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Edward C. Monahan began as a KY public defender in 1976. He was appointed Kentucky Public Advocate by the Governor September 1, 2008 to a four year term and reappointed to a second four year term September 2012. He led the development of Kentucky's nationally recognized legal education program. Ed is a charter board member of the Kentucky Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and is past president of KACDL and chair of the KACDL Education Committee, past chair of the Kentucky Bar Association's Criminal Law Section, was a member of the KBA Ethics Committee (2000-2007; 2008-2011). He is past chair of the American Council of Chief Defenders and chaired its Leadership and Development Committee. Monahan is a member of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and co-chairs its Subcommittee on Pretrial Release Advocacy. He was co-counsel in Gall v. Parker, 231 F.3d 265 (6th Cir. 2000) and Kordenbrock v. Scroggy, 919 F.2d 1091 (6th Cir. 1990) (en banc) both granting federal habeas relief to clients sentenced to death. Monahan was counsel in Binion v. Commonwealth, 891 S.W.2d 383 (Ky. 1995) which recognized the constitutional requirement for defense experts. His publications include Coping with Excessive Workload, co-authored with James J. Clark, Ph.D., in ABA Ethical Problems Facing the Criminal Defense Lawyer: Practical Answers to Tough Questions (1995). On September 16, 2013 the National Association of Pretrial Service Agencies' John C. Hendricks Pioneer Award was presented to the Kentucky Department of Public Advocacy for the statewide public defender program's strategic commitment to advance public defender advocacy across Kentucky resulting in an increase of release for indigents prior to trial.
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- Join Date: 10/31/2016 22:90:00
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- Location: Public Advocate, Kentucky Department of Public Advocacy (Frankfort, KY)
- Articles posted by this author:
- Knox County Public Defender Community Law Office recognized nationally for model representation: holistic, client-centered, collaborative
- NAPD Fund for Justice Creative Advocacy Grant made in honor of Jeff Adachi and Norm Lefstein
- Norman Lefstein inducted into the NAPD Fund for Justice Hall of Fame; Grants will be made in his name
- Jeff Adachi inducted into the NAPD Fund for Justice Hall of Fame; Grants will be made in his name
- Opportunity to Help Clients
- Amidst the disillusion, a time for leaders who see beyond the horizon
- What we do and the way we do it define us
- NAPD Assessment of the Texas Office of Capital and Forensic Writs Released
- Announcing NAPD's Mentoring Webinar
- New Resource Available to Tell Your Client's Story Well - with Observations from Bryan Stevenson
- A smarter, less costly approach to crime is no longer an ideological divide
- Policymakers take smarter approach to crime, reducing state correctional costs while the crime rate is falling
- The Lawyer's Critical Advocacy at First Appearances
- Working with Creative Coalitions on Legislation and Issues
- It costs more to pay less
- Broadening National Bipartisan Conversation
- On the Heels of Ferguson and Baltimore, Public Defenders and the Pretrial Justice Institute Call for End to the Predatory Use of Money in the Criminal Justice System
- Let's Address Illegal Disproportionality in the Criminal Justice System
- Our Ph.Ds. in media criminology mislead:
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