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Criminal
Justice
Summit
2022
Mental Health & the
Criminal Justice System
March 10 & 11, 2022
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Virtual Sessions and Interactive Workshops
Thursday, March 10, 2022, Noon – 4:30PM
Friday, March 11, 2022, 8:30AM – 12:30PM
The Louisiana State Bar Association’s Criminal Justice Committee invites you to attend the 2022
Virtual Criminal Justice Summit on March 10th and 11th co-sponsored by the LSBA Criminal
Law Section. This event is worth 4.0 CLE credit hours. Register here.
Mental Health and the Criminal Justice System
The Criminal Justice Committee is exploring ways criminal justice stakeholders and mental
health professionals can work together to identify people suffering from mental illness in the
criminal justice system, find resources and programs that present alternatives to incarceration,
and create actionable recommendations to carry out solutions from the topics explored.
LEAP Institute’s Dr. Xavier Amador will deliver the keynote address and topics presented include
competency and NGRI, innovative crisis response programs, and panel presentations from
diverse perspectives on the topic of mental illness and criminal justice including defense,
prosecution, and the judiciary. Both days will include interactive workshops for attendees to share
their insight and ideas.
Registration is Open
Louisiana State Bar Association Criminal Justice Committee and Criminal Law Section
members, judges, attorneys, law enforcement, social workers, and mental health professionals are
encouraged to attend. Register here.
If you have questions about registration, contact Jordan Maier at jordan.maier@lsba.org. For
questions or suggestions about conference sessions, please contact ATJ Training & Projects
Counsel Amy Duncan at amy.duncan@lsba.org.
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Agenda
Thursday, March 10, 2022
12:00 – 12:15 PM Welcome Remarks
12:15 – 12:45 PM Keynote Presentation by Dr. Xavier Amador, LEAP Institute
1:00 – 2:00 PM Introduction to Competency and NGRI
(1.0 Ethics CLE) Prof. Katherine Mattes, Tulane Law School
Dr. Sarah DeLand, Tulane School of Medicine
2:10 – 3:10 PM Innovative Mental Health Collaborative Programs
(1.0 CLE) Lysha Best, RI International
Charlotte Claiborne, The Bridge Center for Hope
Tyrell Morris, Orleans Parish Communication District
Jean Faria, LSBA Criminal Justice Committee Co-Chair (moderator)
3:20 – 4:20 PM Working Group Session No. 1
Group 1 – Discussion on Competency and NGRI
Group 2 – Discussion on Mental Health Collaborative Programs
4:20-4:30 PM Reporting Out
Disclaimer: The LSBA’s inclusion of a program in its CLE programming is not to be deemed a statement or an endorsement
of the views expressed therein by the LSBA or any member of the LSBA. Speakers on LSBA programs were carefully selected
for their knowledge, but neither the LSBA nor the speaker warrant that the presentations or materials were free of errors or
will continue to be accurate. Statements in the presentations and their materials should be verified before relying on them.
Opinions expressed are those of the speakers and do not necessarily reflect opinions of the LSBA, its sections, or committees.
Views expressed are those of the authors and contributors only.
4.0 Total CLE Credit Hours
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Agenda
Friday, March 11, 2022
8:30 – 9:10 AM Hope, Help, and Healing – A personal story of mental illness and the criminal
justice system by Tonja Myles
9:20 – 10:20 AM Prosecuting, Defending, and Mental Health Advocacy: Multi-
(1.0 CLE) Agency Perspective on Addressing Mental Illness in the Criminal Justice
System
Barksdale Hortenstine, Orleans Public Defenders
Norma Dubois, Jefferson Parish District Attorney’s Office
Nick Richard, NAMI St. Tammany
10:30 – 11:30 AM Removing Barriers and Addressing Mental Illness in the Courts
(1.0 Prof. CLE) Hon. Alan A. Zaunbrecher, 22nd Judicial District Court
Hon. Kern A. Reese, Orleans Parish Civil District Court
Hon. Raymond Childress, LA District Judges Association – Specialty
Courts Committee
Jennifer Eagan, Louisiana Supreme Court
11:30 – 12:30 PM Working Group Breakout Session No. 2
Group 1 – Discussion on Prosecuting and Defending
Group 2 – Discussion on Mental Health and AOT Courts
12:30 PM Reporting Out & Closing Remarks
Disclaimer: The LSBA’s inclusion of a program in its CLE programming is not to be deemed a statement or an endorsement
of the views expressed therein by the LSBA or any member of the LSBA. Speakers on LSBA programs were carefully selected
for their knowledge, but neither the LSBA nor the speaker warrant that the presentations or materials were free of errors or
will continue to be accurate. Statements in the presentations and their materials should be verified before relying on them.
