Please address any additions or corrections to the information below to Jeanette Ching, Clinical Program Office Manager.
Graduating Class of 2018
Kevyn Armstrong Wright
Clerk, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Alabama
Emmanuelle Berdugo
Associate, Cleary Gottlieb
Francesca Buzzi
Staff Attorney, Gideon’s Promise Fellow
Hannah Claudio
Deputy Public Defender, Colorado State Public Defender (Greeley)
Payam Fakharara
Judicial Clerk, Hon. Catharine F. Easterly, Associate Judge, District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Emily Friedman
Law Graduate, Bronx Defenders
Ali Ganem
Law Fellow, Equal Justice Initiative
Vanessa Godinez
Law Graduate, Immigration, Bronx Defenders
Max Hare
Master’s Degree Candidate, Goldman School of Public Policy
Jeremy Isard
Yasmine Issa
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
Gideon’s Promise Fellow, 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
Associate 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 (Labitske) Doty
Associate, Rothschild Sands & Wishek
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
Equal Justice Works Fellow, UnCommon Law
Olivia Sideman
Associate Deputy Public Defender, Alameda County Office of the Public Defender
Jacquline Simonovich
Associate, Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP
Joshua Steele
Deputy Public Defender, King County Department of Public Defense
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
Assistant Public Defender Law Office of the Public Defender, DeKalb County
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, Office of the Colorado State Public Defender
Caitlin York
Staff Attorney, The Bronx Defenders
Shane Young
Associate, Outten and Golden
Graduating Class of 2015
Jackie Aranda Osorno
Staff Attorney, Disability Rights California
Melissa Burkhart
Staff Attorney, Habeas Corpus Resource Center
Brandi Jackson
Deputy Public Defender, Colorado Office of the State Public Defender
Caitlin Jones
Assistant Public Defender, Hennepin County Office of the Public Defender
Rebecca Katz
Associate 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
Associate, Van Der Hout, Brigagliano & Nightingale, LLP
Hong Le
Staff Attorney, Advocacy Center
Lindsay Markel
Staff Attorney, Orleans Public Defenders
Reetu Mody
Policy Associate and Digital Organizer, Presente.org
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
Senior Policy Analyst, Center for American Progress Action Fund
Samantha Reed
Dentons Fellow & Staff Attorney, Equip for Equality
Waseem Salahi
Assistant Federal Defender, Federal Defender for the Central District of CA
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
Vice President, Sard Verbinnen & Co
Kayla Delgado
Managing Associate, Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe
Rebecca Gindi
Staff Attorney, East Bay Family Defenders
Emily Gladden
Associate, Tin Fulton Walker & Owen
Jeremy Goldstein
Associate, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton, & Garrison
Carrie Hall
Associate Deputy Public Defender, Office of the Alameda County Public Defender
Britt Harwood
Staff Attorney, Bay Area Legal Aid
Shana Heller
Staff Attorney, U.S. Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights
Chris Lau
Staff Attorney, The Bronx Defenders
Paul Meyer
Associate, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP
Jesus Mosqueda
Trial Attorney, Federal Defenders of San Diego, Inc.
Maxwell Pines
Deputy 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
Associate, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP
Efan Wu
Deputy Public Defender, Ventura County Public Defender’s Office
Graduating Class 2013
Colleen Bazdarich
Deputy Public Defender, West Valley Division, Office of the Public Defender, San Bernardino County
Devi Chandrasekaran
Associate, Kirkland & Ellis, LLP
Nikki Davenport
Clerk, Waters & Kraus LLP
Anna Dorn
Attorney and Writer
Holly Dranginis
Senior Policy Analyst, Enough Project
Nicole Gutierrez
Associate, Elkins Kalt Weintraub Reuben Gartside, LLP
Michelle Iorio
Staff Attorney, Disability Rights Advocates
Cory Isaacson
Staff Attorney, The Georgia Resource Center
Katherine Katcher
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
Deputy Public Defender, Sacramento County Public Defender
Katie Mathews
Staff Attorney, Investigations Unit, Disability Rights California
Ann Mary Olson
Associate, Hansen Bridgett LLP
Liên H. Payne
Liên Payne, Partner, Kennedy Payne, P.C
Ann Sagan
Assistant Public Defender, Third Judicial District Public Defender Office, Topeka, KS
Roxana Sandoval
Trial Attorney, Federal Defenders of San Diego, Inc.
