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ACCD Committees tackle a variety of topics to advance the work of the Section or
to impact criminal justice and public defense issues. Committee membership is
voluntary and unlimited. If you are interested in joining one of the committees
or forming a new one simply send us an e-mail.
Executive Committee
Chief Support Committee
National Voice Committee
Best Practices Committee
Systems Development and Reform Committee
Executive Committee
The Executive Committee serves as a steering committee for the ACCD. Committee members interact with
other criminal justice professionals, advise staff on ACCD meeting and training agendas and otherwise
represent the ACCD in between meetings. The Committee is representative of each geographical region and
program type, with elected co-chairs serving staggered two-year terms; members are appointed yearly by
the co-chairs.
Members:
| Fern Laethem (Chair) |
Sacramento County Conflict Criminal Defenders, Sacramento, CA |
| Ed Burnette (Vice-Chair) |
Cook County Public Defender, Chicago, IL |
| Greg Hazarabedian |
Public Defender Services Of Lane County, Eugene, OR |
| Avis Buchanan |
Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia, DC |
| Jack Rogers |
West Virginia Public Defender Services, Charleston, WV |
| John Stuart |
Minnesota State Public Defender, Minneapolis, MN |
| Gary Windom |
Law Offices of the Public Defender, Riverside, CA |
| Bill Leahy |
Committee for Public Counsel Services, Boston, MA |
| Paulino Duran |
Sacramento County Public Defender's Office, Sacramento, CA |
| Richard Goemann (Staff) |
NLADA, Washington, DC |
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Chief Support Committee
The “Chief Support Committee” will work to provide tools, strategies, mutual support, training and
information to chief defenders. Committee activities include, but are not limited to: member recruitment
and outreach; training & support for defender system leaders; and promoting the inclusion of assigned
counsel in the indigent defense community on an equal basis with public defender agencies.
Members:
| Gary Windom (Chair) |
Law Offices of the Public Defender, Riverside, CA |
| Anne Daly (Vice-Chair) |
Society of Counsel Representing Accused Persons, Seattle, WA |
| John Bigelow |
New Mexico Public Defender Department, Santa Fe, NM |
| John Digiacinto |
San Mateo County Bar Association Private Defender Program, Redwood City, CA |
| Paulino Duran |
Sacramento County Public Defender, Sacramento, CA |
| Jim Haas |
Maricopa County Public Defender's Office, Phoenix, AZ |
| Dennis Keefe |
Lancaster County Public Defender, Lincoln, NE |
| Kathy Maher |
Public Defender Service Corporation, Hagatna, GU |
| John Stuart |
Minnesota Board of Public Defense, Minneapolis, MN |
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National Voice Committee
The “National Voice Committee” will work to speak as a national voice for public defense. Committee
activities include, but are not limited to: developing a communications strategy to reach media,
policy-makers, community leaders, etc.; and developing a legislative strategy to impact Federal and
state advocacy efforts.
Members:
| Tom Becker (Chair) |
Iowa State Public Defender, Des Moines, IA |
| Christie Hedman (Vice-Chair) |
Washington Defender Association, Seattle, WA |
| Mike Coleman |
New York County Defender Services, New York, NY |
| Christie Hedman |
Washington Defender Association, Seattle, WA |
| Jeffrey Henry |
Tennesee District Public Defenders Conference |
| Michael P. Judge |
Los Angeles County Public Defender Executive Office |
| Deborah Sullivan |
Division of Public Defender Services, Office of Public Defender, Hartford, CT |
| Robert Willey |
Riverside County Offices of the Public Defender, CA |
| Jana Heyd |
Society of Counsel Representing Accused Persons, Seattle, WA |
| Doreen Boxer |
San Bernadino County Public Defender |
| Lisa Schreibersdorf |
Brooklyn Defender Services, Brooklyn, NY |
| Dana Hlavac |
Mohave County Public Defender, Kingman, AZ |
| Paul Kehir |
Georgia Public Defender Standards Council, Atlanta, GA |
| Richard Goemann (Staff) |
NLADA, Washington, DC |
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Best Practices Committee
The “Best Practices in Leadership and Management Committee” will work to promote best practices
in the leadership, management, and administration of justice. Committee activities include, but
are not limited to: identifying issues on which to develop and issue policy statements, ethics
opinions, principles of representation, best practices, competencies & standards (e.g. indigent
defense systems, diversity, juvenile justice, technology, etc.).
| Paulino Duran (Chair) |
Sacramento County Public Defender's Office, Sacramento, CA |
| Susan Storey(Vice-Chair) |
Division of Public Defender Services, Office of the Chief Public Defender, Hartford, CT |
| Ed Burnette |
Law Office of the Cook County Public Defender, Chicago, IL |
| Ed Greenlee |
Lousiana Indigent Defense Assistance Board, Shreveport, LA |
| Ellen Greenlee |
Defender Association of Philadelphia |
| Molly Huskey |
Idaho State Appelate Public Defender |
| Jeff Larson |
Minnehaha County Public Defender, Sioux Falls, SD |
| Lenny Noisette |
Neighborhood Defender Services, New York, NY |
| Wesley Shackelford |
Texas Task Force on Indigent Defense, Austin, TX |
| Lauren Simon |
Law Office of the Cook County Public Defender, Chicago, IL |
| Phyllis Subin |
Phyllis H. Subin Esq. LLP, Albuquerque, NM |
| Michael Tobin |
Wisconsin State Public Defender, Madison, WI |
| Ted Gottfried |
Illinois Office of the State Public Defender |
| Charlene Dukes |
Maryland Office of the Public Defender |
| Theresa Huff |
Sacramento County Conflict Defenders Office, Sacramento, CA |
| Mark Stephens |
Knox County Public Defender's Community Law Office, Knoxville, TN |
| Nancy Bennett |
Committee for Public Counsel Services, Boston, MA |
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Systems Development and Reform Committee
The “Systems Development & Reform Committee” will work to support development and reform of public
defense systems. Committee activities include, but are not limited to: providing support & assistance
to jurisdictions involved in Indigent Defense reform; and identifying and supporting emerging systems.
Members
| Bill Leahy (Chair) |
Committee For Public Counsel Services, Boston, MA |
| Avis Buchanan(Vice-Chair) |
Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia, DC |
| Jean Faria |
Federal Public Defender's Office for Western and Middle Districts of Louisiana, Baton Rouge, LA |
| Fred Friedman |
Minnesota Public Defender, Duluth, MN |
| Greg Hazarabedian |
Public Defender Services of Lane County, Eugene, OR |
| Jelpi P. Picou |
Capital Appeals Project, New Orleans, LA |
| Ross Shepard |
The Spangenberg Group, Eugene, OR |
| Robin Huseby |
North Dakota Commission on Legal Council for Indigents, Valley County, ND |
| Angela Moore |
Bexar County Apellate Public Defender Office, San Antonio, Texas |
| Derek Enderlin |
Oconee County Public Defender Office, Walhalla, SC |
| Gary Horton |
Genesee County Public Defender, Batavia, NY |
| Bob Boruchowitz(Former Chief) |
Seattle University Law School, Seattle, WA |
| Christine Lehmann |
Orleans Public Defender Office, New Orleans, LA |
| Randi Hood |
Office of the State Public Defender, Butte, MT |
| Ingrid Swenson |
Office of Public Defense Services, Salem, OR |
| Larry Landis |
Indiana Public Defender Council, Indianapolis, IN |
| Jonathan Gradess |
New York State Defenders Association, Albany, NY |
| Jon Mosher (Staff) |
NLADA, Washington, DC |
| David Carroll (Staff) |
NLADA, Washington, DC |
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