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In the Interest of Justice is once again holding a forum for the furtherance of Justice.  We are proud to announce the Keynote speakers of this function "Mr. E. Michael McCann  and  117th District Court - Hon. Sandra Watts".  This event wil be held at Annapolis Christian Academy on Tuesday May 26th at 7:00 pm. Here you will find a map .

Mr. E. Michael McCann served as the elected District Attorney of Milwaukee County for 38 years (1968-2006_30" value="" />). He retired from public service in January 2007, at which time he joined Marquette University Law School as a Boden Teaching Fellow and Adjunct Professor of Law.

One of the more prominent cases that occurred during Mr. McCann's distinguished career as District Attorney was the prosecution of Milwaukee serial slayer Jeffrey Dahmer. Mr. McCann also acted to guard worker safety by prosecuting employers for recklessly causing job site deaths of employees in State of Wisconsin v. S.A. Healy Co. In State v. Chem Bio Corp., he secured homicide convictions against a laboratory for failing to detect incipient cancers which caused the death of two women.

E. Michael McCann Biographical Sketch

Mr. McCann was elected Milwaukee County District Attorney in 1968, and re-elected Milwaukee County District Attorney every two years thereafter until his retirement in December of2006.

Born in Chicago, illinois

Primary and Secondary schooling, Milwaukee, Wisconsin Graduate of Marquette University High School, Milwaukee Bachelor of Arts degree from University of Detroit (1959)

Bachelor of Laws degree (LLB) from Georgetown University (1962) Master of Laws degree (LLM) from Harvard University (1963)

Doctor of Laws (LLD honoris causa) from Marquette University (1997)

Affiliations:

Past-Chair, Criminal Justice Section, American Bar Association Past-President, Wisconsin District Attorneys Association

Member, American Bar Association Task Force Rewriting Prosecution and Defense Standards Member, Board of Directors, Common Cause of Wisconsin

Member, Board of Directors, Dismas Ministry

Member, Board of Directors, Wisconsin Coalition Against the Death Penalty Fonner member, Board of Directors, National District Attorneys Association Past-Chair, Committee OD Victims, American Bar Association

Former member, State Bar of Wisconsin Ethics Committee

Member, Advisory Council, Salvation Army Adult Rehabilitation Center Member, Board for Milwaukee City Area, St. Vincent de Paul Society Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers

Fellow, American Bar Foundation

Fellow, Wisconsin Bar Foundation

Mr. McCann directed the District Attorney's Office and also tried cases. Among the most prominent of such cases was the prosecution of Milwaukee serial slayer Jeffrey Dahmer. McCann acted to guard worker safety by prosecution of employers for recklessly causing job site deaths of employees in such cases as State of Wisconsin v. S.A. Healy Co. In State v Chern Bio Corp., he secured two homicide convictions against a laboratory for recklessly failing to detect incipient cancers which caused the deaths of two women.

Publications:

"Opposing Capital Punishment: A Prosecutors Perspective," 79 Marq. Law Review 649 (1996) HPretrlal Services: The Prosecutor's View," with D. Weber, Federal Probation, March, 1993 "'Death ofa 78-Year Old Woman," Linacre Quarterly, May, 1988