Profile: richard.pittman

Richard Pittman was hired by the Louisiana Public Defender Board on May 28, 2013, to be the Deputy Public Defender - Director of Juvenile Defender Services. He began his career in public defense in Juvenile Court and in criminal courts in 2006, and continued in the practice until his appointment as Deputy Public Defender. From 2006-2013, he represented juveniles accused of delinquency, parents and children in abuse and neglect cases, adults accused of misdemeanors and felonies up to an including capital murder. He had guardian ad litem certification which he maintained from 2006 until 2013. Prior to his public defense practice, Mr. Pittman worked in the field of personal injury litigation. Mr. Pittman graduated from East Ascension High School in Gonzales, Louisiana, in 1992. Thereafter he attended Louisiana State University and obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemical Engineering in 1996. He then obtained a Masters of Chemical Engineering from the University of Delaware in 1999. By then he was working as a consultant for C.F. Picou Associates, a Baton Rouge firm specializing in process control with business worldwide. In 2001, Mr. Pittman decided to go to law school and was admitted to the University of Alabama School of Law in 2002, graduating with honors in 2005. While at the University of Alabama School of Law, he was awarded the Order of Samaritan for public service and volunteerism.

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• Location: Deputy Director of Juvenile Defender Services, Louisiana Public Defender Board (Baton Rouge, LA)
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• Listen to the Second Season of Serial
• Some of the Science Behind Client-Centerednes
• Being Client-Centered When Your Client's Children Are in Foster Care
• Ahmed Mohamed's Clock
• Back to Work: Thoughts from the 4th ABA Parent Attorney Conference
• 2015 SJDC Summit Focuses on Addressing Race in Advocacy
• On the 48th Anniversary of In Re Gault
• The Other Public Defenders
• Campaign for the Fair Sentencing of Youth
• If Not Us, then Who? Each of Us
• Why Do We Stick With Ideas That Don't Work?
• Some of the Science Behind Client-Centeredness