6.5 hours of Texas MCLE credit, including one hour of ethics. Seven San Antonio practitioners teach the sessions:
9 a.m. Building a Tribe: Turning Strangers Into Allies Through Voir Dire. Jessica Joyner 9:45 a.m. Tick Tock, State: Litigating the Right to Speedy Trial. Jessica Gonzalez 10:45 a.m. DWI 101: What Every New Lawyer Needs to Know. Bryan Orihel Noon Defending Everyone but Yourself: Burnout, Balance and the Criminal Defense Lawyer (The Ethics Hour). Matt Allen 1 p.m. Family Violence 101: Handling Your First Capital Misdemeanor. Kellye Fernandez 2:15 p.m. Hanging a Shingle: Building Your Practice from the Ground Up. Dayna Jones 3:30 p.m. Weed College. Jonathan Chavez
Law student members and new members practicing under one year attend free. Registration is $100 for SACDLA members and $200 for non-members. Members sign in at sacdla.com before registering to receive the member rate. Law students and first-year lawyers may join SACDLA for $30 a year at https://sacdla.com/join.
The program carries the name of Jim Greenfield, a past president of the association.
Registration: https://sacdla.com/meetinginfo.php?id=4 Preview film (51 seconds): https://youtube.com/shorts/bhw1lOBdss4
About SACDLA The San Antonio Criminal Defense Lawyers Association is the professional association of criminal defense attorneys in San Antonio and Bexar County. Members share continuing legal education, a Member Library of over 500 documents, the listserv and the Defender magazine.
Media Contact Forrest Good, Executive Director San Antonio Criminal Defense Lawyers Association info@sacdla.com
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