“I can’t change the rules, but I can make the process more human.”
I am a criminal defense attorney committed to serving underrepresented populations skillfully and compassionately at all levels and through all stages of the criminal system. Effective advocacy must be tailored to situations at hand and requires constructively communicating options to the client, which — given the number of defendants with mental illness—is why I have focused on the intersection between the criminal justice and mental health systems for nearly a decade. My engagement with the system gives me a broader range of understanding that has consistently enabled me to achieve positive outcomes for my clients.