• Valparaiso Executive Leadership Institute participant Kira Fonteneau, hard at work. Photo (c) Lorinda Youngcourt, King County Dept. of Public Defense

  • San Francisco Public Defender Jeff Adachi leads a protest in response to police killings in the Bay area. Photo (c) Jeff Adachi 

  • Melody Dernocoeur, a member of the Shelby County Public Defender's Office, describes being a public defender. Graphic (c) Celia Givens 

  • Public defenders call attention to excessive caseloads as they organize for increased funding in Baton Rouge, LA. Photo (c) Travis Spalding/The Advocate

  • Paralegal Roz Porter assists a client during the Hamilton County (OH) Public Defender's twice-a-month Fresh Start Expungement Clinic.

  • Public Defender Mark Plaisance argues Montgomery v. Louisiana before the United States Supreme Court. Image (c) Art Lien/www.courtartist.com

  • Another class of public defense leaders around the country attend NAPD's annual Leadership Institute. Photo (c) Melanie Foote, Kentucky Department of Public Advcoacy

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    Recent Contributors

    • Marty Feinman, Director of Juvenile Justice Trainings, Legal Aid Society (NY)
    • Aaron Goldstein, Attorney Supervisor, Cook County Public Defender, Cook County, IL
    • Jennifer Kinsley, Professor, Northern Kentucky University School of Law
    • Richard Pittman, Director of Juvenile Defender Services, Louisiana Public Defender Board
    • Prya Murad, Assistant Public Defender, 15th Circuit Public Defender (Palm Beach, FL)
    • Melinda Drewer and Flint Stebbins, ABC Law Group, Everett, WA 
    • Chant'a Parker, Innocence Project
    • Lisa Feinman, Director of Special Litigation & Law Reform, Legal Aid Society, New York, NY
    • Jill Paperno, Second Asst. Public Defender, Monroe County Public Defender's Office, NY
    • Jefff Adachi, Chief Public Defender, San Francisco Public Defender's Office, CA
    • Emily Coward, Project Attorney, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
    • Sarah Buchanan, Director of Social Services, Knox County Community Law Office (TN)
       
    • Patrick Brayer, Coordinator of Law Students and Interns, Missouri State Public Defender System
    • Janene McCabe, Director of Technical Litigation, Colorado State Public Defender
    • Andre Vitale, Special Assistant Public Defender, Monroe County Public Defender's Office (NY)
    • Terence Davidson, Paralegal, Legal Aid Society (New York, NY)
    • Michael Barrett, State Public Defender, Missouri State Public Defender System
    • Alex Bunin, Chief Public Defender, Harris County Public Defender's Office, TX

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