Shein, Brandenburg & Schrope - Decatur, GA

Awards and Honors

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Shein, Brandenburg & Schrope selected for a Super Lawyers® list

• Brandenburg, Elizabeth A. On a Super Lawyers® List
• Shein, Marcia G. On a Super Lawyers® List

Classes and Seminars

• Speaker, Sentencing Mitigation and Beyond- Principles of Booker that Work, Georgia Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, 2006
  
• Adjunct Professor, Criminal Justice (Evidence) CJ 4442, Troy State University, 2001
  
• Speaker, Post-Conviction Remedies in Federal Court, Norml Convention, Key West, Florida, 1998
  
• Sentencing and Appellate Mitigation and Federal Sentencing Guideline Amendments, NAACP, United States Penitentiary, Atlanta, Georgia, 1996
  
• Speaker, Preventing Plea Agreement Problems, National Association of Sentencing Advocates
  
• Speaker, Using Federal Sentencing Alternative Specialists Under the Federal Sentencing Guidelines To Obtain Downward Departures, National Organization For Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML)
  
• Speaker, How To Get Downward Departure Under The Federal Sentencing Guidelines, Alabama - Criminal Defense Lawyers Association
  
• Guest Speaker, Sentencing Reform, Rhode Island Bar Association, Providence, RI
  
• Guest Speaker, Sentencing Alternatives for Drug Offenders - Addicts and Dealers, National Conference on Sentencing Advocacy, Washington, D.C., 1989
  
• Guest Speaker, Constitutionality of Sentencing Guidelines and Sentencing Alternatives for Drug Offenders, Southern Criminal Justice Association, Asheville, North Carolina
  
• Guest Speaker, Future Implications of the New Federal Sentencing Guidelines, Wake County Academy of Trial Lawyers, Raleigh, North Carolina
  
• Guest Speaker, Future Implications of the New Federal Sentencing Guidelines, Gate City Bar Association, Atlanta, Georgia
  
• Sentencing Alternatives, NACDL Sentencing Commission Liaison Committee, 1984
  
• Speaker, Sentencing and Parole Issues, Georgia Trial Lawyers Association
  
• Speaker, Sentencing Alternatives and the Prevention of Parole Problems, Florida Criminal Trial Lawyers
  
• Guest Lecturer, Prison, Post-Conviction Relief, and Sentencing Alternatives, Nova University Law School, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
  
• Speaker, Sentencing Alternatives and Prevention of Parole Problems, Georgia Criminal Defense Lawyers Association
  
• Speaker, Sentencing Alternatives and the Prevention of Parole Problems, National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
  
• Adjunct Professor, Criminal Justice Program, Evidence, Criminal Procedures and Law, Criminology courses, Kaplan University, 2004 - Present
  
• Adjunct Professor, Criminal Justice Program, Evidence courses, Troy State University, 2001 - 2002
  
• Speaker, Using Sentencing & Post Conviction Mitigation Attorneys, Orlando Bar Association, 2003
  
• Guest Speaker, The Good, The Bad, and the Misunderstood, Georgia Criminal Trial Lawyers Association

Representative Cases

• U.S. v. Bugella
  • Court: M.D. Florida
  • Year: 1992
• U.S. v. Murphy
  • Court: M.D. Florida
  • Year: 1992
• U.S. v. Hankish
  • Court: W.D. Pennsylvania
  • Year: 1992
• U.S. v. Griggs
  • Court: N.D. Georgia
  • Year: 1992
• U.S. v. Miller
  • Court: S.D. Florida
  • Year: 1992
• U.S. v. Western
  • Court: D. Minnesota
  • Year: 1992
• U.S. v. Roberts
  • Court: D. Minnesota
  • Year: 1992
• U.S. v. McDonald
  • Court: D. Minnesota
• U.S. v. Roy
  • Court: New York
  • Year: 1992