The Office of the Appellate Defender (OAD) is saddened to learn of the passing of Roy Reardon.  Roy was a founding member of the Board of Directors and served for 31 years.  In the early years, Roy used his considerable stature in the New York legal community to help OAD develop and build relationships with the bench… The post OAD mourns the loss of an unwavering champion appeared first on The Office of the Appellate Defender.

On Saturday, August 7, 2021, the United States Senate voted to confirm Eunice Lee for a judgeship on the Second Circuit Court of Appeals. Eunice was an exemplary staff and supervising attorney at the Office of the Appellate Defender for over two decades, and we are so incredibly proud of her as she takes this next step to ensure equal justice under law. The post OAD Alumni Eunice C. Lee Confirmed to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit appeared first on The Office of the Appellate Defender.

On June 29, 2021, in People v. Murray, the Appellate Division reversed the convictions of Dexter Murray, an OAD client, finding that the prosecutor at his trial exercised her peremptory jury challenges in a racially discriminatory manner. In the landmark decision Batson v. Kentucky (1986), the United States Supreme Court made clear that it is… The post Appellate Division: Prosecutor’s Jury Selection Improperly Based on Dubious Explanations & Stereotypes appeared first on The Office of the Appellate Defender.

January 25, 2021 Today, the Office of the Appellate Defender recognized the Association of Legal Aid Attorneys – UAW Local 2325 as the collective bargaining representative of its workers. OAD represents individuals experiencing poverty, who are predominantly Black and Brown and have shouldered the burden and trauma of racism, mass incarceration, over-policing, over-criminalization, and anti-Black… The post The Office of the Appellate Defender (OAD), ALAA Announce Recognition of Staff Union appeared first on The Office of the Appellate Defender.

The Board of Directors of the Office of the Appellate Defender (OAD) is proud to announce today that it has selected Caprice R. Jenerson to be OAD’s next President and Attorney-In-Charge, effective December 1, 2020. Ms. Jenerson comes to OAD after serving as the Chief Equity & Inclusion Officer and Director of the Pro Bono… The post Caprice R. Jenerson Selected as the President & Attorney-in-Charge for the Office of the Appellate Defender appeared first on The Office of the Appellate Defender.