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2019 Black Public Defender Association (BPDA) Conference.
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Thursday, June 6 • 5:00pm - 6:30pm
Opening Plenary: The Role of Black Public Defenders in Shaping Justice

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Black public defenders have played an instrumental role in shaping justice in America. We will discuss the various roles that current and former public defenders have played in advancing criminal justice reform and social justice. The panel will include a diverse group of defenders who currently serve in leadership roles in leading social justice organizations, serving as members of the judiciary, and academics.
Moderators
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Brittany Mobley

Deputy Chief, Juvenile Services Prorgram, The Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia
Brittany Mobley is the Juvenile Services Program Deputy Chief within the Community Defender Division of the Public Defender Service (PDS). She first joined the Juvenile Services Program for PDS in July 2015 as a staff attorney. Prior to PDS, Brittany was a senior attorney at the Children’s... Read More →

Speakers
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Chiquisha (“Keisha”) Robinson

Deputy Chief, PRLS, Community Defender Division
Chiquisha (“Keisha”) Robinson is a transformational leader who brings over 17 years of experience as a top attorney at the Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia (PDS). As the Deputy Chief for the Prisoner & Reentry Legal Services program in the Community Defender... Read More →
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Charles Dorsey

Associate Judge, Circuit Court for Baltimore City
Judge Charles H. Dorsey III has been associate judge for the Circuit Court for Baltimore City since December 22, 2016. Before his appointment to the bench, Judge Dorsey was the deputy public defender for the State of Maryland, a position he held since December 2009. The Office of... Read More →
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Vida Johnson

Associate Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center
Before joining Georgetown University Law Center, Professor Johnson was a supervising attorney in the Trial Division at the Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia (PDS), where she worked for eight years. At PDS, Ms. Johnson was assigned to the most serious cases at the... Read More →
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Brendon Woods

Chief Public Defender, Alameda County Public Defenders
In December 2012, Brendon Woods was appointed Chief Public Defender of Alameda County. He is the first Black Chief Public Defender in Alameda County history and one of only two Black Chief Public Defenders in California. Woods leads his office of 200 attorneys, investigators, and... Read More →
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Genesis Draper

Assistant Public Defender, Harris County Public Defender's Office
Genesis Draper is an assistant public defender with the Harris County Public Defender’s Office in Houston. Before joining Harris County, she was an assistant federal public defender for the Southern District of Texas in Houston and an assistant public defender with the Metropolitan... Read More →
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Patrice James

Founding Attorney, Still She Rises
Patrice James has spent her career tackling the inequities of the criminal justice system. Most recently, she was a founding attorney of Still She Rises, Tulsa, where she provided holistic legal representation primarily to low-income women of color, engaged in community building... Read More →

Thursday June 6, 2019 5:00pm - 6:30pm EDT
Chesapeake I-II 3rd Floor
  Plenary Session

Attendees (17)