NATIONAL CRIMINAL DEFENSE COLLEGE FACULTY

Shawna Mackey Geiger is the Director of Engagement for the Colorado Office of the Respondent Parents’ Counsel. Her focus is on supporting and improving family defenders in Colorado and around the country, as well as working to improve and abolish the family policing system. Before moving to ORPC she was the Director of Training for the Office of the Federal Public Defender in Denver and was previously the Training Director for the Colorado Office of Alternate Defense Counsel. Prior to her role as a trainer, Ms. Geiger represented clients as a public defender as well as in private practice where she focused on indigent criminal and juvenile defense.  Ms. Geiger teaches trial advocacy, storytelling, persuasion, leadership, trauma-informed practice, equity and diversity training, and client communication skills across the country. She also serves on the Board of Regents of the National Criminal Defense College. Shawna works with national defender organizations to ensure that family defenders advocate in an anti-racist manner and are consistently working to create equity for clients with disabilities and those of the LGBTQ and BIPOC communities.

Shaffy Moeel is a go-to attorney for persons in legal crisis and has succeeded in obtaining exceptional results for clients in the face of overwhelming odds.

A veteran of more than 30 federal jury trials, Shaffy is widely recognized for her expertise as a trial attorney. Shaffy specializes in complex criminal defense, representing both entities and individuals in federal courts across the country. She has litigated a variety of white-collar criminal cases including health care fraud, tax fraud, international arms trafficking, international economic sanction violations, securities fraud, money laundering, trade secrets, and economic espionage. Federal courts have appointed her to serve as lead counsel on six federal capital cases.

Shaffy is a Fellow in the American College of Trial Lawyers, serves on the Board of Directors of Suzerain Capital Defense, and is a faculty instructor and Board Member of the National Criminal Defense College. Trial advocacy and training programs across the country have recruited Shaffy to train lawyers on storytelling, trial practice, and client-centered representation.

Shaffy received her undergraduate degree from the University of California, Berkeley, and her law degree from the University of California, Los Angeles School of Law.