Please address any additions or corrections to the information below to Jeanette Ching, Clinical Program Office Manager.
Graduating Class of 2020
Oscar Aguirre
Law Clerk, U.S. District Judge. Western District of Texas
Safa Ansari-Bayegan
E. Barrett Prettyman Fellow, Criminal Justice Clinic at Georgetown Law
Danielle Craig
Judicial Clerk for Judge Tracy Wollenberg, Alaska Court of Appeals
Dagen Downard
Deputy Public Defender, Contra Costa Office of the Public Defender
Bryce Ellis
Abbey Flynn
Law Clerk for the Hon. Richard A. Paez, Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in Pasadena
Chelsea Hanlock
Law Clerk, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
Francesca Hovagimian
Colorado State Public Defender
Caroline McKay
Ryan Miller
Staff Attorney, Appellate Advocates
Bill Nguyen
Post-Bar Legal Assistant, Alameda County Public Defender Office
Savannah Reid
Sydney Royer
Judicial Law Clerk, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas
Ryan Shelley
Judicial Law Clerk, U.S. District Court, District of Oregon
Lija Siliunas
Staff Attorney, Legal Aid Chicago
Annie Sloan
Judicial Law Clerk, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania
Emma Tolman
Public Interest Fellow, Uncommon Law
Anne Weis
Law Clerk for Judge Sarah Merriam, District of Connecticut
Graduating Class of 2019
Riley Anapol
Staff Attorney, East Bay Family Defenders
Nirali Beri
Staff Attorney, Centro Legal de la Raza
Patrick Booth
Kahn Legal Fellow, Prison Law Office
KC Bridges
Staff Attorney (starting 9/28/2020), D.C. Public Defender Service, Appellate Division
Paris DeYoung
Staff Attorney, Appellate Advocates
Candace Graff
Meg Huntington J.D./M.P.P
Law clerk to Judge Susan Graber, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Thomas Matthew
Jacqueline McGuinness
Kyra Nickell
Deputy Public Defender, Orange County Public Defender’s Office
Julie Pittman
Justice Catalyst Fellow, Centro de los Derechos del Migrante
Dylan Quigley
Federal Defenders of San Diego
Emily Storms
Public Defender, King County Department of Public Defense, Northwest Defenders Division
Jacie Valentine
Amber Vincent
Case Investigator, East Bay Family Defenders
Alec Weiss
Staff Attorney, Uncommon Law
Graduating Class of 2018
Kevyn Armstrong Wright
Assistant Federal Public Defender, Northern District of Alabama
Emmanuelle Berdugo
Associate, Cleary Gottlieb
Francesca Buzzi
Staff Attorney, Gideon’s Promise Fellow, Orleans Public Defenders
Hannah Claudio
Deputy Public Defender, Colorado State Public Defender (Greeley)
Payam Fakharara
Trial Attorney, Federal Defenders of San Diego, Inc.
Emily Friedman
Staff attorney in the civil action practice, Bronx Defenders
Ali Ganem
Staff Attorney, Southern Center for Human Rights
Vanessa Godinez
Law Graduate, Immigration, Bronx Defenders
Max Hare
Deputy Public Defender, Mendocino County Public Defender
Jeremy Isard
Judicial Law Clerk, United States Court of Appeals
Yasmine Issa
Attorney, Orange County Public Defender’s Office
Mei-Wah Lee
Associate, Arnold & Porter
Karl Lindemann
Associate Deputy Public Defender, Alameda County Public Defender Office
Emily Margolis
Judicial Law Clerk, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California
Jena Mayfield
Assistant Public Defender, Richmond (Va.) Office of the Public Defender
Tina Ngo
Litigation Associate, Baker Botts, LLP
Paul Ort
Associate, Ballard Spahr, LLP
Kevin Pormir
Deputy Public Defender, Santa Barbara County Public Defender
Natalie Robinson
Associate Deputy Public Defender, Alameda County Public Defender Office
Allee Rosenmayer
Deputy Public Defender, San Joaquin County Public Defender Office
Jonathan Sidney
Deputy State Public Defender, Colorado State Public Defender
Mason Strand
Deputy State Public Defender, Colorado State Public Defender (Brighton)
Graduating Class of 2017
Christian Adriatico
Associate, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP and Affiliates
Mike Besser
Associate, Polsinelli PC
Sarah Bluestone
Deputy Public Defender, Contra Costa County Office of the Public Defender
Chelsea Bond
Deputy Public Defender, Solano County Office of the Public Defender
Ilan Friedmann-Grunstein
Assistant Public Defender, Miami-Dade County Office of the Public Defender
Hilary Krase
Associate, Farella Braun + Martell LLP
Ellen (Labitzke) Doty
Associate Attorney, Rothschild Sands & Wishek LLP
Hannah Lieberman
Staff Attorney, Criminal Defense Practice, The Bronx Defenders
Grayson Lindstrom
Deputy Public Defender, Colorado State Office of the Public Defender
Andrea Ortega
Associate, Littler Mendelson P.C.
