Alumni
Please address any additions or corrections to the information below to Nisha Shah, Chair of the Death Penalty Clinic Alumni Board.
Graduating Class 2013
Colleen Bazdarich
Devi Chandrasekaran
Nikki Davenport
Anna Dorn
Holly Dranginis
Sonia Fleury
Cory Isaacson
Tracy Krause
Zachary Markarian
Susannah Martin
Katie Mathews
Ann Mary Olson
Ann Sagan
Roxana Sandoval
Julia Weissman
Graduating Class 2012
David Fanale
Committee for Public Counsel Services, Public Defender, Boston
Jolene Forman
Criminal Justice and Drug Policy Fellow, ACLU of Northern California
Mary Gilbert
Law Clerk, US Court of Federal Claims, Washington
Allison Hartry
Clerk, Hon. Vanessa D. Gilmore, Southern District of Texas
Katie Henderson
Post-Bar Law Clerk, Contra Costa Public Defender
Julia Mehlman
Associate, Quinn Emanuel
Alison Mollman
Fellow, Equal Justice Initiative
Kiva Schrager
Associate, Cooley LLP
Yanin Senachai
Staff Attorney/Skadden Fellow, Asian Pacific American Legal Center
Terri Louise Deep
James Stevens
Associate, Law Offices of Paul Wolf
Graduating Class 2011
Thad Blank
Associate, Stoel Rives
Stephanie Clark
Alameda County Office of the Public Defender
Galen Currens
Joel Furman
Office of the Orange Country Public Defender
Joe Goldstein-Breyer
E. Barrett Prettyman Fellow, Georgetown University Law Center
Maeve Granzin
Office of the Colorado State Public Defender
David Lowry
Staff Attorney, Appellate Advocates, New York
Ellen Rheaume
Staff Attorney for Habeas Corpus Resource Center
Ames Smith
Associate, Howarth & Smith
Whitney Tipton
Staff Attorney, Habeas Corpus Resource Center
Abbie VanSickle
Henry Luce Scholar, Access to Justice Asia, Cambodia
Sam Weiner
Public Defender Division, Massachusetts Commitee for Public Counsel Services
Jamie Williams
Paul Hastings, San Francisco
Graduating Class 2010
Kurt Denk
Associate, Kramer Levin
Estela Dimas
Assistant Federal Public Defender, Arizona Federal Public Defender
Omari French
Associate, WilmerHale
Tess Hand-Bender
Law Clerk, Hon. Philip A. Brimmer, U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado
Atteeyah Hollie
Fellow, Southern Center for Human Rights
Raghav Krishnapriyan
Associate, Kirkland & Ellis LLP
Lorraine Leete
Attorney, International Rights Advocates
Maile Padilla
E. Barrett Prettyman Fellow, Georgetown University Law Center
Vanessa Reid
Associate, Latham & Watkins LLP
Bryan Springmeyer
Partner, Springmeyer Law
Sarah Weiss
Associate, Jenner & Block
Graduating Class 2009
Rana Anabtawi
Staff Attorney, Prison Law Office
Gisselle Bourns
Associate, Covington & Burling, Washington D.C.
Katherine Bromberg
Occupy Wall Street Coordinator, New York Civil Liberties Union
Micaela Davis
Staff Attorney, ACLU of Northern California
Ryan Davis
Federal Defender, Central District of California
Sarah King
Attorney, Marion's Inn LLP
Beth Kostrzewa
Associate, Debevoise & Plimpton, LLP
Lindsay LaSalle
Law Fellow, Drug Policy Alliance in Berkeley
David Mitchell
Associate, Kirkland & Ellis, LLP
Desiree Ramirez
Staff Attorney, Bronx Defenders
Marina Sideris
Staff Attorney, Legal Services of Northern California, Homelessness Prevention and Rapid Rehousing Program
Sarah Rose Weinman
Equal Justice Works Fellow, National Immigrant Justice Center
Graduating Class 2008
Samson Asiyanbi
Associate, Hogan Lovells
Mojgone Azemun
Deputy General Counsel, Avaaz.org
Rachel Pfeiffer Bee
Mitigation Specialist, Capital Defender Office of Northern Virginia
Genevieve Casey
John de Leon
Attorney, The Law Office of John de Leon
Joy Haviland
Staff Attorney, Bronx Defenders
Vanessa Kuoling Crawford
Staff Attorney, Los Angeles Dependency Lawyers, Inc.
Julia Smith-Aman
Board of Immigration Appeals
Armilla Staley-Ngomo
Associate, Caldwell Leslie
Van Swearingen
Associate, Sidley Austin
Graduating Class 2007
Emmanuel Andre
Project NIA
James Chavez
Trial Attorney, Federal Defenders of San Diego, Inc.
