Board of Directors
Officers and Board Members
Co-Chairs
Suzanne M. Morris
Morris & Giacinti, LLP
899 Ellis Street
San Francisco, CA 94109
Tel: (415) 848-9130
Fax: (415) 683-3176
info@mandglegal.com
http://www.mandglegal.com/
Suzanne M. Morris is a criminal defense attorney practicing in the San Francisco Bay Area and Northern California. She represents people charged with criminal offenses in trial and on appeal. Ms. Morris is a member of the criminal law panel for the Bar Association of San Francisco, the criminal appeals panels for the First, Third, Fifth and Sixth District Courts of Appeal in California and the Criminal Justice Act Panel (“CJA Panel”) for the Northern District of California. She is also the current co-chair of Women Defenders, a professional organization for women criminal defense attorneys.
Emily L. Dahm
Deputy Public Defender
San Francisco Public Defender’s Office
555 7th Street
San Francisco, California
415-553-1671
http://sfpublicdefender.org/
Emily Dahm has been a deputy public defender in San Francisco since 2007. She has completed 20 jury trials and handled a variety of cases such as DUIs, theft, prostitution, gun possession, drug possession, assault and battery, and domestic violence. Prior to joining the San Francisco Public Defender’s Office, Ms. Dahm was an associate at Latham & Watkins LLP in Hong Kong and San Francisco where she worked in project finance and corporate litigation. She is also the current co-chair of Women Defenders, a professional organization for women criminal defense attorneys. Ms. Dahm graduated from Boalt Hall School of Law at UC Berkeley.
Board Members
Megan Burns
Deputy Public Defender
San Francisco Public Defender’s Office
555 7th Street
San Francisco, California
415-553-1671
http://sfpublicdefender.org/
Megan Burns has been representing individuals charged with criminal offenses since 2004. She started out her career in private practice,
handling everything from driving under the influence cases to federal civil rights lawsuits. Since 2007, she has been a deputy public defender in the
San Francisco Public Defender’s Office and is currently assigned to the felony trial rotation. She has tried a total of thirty-three jury trials,
securing fifteen acquittals/hung juries and eight mixed verdicts. Ms. Burns has been a Board Member since 2007.
Amyra Cobb-Hamilton
675 Texas St Suite 3600, Fairfield, Ca, 94533
707.784.6755
Solano County Public Defender’s Office
Emily L. Dahm
Deputy Public Defender
San Francisco Public Defender’s Office
555 7th Street
San Francisco, California
415-553-1671
http://sfpublicdefender.org/
Emily Dahm has been a deputy public defender in San Francisco since 2007. She has completed 20 jury trials and handled a variety of cases such as DUIs, theft, prostitution, gun possession, drug possession, assault and battery, and domestic violence. Prior to joining the San Francisco Public Defender’s Office, Ms. Dahm was an associate at Latham & Watkins LLP in Hong Kong and San Francisco where she worked in project finance and corporate litigation. She is also the current co-chair of Women Defenders, a professional organization for women criminal defense attorneys. Ms. Dahm graduated from Boalt Hall School of Law at UC Berkeley.
Severa Keith
Law Offices of Severa Keith
San Francisco, California
http://www.keithlawoffices.com/index.html
Severa Keith specializes in felony and misdemeanor defense throughout the San Francisco Bay Area and Northern California. She represents clients in all criminal matters, including complex felonies, crimes of violence, drug crimes, marijuana offenses, robbery, burglary, theft, DUI and driving offenses, battery, domestic violence, fraud, resisting arrest, hate crimes, vandalism, and misdemeanor offenses.
Suzanne M. Morris
Morris & Giacinti LLP
899 Ellis Street
San Francisco, CA 94109
Tel: (415) 848-9130
Fax: (415) 683-3176
info@mandglegal.com
http://www.mandglegal.com/
Suzanne M. Morris is a criminal defense attorney practicing in the San Francisco Bay Area and Northern California. She represents people charged with criminal offenses in trial and on appeal. Ms. Morris is a member of the criminal law panel for the Bar Association of San Francisco, the criminal appeals panels for the First, Third, Fifth and Sixth District Courts of Appeal in California and the Criminal Justice Act Panel (“CJA Panel”) for the Northern District of California. She is also the current co-chair of Women Defenders, a professional organization for women criminal defense attorneys.
Rozlynn Silvaggio-Bauman
Deputy Public Defender
Alameda County Public Defender’s Office
Margaret A. Tough
Partner
Latham & Watkins LLP
505 Montgomery Street
Suite 2000
San Francisco, California
www.lw.com
Margaret Tough is a litigation partner in the San Francisco office of Latham & Watkins LLP. She is a member of the White Collar Defense and Investigations Group. In addition to her white collar defense work, she has represented clients in a variety of commercial disputes. She has tried intellectual property, securities fraud, and criminal tax evasion cases, and conducted numerous internal investigations, in the US and around the world.
Executive Director
Rose Barsamyan
355 Serrano Dr. #6E
818-669-5996
Law Office of Rose Barsamyan
barsamya@uchastings.edu
Rose Barsamyan is currently serving as Executive Director of Women Defenders, an organization providing professional, technical and social support networks for female criminal defense practitioners. Ms. Barsamyan received her law degree from UC Hastings College of the Law in 2009, with concentrations in Criminal Law and Public Interest Law. Ms. Barsamyan also served as President of the Armenian Law Students Association and the Vice President of the Ballroom Dance Club. In 2005, as a departmental scholar at UCLA, Ms. Barsamyan simultaneously completed a M.A. in Near Eastern Languages and Cultures along with her B.A. in International Development Studies and Armenian Studies. Ms. Barsamyan is dedicated to criminal defense and public interest work. She worked with the Clean Slate Unit and with felony attorneys at the Office of the Public Defender in San Francisco. Her dedication to public interest is reflected in her work with the Office of the Family Law Facilitator at the Superior Court of San Francisco as well as in Domestic Violence Clinics with Neighborhood Legal Services in Los Angeles.