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Reuben Kramer's monumental bronze
sculpture of Justice Thurgood Marshall stands outside the U.S. Courthouse in
Baltimore, the Justice's hometown. In his early years as a private
lawyer in Baltimore, Justice Marshall often
represented the
indigent.
Three criminal cases had a profound effect
upon his development as a lawyer. In 1936, he persuaded an all-white
jury in Baltimore to acquit a weak-minded youngster on the charge of murder.
He successfully represented a criminal defense attorney charged with the
"ethical violation" of maintaining that his client's conviction was
tainted by racial prejudice. And in 1935, James Gross, a young man
whom Justice Marshall unsuccessfully represented on a murder charge, was hanged in the Maryland Penitentiary. |
The Federal Defender's series
of monthly "Sentencing Workshops" for members of the Maryland Criminal Justice Act panel
is successfully underway. The workshops are hosted in our office in Baltimore.
Each workshop focuses on a particular topic such as "cooperation" or
"multi-defendant drug cases." The workshops are led by AFPD's or CJA
panel attorneys, but with plenty of opportunity for the attendees to discuss what is working and
what is not.
The Baltimore office of the Federal Public
Defender has relocated to more spacious quarters two floors below its
former offices. Our revised address is 100 S. Charles Street,
Tower II, Ninth Floor, Baltimore, Maryland 21201. Our phones and
other contact information remain the same.
The move gives us room
for much needed attorney and investigator offices, as well as a room for
CJA and other training and a litigation support room.
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FPD Departures and New Hires |
Two veteran federal defenders are leaving the office to open a a private
law practice in Baltimore County. Paul Hazlehurst, an AFPD since
1994, and Sean Vitrano, who came to the office in 2007, will join forces
as Hazlehurst Vitrano LLC, which will specialize in federal and state
criminal defense litigation. Their skill, dedication, and
camaraderie will be sorely missed.
Paul's and
Sean's positions will be filled by Patrick Kent and Lucius Outlaw. Mr. Kent comes to us after an impressive
tenure as
the Chief of the Forensic Division in the Maryland Office of the Public
Defender. Mr. Outlaw will be leaving a partnership at Mayer Brown LLP in Washington, where he specialized in complex civil and white collar
criminal litigation.
and New Hires
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