Staff Biographies
Richard M. Greenberg
Attorney in Charge, Office of the Appellate Defender; President, First Department Assigned Counsel Corporation (1996-present); Supervising Attorney, Office of the Appellate Defender, (1994-1996); Assistant Attorney General, New York State, Environmental Protection Bureau, Crimes Unit, (1989-94); Senior Trial Attorney, Criminal Defense Division, The Legal Aid Society, New York, NY (1985-89); Staff Attorney, Parole Revocation Defense Unit, The Legal Aid Society, New York, NY (1979-85); Staff Attorney, Criminal Appeals Bureau, The Legal Aid Society of Nassau County (1977-79). Guest Lecturer, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, Environmental Criminal Litigation (1992-93); Contributing Author, New York State Bar Association, Environmental Crimes (1995).
State University of New York at Buffalo, J.D., cum laude, 1977; State University of New York at Binghamton, B.A., 1974.
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Alexis Agathocleous
Director, The Reinvestigation Project & Senior Staff Attorney, Office of the Appellate Defender (2007-present); Marvin M. Karpatkin Fellow, National Legal Department, American Civil Liberties Union, New York, NY (2006-2007); Staff Attorney, Office of the Appellate Defender (2003-2006); Law Clerk, NAACP Legal Defense & Education Fund (2002); Intern, Jerome N. Frank Legal Services Organization, New Haven, CT (2001); Investigator, Civilian Complaint Review Board, New York, NY (1998-2000); Communications Assistant, Vera Institute of Justice (1997-1998); Author, Prosecuting Police Misconduct: Reflections on the Role of the U.S. Civil Rights Division (Vera Institute of Justice 1998).
Yale Law School, J.D., 2003, Coker Fellow; Brown University, B.A. magna cum laude, 1997.
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Loreni Cespedes
Legal Intern, Office of the Appellate Defender (2006-present); Self-Employed Childcare Facilitator, New York, NY (2006-present);Secretary Assistant, Christian Bible Temple, Bronx, NY (2005-2006); Sales Representative, MBNA Bank, Queens, NY (2005).
City College of New York, B.A. expected in Civil Engineering.
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Gregory S. Chiarello
Staff Attorney, Office of the Appellate Defender (2006-present); Intern, Guilty Plea Appellate Project, Criminal Appeals Bureau, Legal Aid Society, New York, NY (2005-2006); Legal Intern, Hon. Martin Marcus, Supreme Court, Bronx County, Bronx, NY (2004); Litigation Paralegal, Weitz & Luxenburg, P.C., New York, NY (2001-2003).
Brooklyn Law School, Brooklyn, NY, J.D., 2006, Carswell Merit Scholar, CALI Excellence for the Future Award for Legal Writing; Rutgers University, B.A., summa cum laude, 2001.
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Jennifer Eisenberg
Staff Attorney, Office of the Appellate Defender (2006-present); Student Advocate, Certiorari Clinic, Northeastern University, Boston, MA (2006); Student Attorney, Seattle-King County Defender Association, Seattle, WA (2005-2006); Student Attorney, Prisoners' Rights Clinic, Northeastern University, Boston, MA (2005); Law Clerk, Stern, Shapiro, Weissberg & Garin, Boston, MA (2005); Law Clerk, Federal Public Defender for the Northern District of California, San Francisco, CA (2004-2005); Legal Intern, Hon. Isaac Borenstein, Massachusetts Superior Court, Nofolk and Worcester Counties, MA (2004); Court Representative, Center for Alternative Sentencing and Employment Services, Bronx, NY (2001-2003); Intern, New York State Capital Defenders Office, New York, NY (1998-1999).
Northeastern University, School of Law, J.D., 2006; Oberlin College, B.A., 2001.
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Maia Falconi-Sachs
Development Associate, Office of the Appellate Defender (February 2008-present); Legal Assistant/Secretary, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, LLP. (2006-2007); Legal Intern and Spanish Translator, Office of the Appellate Defender (summers of 2004 and 2005); Assistant Director, Simon's Rock College of Bard Theater Department (2005-2006); Teacher's Assistant, Simon's Rock College of Bard (2004-2005); Publicity Material Designer and Photographer, Simon's Rock College of Bard Theater Department (2004-2005); Graphic Design Intern, Pivotpoint Communications (2004).
