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Platinum Private Partner
‘Drug Testing – The Science and the Law’
Thursday, May 20, 2021 2:00 PM EST
Zoom Registration Link: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Pso0qFa-Q3inr6vcuLdLjw
This webinar will provide the science and the law related to drug testing best practices, scientific validity, forensic defensibility and expert witness testimony. The science of drug testing will include an overview of the different testing technologies, an in-depth understanding of specimen options based on windows of detection and use case, results interpretation specific to cutoff levels and how results need to be scientifically valid and forensically defensible. The law of drug testing will address how judges are the evidentiary gatekeepers of expert witness testimony and when challenges of drug tests arise, you will learn the legal thresholds used by the courts for the admission of a forensic toxicologist as an expert witness, and what the Michigan court rules and evolving case law provides for the admissibility of scientific opinion testimony.
Speakers
Hon. Patrick C. Bowler, ret.
Judge Patrick Bowler is an honors graduate of both Michigan State University and the Detroit College of Law. Judge Bowler practiced as an active trial attorney and served as an adjunct law school professor teaching criminal Law and procedure at Michigan State University School of Law and Cooley Law School. He is past president of the Grand Rapids Bar Association. Judge Bowler was elected to the District Court in Grand Rapids, MI, where he served for twenty-four years, establishing drug treatment and DWI courts. Judge Bowler has served on the faculty of the National Drug Court Institute and as a consultant to treatment courts for the last twenty years, presenting on the establishment of treatment courts and best practices across the country. He has presented on a variety of constitutional and judicial leadership issues, including the role of the judge as gatekeeper of expert witness testimony. Judge Bowler is past president of the Michigan Association of Treatment Court Professionals and continues to serve on the Board of Directors. In 2017 Judge Bowler was awarded the National DWI Court Leadership Award for his work with DWI Courts. He presently serves as the Michigan Judicial Outreach Liaison, presenting on issues of public safety and judicial leadership.
Judge Patrick Bowler is an honors graduate of both Michigan State University and the Detroit College of Law. Judge Bowler practiced as an active trial attorney and served as an adjunct law school professor teaching criminal Law and procedure at Michigan State University School of Law and Cooley Law School. He is past president of the Grand Rapids Bar Association. Judge Bowler was elected to the District Court in Grand Rapids, MI, where he served for twenty-four years, establishing drug treatment and DWI courts. Judge Bowler has served on the faculty of the National Drug Court Institute and as a consultant to treatment courts for the last twenty years, presenting on the establishment of treatment courts and best practices across the country. He has presented on a variety of constitutional and judicial leadership issues, including the role of the judge as gatekeeper of expert witness testimony. Judge Bowler is past president of the Michigan Association of Treatment Court Professionals and continues to serve on the Board of Directors. In 2017 Judge Bowler was awarded the National DWI Court Leadership Award for his work with DWI Courts. He presently serves as the Michigan Judicial Outreach Liaison, presenting on issues of public safety and judicial leadership.
Dominique Delagnes, COO – Averhealth
Dominique Delagnes is the Chief Operating Officer for Averhealth. She leads a nationwide team of managers and clinicians who ensure things run smoothly at Averhealth’s laboratory in St. Louis, Missouri and patient service centers across the U.S. Dominique is no stranger to substance use testing and toxicology, having spent 20 years in senior leadership roles in operations, account management, and customer service for companies like Alere Toxicology (Abbott) and PharmaChem. Dominique grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area. She moved to the East Coast to attend Boston University where she was a proud member of the BU women’s rowing team. She received her Bachelor of Science in business administration with a concentration in operations management.
Dominique Delagnes is the Chief Operating Officer for Averhealth. She leads a nationwide team of managers and clinicians who ensure things run smoothly at Averhealth’s laboratory in St. Louis, Missouri and patient service centers across the U.S. Dominique is no stranger to substance use testing and toxicology, having spent 20 years in senior leadership roles in operations, account management, and customer service for companies like Alere Toxicology (Abbott) and PharmaChem. Dominique grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area. She moved to the East Coast to attend Boston University where she was a proud member of the BU women’s rowing team. She received her Bachelor of Science in business administration with a concentration in operations management.
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