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Amicus Curiae Committee

 

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.

 

Barbara Bergman

Co-chair

Presidential Appointment

University of Arizona - College of Law
bbergman@arizona.edu

Joshua Dratel

Co-chair

Presidential Appointment

Dratel & Lewis
jdratel@joshuadratel.com

Jeffrey Fisher

Co-chair

Presidential Appointment

Stanford Law School
jlfisher@law.stanford.edu

Jeffrey Green

Co-chair

Presidential Appointment

Sidley Austin
jgreen@sidley.com

Jon Hacker

Co-chair

Presidential Appointment

O'Melveny & Myers LLP
jhacker@omm.com

David Markus

Co-chair

Presidential Appointment

Markus/Moss, PLLC
dmarkus@markuslaw.com

David Porter

Co-chair

Presidential Appointment

Federal Defender Office - Eastern District of California
david_porter@fd.org

Marissa Elkins

1st Circuit Vice Chair

Presidential Appointment

Zurn, Sharp, Heyman and Dolven, LLP
melkins@elkinslawllc.com

Dan Gelb

1st Circuit Vice Chair

Presidential Appointment

Gelb & Gelb LLP
dgelb@gelbgelb.com

Michael Iacopino

1st Circuit Vice Chair

Presidential Appointment

Brennan Lenehan Iacopino & Hickey
miacopino@brennanlenehan.com

Lindsay Lewis

2nd Circuit Vice Chair

Presidential Appointment

Dratel & Lewis
llewis@dratellewis.com

Joel Rudin

2nd Circuit Vice Chair

Presidential Appointment

Law Offices of Joel B. Rudin
jbrudin@rudinlaw.com

Richard Willstatter

2nd Circuit Vice Chair

Presidential Appointment

Green & Willstatter
willstatter@msn.com

Daniella Gordon

3rd Circuit Vice Chair

Presidential Appointment

McCarter & English LLP
dgordon@mccarter.com

Lisa Mathewson

3rd Circuit Vice Chair

Presidential Appointment

Mathewson Law LLC
lam@mathewson-law.com

Alan Silber

3rd Circuit Vice Chair

Presidential Appointment

Pashman Stein Walder Hayden P.C.
asilber@pashmanstein.com

Adeel Bashir

Member

Presidential Appointment

Sentencing Resource Counsel for the Federal Public and Community Defenders

Elizabeth Franklin-Best

4th Circuit Vice Chair

Presidential Appointment


elizabeth.a.franklin@gmail.com

David Smith

4th Circuit Vice Chair

Presidential Appointment

David B. Smith, PLLC

Nicole Hochglaube

5th Circuit Vice Chair

Presidential Appointment

Hochglaube & DeBorde, PC
nicole@houstoncriminaldefense.com

Cynthia Orr

5th Circuit Vice Chair

Presidential Appointment

Goldstein & Orr
whitecollarlaw@gmail.com

Stephen Johnson

6th Circuit Vice Chair

Presidential Appointment

Ritchie, Davies, Johnson & Stovall, P.C.
johnson@rdjs.law

Stephanie Kessler

6th Circuit Vice Chair

Presidential Appointment

Kessler Defense LLC
stephanie@kesslerdefense.com

Benton Martin

6th Circuit Vice Chair

Presidential Appointment

Federal Defender Office
benton_martin@fd.org

Anne Passino

6th Circuit Vice Chair

Presidential Appointment


apassino@rdjs.law

Cliff Berlow

7th Circuit Vice Chair

Presidential Appointment

Jenner & Block
cberlow@jenner.com

Jonathan Brayman

7th Circuit Vice Chair

Presidential Appointment

Breen & Pugh
jbrayman@breenpughlaw.com

Richard Kammen

7th Circuit Vice Chair

Presidential Appointment

Kammen & Moudy
richard@kammenlaw.com

Elizabeth Carlyle

8th Circuit Vice Chair

Presidential Appointment

Carlyle Parish LLC
elizabeth@carlyleparishlaw.com

Justin Johnston

8th Circuit Vice Chair

Presidential Appointment


jjj@johnstonlawkc.com

Benjamin Au

9th Circuit Vice Chair

Presidential Appointment

Orrick
ben.au@orrick.com

Gia Cincone

9th Circuit Vice Chair

Presidential Appointment

Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton
glcincone@townsend.com

Don Falk

9th Circuit Vice Chair

Presidential Appointment


dfalk@schaerr-jaffe.com

Robin Wechkin

9th Circuit Vice Chair

Presidential Appointment

Sidley Austin
rwechkin@sidley.com

Randall Hodgkinson

10th Circuit Vice Chair

Presidential Appointment

Washburn University School of Law
rhodgkinson@sbids.org

Norm Mueller

10th Circuit Vice Chair

Presidential Appointment

Haddon Morgan & Foreman P.C.
nmueller@hmflaw.com

Jenny Carroll

11th Circuit Vice Chair

Presidential Appointment

The University of Alabama School of Law
jcarroll@law.ua.edu

Gene Lindsey

11th Circuit Vice Chair

Presidential Appointment

Katz Barron Squitero Faust
hel@katzbarron.com

Howard Srebnick

11th Circuit Vice Chair

Presidential Appointment

Black Srebnick, P.A.
hsrebnick@royblack.com

Kobie Flowers

DC Circuit Vice Chair

Presidential Appointment

Brown Goldstein & Levy LLP
kflowers@browngold.com

Timothy O'Toole

DC Circuit Vice Chair

Presidential Appointment

Miller & Chevalier
totoole@milchev.com

Deanna Rice

Amicus Committee Liaison

Presidential Appointment

O'Melveny & Myers LLP
derice@omm.com