Simon's Rock College of Bard, B.A., magna cum laude, 2006.
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Risa Gerson
Director of Special Litigation and Deputy Director, Volunteer Appellate Defender Program, Office of the Appellate Defender (2003 - present); Supervising Attorney, Office of the Appellate Defender (1996-present); Administrative Law Judge, New York City Environmental Control Board and Department of Finance (1995-1996); Associate Appellate Counsel, Criminal Appeals Bureau, The Legal Aid Society, New York, NY (1989-1994); Staff Attorney, Criminal Defense Division, The Legal Aid Society, New York, NY (1988); Staff Attorney, Parole Revocation Defense Unit, The Legal Aid Society, New York, NY (1984-1987). Contributing Author, Dying Twice: Conditions on New York's Death Row, Pace Law Review (Spring 2002).
Brooklyn Law School, J.D., 1984, Moot Court Honor Society; Barnard College, B.A., 1979.
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Lily Goetz
Staff Attorney, Office of the Appellate Defender (September 2007-present); Executive Articles Editor, New York City Law Review, Flushing, NY (2006-2007); Legal Intern, Criminal Defender Clinic, Main Street Legal Services, Flushing, NY (2006-2007); Legal Intern, Criminal Defense Division, The Legal Aid Society, New York, NY (2006); Legal Intern, Center for Appellate Litigation, New York, NY (2006); Legal Intern, Government Benefits Unit, South Brooklyn Legal Services, Brooklyn, NY (2005); Registrar, Bard High School Early College, New York, NY (2001-2004); Intern, Children's Rights, Inc., New York, NY (1998).
City University of New York School of Law, J.D., 2007, Public Interest Scholar; Wesleyan University, B.A., 2001
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Christina Graves
Senior Staff Attorney, Office of the Appellate Defender (September 2007-present ); Staff Attorney, Office of the Appellate Defender (2005 - 2007); Law Clerk, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, Staff Attorneys’ Office (2003 - 2005). Law Clerk, Seigal, Roitman, and Coleman, LLP (2003); Law Clerk, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund (2002); Law Clerk, Rosen, Bien and Asaro, LLP (2002); Judicial Extern, United States District Court, Federal District of Northern California (2001); Community Organizer, Pesticide Watch Education Fund (1997 -1999); Canvass Director, Fund for Public Interest Research (1995 - 1997).
Northeastern University School of Law, J.D., 2003. Oberlin College, B.A., 1995.
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Sara Gurwitch
Supervising Attorney, Office of the Appellate Defender, 2001-present (Deputy Attorney-in-Charge, 2003-07; Staff Attorney, 1997-2000); Adjunct Assistant Professor of Clinical Law, New York University School of Law, (2003-07); Adjunct Assistant Professor of Law, Brooklyn Law School (2000-05); Law Clerk, Hon. Barrington D. Parker, Jr., U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York (1996-97); Director, Death Penalty Project, Minnesota Advocates for Human Rights (1995-96). Co-author, And Justice For Few: The Collapse of the Capital Clemency System in the United States, Hamline Law Review (Fall 1997).
University of Minnesota Law School, J.D., cum laude, 1995; Barnard College, B.A., cum laude, 1987.
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Anastasia Heeger
Staff Attorney, Office of the Appellate Defender (September 2007- present); Law Clerk, the Honorable Theodore H. Katz, United States District Court, Southern District of New York, New York, NY (2006-2007); Volunteer Attorney, Office of the Appellate Defender (2006); Consultant, ABC News Internet Ventures, New York, NY (2005); Author, Securing a Journalist's Testimonial Privilege in the International Criminal Court, 6 San Diego Int'l L.J. 206 (2005); NBC News Decision Desk, New York, NY (2002, 2004); Research Assistant, Professor Michael Madow, Brooklyn Law School, Brooklyn, NY, (2003-2004); Safe Harbor Clinic, Brooklyn Law School Legal Services, Brooklyn, NY (2003); Judicial Intern, the Honorable Irma S. Raker, Maryland Court of Appeals, Rockville, MD (2003); Intern, Prisoner's Rights Project, The Legal Aid Society, New York, NY (2003); Researcher, Media Law Resource Center, New York, NY (2002-2003); Managing Producer/Director of News Coverage, ABC News.com, New York, NY (1997-2002); Reporter/Editor, The Associated Press, New York, NY (1991-1997).
