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)
Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP
Washington, D.C.
Melissa Cortez Goemann (President)
Co-Director, Mid-Atlantic Juvenile Defender Center;
Director, Juvenile Law and Policy Clinic
University of Richmond School of Law
Richmond, VA
Richard Goemann
Director, Defender Division
National Legal Aid and Defender Association
Washington, D.C.
Stephanie Harrison
Public Defender Service for the
District of Columbia
Washington, D.C.
Kristin Henning
Co-Director, Mid-Atlantic Juvenile Defender Center
Co-Director, Juvenile Justice Clinic; Georgetown University Law Center
Washington, D.C.
Michael Morrissette
Deputy Public Defender
Maryland Office of the Public Defender
Baltimore, 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