Opinions expressed are those of the speakers and do not necessarily reflect opinions of the LSBA, its sections, or committees.
Views expressed are those of the authors and contributors only.
4.0 Total CLE Credit Hours
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Keynote Speaker
Dr. Xavier Amador
Dr. Xavier Amador is an internationally renowned clinical
psychologist and leader in his field. His books, authoritative
clinical research, worldwide speaking tours and extensive
work in television news make him unique among his peers.
Dr. Amador has trained defense attorneys, prosecutors,
federal and state judges, police and sheriff’s departments,
corrections, and 911 dispatchers in an evidence-based
communication program called LEAP. LEAP is designed to
quickly create trusting relationships that lead to treatment
and cooperation.
His forensic cases include the 9/11 co-conspirators, He served as co-chair of the Schizophrenia section
Theodore Kaczynski the so-called Unabomber, PFC of the DSM-TR, Director of Psychology at the New
Lynndie England of the Abu Ghraib prison scandal, Jared York State Psychiatric Institute in New York City
Loughner who shot Congresswoman Gabby Gifford, and and on the Board of Directors of the National
many other infamous death penalty cases involving persons Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI).
with serious mental illness. He has worked on over 90 death
penalty cases. His expertise has been called upon by government,
industry and the broadcast and print media where he
Author of over 120 peer reviewed scientific articles, and 8 has appeared as a frequent expert for CNN, ABC
books including I am Not Sick, I Don’t Need Help! (Vida News, NBC News, NBC Today Show Fox News
Press, 2012); and I am Right, You’re Wrong, Now What? Channel, CBS 60 Minutes, New York Times,
(Hyperion, 2007). Dr. Amador’s LEAP method draws on Washington Post, USA Today, Cosmo, Wall Street
thirty years of clinical and forensic experience, his personal Journal, and many other national and international
story, and peer-reviewed evidence-based research. news outlets.
Currently an Adjunct Professor in Psychiatry and He is the Founder of the LEAP Institute. (see:
Psychology at the University of Utah, over two decades he www.LEAPinstitute.org for information and
also served as a Professor of Psychiatry and Clinical resources).
Psychology at Columbia University and Professor of
Psychology at New York University.
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Speaker Bios (in order of appearance)
Professor Katherine Mattes is the Director of Tulane Law School’s
Criminal Justice Clinic, Co-director of the Women’s Prison Project, and
Adjunct Professor of Practice, Tulane’s Department of Psychiatry and
Behavioral Sciences. She is an experienced criminal defense attorney who
handles trial, appellate, post-conviction, and federal habeas work, and
supervises student lawyers at all levels. She has expertise on the intersection
of criminal justice and mental illness, with an emphasis on mental
competency to stand trial and the defense of not guilty by reason of insanity.
She was lead counsel in State v. Denson, a landmark case that resulted in
statewide changes to Louisiana’s treatment of mentally ill criminal defendants who are incompetent to stand
trial. Mattes has also lectured throughout Louisiana and internationally, testified before state legislative
committees, and participated in litigation relating to the treatment of criminal defendants who suffer mental
illness.
Dr. Sarah Deland is a forensic psychiatrist and has been practicing for over
20 years, specializing in adult populations. Dr. Deland has conducted
extensive violence risk assessments through the New Orleans Forensic
Aftercare Clinic of individuals with mental and behavioral health issues who
are involved in the criminal justice system. Her work also focuses on
maximizing outpatient competency restoration with a team of psychiatrists
based in Tulane Medical Center. In addition, Dr. Deland has experience
presenting on a variety of topics from suicide to informed consent.