Brooklyn Law School, J.D., magna cum laude, 2004, Martha J. Prince Scholar, Prince Merit Scholar; The University of Chicago, M.A., 1994; George Washington University, B.A., 1991.
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Rosemary Herbert
Director of Training and Legal Developments, Office of the Appellate Defender (2003 - present); Supervising Attorney, Office of the Appellate Defender (1995-present); Vice-President, First Department Assigned Counsel Corporation (1996-present); Staff Attorney, Public Defender Service of Washington, D.C. (1988-94); Karpatkin Fellow, American Civil Liberties Union (1987-88); Law Clerk, Hon. Thurgood Marshall, U.S. Supreme Court (1986-87); Law Clerk, Hon. Wilfred Feinberg, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (1985-86). Editor, Yale Law Journal; Yale Moot Court Semi-Finalist; Benjamin Cardozo Prize. Author, Women's Prisons: An Equal Protection Evaluation, 84 Yale L.J. 1182 (1985); Contributing Editor, Criminal Practice Institute, Trial Manual (1989-93).
Yale University, J.D., 1985; Harvard College, B.A., magna cum laude, 1980.
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Heather Holloway
Staff Attorney, Office of the Appellate Defender (September 2007-present); Confidential Law Clerk, New York State Appellate Court, Fourth Department, Rochester, NY (2005-2007); Summer Law Clerk, The Honorable Nancy G. Edmunds, United States District Court, E.D. Michigan, Detroit, MI (2004); Legal Division Law Clerk, Allstate Insurance Company, Cranford, NJ, (2003-2004); Intern, Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, Atlanta, GA (2001-2002); Equities Summer Financial Analyst, Goldman Sachs, New York, NY (2000-2001).
Duke University School of Law, J.D., 2005, Outstanding Student of the Year Award; Spelman College, B.A., magna cum laude, 2002.
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Kerry S. Jamieson
Staff Attorney, Office of the Appellate Defender (2006-present); Law Student Extern, Office of the District Attorney, Queens County, NY, (2006); Legal Intern, St. John's University, Child Advocacy Clinic, Jamaica, NY (2005); Legal Intern, St. John's University, Elder Law Clinic, Jamaica, NY (2004-2005); Judicial Intern, Chambers of Hon. Martin Ritholz, Queens County Supreme Court, Jamaica, NY (2004).
St. John's University School of Law, J.D., 2006, CALI Award for Excellence in Legal Writing; New York University, College of Arts and Sciences, B.A., 2002.
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Mabel Jerez
Administrative Assistant, Office of the Appellate Defender (August 2005 - present); Resident Monitor, Women’s Prison Association (2005); Community Outreach Coordinator, Neighborhood Defender Service, Inc. (2003 - 2004), Legal Assistant, the Law Offices of Fernando Oliver (2001 - 2002).
Mercy College, B.A., 2004.
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Mugambi Jouet
Staff Attorney, Office of the Appellate Defender (2006-present); Author, The Failed Invigoration of Argentina's Constitution: Presidential Omnipotence, Repression, Instability, and Lawlessness in Argentine History, University of Miami Inter-American Law Review (Spring 2008); Author, Spain's Expanded Universal Jurisdiction to Prosecute Human Rights Abuses in Latin America, China, and Beyond, Georgia Journal of International and Comparative Law, 35 Ga. J. Int'l & Comp. L. 495 (Spring 2007); Author, Reconciling the Conflicting Rights of Victims and Defendants at the International Criminal Court, Saint Louis University Public Law Review, 26 St. Louis U. Pub. L. Rev. 249 (Spring 2007); Law Clerk, Public Defender Service, Washington, D.C. (2005); Extern, Honorable Marvin E. Aspen, Senior District Judge, United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois (2004); Intern, Southern Center for Human Rights, Atlanta, GA (2004); Intern, Texas Appleseed Public Interest Law Center, Houston, TX (2002); Tutor, New York University Metro Center for Urban Education, Bushwick Outreach High School, Brooklyn, NY (2002-2003); Intern, Human Rights Education Department, Amnesty International, New York, NY (2001-2002); Intern, Community School Safety Initiative, Vera Institute of Justice, New York, NY (2001-2002); Intern, Workforce Division, Urban League, Houston, TX (2000).