Leila Tabbaa
Staff Attorney, Family Defense Practice, The Bronx Defenders
Julia Weissman
Associate, Jones Day
Micah West
Staff Attorney, Southern Poverty Law Center
Graduating Class 2012
Terri Louise Alang
Chief Investigator, Capital Habeas Unit, Federal Public Defender, Dallas Texas
Rachel Bennett
Assistant Public Defender, Maryland Office of the Public Defender
Dave Fanale
Committee for Public Counsel Services, Public Defender, Boston
Jolene Forman
Manager, Criminal Justice Policy at Chan Zuckerberg Initiative
Mary Gilbert
Associate, Crowell & Moring
Allison Hartry
Attorney, The Morales Firm, PC
Katie Henderson
Assistant Federal Public Defender, Office of the Federal Public Defender, Northern District of California
Julia Mehlman Breyer
Associate, Kane+Kimball LLP
Alison Mollman
Staff Attorney, Equal Justice Initiative
Kiva Schrager
Associate, Miller Barondess LLP
Yanin Senachai
Staff Attorney, Asian Pacific American Legal Center
Jen Stevens
Partner, Wolf, Pannella & Stevens
Graduating Class 2011
Thad Blank
Research and Writing Attorney, 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
Staff Attorney, Colorado Legal Services
David Lowry
Staff Attorney, Appellate Advocates, New York
Ellen Rheaume
Senior Attorney, Veterans’ Rights Project, 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
Jamie Williams
Staff Attorney, Electronic Frontier Foundation
Graduating Class 2010
Kurt Denk
Pro Bono Counsel, City Bar Justice Center
Estela Dimas
Staff Attorney, Habeas Corpus Resource Center
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
Attorney, International Rights Advocates
Maile Padilla
Deputy Alternate Public Defender III, Office of the Los Angeles County Alternate Public Defender
Vanessa Reid
Associate, Bright Line Law
Bryan Springmeyer
Partner, Springmeyer Reddy Law
Sarah Weiss
Partner, Jenner & Block
Graduating Class 2009
Rana Anabtawi
Staff Attorney, Prison Law Office
Gisselle Bourns
Attorney Advisor, Administrative Conference of the United States
Katherine Bromberg
Staff Attorney, Storm Response Unit, New York Legal Assistance Group
Micaela Davis
Staff Attorney, ACLU of Northern California
Ryan Davis
Deputy State Public Defender, Office of the State Public Defender, Sacramento
Sarah King
Staff Attorney, Departmental Appeals Board, Dept. of Health and Human Services, Washington DC
Elizabeth Kostrzewa
Vice President, Global Compliance, Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Lindsay LaSalle
Senior Staff Attorney, Drug Policy Alliance
Desiree Ramirez Lassiter
Staff Attorney, Office of the Federal Public Defender, Northern Division, Maryland
David Mitchell
Associate, Sidley
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
Rachel Pfeiffer Bee
Investigator, Federal Public Defender for the District of Columbia
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
Attorney, The Law Office of John de Leon
Julia Smith-Aman
Staff Attorney, Board of Immigration Appeals
Armilla Staley-Ngomo
Staff Attorney, California Court of Appeal, Fourth District
Van Swearingen
Partner, Rosen Bien Galvan & Grunfeld LLP
Graduating Class 2007
Emmanuel Andre
Attorney, Northside Transformative Law Center
James Chavez
Trial Attorney, Federal Defenders of San Diego, Inc.
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 Teaching Fellow, Death Penalty Clinic, University of California, Berkeley, School of Law
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
Deputy State Public Defender, Office of the State Public Defender
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
Chief Assistant, 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
Director, Tashkent Office, Researcher, Human Rights Watch, Europe & Central Asia Division
David Taylor
General Counsel, Theranos, Inc.
Graduating Class 2005
Shannon Riordan Armstrong
Shareholder, Markowitz Herbold, P.C.
Emily Carlsen
United States Patent & Trademark Office
Laura Clark
Partner, McGlynn & Clark
Elizabeth Eng
Eliza Hersh
Fellow, Open Society Foundation, Berkeley Law Center for the Study of Law & Society
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
Staff Attorney, Appellate Defenders, Inc.
Angel Sevilla
Of Counsel, Jackson Lewis P.C.
Nisha Shah
Staff Attorney, Habeas Corpus Resource Center
Monali Sheth
Deputy County Counsel, Office of the County Counsel, San Mateo County
Jill Meyers Jones
Senior Deputy County Counsel, Office of the County Counsel, Los Angeles County
Salomon Zavala
Managing Attorney, Zavala Law Group
Graduating Class 2004
Michael Anderson
Research Attorney to the Hon. Miguel Marquez, Associate Justice, 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 Bradford Olmos LLP
Lothlorien Redmond
Albert Sieber
Staff Attorney, Capital Habeas Unit, Federal Public Defender Office, District of Nevada
Craig Sieverding
Assistant County Attorney, Hennepin County Attorney’s Office
Jessica Goneau Scott
Partner, Wheeler Trigg Kennedy
Graduating Class 2003
Neil Ashar
Senior Counsel, World Bank
Scott Bennett
Coppersmith, Schermer & 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
Attorney, California Fourth District Court of Appeal
Sarah Ray
Partner, Latham & Watkins
Victor Rodriguez
Judge, Alameda County Superior Court
Michael Shin
Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney’s Office – District of Montana
Rachel Sommovilla
Assistant City Attorney, City of Richmond
Jennifer Swann
Staff Attorney, U.S. District Court for the Southern 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
Partner, Farella Braun + Martel LLP
Dana Wolinsky