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Mid-Atlantic Juvenile Defender Center: Who We Are

The Mid-Atlantic Juvenile Defender Center is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization housed at the University of Richmond School of Law. We are staffed by a Director and guided by a Board of Directors and a Regional Advisory Committee. The Board and Committee are composed of an array of juvenile justice experts from our region including juvenile defenders, law school professors, clinical program directors, private practioners and advocates.

Contact

Melissa Coretz Goemann
Children's Law Center
University of Richmond School of Law
28 Westhampton Way
Richmond, VA 23173
Phone: (804) 287-6468
Fax: (804) 287-6489
mgoemann@richmond.edu

Board of Directors

Barbara Butterworth (Secretary)
Crowell & Moring, LLP
Washington, DC

Kristi Cahoon
Law Student
Richmond, VA

Melissa Cortez Goemann (President)
Director
Mid-Atlantic Juvenile Defender Center
Richmond, VA

Richard Goemann
Executive Director
Virginia Indigent Defense Commission
Richmond, VA

Stephanie Harrison
Public Defender Service for the
District of Columbia
Washington, DC

Kristin Henning
Deputy Director
Juvenile Justice Clinic
Georgetown University School of Law
Washington, DC

Michael Morrissette
District Public Defender
Office of the Public Defender
Frederick, MD

Adrienne Volenik (Treasurer)
Director, Disability Law Clinic
Children’s Law Center
University of Richmond School of Law
Richmond, VA

Regional Advisory Committee members

District of Columbia

Mary Kennedy
Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow,
Garrett & Dunner, LLP

Mark Schindler
Youth Law Center

Edward Shacklee
Public Defender Service for the
District of Columbia

Joseph Tulman
David A. Clarke School of Law,
University of the District of Columbia

Maryland

David Addison
Office of the Public Defender
Youthful Defendant Unit
Towson, MD

Cynthia Boersma
Office of the Public Defender
Counsel for Finance and Policy
Baltimore, MD

David Fishkin
Office of the Public Defender
Chief, Juvenile Division
Baltimore, MD

Puerto Rico

Federico Rentas
Sociedad Para Asistencia Legal
Executive Director
Rio Piedras, PR

Virginia

Kelley H. Bartges
Director, Delinquency Clinic
Children’s Law Center
University of Richmond School of Law
Richmond, VA

Andrew Block
Legal Director
Just Children Program
Legal Aid Justice Center
Charlottesville, VA

Helen Leiner
Fairfax, VA

Elizabeth Murtagh
Charlottesville Public Defender Office
Charlottesville, VA

Robert E. Sheperd, Jr.
Professor Emeritus
University of Richmond School of Law
Richmond, VA

West Virginia

John Sullivan
Kanawha County Public Defender Office
Charleston, WV

John A. Rogers
Executive Director
West Virginia Public Defender Service
Charleston, WV

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