Lilli Paratore
Supervising Attorney, UnCommon Law
Olivia Sideman
Associate Deputy Public Defender, Alameda County Office of the Public Defender
Jacquline Simonovich
Weintraub Tobin
Joshua Steele
Deputy Public Defender, Santa Clara County Office of the Public Defender
Scott Templin
Staff Attorney, Criminal Defense Practice, The Bronx Defenders
Salena Tiet
Deputy Public Defender, Los Angeles County Office of the Public Defender
Graduating Class of 2016
Madeline Bailey
Program Associate II, Vera Institute of Justice
Sophie Cooper
Law Clerk, Southern District of California
Shanita Farris
Staff Attorney, Capital Appeals Project, New Orleans
Cristiana Giannini
Staff Attorney, East Bay Community Law Center, Clean Slate Services
Jill Greco
Staff Attorney, Criminal Defense Practice, The Bronx Defenders
Clara Hammond-Oakley
Staff Attorney, Neighborhood Defender Service
Anuthara Hegoda
Staff Attorney, Habeas Corpus Resource Center
Alyssa Huff
Deputy Public Defender, Contra Costa County Public Defender’s Office
Matt Ohlheiser
Associate, Cozen O’Conner
Olivia Taylor
Deputy Public Defender, San Francisco Public Defender
Caitlin York
Assistant Deputy Public Defender, New Jersey Office of the Public Defender
Shane Young
Associate, Outten and Golden
Graduating Class of 2015
Jackie Aranda Osorno
Staff Attorney, Southern Poverty Law Center
Melissa Burkhart
Staff Attorney, Habeas Corpus Resource Center
Brandi Jackson
Deputy Public Defender, Colorado Office of the State Public Defender
Caitlin Jones
Research and Writing Attorney, Federal Public Defender Office for the Districts of MA, NH, and RI
Rebecca Katz
Deputy Public Defender, Contra Costa County Public Defender’s Office
Jason Kim
Judicial Clerk, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Judah Lakin
Partner, Lakin & Wille LLP
Co-Director, Bay Area Immigration Bond Fund
Hong Le
Senior Staff Attorney, Bay Area Legal Aid
Lindsay Markel
Staff Attorney, Orleans Public Defenders
Reetu Mody
Managing Attorney for Tenants Rights, Centro Legal de la Raza
Daniela Molina Velandia
Associate Deputy Public Defender, Alameda County Office of the Public Defender
Cristina Najarro
Assistant Public Defender, Maryland Office of the Public Defender
Maritza Perez
Director, National Affairs, Drug Policy Alliance
Samantha Reed
Pro Bono Attorney, Dentons
Waseem Salahi
Law Clerk, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Nathan Stuckey
Assistant Public Defender, Augusta Circuit Public Defender’s Office
Scott Wallace
Staff Attorney, Habeas Corpus Resource Center
Gwen Wu
Staff Attorney, Homeless Action Center
Aaron Zagory
Staff Attorney, Orleans Public Defenders
Graduating Class 2014
Celia dePentheny O’Kelly
Crisis Communications Consultant, Sard Verbinnen & Co.
