Honoring Our
Federal Defenders
The Federal Bar Association Chapter
for the Southern District of New York
Invites
you
to
an event honoring
Our Federal Defenders
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Introduction by ~
The Honorable Chief Judge Loretta A. Preska
United
States District Court Judge for the Southern District of New York
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Role of the Federal Defender Conducted By ~
Richard B. Zabel
Deputy United States Attorney for the Southern District of
New York
~With remarks by~
David Patton
Executive Director and Attorney-in-Chief of the
Federal Defenders
Date:
May
14, 2013, 5:30pm
Reception
to Follow
Location:
US
District Court, 500 Pearl Street, Room 850, New York, NY 10007
For
more information, please contact:
Phil
Schatz, (212) 421-8100 ext. 313
The
Federal Defenders of New York represents people accused of federal crimes in
the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York who cannot afford to hire an
attorney. The office was formed in the years after the Supreme Court's
landmark decision in Gideon v. Wainwright, decided 50 years ago. Gideon's
promise of equal justice for rich and poor alike remains one of the most
important constitutional principles ever espoused. The singular promise -- that
the quality of justice afforded to citizens should not depend on their
financial means -- has resonated with Americans since the decision was written
in 1963.
Yet,
on this 50th Anniversary of Gideon, the Federal Defenders of New York, and
offices like it around the country, are facing the most difficult challenges in
the history of the federal defender program. Federal budget sequestration
has resulted in steep cuts, greatly endangering the quality of justice in
federal courts. Offices around the country are laying off and furloughing
lawyers and staff, and cutting investigative and expert services. David
Patton, the Executive Director of the Federal Defenders of New York, will
discuss his office's work and the challenges faced by the budget crisis.
In 2008, Mr. Patton began
teaching full time as an Assistant Professor of Law at the University of
Alabama. From 2010 to 2011, he was a Visiting Associate Professor of Law at
Stanford Law School where he founded the school’s first trial-level criminal
defense clinic. Mr. Patton is also on the faculty of the Southern Public
Defender Training Center, a non-profit dedicated to training new public
defenders throughout the South. Among other publications, he is the author of
Guns, Crime Control, and a Systemic Approach to Federal Sentencing, 32 Cardozo
L. Rev. 1427 (2011).
Mr. Patton is a graduate of the University of Virginia School of Law, where he served as an editor of the Virginia Law Review. He clerked for the Honorable Claude Hilton of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. Prior to joining the Federal Defenders in 2002, Mr. Patton was an associate at the law firm Sullivan & Cromwell
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