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National Public Defense Virtual Conference 2021

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This is from the 2021 Conference.
For the March 17-19, 2022 Conference
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Featured Speakers

Jonathan Rapping

Gideon's Promise

Founder and President

Jeffery Robinson

ACLU Trone Center for Justice and Equality

Deputy Legal Director

Nkechi Taifa

The Taifa Group

President

Andrea Lyon

Lyon Law

Principal, Professor Emeritus

Catherine Jones

Campaign for Fair Sentencing of Youth

Co-Director of Outreach and Partnership Development

Rasheeda Lawrence

State of Maryland Office of the Public Defender

Social Worker

Tyra Patterson

Ohio Justice & Policy Center

Community Outreach Strategist, Artist, Activist

Lori James-Townes

NAPD

President

Laura Wexler

The Stoop Storytelling Series

Writer, Producer

Cynthia Roseberry

National Policy Advocacy at ACLU Atlanta, GA

Deputy Director of Policy, Justice Division

Speakers

Deirdre Ewing (she/her)

Law Offices of the Public Defender, New Mexico

District Defender

Steven D Kniffley Jr., PsyD MPA ABPP

Spalding University

Associate Professor

Amir Ali

MacArthur Justice Center

Director, Washington DC Office

Jenny Andrews

Indigent Defense Improvement Division, Office of the State Public Defender

Director of Training

Ian Augarten

Prince George's County, Maryland Office of the Public Defender

Juvenile Division Supervisor

Stuart Banner

UCLA School of Law

Norman Abrams Distinguished Professor of Law

Connor Barusch

Committee for Public Counsel Services

Trial Attorney and Training Attorney

Shane Beaubien

Department of Public Advocacy

Defender Services Branch Supervisor

Breeanna Bellinger

Public Defender's Office

Social Worker

Zamir Ben-Dan

Black Attorneys of Legal Aid (BALA) Caucus

Staff Attorney and Representative

Cathy Bennett

National Association for Public Defense

Assistant Training Director

Katie Benson

Office of the Public Defender, Minnesota

Dispositional Advisor

Laura Berry

ICAN/DecARcerate

Regional Connector/End Solitary Co-Chair

Kevin Bishop

The Office of the Alternate Defense Counsel,

LCSW, Social Work Coordinator

Keri Blakinger

The Marshall Project

Staff Writer

John Blume

Cornell Law School

Samuel F. Leibowtiz Professor of Trial Techniques

Jeremiah Bourgeois

Journalist, Legal Scholar, Law Student

Jessica Brand

The Wren Collective

Stephen Bright

Yale Law School

Visiting Lecturer

Hannah J Brooks

HJB Legal Services

Owner & CEO

Cheryl Bruce

Nashville Public Defender Office

Legal Assistant

DC

DeAndre Carter

YouthDevelopment Corporation, USA

Educational Instructor

Twyla Carter

The Bail Project

National Policy Director

Meryl Carver-Allmond

Kansas State Board of Indigents' Defense Services

Training Director

Paul Chambers

Ontario County Public Defender’s Office

Senior Investigator

Jeff Chapdelaine

Chapdelaine Consulting and Training

Attorney, Forensic Social Worker, and Forensic Drama Therapist

Jenny Chestnut

No More Locked Doors Ministries

Executive Director

Jeff Chorney

Alameda County Public Defender

Deputy Public Defender

Julie Ciccolini

National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (Full Disclosure Project)

Director of Law Enforcement Accountability

Jillian Cohen

Office of Respondent Parents' Counsel

Director of Programs

David Colarusso

Suffolk University Law School

Practitioner-in-Residence and Director of the Legal Innovation and...

