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Upcoming Events

April 19, 2008
Speaker:
Dan Monnat
 Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Kung Fu For Trial  Las Vegas, NV

Public Defender Las Vegas Retreat
April 18-20, 2008  
  

Contact info: Dave Rendahl at DRendahl@co.tulare.ca.us or 559-773-6693

June 7, 2008
Speaker:
Dan Monnat
Putting on Your Own Dog and Pony Show Aspen, CO

NORML 2008 Aspen Legal Seminar(National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws)

Contact info:  Keith Stroup – keith@norml.org

July 17, 2008
Speaker:
Dan Monnat
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Kung Fu For Trial Lindsborg, KS

Event:  Kansas Women Attorneys Association Conference


Past Events

November 2, 2007
Speaker:
Dan Monnat
"Cornering the Coroner & Other Prosecution Experts under Crawford" Wichita, KS Kansas Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
Fall CLE Meeting November 2nd-3rd

Contact Info: kacdl@hotmail.com

October 23, 2007
Speaker:
Dan Monnat
 “Oops! I Did it Again: Sexual Abuse and the Britney Spears Defense”  Wichita, KS State of Kansas Board of Indigents’ Defense Services Criminal Defense CLE

Contact info: sbids@sbids.state.ks.us
or call (785) 368-6295

October 18, 2007
Speaker:
Dan Monnat
"Did Fido Really Alert? The Dog and Pony Show" Lincoln, NE The Nebraska Criminal Defense Attorneys Association

Contact Info:  ncdaa@inetnebr.com or call (402) 476-1253

August 2, 2007
Speaker:
Dan Monnat
“Cornering the Coroner & Other Prosecution Experts Under Crawford.”
Presented in Track #1: "Winning the Battle of Experts"
San Francisco, CA National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers Annual Meeting & Seminar
Contact Info:  Gerald Lippert at gerald@nacdl.org or call (202) 872-8600 x 236
Meeting Dates August 1-4, 2007
May 11, 2007
Speaker:
Laura Shaneyfelt
"She’s Having Their Baby:  Surrogacy in Kansas” Wichita, KS

Kansas Association of Legal Assistants Annual Meeting

 

April 21, 2007
Speaker:
Dan Monnat & Grace Wu-Monnat
 
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Kung Fu For Trial Kansas City, KS Missouri Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers   2007 Spring CLE
April 20, 2007
Speaker:
Laura Shaneyfelt
"Criminal Law Update: Out With the Old, In With the New"
Sentencing Departures in Kansas
Wichita, KS Wichita Bar Association
Sedgwick County Law Center
225 N. Market
Wichita, KS 
(316) 263-2251
April 17, 2007
Speaker:
Laura Shaneyfelt
She’s Having Their Baby:  Surrogacy in Kansa Lawrence, KS University of Kansas School of Law
BioEthics Class
April 5, 2007
Speaker:
Laura Shaneyfelt

 
She’s Having Their Baby:  Surrogacy in Kansas Topeka, KS

Washburn University School of Law
Family Law Class

July 22, 2006
Speaker:
Laura Shaneyfelt

“Tips for Cross-Examination in DUI Cases”

Lindsborg, KS

Kansas Women Attorneys Association Annual Lindsborg Conference

July 14, 2006
Speaker:
Dan Monnat
"Drug Dog Dilemmas" Greenwood, SC

South Carolina Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers' 2nd Annual Blues Barbeque and Bar CLE

Contact Info:
Teresa Edmonds,Executive Director
P.O. Box 8353, 1726 Marion Street
Columbia, South Carolina 29202
(803) 929-0110 / FAX (803) 929-0168
scacdl@msn.com

June 29, 2006
Speaker:
Dan Monnat
State and Federal Trial Practice Overland Park, KS Kansas Trial Lawyers Association
Wyndham Hill Hotel

Contact Info:
Elsie Lesser at KTLA
(785) 232-7756 or visit www.ktla.org

June 21 - 23, 2006
Dan Monnat & Grace Wu-Monnat
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Kung Fu For Trial Tempe, AZ Arizona Public Defenders Association

Contact Info:
Gary Kula
(602) 534-2403
June 16, 2006
Speaker:
Laura Shaneyfelt
"You have the right to remain licensed:  Criminal Law and Ethics" 
 
Wichita, KS Wichita Women Attorneys Association (WWAA)

Contact Info:
Marie Landry (785) 232-9784
Patricia Hamilton (785) 232-2200
 

April 27-29, 2006
Speaker:
Dan Monnat
The Kid Gloves Are Off: Child Hearsay After Crawford v. Washington.” Tunica, AR Arkansas Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers’ annual meeting. 

