The Amicus Curiae Committee’s mission is to provide amicus assistance on the federal and state level in those cases that present issues of importance to criminal defendants, criminal defense lawyers, and/or the criminal justice system as a whole, and to do so in a manner that is consistent with NACDL policy and complements NACDL’s public policy advocacy initiatives.
For more information see the protocols.
Co-chair
Presidential Appointment
University of Arizona - College of Law
bbergman@arizona.edu
Co-chair
Presidential Appointment
Dratel & Lewis
jdratel@joshuadratel.com
Co-chair
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Stanford Law School
jlfisher@law.stanford.edu
Co-chair
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Green Law Chartered LLC
jeff@greenlawchartered.com
Co-chair
Presidential Appointment
O'Melveny & Myers LLP
jhacker@omm.com
Co-chair
Presidential Appointment
Markus/Moss, PLLC
dmarkus@markuslaw.com
Co-chair
Presidential Appointment
Federal Defender Office - Eastern District of California
david_porter@fd.org
1st Circuit Vice Chair
Presidential Appointment
Zurn, Sharp, Heyman and Dolven, LLP
melkins@elkinslawllc.com
1st Circuit Vice Chair
Presidential Appointment
Gelb & Gelb LLP
dgelb@gelbgelb.com
1st Circuit Vice Chair
Presidential Appointment
Brennan Lenehan Iacopino & Hickey
miacopino@brennanlenehan.com
2nd Circuit Vice Chair
Presidential Appointment
Dratel & Lewis
llewis@dratellewis.com
2nd Circuit Vice Chair
Presidential Appointment
Law Offices of Joel B. Rudin
jbrudin@rudinlaw.com
2nd Circuit Vice Chair
Presidential Appointment
Green & Willstatter
willstatter@msn.com
3rd Circuit Vice Chair
Presidential Appointment
McCarter & English LLP
dgordon@mccarter.com
3rd Circuit Vice Chair
Presidential Appointment
Mathewson Law LLC
lam@mathewson-law.com
3rd Circuit Vice Chair
Presidential Appointment
Pashman Stein Walder Hayden P.C.
asilber@pashmanstein.com
4th Circuit Vice Chair
Presidential Appointment
elizabeth.a.franklin@gmail.com
4th Circuit Vice Chair
Presidential Appointment
David B. Smith, PLLC
5th Circuit Vice Chair
Presidential Appointment
Hochglaube & DeBorde, PC
nicole@houstoncriminaldefense.com
5th Circuit Vice Chair
Presidential Appointment
Goldstein & Orr
whitecollarlaw@gmail.com
6th Circuit Vice Chair
Presidential Appointment
Kessler Defense LLC
stephanie@kesslerdefense.com
6th Circuit Vice Chair
Presidential Appointment
Federal Defender Office
benton_martin@fd.org
6th Circuit Vice Chair
Presidential Appointment
apassino@rdjs.law
7th Circuit Vice Chair
Presidential Appointment
Jenner & Block
cberlow@jenner.com
7th Circuit Vice Chair
Presidential Appointment
Breen & Pugh
jbrayman@breenpughlaw.com
8th Circuit Vice Chair
Presidential Appointment
Carlyle Parish LLC
elizabeth@carlyleparishlaw.com
8th Circuit Vice Chair
Presidential Appointment
jjj@johnstonlawkc.com
9th Circuit Vice Chair
Presidential Appointment
Orrick
ben.au@orrick.com
9th Circuit Vice Chair
Presidential Appointment
dfalk@schaerr-jaffe.com
9th Circuit Vice Chair
Presidential Appointment
Sidley Austin
rwechkin@sidley.com
10th Circuit Vice Chair
Presidential Appointment
Washburn University School of Law
rhodgkinson@sbids.org
10th Circuit Vice Chair
Presidential Appointment
Haddon Morgan & Foreman P.C.
nmueller@hmflaw.com
11th Circuit Vice Chair
Presidential Appointment
Sentencing Resource Counsel for the Federal Public and Community Defenders
11th Circuit Vice Chair
Presidential Appointment
The University of Alabama School of Law
jcarroll@law.ua.edu
11th Circuit Vice Chair
Presidential Appointment
Black Srebnick, P.A.
hsrebnick@royblack.com
DC Circuit Vice Chair
Presidential Appointment
Brown Goldstein & Levy LLP
kflowers@browngold.com
DC Circuit Vice Chair
Presidential Appointment
Miller & Chevalier
totoole@milchev.com
Amicus Committee Liaison
Presidential Appointment
O'Melveny & Myers LLP
derice@omm.com