Kayla Delgado
Managing Associate, Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe
Rebecca Gindi
Staff Attorney, East Bay Family Defenders
Emily Gladden
Partner, Tin Fulton Walker & Owen
Jeremy Goldstein
Trial Attorney, U.S. Department of Justice, Antitrust Division
Carrie Hall
Deputy State Public Defender, California Office of the State Public Defender
Britt Harwood
Senior Attorney, Youth Justice Unit, Bay Area Legal Aid
Shana Heller
Civil Rights Attorney, Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights
Christopher Lau
Staff Attorney, The Bronx Defenders
Paul Meyer
Managing Associate, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP
Jesus Mosqueda
Trial Attorney, Federal Defenders of San Diego, Inc.
Maxwell Pines
Assistant Public Defender, Law Offices of the Public Defender of the State of New Mexico
Amanda Rogers
Staff Attorney, Public Defender Service, Washington, D.C.
Rukayatu Tijani
Founder, Firm for the Culture
Efan Wu
Deputy Public Defender, Ventura County Public Defender’s Office
Graduating Class 2013
Colleen Bazdarich
Deputy Public Defender, San Bernardino Public Defender’s Office
Devi Chandrasekaran
Attorney-Advisor, Office of General Counsel, US EPA
Nikki Davenport
Clerk, Waters & Kraus LLP
Anna Dorn
Attorney and Writer
Holly Dranginis
Contract Work for Various Organizations
Nicole Gutierrez
Associate General Counsel, TELUS International
Michelle Iorio
Staff Attorney, Disability Rights Advocates
Cory Isaacson
Staff Attorney, The Georgia Resource Center
Katherine Katcher
Founder and Executive Director, Root & Rebound
Alana Edelstein-Kopke
Deputy Public Defender, Solano County Public Defender
Tracy Krause
Deputy Public Defender, Solano County Public Defender
Zachary Markarian
Assistant Deputy Public Defender, New Jersey Public Defender
Susannah Martin
Associate Public Defender, Sacramento County Public Defender
Katie Mathews
Deputy Legal Affairs Secretary, Governor of California’s Legal Affairs Unit, Clemency and Parole Team
Ann Mary Olson
Associate, Hansen Bridgett LLP
Liên H. Payne
Self-employeed
Ann Sagan
Assistant Federal Public Defender, Federal Public Defender Office, District of Kansas
Roxana Sandoval
Trial Attorney, Federal Defenders of San Diego, Inc.
Leila Tabbaa
Julia Weissman
Associate, Goodwin Procter
Micah West
Staff Attorney, Southern Poverty Law Center
Graduating Class 2012
Terri Louise Alang
Chief Investigator, Capital Habeas Unit, Federal Public Defender Northern District of Texas
Rachel Bennett
Assistant Public Defender, Maryland Office of the Public Defender
Dave Fanale
Committee for Public Counsel Services, Public Defender, Boston
Jolene Forman
Director, Criminal Justice Policy at Chan Zuckerberg Initiative
Mary Gilbert Kaiser
Associate, Morrison Foerster
Allison Hartry
Attorney, The Morales Firm, PC
Katie Henderson
Staff Attorney, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Julia Mehlman Breyer
Senior Litigation Counsel, Postmates Inc.
Alison Mollman
Staff Attorney, Equal Justice Initiative
Kiva Schrager
Associate, Miller Barondess LLP
Yanin Senachai
Staff Attorney, Asian Pacific American Legal Center
Jen Stevens
Associate, Fagen Friedman & Fulfrost LLP
Graduating Class 2011
Thad Blank
Assistant Federal Defender, Federal Defender Services of Idaho
Stephanie Clark
Deputy Public Defender, Office of the Alameda County Public Defender
Galen Currens
Deputy Public Defender, Office of the Contra Costa County Public Defender
Joel Furman
Law Offices of Joel M. Furman, Irvine, Calif.