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Speaker Bios (in order of appearance)
Lysha Best is the Louisiana State Director at RI International presently
overseeing all program services at The Bridge Center for Hope. Lysha joined
RI International in December of 2015 serving in various leadership capacities
at the Recovery Response Center in Durham, NC. As a licensed clinician,
Lysha has been able to provide services to individuals struggling with mental
health and substance abuse issues. Lysha’s passion has always been to help
individuals in need and provide services to those in underserved populations.
Lysha earned her Master’s in Mental Health Counseling from North Carolina
Central University and Master’s in Business Administration-Healthcare
Management from University of North Carolina at Wilmington.
Charlotte Claiborne is the Executive Director for the Bridge Center for
Hope. Ms. Claiborne was chosen in September 2019 by the Bridge Center's
Board of Directors to oversee and manage all professional contracts
associated with the nonprofit. Ms. Claiborne holds two MBAs, one in
Management and one in Healthcare Management, in addition to a bachelor’s
degree in Psychology. As executive director, her goals are to further the
Bridge Center's mission of providing a safety net for people in crisis, keeping
them out of emergency rooms and jails, and linking them to providers to
create a continuum of care.
Charlotte is committed to eradicating the stigma associated with mental health and believes that mental
illness is not discriminatory because it affects everyone, and no one is immune.
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Speaker Bios
Jean Faria was both a State and Federal Public Defender for many
years. She is a founding member of the National Association of
Public Defense and the Louisiana Association of Criminal
Defense Lawyers. She has served on numerous Boards and
committees within the ABA, NLADA, NACDL, and the Louisiana
State Bar Association. Currently, she is a co-chair of the Criminal
Justice Committee and chair of the Criminal Law Section and
member of the House of Delegates of the LSBA and serves as one
of the Louisiana Supreme Court Chief Justice’s appointees to the legislative task force on
public defense funding.
She was the first State Public Defender in Louisiana, whose team designed and implemented
the new public defender system created in 2007. Adult, juvenile, and capital defense
performance standards were written with the intent of creating objective metrics by which
to assess the quality of legal services provided to clients. Numerous case management
systems were reviewed and evaluated leading to the selection of a CMS which would capture
the data needed for the statutorily mandated weighted workload study, The Louisiana
Project, completed in 2016. Training programs, lawyer and program assessment tools were
designed and implemented.
Capital representation was the primary focus of her work for her last seven years with the
Louisiana Public Defender Board, which she left in 2020. She is also a member of the Board
of Directors for the Louisiana Mental Health Association, formerly the Mental Health
Association of Greater Baton Rouge.
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Speaker Bios
Tyrell Morris came to Orleans Parish Communication District
(OPCD) with more than 15 years of success leading operations
within high profile diverse public, private and non-profit
organizations. During that time, he experienced repeated success
driving and leading large-scale operations to ensure standards of
excellence and business prosperity. Mr. Morris is a consummate
communicator with expertise in cross-functional collaboration and
the ability to ensure buy-in and engagement from all stakeholders.
Mr. Morris is also highly accomplished in emergency and crisis management with expertise
in leading business-wide projects that make an impact. He is an adept presenter, negotiator,
consultant, and businessperson able to build and maintain strong relationships across
organizational lines and levels while also delivering quality improvements and ROI.
After becoming Executive Director of OPCD, Mr. Morris recognized an opportunity to
challenge his staff to consistently seek ways to be their best selves during each and every
shift, and so developed the acronym, SHOWUP (S-Sincere, H-Honest, O-Optimistic, W-
Well-informed, U-Upbeat, and P-Procedurally compliant). The development of SHOWUP
and the buy-in from OPCD staff has been a key factor in enabling OPCD to provide the
citizens of New Orleans with top-notch emergency and non-emergency services when they
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Speaker Bios
Tonja Myles is an ordained minister, community activist, peer
counselor, veteran and sought-after counsel for community based
and system approaches. She promotes mental health awareness
and rehabilitation with sharing her life experiences as an addict,
suicide survivor, victim of childhood and adult sexual abuse. Her
story is shared in published books, magazines, documentaries, and
the national television series, “From Rock Bottom and Back”. She
is a passionate advocate of humane and ethical treatment of
individuals with mental illness.
