GILBERT A. SCHAFFNIT – LEGAL EDUCATION SEMINARS (2000-PRESENT)
- Florida Bar CLE Committee – Hot Issues in DUI and Traffic Law (Miami, FL, January 14th, 2000)
- Administrative Office of United States Courts – Fifth National Panel Attorney Conference (Albuquerque, NM, March 3rd – 5th, 2000)
- Florida Bar Continuing CLE – 2000 Advanced Evidence Seminar (Tampa, FL March 29th, 2000)
- United States Sentencing Commission – Ninth Annual National Seminar on Federal Sentencing Guidelines (Clearwater, FL May 3rd – 5th, 2000)
- Administrative Office of United States Courts – Sixth National Panel Attorney Conference (Los Angeles, CA, February 23rd – 25th, 2001)
- Administrative Office of United States Courts – Approaches for the New Millennium (San Francisco, CA, September 13th – 15th, 2001)
- WestLaw Training Seminar – UF Levin College of Law (December 18th, 2001)
- Administrative Office of United States Courts – Regional Training Program for CJA Panel Attorneys (San Francisco, CA January 14th-15th, 2002)
- Administrative Office of United States Courts – Seventh National Panel Attorney Conference (Los Angeles, CA February 2002)
- Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers – Criminal Law Certification Review (Orlando, FL April 5th, 2002)
- Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers – The Practice: Everything Else You Need to Know (Tampa, FL August 16th, 2002)
- Northern District of Florida Federal Public Defender CJA Panel Training – Evidence: The Federal Rules (Gainesville, FL January 22nd, 2003)
- Administrative Office of United States Courts – Eighth National Panel Attorney Conference (Coconut Grove, FL February 10th-11th, 2003)
- Northern District of Florida Federal Public Defender CJA Panel Training – Representation in Multi-Defendant Cases (Gainesville, FL June 25th, 2003)
- Northern District of Florida Federal Public Defender CJA Panel Training – Revocation of Probation and Supervised Release (Gainesville, FL October 22nd, 2003)
- Northern District of Florida Federal Public Defender CJA Panel Training – Defending Federal Firearms Cases (Gainesville, FL November 19th, 2003)
- The Lawyers’ Guide to Summation Software (Jacksonville, FL February 17th, 2004)
- Administrative Office of United States Courts – Ninth National Panel Attorney Conference (New Orleans, LA February 29th – March 1st, 2004)
- Administrative Office of United States Courts – Winning Strategies Seminar (Boston, MA May 20th – 22nd, 2004)
- Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers 17th Annual Meeting (St. Augustine, FL June 3rd – 6th, 2004)
- Administrative Office of United States Courts – Tenth National Panel Attorney Conference (San Antonio, TX February 12th – 14th, 2005)
- 11th Annual Investigation for Identification Forensics Conference (Pensacola, FL September 30th – October 1st, 2005)
- Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers – Showcase on Sentencing in Florida IV (Orlando, FL November 4th, 2005)
- Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers 18th Annual Meeting (Boca Raton, FL June 9th – 12th, 2005)
- Administrative Office of United States Courts – Eleventh National Panel Attorney Conference (San Diego, CA March 2nd – 6th, 2006)
- Florida Bar CLE – Masters Seminar on Ethics (Boca Raton, FL June 23rd, 2006)
- Northern District of Florida Federal Public Defender CJA Panel Training – Immigration Consequences of Criminal Activity (Gainesville, FL February 21st, 2007)
- Administrative Office of United States Courts – Twelfth National Panel Attorney Conference (New Orleans, LA February 9th – 11th, 2007)
- 11th Circuit Judicial Conference (Atlanta, GA May 3rd – 5th, 2007)
- 12th Annual Investigation for Identification Forensics Conference: Child Abuse, Child Deaths, etc. (Pensacola, FL October 19th- 20th, 2007)
- Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers Showcase on Sentencing in Florida V (Tampa, FL November 16th, 2007)
- Florida Bar CLE – Advanced Federal Practice Seminar (Miami, FL January 17th, 2008) Florida Bar CLE – Masters of DUI Seminar (Miami, FL January 18th, 2008)
- 8th Judicial Circuit Bar Association – Internet Crimes Against Children Seminar (Gainesville, FL February 8th, 2008)
- Administrative Office of United States Courts – Winning Strategies Seminar (New Orleans, LA February 14th – 16th, 2008)