Amber English Coleman

Civil Rights Corps

Director of Communications

John Conroy

Roderick and Solange MacArthur Justice Center, Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law

Senior Investigator

Byron Conway

Federal Defender Program

Attorney

Shana Conza

Libra Wellness

Former Public Defender, Certified Yoga and Mindfulness Instructor

D'Adre Cunningham

Washington Defender Association

Incarcerated Parents Project Attorney

Mark Cunningham

Mark D. Cunningham

Ph.D., ABPP

Lars Daniel

Envista Forensics

Practice Leader: Digital Forensics

Natasha Dartigue

Maryland Office of the Public Defender

Maryland State Public Defender, Designate

Marilena David

Deputy Director

Deputy Director, Michigan State Appellate Defender Officer

Wendy Dean

Moral Injury of Healthcare

CEO and Cofounder

Justice Works: defenderData

JusticeWorks

King Demayo

Premal Dharia

Institute to End Mass Incarceration at Harvard Law School

Executive Director

Michelle A Diaz

National Crittenton

Director of Projects

CD

Charisse Domingo

Silicon Valley De-Bug

Herb Duzant

Federal Public Defender Office, District of Nevada

Capital Habeas Investigator

Eddie Ellis

Campaign for the Fair Sentencing of Youth

Co-Director of Outreach and Member Services

Brian Elms

Change & Innovation Agency

Innovation Practice Lead

Sarah Fajardo

American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey

Policy Director

Katherine Farrington

Skipped Parts Counseling

co-CEO and Clinical Director

Marty Feinman

The Legal Aid Society Juvenile Rights Practice

Director of Juvenile Delinquency Training

Alice Fontier

Neighborhood Defender Service of Harlem

Managing Director

Charles Fox

The Legal Aid Society of Suffolk County, Inc.

Director of Diversity and Development

Laura Fox

Snohomish County Public Defender Assoc

Data Analyst

JF

Jazzmond Foy

Jennifer Friedman

Federal Defender Capital Habeas Unit, Central District

Deputy Federal Defender

Jonathan Friley

Public Defender Services (Charleston, WV)

Public Defender Corporation (PDC) Administrator

Patrice Fulcher

Maryland Office of the Public Defender

Director of Training

DG

David George

RAPP Campaign

Associate Director

Dawit Getachew

Bronx Defenders

Chief Policy Counsel, CDP

Claire Glenn

Maryland Office of the Public Defender

Public Defender

Marie Grace

Skipped Parts Counseling

Co-CEO and Clinical Director

Darryl Green

Deep Forgivness

Darryl Green

Deep Forgiveness

President and Principal Consultant

Terri Collins Green

Maryland Office of the Public Defender

Director of Social Work

Nathaniel Hailpern

Office of Respondent Parents' Counsel

Parent Advocate

Patrick Hakes

Nashville Public Defender Office

Assistant Public Defender

Ali Hall

Ali Hall Training and Consulting

Trainer and Consulting

Tia Hamilton

State Vs Us Magazine

Founder

Stephen Hanlon

Lawyer Hanlon

Owner

DH

Dawn Harrington

FreeHearts

Scott Hechinger

Zealous

Founder & Director

Justin Heim

Wisconsin State Public Defender's Office

Staff Development Program Specialist

Kristin Henning

Georgetown Law

Blume Professor of Law; Director, Juvenile Justice Clinic and ...