Lisa Cisneros
Law Clerk, Hon. Claudia Wilken, U.S. District Court of the Northern District of California
Lara Eilhardt
Department of Veterans Affairs
Mark Feeser
Law Office of Mark R. Feeser, San Luis Obispo, California
Ruth Hawley
Staff Attorney, U.S. District Court of the Eastern District of California
Alycee Lane
Michelle Leung
U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division
Kathryn Miller
Staff Attorney, Equal Justice Initiative
Jessica Parsons
Anne Shaver
Associate, Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP
Sarah Speigel
Deputy Public Defender, Contra Costa County Office of the Public Defender
Kristin Traicoff
Staff Attorney, Habeas Corpus Resource Center
Graduating Class 2006
Catherine Beekman
Napa County Public Defender's Office
Bart Brown
Ventura County Public Defender's Office
Jamie Crook
Associate, Relman, Dane & Colfax PLLC
Greta Hansen
Deputy County Counsel, Santa Clara County
Steven Hicks
Staff Attorney, NID-Housing Counseling Agency
Jennifer Huber
Associate, Keker & Van Nest
Colin Kelley
Associate, Kelley & Farren, LLP
Michael Lepie
Deputy Public Defender, Office of the Contra Costa County Public Defender
Amanda Parks
Deputy Public Defender, Santa Clara County Office of the Public Defender
Sarah Rackley
Forensic Resource Counsel, Indigent Defense Services of North Carolina
Steven Swerdlow
Director, Tashkent Office, Researcher, Human Rights Watch, Europe & Central Asia Division
David Taylor
Associate, Munger Tolles & Olson LLP
Graduating Class 2005
Shannon Riordan Armstrong
Associate, Markowitz, Herbold, Glade & Mehlhaf, P.C.
Emily Carlsen
United States Patent & Trademark Office
Alma Lagarda
Staff Attorney, Texas Defender Service
Jill Meyers
Deputy County Counsel, Los Angeles County
Laura Clark
Associate, McGlynn & McGlynn
Elizabeth Eng
Research Attorney, Chambers of Chief Judge Claudia Wilken, United States District Court, Northern District of California
Eliza Hersh
Director, Clean Slate Clinic, East Bay Community Law Center
Ann Kim
Staff Attorney, Habeas Corpus Resource Center
Alma Lagarda
Staff Attorney, Texas Defender Service
Sarah Laubach
Visiting Assistant Professor of Legal Writing, Georgetown University Law Center
Margaret Osborn Munzig
Associate, Latham & Watkins LLP
Jamie Popper
Staff Attorney, Appellate Defenders, Inc.
Angel Sevilla
Kaufman Dolowich Voluck & Gonzo LLP
Nisha Shah
Staff Attorney, Habeas Corpus Resource Center
Monali Sheth
Staff Attorney, Equal Rights Advocates
Salomon Zavala
Attorney, Law Office of Salomon Zavala
Graduating Class 2004
Michael Anderson
Research Attorney to the Hon. Miguel Marquez, Associate Justice, California Court of Appeal, 6th District
Shara Davis
Mitigation Specialist, Federal Defender of Pennsylvania Capital Habeas Unit
Annie Hermele
Jennifer Jeon
Sloan Johnston
Staff Attorney, Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia
Rebecca McGuire
Daniel Olmos
Associate, Nolan Armstrong & Barton, LLP
Lothlorien Redmond
Albert Sieber
Staff Attorney, Capital Habeas Unit, Federal Public Defender Office, District of Nevada
Craig Sieverding
Associate, Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi
Jessica Simbalenko
Associate, Wheeler Trigg Kennedy
Graduating Class 2003
Neil Ashar
World Bank
Scott Bennett
Coppersmith, Schermer & Brockelman, PLC
Elaine Collins
Chhaya Malik Bhalotra
Interagency Policy Lead, U.S. Department of State
Valerie Meyer
Attorney, Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division, Employment Litigation Section
Jee Park
Orleans Public Defender’s Office
Sheila Quinlan
Attorney at Law
Sarah Ray
Associate, Latham & Watkins
Victor Rodriguez
Staff Attorney, California Supreme Court
Michael Shin
Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney's Office - District of Montana
Rachel Sommovilla
Office of County Counsel, Contra Costa County
Jennifer Swann
Staff Attorney, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California
Erica Zunkel
Fellow, Criminal Justice Clinic, University of Chicago Law School
Graduating Class 2002
Helene Farber
Attorney, Law Office of Vicki Greene
Portia Glassman
Attorney at Law, Portia Glassman, Esq.
Janet Lee
Maria Lin
Shannon Rozner
Counsel, Market Regulation Department, FINRA
John Tanghe
Attorney at Law, Private Practice
Racheal Turner
Partner, Farella Braun + Martel LLP
Dana Wolinsky
Associate, Law Office of Patricia A. Hendrickson & Associates