NATIONAL CRIMINAL DEFENSE COLLEGE FACULTY

MELODY BRANNON is the Federal Public Defender for the District of Kansas. She has been with the federal defender office for 23 years. She began her career as a public defender in the Oklahoma County Public Defender in 1990, and worked in death penalty defense at both trial and habeas levels in Oklahoma, Texas, and Kansas. As Federal Defender, she has developed a holistic defense paradigm for federal cases and created an extensive CLE, mentoring, and internship program.