Joe Goldstein-Breyer
Deputy Public Defender, Office of the Alameda County Public Defender
Maeve Granzin Goodbody
Attorney/Owner of The Goodbody Law Firm Inc.
David Lowry
Program Director, NYC Criminal Justice Agency
Ellen Rheaume
Supervising Attorney, Legal Aid Chicago
Ames Smith
Law Offices of Ames Smith
Whitney Tipton
Staff Attorney, Habeas Corpus Resource Center
Abbie VanSickle
Staff Writer, The Marshall Project
Sam Weiscovitz
Deputy State Public Defender, Office of the State Public Defender – California
Jamie Williams
Staff Attorney, Electronic Frontier Foundation
Graduating Class 2010
Kurt Denk
Pro Bono Counsel, City Bar Justice Center
Estela Dimas
Assistant Federal Public Defender, Capital Habeas Unit, Federal Public Defender’s Office, District of Arizona
Omari French
Tess Hand-Bender
Associate, Davis Graham & Stubbs
Atteeyah Hollie
Senior Attorney, Southern Center for Human Rights
Raghav Krishnapriyan
Associate, Durie Tangri LLP
Lorraine Leete
Coordinator, Legal Centre Lesvos
Maile Padilla
Deputy Alternate Public Defender III, Office of the Los Angeles County Alternate Public Defender
Vanessa Reid
Pupil Barrister, Carmelite Chambers
Bryan Springmeyer
Attorney, Springmeyer Law
Sarah Weiss
Partner, Jenner & Block
Graduating Class 2009
Rana Anabtawi
Staff Attorney, Prison Law Office
Gisselle Bourns
Katherine Bromberg
Senior Staff Attorney, Employment Law Project, New York Legal Assistance Group
Micaela Davis
Consultant, contract Attorney
Ryan Davis
Supervising Deputy State Public Defender, Office of the State Public Defender, Sacramento
Sarah King
Staff Attorney, Legal Services of Central New York
Elizabeth Kostrzewa
Chief Compliance Officer, Genesis Capital
Lindsay LaSalle
Managing Director, Drug Policy Alliance
Desiree Ramirez Lassiter
Assistant Federal Public Defender, District of Maryland, Baltimore Office
David Mitchell
Associate, Sidley Austin
Marina Sideris
Law Office of Marina Sideris, Camden, Maine
Sarah Rose Weinman
Appellate Attorney, Federal Defenders of San Diego, Inc.
Graduating Class 2008
Samson Asiyanbi
Trial Attorney, U.S. Department of Justice
Mojgone Azemun
Rachel Pfeiffer Bee
Investigator, Capital Habeas Unit, Federal Community Defender in Philadelphia
Genevieve Casey
Associate Attorney, Feinberg, Jackson, Worthman & Wasow LLP
Vanessa Crawford
Joy Haviland
Deputy State Public Defender, Office of the State Public Defender – California
John de Leon
Staff Counsel, State Compensation Insurance Fund
Julia Smith-Aman
Staff Attorney, Board of Immigration Appeals
Armilla Staley-Ngomo
Trial Attorney, Federal Defenders of San Diego, Inc.