Contact Info:
William O. "Bill" James, Jr.
James Law Firm
1821 S. Broadway
Little Rock, AR  72201
(501) 375-0900
WmJamesJr@aol.com
 

June 4, 2005
Dan Monnat & Grace Wu-Monnat
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Kung Fu For Trial South Bend, IN

2005 Indiana Solo & Small Firm Conference

Contact Info:
Lacey A. Adams
Director of Meetings & Events
Indiana State Bar Association
One Indiana Square, Ste. 530
Indianapolis, IN  46204
(317) 639-5465

Dec 2 - 4, 2004
Dan Monnat & Grace Wu-Monnat
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Kung Fu For Trial Key West, FL

National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws, 2004 NORML Key West Legal Seminar

October 19, 2004
Speaker:
Dan Monnat
“Don’t Delay Till Judgment Day: Sentence-Shaping Advocacy From Arrest Through Final Judgment” Wichita, KS Board of Indigents Defense Services

 

October 18, 2004
Speaker:
Dan Monnat
“Don’t Delay Till Judgment Day: Sentence-Shaping Advocacy From Arrest Through Final Judgment” Topeka, KS Board of Indigents Defense Services

October 8, 2004
Dan Monnat & Grace Wu-Monnat

 

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Kung Fu For Trial  

Wisconsin Public Defender’s Association CLE

June 11, 2004
Dan Monnat & Grace Wu-Monnat
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Kung Fu For Trial Ridgedale, Missouri
Big Cedar Lodge
Kansas Trial Lawyers Association Summer 2004 Meeting

Apr 22 - 24, 2004
Dan Monnat & Grace Wu-Monnat
 

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Kung Fu For Trial New Orleans, LA
Astor Crowne Plaza Hotel
Louisiana Association of Criminal Defense Lawyer's Fourteenth Annual  "Law & All That Jazz"
Apr 16 - 17, 2004
Speaker:
Dan Monnat
"Don't Delay Till Judgment Day: Sentence-Shaping Advocacy From Arrest Through Final Judgment" Lawrence, Kansas  Marriot Spring Hill Suites Kansas Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers Spring 2004 CLE
Feb 20, 2004
Speaker:
Dan Monnat
"Oops, I Did It Again: Sexual Abuse and the Britney Spears Defense" Lincoln, Nebraska, Holiday Inn -- Downtown Lincoln Nebraska Criminal Defense Attorneys Association, Defense of Abuse Cases seminar
Nov 14, 2003
Speaker:
Dan Monnat
CJA Panel Counsel Training Seminar:
"Can You Hear Me Now?"  A Primer on Federal Wiretaps

 

Cottonwood Falls, Kansas Prairie Coffee Company United States District Court for the District of Kansas; Federal Public Defender Office for the District of Kansas
October 23, 2003
Speaker:
Dan Monnat
"Dogs, Hogs & Logs: Cross-Examination in Dog Sniff Cases"   Lincoln, Nebraska, Cornhusker Hotel Nebraska Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers Seminar
June 6, 2003
Dan Monnat & Grace Wu-Monna
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Kung Fu For Trial Portland, Maine                 Maine Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
May 30, 2003
Dan Monnat & Grace Wu-Monnat
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Kung Fu For Trial Des Moines, Iowa                Iowa Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
April 26, 2003
Dan Monnat & Grace Wu-Monnat
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Kung Fu For Trial Syracuse, New York  New York State Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
Feb 7, 2003
Dan Monnat & Grace Wu-Monnat
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Kung Fu For Trial Topeka, Kansas Washburn University School of Law
Sep 29, 2002
Speaker:
Dan Monnat
Death Penalty Wichita, Kansas College Hill United Methodist Church
Sep 12 - 13, 2002
Dan Monnat & Grace Wu-Monnat
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Kung Fu For Trial New Orleans, Louisiana National Defender Services 800-788-9908
Aug 1, 2002
Dan Monnat & Grace Wu-Monnat 
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Kung Fu For Trial San Francisco, California  National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers 202-872-8600
July 11, 2002 
Dan Monnat & Grace Wu-Monnat
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Kung Fu For Trial Chicago, Illinois     National Defender Services 800-788-9908
April 30, 2002 
Dan Monnat & Grace Wu-Monnat
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Kung Fu For Trial  Santa Fe, New Mexico National Defender Services
800-788-9908
Jan 28, 2002
Dan Monnat & Grace Wu-Monnat
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Kung Fu For Trial Aspen, Colorado National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
202-872-8600
Oct 5, 2001
Dan Monnat & Grace Wu-Monnat
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Kung Fu For Trial Omaha, Nebraska Nebraska Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
Jul 21, 2001
Dan Monnat & Grace Wu-Monnat
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Kung Fu For Trial Minneapolis, Minnesota National Defender Services
800-788-9908
Jun 29, 2001
Dan Monnat & Grace Wu-Monnat
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Kung Fu For Trial Orange Beach, Alabama
Windemere Condos, Conference Center & Hampton Inn
Alabama Criminal Defense Lawyers Association
334-433-3539

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon:  Kung Fu for Trial

Through storytelling and physical interpretation, Dan Monnat and Grace X. Wu-Monnat, of Wichita, Kansas, offer unique strategies for winning in court. This exciting CLE presentation combines the creative trial skills of Dan Monnat developed over a 25 year career as a criminal defense attorney with the wisdom and fighting skills of the internationally renowned Chinese martial artist Grace X. Wu-Monnat.  Born in Shanghai, China, to an ancestry rich in the martial arts tradition, at age three, Grace began training with one of the most famous martial artists -- her grandfather, Grandmaster Wang Ziping. Besides operating the Grace Wu Kung Fu School, Grace has regularly served as a strategist and trial consultant.  This talk includes live martial arts demonstrations and a presentation referencing everything from recent United States Supreme Court decisions to Sun Tzu's The Art of War to The Tao Te Ching.   No one is bored during this 50 minute presentation.  And, usually no one gets hurt.


200 W. Douglas, Suite 830 · Olive W. Garvey  Building · Wichita, KS 67202
Phone 316.264.2800 · Fax 316.264.4785
 

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