- North Central Florida Chapter Federal Bar Association – A View From The Bench (Gainesville, FL March 6th, 2008)
- Administrative Office of United States Courts – Thirteenth National Panel Attorney Conference (New Orleans, LA March 7th – 9th, 2008)
- Florida Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers – Preventing Sex Abuse Seminar (Tampa, FL March 27 – 28th, 2008)
- Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers – Ethical Issues in Criminal Law (Gainesville, FL April 11th, 2008)
- United States Sentencing Commission – 17th Annual National Seminar on The Federal Sentencing Guidelines (Orlando, FL May 21st – 23rd, 2008)
- Florida Bar Convention – Federal Court Practice Committee – Federal Judicial Roundtable (Miami, FL June 19th, 2008)
- Administrative Office of United States Courts Law and Technology Workshop (Portland, OR July 24th – 26th, 2008)
- Administrative Office of United States Courts Fourteenth National Panel Attorney Conference (Seattle, WA January 31st – February 1st, 2009)
- NAPN – 24th Annual Conference for the Prevention and Treatment of Child Abuse and Neglect (Tampa, FL May 17th – 19th, 2009)
- Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers Criminal Law Certification Review Seminar (Orlando, FL April 23rd – 24th, 2009)
- Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers 22nd Annual Meeting (St. Petersburg, FL June 4th – 7th, 2009)
- Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers – Blood, Breath, and Tears XVI – DUI Seminar (Orlando, FL September 24th – 25th, 2009)
- Florida Bar CLE – Advanced Federal Practice (Miami, FL January 28th, 2010)
- Administrative Office of United States Courts Fifteenth National Panel Attorney Conference (Miami, FL February 26th – 27th, 2010)
- 2010 Federal Practice Seminar; Middle District of Florida (Orlando, FL March 12, 2010)
- Administrative Office of the United States Courts; Law and Technology Workshop – Electronic Courtroom Presentation (Sunny Isles Beach, FL July 22-24, 2010)
- Federal Public Defender, Northern District of Florida “Incredible Shrinking Criminal” (Gainesville, FL August 25, 2010) (Panel Training Seminar)
- Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers “The Practice III” (Miami Beach, FL October 15, 2010)
- Federal Public Defender, Northern District of Florida “Handling an Appeal in Federal Court” (Gainesville, FL October 27, 2010) (Panel Training Seminar)
- National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers “Defending Sexual Assault Cases” (Savannah, GA Nov. 3-5, 2010)
- Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers – 29th Annual Research and Treatment Conference (Phoenix, AZ Oct. 20-23, 2010)
- Florida Bar CLE – “Advanced Federal Practice” (Miami, FL Jan. 21, 2011)
- Administrative Office of the United States Courts – Sixteenth Annual CJA Panel Attorney District Representatives Conference (San Antonio, TX Feb. 26-27, 2011)
- Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers – 24th Annual Meeting and Seminar (Palm Beach, FL June 6-9, 2011)
- Florida Bar – Impact of Criminal Pleas on Licensure of Health Care Practitioner (Webinar July 22, 2011)
- National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers “Confronting the Mob Mentality II – Challenging Charges of Sexual Assault” (FT. Lauderdale FL Feb. 16-19, 2012)
- Administrative Office of United States Courts – Seventeenth Annual CJA Panel Attorney District Representatives Conference (Albuquerque, NM March 3-4, 2102)
- Federal Public Defender, Middle District of Florida – Federal Criminal Practice Seminar (Orlando FL April 20, 2012)
- Advanced Federal Practice – 2013; Florida Bar / Criminal Law Section (Miami FL January 18, 2013)
- Eighth Judicial Circuit Bar Association – 2013 Professionalism Symposium (Gainesville, FL April 5, 2013) Professional Ethics
- Association of Federal Defense Lawyers – Sentencing Commission’s Recommendations to the Federal Sentencing Guidelines for Child Pornography – 2G2.2 (Webinar May 1, 2013)
- Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals Judicial Conference (Savannah, GA May 2-4, 2013)
- Twenty-Second Annual National Seminar – Federal Sentencing Guidelines (Orlando, FL May 22-24, 2013) Child Pornography, Firearms Offenses, Health Care Fraud, and Drug Offenses
- Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers – Twenty-Sixth Annual Meeting – Breakers, Palm Beach, FL (June 3-5, 2013)
- Federal Public Defender, Northern District of Florida “Federal Sentencing and the Sentencing Memorandum” (Gainesville, FL June 19, 2013) (Panel Training Seminar)
- Federal Bar Association – National Board and Orlando Chapter – “Landmark Shifts and Local Concerns in the Federal Court System” (Orlando, FL January 24, 2014)
- Eighteenth Annual Criminal Justice Act Panel Attorney Representatives Conference (Alexandria, VA – March 1-2, 2014)
- Federal Public Defender, Northern District of Florida “Criminal History in Sentencing – Descamps, Its Changes, and Where the Supreme Court My Go Next” (Gainesville, FL – April 24, 2014) (Panel Training Seminar)
- Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers – Twenty-Seventh Annual Meeting – St. Petersburg Beach, FL (June 5-8, 2014)
- Twenty-Third Annual National Seminar – Federal Sentencing Guidelines – St. Petersburg, FL June 11-13, 2014) Child Pornography, Firearms Offenses, Healthcare Fraud, and Drug Offenses
- Florida Bar Annual Convention – 2014 Federal Judicial Roundtable – Federal Court Practice Committee (Orlando, FL – June 26, 2014)
- Administrative Office of United States Courts, Defender Services Office, Training Division – Law and Technology Series: Techniques in Electronic Case Management Workshop – (Tampa, FL September 18-20, 2014)
- Federal Public Defender, Northern District of Florida, “Representing Veterans in Federal Cases” (Gainesville, FL, September 24, 2014) (Panel Training Seminar)
- Federal Public Defender, Northern District of Florida, “Pursuing an Appeal in Federal Court” (Gainesville, FL, October 29, 2014) (Panel Training Seminar)
- Florida Bar CLE- Advanced Federal Practice (Miami, FL January 16, 2015)
- Federal Public Defender, Northern District of Florida, “Advanced Criminal Procedure Update” (Gainesville, FL. January 28, 2015) (Panel Training Seminar)
- Federal Bar Association: Digital Forensics in Child Pornography Cases (Webinar, February 4, 2015)
- Administrative Office of United States Courts – Winning Strategies and Fundamentals of Federal Criminal Case (Hilton Head SC – February 19 -21, 2015)
- Administrative Office of the United States Courts, Defender Services Office – Twentieth Annual National Conference of CJA Panel Attorney District Representatives “Opportunity Knocks” (National Harbor, Maryland February 28 – March 1, 2015)
- Association of Federal Defense Attorneys “Federal Sentencing Updates with Professor Doug Berman” (Webinar March 2, 2015)
- Annual Combined Seminar for the Federal Defenders of Montana and the Montana Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers “Becoming Finer: How to Fight for Freedom Everyday” (Chico-Hot Springs, Montana March 12-13, 2015)
- Federal Public Defender, Northern District of Florida, “Computer Crimes” Child Pornography, Travel to meet a Minor, Identity Theft, Fraud
- (Gainesville, FL – March 25, 2015) (Panel Training Seminar)
- Twenty-Fourth Annual Seminar – Federal Sentencing Guidelines – Fed Bar and U.S. Sentencing Commission – St. Petersburg, FL (May 27-29, 2015) –
- Healthcare Fraud, Child Pornography, Firearms Offenses, Narcotics Twenty- Eighth Annual Meeting – Florida Assn. of Criminal Defense Lawyers –
- (Key Biscayne FL June 11-14, 2015) Voir Dire, Discovery, Appellate Practice
- Federal Public Defender, Northern District of Florida- “Understanding New
- Surveillance Tools – Cell Phone Tracking, Stingrays, Hemisphere and More” (Gainesville FL July 29, 2015 – Panel Training Seminar)
- Administrative Office of U.S. Courts “Litigating Sex Trafficking Cases” (Webinar – August 18, 2015)
- Administrative Office of the United States Courts, Defender Services Office – Biannual Defender Services Advisory Group Meeting (Washington D.C., October 7-8, 2015)
- Association of Federal Defense Attorneys “Federal Sentencing of Sex Offenders: Key Issues and Strategies” (Webinar, December 10, 2015)
- Ad Hoc Committee for the Review of the Criminal Justice Act Public Hearings (Miami, FL, January 11-13, 2016)
- Federal Public Defender, Northern District of Florida, “Court-Ordered Electronic Surveillance” (Gainesville, FL., January 27, 2016) (Panel Training Seminar)
- Administrative Office of the United States Courts, Defender Services Office – 2016 Federal Defender and Administrative Officer Conference (Portland, Oregon, February 2-3, 2016)