Northwestern University School of Law, J.D., cum laude, 2006, Dean John Ritchie Merit Scholarship; Universidad Iberoamericana Law School, Mexico City, Study Abroad Program (2005); New York University, Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, MPA (Public Policy), 2003; Rice University, B.A., 2001.
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Alexandra Keeling
Senior Staff Attorney, Office of the Appellate Defender (2007-present); Law and Justice Program Coordinator, Venice Community Housing Corporation (2006); Staff Attorney, Office of the Appellate Defender (2003-2005); Legal Intern, Legal Aid Society, Criminal Defense Division (2002); Legal Intern, South Brooklyn Legal Services, Family Law Unit (2001); Legal Intern, Women's Prison Association, Incarcerated Mother's Law Project (2000-2002).
City University of New York School of Law, J.D., 2003; Georgetown University, B.A., cum laude, 1997.
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Jacqueline Kelly
Social Worker, Office of the Appellate Defender (2007-present); Social Work Intern, Office of the Appellate Defender (2006-2007); Social Work Intern, The Rescue Mission of Syracuse, Syracuse, NY (2006); Intern, Homeless Intervention Services, Binghamton, NY (2006); Social Work Intern, The Jewish Home and Hospital, Bronx, NY (2005-2006); Support Counselor, Transitional Services Inc., Buffalo, NY (2004-2005); Undergraduate Intern, North Tonawanda High School, North Tonawanda, NY (2004-2005).
Columbia University School of Social Work, M.S., 2007; State University of New York, Buffalo, B.A., summa cum laude, 2005.
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Gian S. King
Senior Staff Attorney, Office of the Appellate Defender (September 2007-present);Staff Attorney, Office of the Appellate Defender (2005-2007); Student Attorney, DC Law Students in Court Clinic, Civil Division (2004-2005); Law Clerk, Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia (2004); Student Teacher, DC Street Law Clinic (2003); Research Assistant, Georgetown University Law Center (2003); Student Assistant, Legal Information Center, Levin College of Law (2001-2002).
Georgetown University Law Center, J.D., 2005; McClellan Public Interest Fellow, 2004; University of Florida, B.A., 2002.
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Margaret E. Knight
Staff Attorney, Office of the Appellate Defender (2002-present). Student Intern, New York Capital Defender Clinic, New York University (2001-02); Legal Intern, Public Defender Service of the District of Columbia (2001); Legal Intern, D.C. Prisoners' Rights Project (2000); Legal Assistant, Holland & Knight LLP (1999).
New York University School of Law, J.D., cum laude, 2002; New College of the University of South Florida, B.A., 1996.
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Eunice C. Lee
Director of Recruitment and Outreach, Office of the Appellate Defender (2003-present); Adjunct Professor of Law, New York University School of Law, (2003-present); Supervising Attorney, Office of the Appellate Defender (2001-present); Staff Attorney, Office of the Appellate Defender (1998-2000); Law Clerk, Hon. Eric L. Clay, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit (1997-98); Law Clerk, Hon. Susan J. Dlott, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio (1996-97). Research Assistant, Hon. F.L. Norcott, Jr., Associate Justice, Connecticut Supreme Court (1995-96); Summer Legal Intern, Dept. of Justice, Civil Division (1995); Legal Intern, People for the American Way (1995); Summer Intern, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (1994); Summer Associate, Shearman & Sterling (1994).
Yale Law School, J.D., 1996; Ohio State University, B.A., summa cum laude, 1993.
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Joseph M. Nursey
Senior Litigation Specialist, Office of the Appellate Defender (1999-present); Private Practitioner, criminal defense and civil rights litigation, Atlanta, GA (1995-99); Supervising Attorney, Office of the Appellate Defender (1992-94); Attorney and Director of Interns, The Team Defense Project, Atlanta, GA (1978-92); Assistant Public Defender, Tallahassee, FL (1977-78). Argued Burger v. Kemp, 483 U.S. 776 (1987), in U.S. Supreme Court; Faculty, National Legal Aid and Defender Association, Defender Advocacy Institute (2004); Faculty, National Association for Sentencing Advocacy and Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia, Persuasive Sentencing Advocacy Training (2004); Faculty, National Legal Aid and Defender Association, Appellate Defender Training Program (1998-2003); Faculty, Public Defender Association of Pennsylvania, Appellate Defender Training (2003); Faculty, Public Defender Association of Pennsylvania, Trial Advocacy Training (2003); instructor at numerous state and regional programs on death penalty defense and criminal defense.