Tonja was recognized by President George W. Bush, during his 2003 State of the Union
speech to the nation. He acknowledged her perseverance and expertise in faith- based
recovery. In 2004, Tonja founded Free Indeed, which was the first licensed faith-based
treatment center in the state of Louisiana. Free Indeed provided intensive outpatient
individual and group therapy. This program enabled ex-offenders to receive transportation,
transitional housing, job placement, and life skills through the Access to Recovery grant.
Tonja also initiated the Set Free Indeed program, which services those who struggle with
addiction and provides support for their families.
In 2016, she served as a social service and mental health advocate on Mayor Sharon Weston
Broom’s Transitional team. She currently continues her mission on the boards of The
Mayor’s mental health advisory council, as well as NAMI. She is an active member of The
Bridge Center of Hope board, which is the first mental health stabilization unit in the city of
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Speaker Bios
Barksdale Hortenstine, Jr. is an attorney, mental health advocate and the
Director of the Mental Health Unit with the Orleans Public Defenders. His
primary drive focuses on the intersection of the criminal legal system and
understanding of mental health issues within our communities. The first of its
kind, the Mental Health Unit works to increase the quality of representation
and available treatments for poor people. As a public defender, Barksdale
represents and advocates for hundreds of New Orleanians each year, seeking
to humanize and bear witness to the daily injustices of the criminal legal
system.
He is a graduate of Emory University Law School and went to LSU for his undergraduate degree. He lives
in New Orleans with his much smarter wife and two daughters.
Norma Broussard Dubois is the Chief of the Vehicular Crimes & Specialty
Courts Unit for the Jefferson Parish District Attorney’s Office. Her duties in
this position include the screening of the felony DWI cases and the
organization and implementation of the DWI Court for the District Attorney.
She previously served as Chief of the Parish Court Unit for nine years and
while in that position, Ms. DuBois developed a manual for the prosecution of
DWI cases to ensure that new attorneys in the office have the resources to
adequately prosecute one of the more technical violations of the law.
Ms. DuBois regularly teaches courses at police training academies and trains district attorneys on the latest
prosecution techniques. Ms. DuBois also teaches in the General Legal Studies Department for the School
of Professional Advancement at Tulane University. She has been teaching there since 2002. She is a Board
Member of the Louisiana District Attorney’s Association (LDAA) Board of Directors, Vice Chair of the
LSBA Criminal Justice Committee, and is Past President of the ADA Board of Directors.Criminal Justice 20
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Speaker Bios
Nick Richard is the Executive Director of the National Alliance on Mental
Illness (NAMI) St. Tammany, a position he has served in since December
2008. During his tenure, he has built strong community relationships between
law enforcement, mental health care providers, and community leaders. He
has served as a mentor during both the formation of 22nd JDC Behavioral
Health Court and the creation of the Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) for the
St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s Office. He is currently the co-chair for his
community on the CIT Steering Committee and is a Certified CIT
Coordinator.
Mr. Richard is an active member of the community and involved in initiatives that work to improve services
and resources for families and persons with mental illness. Currently, he is a member of the 22nd Judicial
District Behavioral Health Court Team, a member of the St. Tammany Parish Safe Haven Task Force, Safe
Haven Advisory Board and serves on the Safe Haven Foundation. In addition, he is the current Vice Chair
of the Board of Directors for the Northshore Court Foundation. He has also served as past chair of the
regional Mental Health Advisory Council, as well as, eight years as the Regional Representative for the
Louisiana Behavioral Health Planning Council, chairing their Advocacy Committee.
Most recently, Mr. Richard received the 2020 Crisis Intervention Team Advocate of the Year through CIT
International. He was also recognized by his fellow NAMI Executive Directors and awarded the Vicki
Cottrell Leadership Award at the 2019 NAMI National Convention. He has also received the 22nd Judicial
District Attorney Award for work on behalf of mentally ill in the criminal justice system and was a past
recipient of the City Business Health Care Hero Award.Criminal Justice 20
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Speaker Bios
The Honorable Raymond S. Childress is the District Judge for Division
“A” of the Twenty-Second Judicial District Court, State of Louisiana.
Judge Childress received his undergraduate degree from Southeastern
Louisiana University and graduated from Loyola University School of Law.