- Federal Public Defender – Northern District of Florida, “Crime of Violence/Guideline Amendments” (Gainesville, FL, February 24, 2016) (Panel Training Seminar)
- 2016 CJA Panel Conference – Administrative Office of the United States (San Francisco, CA, March 3-5, 2016)
- Administrative Office of the United States Courts, Defender Services Office – Biannual Defender Services Advisory Group Meeting (Washington D.C., April 14-15, 2016)
- 2016 Eleventh Circuit Judicial Conference – Administrative Office of the United States Courts – Defender Services Office (Point Clear, AL, May 4-6, 2016)
- Administrative Office of the United States Courts – Defender Services Office – 2016 Wining Strategies and Fundamentals Seminar – (Denver, CO, May 19-20, 2016) (Guest Speaker)
- Twenty Ninth Annual Meeting – Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (Daytona Beach, FL, June 2-5, 2016)
- Federal Public Defender, Northern District of Florida, “The Residual Clause and Crimes of Violence” (Gainesville, FL., June 29, 2016) (Panel Training Seminar)
- Eighth Annual Rational Sexual Offense Laws (ROSL) Conference – “Ending the Fear, Restoring the Constitution” (Atlanta, GA, September 16 –18, 2016)
- Administrative Office of the United States Courts – Defender Services Office – Biannual Defender Services Advisory Group Meeting (Washington D.C., October 6-7, 2016 (appeared telephonically due to Hurricane Matthew)
- Administrative Office of the United States Courts – Defender Services Office – Criminal Justice Act Seminar in and for the Southern District of Alabama – “Octoberfest Seminar” (Mobile, AL, October 13-14, 2016)
- Administrative Office of the United States Courts – Defender Services Office – “Train the Trainers Workshop” – (Atlanta, GA, November 2-4, 2016)
- Federal Bar Association- “Admissibility of Digital Evidence” – (Webinar) (November 10, 2016)
- Guardian Digital Forensics- “Cell Phone Location and Tracking Forensics” – (Webinar) (November 30, 2016)
- Administrative Office of the United States Courts – Defender Services Office – 2017 Winning Strategies and Fundamentals Seminar – (Long Beach, CA, January 12-14, 2017)
- Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers – 2017 Law and Technology Seminar – (Orlando, FL, January 27, 2017)
- Eighth Judicial Bar Association – 2017 Professionalism Seminar – (Gainesville, FL, February 10, 2017)
- Federal Public Defender, Northern District of Florida, “Winning the Evidentiary Battles” (Gainesville, FL., February 22, 2017) (Panel Training Seminar)
- Florida Education Association Lawyers Conference (Orlando, FL., March 3, 2017) Eleventh Circuit Judicial Conference Planning Committee (Pensacola, FL., March 8, 2017)
- Twenty-Second Annual National Conference of CJA Panel Attorney District Representatives-Back From the Future: Leading from Lessons Learned-(Houston, TX., March 10th, 2017)
- Defender Services Office Training Division- Defending Noncitizens Against Federal Prosecution and Executive Orders-(Webinar March 16, 2017)
- Florida Bar CLE- Advanced Federal Practice Seminar- (Miami, FL., March 17, 2017)
- Eleventh Circuit Judicial Conference Planning Committee Meeting (Pensacola, FL May 3, 2017)
- National Association for Rational Sexual Offense Laws- Building a Foundation for Effective Advocacy- (Atlanta, GA., June 2-4, 2017)
- Federal Bar Association Annual Meeting and Convention (Atlanta, GA., September 14-19, 2017)
- Eleventh Circuit Judicial Conference Planning Committee Meeting (Video Appearance, September 20, 2017)
- Defender Services Advisory Group (“DSAG”) Meeting (Washington, D.C., September 27- 28, 2017)
- Defender Services Advisory Group and Defender Services Committee Meeting (San Diego, CA., December 4, 2017)
- Administrative Office of the United States Courts – 2018 Annual CJA Panel Attorney District Representatives Conference (Atlanta, GA February 9-10, 2018)
- Defender Services Office-Training Expert Panel Conference- (Phone, March 20, 2018)
- Gainesville Police Department Panel Training- DNA- (Gainesville, FL., April 18, 2018)
- Eighth Circuit Judicial Circuit Bar Association- Professionalism Seminar – (Gainesville, FL., April 20, 2018)
- Eleventh Circuit Judicial Conference (Ponte Vedra, FL., May 3-4, 2018)