Daisha Hill

Neighborhood Defender Service of Detroit

Social Work Supervisor

Lindsey Hortenstine

Orleans Public Defenders

Director of Communications and Development

SJ

Sara Jacobson

Public Defender Association of Pennsylvania

Executive Director of Training

Raj Jayadev

Silicon Valley De-Bug

Co-Founder and Director

Irene Oritseweyinmi Joe

UC Davis School of Law

Acting Professor of Law

Martesha Johnson

Nashville Defenders

Chief Public Defender

Qiana Johnson

Life After Release

Founder and Executive Director

Sheri Lynn Johnson

Cornell Law School

James and Mark Flanagan Professor of Law

LJ

Leslie Jones-Dove

JusticeText

CTO

Sharon Jones-Eversley

Towson University, Family Studies and Community Development Department

Associate Professor

Peter Joy

Washington University School of Law

Henry Hitchcock Professor of Law; Director, Criminal Justice Clinic

Ruchi Kapoor

Kapoor Law + Policy

Respondent Parents' Counsel

Alec Karakatsanis

Civil Rights Corps

Founder and Executive Director

AK

Adnan Khan

Re:Store Justice

Executive Director

Dave Klaus

Alameda County Public Defender

Assistant Public Defender

Tatiana Kline

San Diego County, CA Public Defender

Deputy Public Defender III

Jon Krop

Mindfulness for Lawyers

Founder

Kathleen Kyle

Snohomish County Public Defender Association

Executive Director

La Mer Kyle-Griffiths

Still She Rises

Director of Training and Complex Litigation

Charity Laister

Private Practice

Mitigation Specialist

Thomas Lancaster

Lancaster Investigations, LLC

Investigator and Owner

Julia Leighton

Scott Levy

Bronx Defenders

Chief Policy Counsel

Laura van Dernoot Lipsky

The Trauma Stewardship Institute

Founder and Director of The Trauma Stewardship Institute and Author...