He entered private practice and spent two years as an Assistant District
Attorney in the 22nd Judicial District. He was elected unopposed to the
District Court, Division A for the 22nd JDC in October 1998. Since that time,
he has served as an Adult Drug Court Judge and was Chief Judge from 2OO7-
2009, He is a Past President of the Louisiana District Judges Association and currently is the Presiding
Judge of the 22nd Judicial District Veterans Court, He has previously served as a member of the Judicial
Council, and presently serves as the Chair of the Supreme Court’s recently created Council of Specialty
Court Judges.
Jennifer Eagan is employed by the Judicial Administrator’s Office of the
Louisiana Supreme Court, serving as staff counsel to the Judicial
Administrator and liaison counsel to the Louisiana District Court Judges
Association. Ms. Eagan graduated from Tulane Law School in 1989 and
practiced surety and insurance defense with the law firm of Koch and Rouse
for several years. She then left their law practice to serve for approximately
ten years as a law clerk to Louisiana district court judges in St. Tammany,
Orleans, and Jefferson Parishes and for the First Circuit Court of Appeals. In
2005 she transitioned as an associate trial attorney with attorney Greg DiLeo
and practiced general civil litigation for about 7 years before joining the Judicial Administrator’s office at
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Speaker Bios
Judge Alan A. Zaunbrecher is the District Judge for Division “H” of the
Twenty – Second Judicial District Court of the State of Louisiana.
Judge Alan Zaunbrecher is a native of Rayne, Louisiana. Judge Zaunbrecher
completed his undergraduate matriculation at Tulane University and received
his Juris Doctorate and Master of Law degrees from Tulane University Law
School. Judge Zaunbrecher founded Zaunbrecher Treadaway, LLC, and
practiced for 38 years in the field of general litigation. Judge Zaunbrecher
was elected to the bench in 2017 and sworn into office on November 3, 2017.
In his personal life, Judge Zaunbrecher has held numerous positions in the legal field, and in his community.
He has been a member of the Louisiana Bar Association for over 37 years and a Fellow for the last 25 years.
He is also a member of the 22nd JDC Bar Association, Slidell Bar Association, and Washington Parish Bar
Association. Judge Zaunbrecher has been a member of the Louisiana Stadium & Exposition District
(Superdome Commission), Super Bowl XXXI Host Executive Committee, the Executive Board of the
Greater New Orleans Sports Foundation, National Association of Sports Officials, President’s Council of
the Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center in Covington, Louisiana, Northshore Republican Men’s Club, West
St. Tammany Chamber of Commerce, and the Louisiana Wildfowl Carvers & Collectors Guild as its
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Speaker Bios
The Honorable Kern A. Reese of Orleans Parish Civil District Court
Division “L” has earned the reputation as a fair and temperate jurist. He is
recognized for his involvement in professional organizations, as a
teacher/coach, a community leader and mentor to youth and aspiring lawyers.
Judge Reese is a graduate of St. Augustine High School, Pomona College in
Claremont, California and Loyola University School of Law. Prior to taking
the bench in spring 2001, he maintained solo law practice for 16 years.
Judge Reese has served as an Associate Adjunct Professor of Tulane
University School of Law for more than two decades and at Loyola University School of Law for the past
four years. During his tenure at Loyola University School of Law, Judge Reese was recruited to coach the
Trial Advocacy Team. Judge Reese has also served as a continuing education instructor and panelist for the
Louisiana Bar Association, New Orleans Bar Association, Louisiana Association for Justice, Louisiana
Association of Defense Counsel, American Board of Trial Advocates, the Louis A. Martinet Legal Society,
Loyola Black Law Students Association and CLE of Louisiana, LLC.
Judge Reese is known for his calm demeanor, patience and genuine concern for people, especially young
people seeking his counsel or in need of a listening ear. During his twenty-five years as lawyer, Judge
Reese has personally mentored over 100 young people from diverse backgrounds and cultures. His mentees
have included potential high school dropouts to young practicing lawyers. He has provided young people
opportunities for summer internships and clerkships in his office, often compensating them from his
personal resources, when state resources were limited.
Judge Reese has served on numerous boards and commissions including the Regional Planning
Commission, Regional Transit Authority, New Orleans Industrial Development Board and Finance
Authority of New Orleans, St. Frances Cabrini Parish School Board, Youth Development Association and
Bancroft Park Civic Association. He is also a member of Alpha Alpha Boule, Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity,
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