NATIONAL CRIMINAL DEFENSE COLLEGE ALUMNI
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Rebecca Bradlow
Attorney
Biography
Staff attorney with King County Department of Public Defense, WA
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Molly Campera
Staff Attorney
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Rachel Forde
Attorney
Biography
Rachel Forde joined SCPDA in 2006 after earning her B.A. at DePauw University and her J.D. at Indiana University Maurer School of Law. During law school, Rachel worked as a law clerk at both Indiana Legal Services and Bet Tzedek Legal Services. Rachel received the Washington Defender Association President’s Award in 2007. She has served on the WDA and WACDL Board of Directors, the WSBA Legislative Committee, and the WACDL CLE Committee. She has presented at statewide programs on trial skills and issues related to civil commitment under RCW 71.09.
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Tamara Gaffney
Attorney
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David Partovi
Attorney
Bob Pepin
Lawyer
Biography
Colorado State and Federal Public Defender/Mostly Retired
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Peter Ramey
Senior Deputy Public Defender
Ruth Rivas
Attorney Owner
Biography
Criminal Defense Attorney since 2006. Licensed in Washington and California. Dedicated to holistic defense work.
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Michal Schueler
Seattle Municipal Court Supervising Attorney
Susy Sobel
Public Defender
Biography
Hired as a public defender in 2017. Have worked in misdemeanors, felonies, and civil commitment practice.
Leslie Somerstein
Public Defender
Christopher Swaby
Biography
Christopher Swaby is an attorney in private practice accepting appointments to represent indigent defendants charged with class A offenses around the state. He began his career in 1990 as a staff attorney for the Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia. Christopher moved to eastern Washington in 2000, where he practiced on the felony defense panel in Benton County. He moved to the Seattle area and joined the Defender Association (TDA) as a staff attorney in the felony division, later promoted to felony division supervisor. Christopher left TDA in 2012 and joined a small boutique criminal defense firm. In 2015, he left the firm to start a solo criminal defense practice. He has represented clients in matters in Benton, Cowlitz, Franklin, Gray’s Harbor, Island, King, Kitsap, Lewis, Mason, Pacific, Pierce, San Juan, Snohomish, Spokane, Thurston and Yakima counties. Christopher was born and raised in Washington, DC. He has a BA in psychology from the University of Virginia and his JD from the Georgetown University Law Center.