University of Florida College of Law, J.D., cum laude, 1976; University of Central Florida, B.S., magna cum laude, 1974.
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M.E. Tuli Taylor
Administrative Attorney, Office of the Appellate Defender (1999-present); Administrative Attorney, U. S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (1999); Administrative Manager, Office of the Senior Staff Attorney, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (1992-1999); Administrative Assistant to the Assistant Circuit Executive for Legal Affairs, Judicial Council for the Second Circuit (1992); Associate, Freundlich Schwartz & Weinraub (1989-1992). Intern, New York City Human Rights Commission, AIDS Division (1988); Revson Foundation Public Service Scholar, New York City Commission on the Status of Women (1984-1985).
City University of New York School of Law at Queens College, J.D., 1989; Hunter College, City University of New York, B.A., summa cum laude, 1985.
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Heidi R. van Es
Social Worker, Office of the Appellate Defender (2005-present); Assistant Team Leader, Center for Alternative Sentencing & Employment Services (2003-2005); Paralegal Supervisor, Legal Aid Society, Federal Defender Division (1999-2003); Volunteer, Inmotion, Inc. (1998-2004); Volunteer Advocate, MT. Sinai Sexual Assault & Violence Intervention (1998-2005). Research Scholar, Memorial and Compassion Center (1997-1998).
Columbia University School of Social Work, LMSW, 2004; Bryn Mawr College, B.A., cum laude, 1996.
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Ana Vuk-Pavlovic
Senior Staff Attorney, Office of the Appellate Defender (September 2007-present); Staff Attorney, Office of the Appellate Defender (2005-2007); Legal Intern, Capital Defender and Federal Habeas Clinic, Brooklyn Law School (2004 - 2005); Edward V. Sparer Public Interest Law Fellow, the Legal Aid Society, Criminal Defense Division (2004); Legal Intern, the Legal Aid Society, Prisoners’ Rights Project (2003); Shouse Grant Recipient, the Family Partnership Center, Poughkeepsie, NY (2001 - 2002); Volunteer, Green Haven Correctional Facility (1999-2001).
Brooklyn Law School, J.D., 2005; Vassar College, B.A., 2001.
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Daniel A. Warshawsky
Deputy Attorney-in-Charge, Office of the Appellate Defender (2003 - present): Director, Volunteer Appellate Defender Program (1994-present); Vice-President & Treasurer, First Department Assigned Counsel Corporation (1996-present); Assistant Deputy Public Defender, Union County Trial Region, Elizabeth, NJ (1990-92); Assistant Deputy Public Defender, Appellate Section, East Orange, NJ (1987-90); Staff Attorney/Graduate Fellow, Institute for Public Representation, Georgetown University, Washington, DC (1985-87). Notes Editor, George Washington Law Review (1984-85); Law Clerk, Trial Lawyers for Public Justice, Washington, DC (1984). Author, Service Connection and Drug-Related Offenses: The Military Courts' Ever Expanding Jurisdiction, 54 Geo. Wash. L. Rev. 118 (1985).
Georgetown University Law Center, L.L.M. Advocacy, 1987; George Washington University National Law Center, J.D., high honors, Order of the Coif; Legal Research and Writing Honors, 1985; University of Rochester, B.A., 1980.
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Jessica Yager
Staff Attorney, Office of the Appellate Defender (2006 - present); Faculty Fellow, Civil Litigation Clinic, Seton Hall School of Law, Newark, NJ (2004-2006); Author, Investigating New York's 2001 Son of Sam Law: Problems with the Recent Extension of Tort Liability for People Convicted of Crimes, 48 N.Y.L. Sch. L. Rev. 433 (2004); Law Clerk, The Honorable Napoleon Jones Jr., U.S. District Court, Southern District of California (2003-2004); Legal Intern, Juvenile Rights Division, The Legal Aid Society, Brooklyn, NY (2002-2003); Legal Intern, Koob & Magoolaghan, New York, NY (2002); Legal Intern, American Civil Liberties Union National Legal Department, New York, NY (2001); SSI Paralegal, South Brooklyn Legal Services, Brooklyn, NY (1998-2000).
New York University School of Law, J.D., Root-Tilden-Kern Public Interest Scholar, 2003; Wesleyan University, B.A., 1998.
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