NATIONAL CRIMINAL DEFENSE COLLEGE ALUMNI
Alumni for current state: District of Columbia - Washington DC
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Juliana DeVries
Owner / Principal
TPI Attended Date: 2018
Work 2300 18th Street NW Washington District of Columbia 20009 Work Email: juliana@julianadevries.com Website: https://www.julianadevries.comBiography
Juliana DeVries is a criminal defense and appellate attorney licensed in DC and California. She previously served as an Appellate Assistant Federal Public Defender in San Francisco and taught at the Samuelson Law, Technology & Public Policy Clinic at UC Berkeley School of Law. She clerked for Justice Leondra Kruger on the California Supreme Court and for Judge Alex Kozinski on the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
Aubrey Dillon
Managing Attorney
TPI Attended Date: 2018
Work Washington District of Columbia 20001Biography
Aubrey joined School Justice Project after over twelve years as a public defender advocating for our most marginalized community members facing accusations ranging from traffic violations to homicide charges. He is a proud alum of Queens Defenders (formerly known as Queens Law Associates), the Maryland Office of the Public Defender and the Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia, where he served as a Supervising Attorney. He has developed and implemented trainings in person, virtually, in one one-on-one settings, in large groups, small groups and even once internationally. He has handled dozens of jury trials, hundreds of bench trials, and has represented thousands of individual clients. He holds a B.A. summa cum laude in Women’s and Gender Studies and Political Science from the City University of New York-Hunter College and a J.D. from Berkeley Law School. Prior to law school, Aubrey worked in the LGBTQ+ civil rights movement. Aubrey is an attorney admitted to practice in DC, Maryland, and New York and speaks Spanish.
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Sellano Simmons
Owner
TPI Attended Date: 2022
Work 503 D Street NW, Suite 300 Washington District of Columbia 20019 Work Phone: (240) 485-6106 Work Email: slsimmons@slsimmonslaw.com Website: https://www.slsimmonslaw.comBiography
Sellano L. Simmons is the Managing Partner and CEO of The Law Firm of Sellano L. Simmons PLLC. Sellano Simmons is one of the most effective criminal defense attorneys in D.C. and Minnesota. Sellano has represented his clients effectively against a wide range of charges-from Simple Assault and DWI to unlawful use of a firearm, and homicide (second chair)-and has tried over 50 jury trials. Sellano has years of criminal defense experience.
Sellano loves representing individual client’s in employment discrimination matters through litigation in federal court, mediation, and trial. Sellano has successfully represented individuals against discriminatory conditions from their employers. Sellano has represented clients who have been denied a job or a promotion based on race and gender. Sellano has successfully represented clients in state and federal court against their employers. His experience includes police misconduct and infringement of civil liberties. The firm also represents victims of personal injury.
Sellano L. Simmons began his legal career as an associate with Dorsey and Whitney, LLP in its Minneapolis office. His practice ranged from ERISA litigation, white collar crimes and class action litigation. Sellano also worked for Target Corporation in the Employee Relations Group. Sellano was the 2010 Minnesota Hero for Children Award recipient presented by the Minnesota Children’s Law Center.
Education
*Howard University School of Law (J.D. 2006) (Elected to Howard University Board of Trustees-Graduate Student)
*Howard University (B.S. 2001)(Howard University Student Body President
Bar Admissions
*Minnesota
*U.S. District Court, Minnesota
*Washington, D.C.
*U.S. District Court, District of Columbia