Van Swearingen
Partner, Rosen Bien Galvan & Grunfeld LLP
Graduating Class 2007
Emmanuel Andre
Attorney and Founder Northside Transformative Law Center and Executive Director Circles and Ciphers
James Chavez
Law Office of James M. Chavez, San Diego
Lisa Cisneros
LGBT Program Director, California Rural Legal Assistance
Lara Eilhardt
Staff Attorney, Department of Veteran’s Affairs
Mark Feeser
Law Office of Mark R. Feeser, San Luis Obispo, California
Ruth Hawley
Staff Attorney, Securities and Exchange Commission
Alycee Lane
Michelle Leung
U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division
Kathryn Miller
Clinical Assistant Professor of Law, Cardozo Law School
Jessica Parsons
Anne Shaver
Partner, Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP
Sarah Spiegel
Deputy Public Defender, Contra Costa County Office of the Public Defender
Kristin Traicoff
Law Office of Kristin Traicoff
Graduating Class 2006
Cate Beekman
Partner, Beekman Cortés, LLP
Bart Brown
Deputy Public Defender, Office of the Ventura County Public Defender
Jamie Crook
ACLU of Northern California in San Francisco
Greta S. Hansen
Deputy County Counsel, Santa Clara County Counsel’s Office
Steven Hicks
Assistant General Counsel, NID Housing Counseling Agency
Jennifer Huber
Partner, Keker & Van Nest
Colin Kelley
Partner, 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 Alternate Public Defender
Sarah Rackley Olson
Forensic Resource Counsel, Indigent Defense Services of North Carolina
Steven Swerdlow
Associate Professor of the Practice, Department of Political Science and International Relations, University of Southern California
David Taylor
Founder, Taylor Strategic PC
Graduating Class 2005
Shannon Riordan Armstrong
Partner, Holland & Knight
Emily Carlsen
United States Patent & Trademark Office
Laura (Clark) Rowe
Of Counsel, May Adam
Elizabeth Eng
Eliza Hersh
Legal Affairs, Office of Governor Gavin Newsom
Ann Kim
Staff Attorney, Habeas Corpus Resource Center
Alma Lagarda, PLLC
Staff Attorney, Texas Defender Service
Sarah Laubach Gur
Lecturer in Residence, U.C. Berkeley School of Law
Margaret Osborn Munzig
Attorney, Lewis & Llewellyn
Jamie Popper
In-Prison Programs Attorney, Root & Rebound
Angel Sevilla
Of Counsel, Jackson Lewis P.C.
Nisha Shah
Deputy Director, Habeas Corpus Resource Center
Monali Sheth
Deputy County Counsel, Office of the County Counsel, San Mateo County
Jill Jones
Senior Counsel, Loeb & Loeb LLP
Salomon Zavala
Managing Attorney, Zavala Law Group; Executive Director for Ollin Law
Graduating Class 2004
Michael Anderson
Research Attorney to the Hon. Mary Greenwood, Presiding Justice of the California Court of Appeal, 6th District
Shara Davis
Creative Writing MFA Candidate, Rutgers Newark College of Arts and Sciences
Annie Hermele
Jennifer Jeon
Sloan Johnston
Staff Attorney, Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia
Rebecca McGuire
Daniel Olmos
Partner, Nolan Barton Olmos LLP
Lothlorien Redmond
Albert Sieber
Research & Reference Librarian, Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals, Denver, CO
Craig Sieverding
Partner, Davis Brown Law Firm
Jessica Goneau Scott
Partner, Wheeler Trigg Kennedy
Graduating Class 2003
Neil Ashar
Senior Counsel, World Bank
Scott Bennett
Partner, Coppersmith Brockelman PLC
Elaine Collins
Chhaya Malik Bhalotra
Special Counsel, Ramsey Ehrlich
Valerie Meyer
Attorney, Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division, Employment Litigation Section
Jee Park
Executive Director, Innocence Project New Orleans
Sheila Quinlan
Self-Employed/Contract Attorney, CA state-appointed criminal appeals
Sarah Ray
Partner, Latham & Watkins
Victor Rodriguez
Judge, Alameda County Superior Court
Michael Shin
Deputy General Counsel, Tri-County Metropolitan Transportation District of Oregon (TriMet)
Rachel Sommovilla
Interim City Attorney/Senior Assistant City Attorney, City of Richmond
Jennifer Swann
Staff Attorney, U.S. District Court for the Central District of California
Graduating Class 2002
Helene Farber
Helene Farber Law
Portia Glassman
Attorney at Law, Portia Glassman, Esq.
Janet Lee
Maria Lin
Shannon Rozner
Chief of Staff and Vice President of Strategic Initiatives, Chautauqua Institution
John Tanghe
Attorney at Law, Private Practice
Racheal Turner
Associate General Counsel, Twitch
Dana Wolinsky