Please join Dorsey & Whitney LLP and

Minnesota Advocates for Human Rights’ Death Penalty Project

for our bi-monthly lunchtime speaker series:

Jeremiah Jackson v. State of Alabama: Making Atkins v. Virginia Matter

presented by

Bruce D. Manning and Brooke Tassoni

Thursday, July 15, 2004, 12:00-1:00 P.M.

at

Dorsey & Whitney

Seattle Room, 15th Floor

50 South Sixth Street

 Minneapolis, MN 55402

Minnesota attorneys Bruce Manning and Brooke Tassoni will describe their experiences in providing pro bono representation to a mentally retarded individual on death row.  The Supreme Court recently found in Atkins v. Virginia that the execution of the mentally retarded violates the Eighth Amendment.  Manning and Tassoni will address the impact Atkins will have on their capital case, as well as the broader implications of such a ruling. Application will be made for one CLE credit. 

This presentation is a brown bag lunch.    Beverages will be provided.

Bruce D. Manning is an associate in Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi, L.L.P., where he represents insurers in first party property coverage and complex industrial subrogation claims, advises corporate risk managers on insurance coverage and procurement issues and also works on securities, patent and trademark matters.  He graduated from the University of Michigan Law School.

Brooke Tassoni is an associate at Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi, L.L.P., where she practices in the areas of mass tort, products liability, personal injury and medical malpractice. She has published articles on tort reform, the regulation of consumer products and emotional distress damages in negligence cases. She graduated magna cum laude from the University of Minnesota Law School. 

Please R.S.V.P. to Rose Park at Minnesota Advocates for Human Rights

by Tuesday, July 13th.

Phone: (612) 341-3302 ext. 106 • Email: rpark@mnadvocates.org