Elizabeth Lopez

Maryland Office of the Public Defender

Emerging Adult Litigation Specialist

JL

John Lopez

Defender Association of Philadelphia

Development Attorney

Lisa Lorish

Federal Public Defender WDVA, Charlottesville, VA

Assistant Federal Public Defender

Keith Lotridge

Maryland Office of the Public Defender

Deputy Public Defender

Mark Loudon-Brown

Southern Center for Human Rights

Senior Attorney

Jon Lyon

NAPD

Investigator Resource Coordinator

Christine Madjar

Department of Public Advocacy

KIP Education Staff Attorney

Rhonda V. Magee

University of San Francisco School of Law

Mindfulness Teacher, Author, Professor of Law

Crystal Maloney

Zealous

Chief of Innovation and Strategy

Randi Mandelbaum

Child Advocacy Clinic, Rutgers Law School

Distinguished Clinical Professor of Law

Pamela Love Manning

DP Love Enterprises

President

Graciela Martinez

Los Angeles County Public Defender's Office

Head Deputy, Immigration and Civil Commitment Units

BM

Brandon Mayfield

Brittany McCoy

The Bronx Defenders

Policy Associate

Xavier McElrath-Bey

Campaign for Fair Sentencing of Youth

Represent Justice Ambassador and Co-Executive Director

Jay McEntire

Federal Defenders of Eastern Washington and Idaho

Senior Litigator

Aisha McWeay

Still She Rises, Tulsa, OK

Executive Director

Joe Medici

Ohio Public Defender

Deputy Director - Trial Services

Devshi Mehrotra

JusticeText

CEO & Co-Founder

Elizabeth Miller

Office of the Ohio Public Defender

Assistant Director

Justin "Jay" Miller

University of Kentucky School of Social Work

Dean

Jillian Modzeleski

Brooklyn Defender Services

Senior Attorney, Women's Defense Project

Meredith Moore

Artisan Financial Strategies

Founder and CEO

Perry Morgan

Jack Morris

Amy Nguyen

Capital Maps, LLC

GIS Analyst

Eli Northrup

Bronx Defenders

Policy Counsel, Criminal Defense Practice

Ashley Morgan Nunn

Montgomery County Public Defender's Office

Investigator

Jeanette Pai-Espinosa

National Crittenton

President

Erin Palacios

Youth Law Center

Staff Attorney

Jennifer Park

Prince George's County, Maryland Office of the Public Defender

Assistant Public Defender

Chante Parker

Neighborhood Defender Service of Detroit

Managing Director

Johnny Perez

National Religious Campaign Against Torture

Director of US Prisons Program

Megan Perrin, Ph.D., MPH

Neuroanalytics, LLC

Clinical and Forensic Neuropsychologist

Kate Philpott

Forensic Defense Strategies

Special Counsel-Consultant

Gabrielle Pittman

Georgia Capital Defender

Supervising Trial Attorney

Claire Polini

Colorado Office of Alternate Defense Counsel

Social Work Outreach Coordinator

Danielle Ponder

SUNY Brockport, Department of African American Studies

Professor

Nicole Porter

The Sentencing Project

Director of Advocacy

Robyn Powell

Stetson University Law

Bruce R. Jacob Visiting Assistant Professor

Larry Pozner

Lawyer, Author, Lecturer

Sylvia Puente

Latino Policy Forum

President and CEO

Janis Puracal

Forensic Justice Project

Executive Director

Avis Reese

Atara Rich-Shea

National Bail Fund Network

Regional Organizer

Nikki Roberts

Cage Free Communications LLC

Founder/Director

Alejo Rodriguez

Zealous

Chief of Curriculum & Storytelling

Jenilee Rowley

Office of the Public Defender, Minnesota

Dispositional Advisor

Paul Rudof

Elkins, Auer, Rudof & Schiff

Attorney

Andrea Sáenz

New York Immigrant Family Unity Project

Attorney-in-Charge

Jose Saldana

RAPP Campaign

Director

Kristen Samuels

Southern Center for Human Rights

Investigator/Paralegal

Isabel Sanchez-Cummings

Federal Public Defender's Office, Ohio Northern District

Mitigation Specialist / Investigator / Social Worker

Topher Sanders

Pro Publica

Reporter

Maria Santiago

Exodus Transitional Services

Case Manager

Juval Scott

Western District of Virginia

Federal Public Defender

Jennifer Selitti

New Jersey Office of the Public Defender

Director of Training and Communications

BS

Bekura Shabbazz

Life After Release

Alexander Shalom

ACLU-NJ

Senior Supervising Attorney

Pat Shelton

Nashville Public Defender Office

Social Services Program Manager

Corey Sherman

Minnesota Board of Public Defense

Training Director

Georgia Sims

Nashville Defenders

Assistant Deputy Public Defender & Training Director

David Singleton

The Ohio Justice and Policy Center

Executive Director

Amol Sinha

ACLU - New Jersey

Executive Director

Maneka Sinha

University of Maryland Carey School of Law

Assistant Professor of Law

Julia Solomons

Bronx Defenders

Sr. Policy Social Worker, CDP

Darryl Woods Sr.

Community Activist and Organizer

Travis Stearns

Washington Appellate Project

Director of NLADA's Appellate Defender Training Program

Danté Taylor

Neighborhood Defender Service of Detroit

HR Manager

Stephanne Cline Thornton

West Virginia Judicial and Lawyer Assistance Program

Clinical Director

Colette Tvedt

The Law Firm of Colette Tvedt, LLC

Bianca Tylek

Worth Rises

Founder and Executive Director

Rodney Uphoff

University of Missouri

Elwood L. Thomas Missouri Endowed Professor Emeritus of Law & ...

Anupama Vishwamitra

Office of the Georgia Capital Defender

Director of Mitigation

Peter Wagner

Prison Policy Initiative

Executive Director

K. Shakira Washington

National Crittenton

Vice President, Advocacy & Research

Wendy Wayne

CPCS Immigration Impact Unit

Director

Stephen Weidlich

King County Department of Public Defense

Strategic Planning Manager

Nadine Wettstein

Maryland Office of the Public Defender

Director, Immigration Division

Sara Whitaker

Kanawha County Public Defender (Charleston, WV)

Deputy Public Defender

Chrishana White

Brooklyn Defender Services

Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Emily Ponder Williams

Neighborhood Defender Service of Harlem

Managing Attorney, Civil Defense Practice

Betsy Wilson

Sentencing Advocacy Group of Evanston

Founder

Justice Works

JusticeWorks

COO

Juliet Yackel

Law Offices of Juliet Yackel, Evanston, IL

Attorney & Capital Mitigation Specialist

Nana Yankah

Legal Aid Society of DC