- CJA Gainesville Division Panel Training- Firearms Offenses- (Gainesville, FL., May 23, 2018)
- National Association for Rational Sexual Offense Laws Conference- The Road to Independence: Reclaiming Full Liberties- (Cleveland, OH., June 8, 2018)
- National Seminar of the Federal Sentencing Guidelines-Federal Rules of Ethics-U.S. Sentencing Commission Guidelines – (San Antonio, TX., June 1, 2018)
- Federal Judicial Roundtable Florida Bar Convention- (Orlando, FL., June 14, 2018)
- CJA Federal Public Defender Panel Training (Gainesville, FL., June 20, 2018)
- CJA Gainesville Division Panel Training-Advanced Investigating, Preparing, and Executing Cross Examination of a Cooperating Witness- (Gainesville, FL., July 18, 2018)
- Mid-Florida CJA Seminar- The Supreme Court and Eleventh Circuit Year in Review- (Ocala, Fl., July 19, 2018)
- Non-Capital Habeas Conference (New Orleans, LA., Sept. 27-28, 2018)
- Federal Bar Association, North Central Florida Chapter-Ocala “Chambers Luncheon” Series (Ocala, FL., January 17, 2019) (“First Step Act- mid-day seminar)
- Federal Public Defender, Northern District of Florida, “Game of Phones-Fourth Amendment Defenses” (Gainesville, FL. October 25, 2019) (Panel Training)
- 2019 National Conference of Criminal Justice Act Panel Attorney Representatives Conference (San Diego, CA – March 1-3, 2019)
- Eighth Judicial Circuit Bar Association, Professionalism Seminar (Gainesville, FL., March 29, 2019)
- Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Criminal Law Certification Seminar (Lake Mary, FL., April 4-5, 2019)
- Federal Public Defender, Northern District of Florida, “First Step Act” (Gainesville, FL., April 24, 2019) (Panel Training) (Part 2)
- 2019 Annual CJA Federal Practice Seminar-Mid-Florida Public Defender Conference (Orlando, FL., April 26, 2019)
- Federal Public Defender-Recent Developments in Federal Sentencing- (Webinar, May 23, 2019)
- 2019 Annual NARSOL Conference (Houston, TX., June 6-9, 2019)
- Federal Public Defender, Northern District of Florida, Supreme Court Case Review (Gainesville, FL., June 5, 2019) (Panel Training)
- Federal Public Defender, Northern District of Florida-Supreme Court Update (Ocala, Florida July 26, 2019)
- Pro Law CLE- “Sexual Risk Assessments”-Dr. Sarah Demarco (Webinar) (December 6, 2019)
- Federal Public Defender, Northern District of Florida, “The Nuts and Bolts of Working Up A Fraud Case For Trial” (Gainesville, FL., February 26, 2020) (Panel Training)
- Eighth Judicial Circuit Bar Association, Professionalism Seminar (Gainesville, FL., February 14, 2020)
- Twenty-Fifth Annual National Conference of Criminal Justice Act Panel Attorney Representatives Conference (Austin, TX. – February 27-29, 2020)
- Federal Judicial Center-New Developments in Federal Criminal Law and Procedure (Webinar March 31, 2020)
- The Florida Bar-Eighth Judicial Circuit Virtual Town Hall-(Webinar) (August 17, 2020)
- Digital Evidence Made Easy (Mobile Devices) (Webinar October 27, 2020)
- Defender’s Services Offices, #illegal images, The Psychology of Child Pornography Offenses, (Webinar November 4, 2020)
- The Florida Bar, Modern Trends in Federal and State Health Care Prosecutions (Webinar November 5, 2020)
- Defender’s Services Office, #onlinesexcrimes, Understanding the Child Online Solicitation Offender (Webinar November 12, 2020)
- Middle District of Florida, Local Rules Changes (Webinar December 18, 2020) Federal Criminal Practice-a View from the Bench 2021 (Webinar May 14, 2021)
- Florida Bar Criminal Law Section, “Look out below: Landmines, and the Consequences of Poor Attorney Performance in the Preservation of Record Error” Featuring Florida Supreme Court Justice Jorge Labarga (Orlando, FL- June 11 2021)
- Thirtieth Annual National Seminar of Federal Sentencing (Online-August 31, 2021)
- Federal Sentencing Guidelines National Conference- (St. Petersburg, FL) (September 1-2, 2021)
- Florida Bench and Bar Conference (Miami, FL) (February 2022)
- Eighth Judicial Circuit Bar Association, Professionalism Seminar (Gainesville, FL., April 1, 2022).
- Eighth Judicial Circuit Bar Association-Leadership Roundtable- (Gainesville, Florida, April 22, 2022)
- Eleventh Circuit Judicial Conference-(Atlanta, GA May 5-6, 2022)
- Federal Defender-A View from the Appellate Bench: An Interactive Discussion (webinar May 25, 2022)
(Updated May 30, 2022)