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Laura Bower Braunsberg
has been practicing law in Delaware since 2010, after she graduated from the University of Virginia School of Law. She now serves as a Deputy At- torney General in the Juvenile Delinquency and Truancy Unit.
She is also a Director at Planned Parenthood of Delaware and serves on the National Criminal Case Committee for the American Mock Trial Association.
David B. Brown is Of Counsel at Potter Anderson & Corroon, LLP where, prior to his retire- ment in 2010, he was a Partner, serving for many years on its Executive Committee and for
a term as Chair. In retirement,
he has continued providing pro bono legal services and serving on the boards
of various nonprofits, including Delaware Volunteer Legal Services (DVLS), while also enjoying time with family and friends. He earned his B.A. with Honors at the University of North Carolina (Chapel Hill) and his J.D. at the University of Virginia, where he served as an editor of its
Steve Descano was sworn in as the Commonwealth’s Attorney
for Fairfax County and the City of Fairfax in January 2020. He is a veteran, former federal prosecutor, husband and father. Since taking office, Descano has undertaken a reform agenda aimed at mitigating
racial and socioeconomic disparities and countering mass incarceration in Fairfax County’s Justice System. Under his leadership, the Office of the Commonwealth’s Attorney has stopped requesting cash bail, implemented a new sentencing policy to address mass incarceration, and restructured the office to produce accountability around reforms, among other initiatives.
Eliza M. Hirst, CWLS is an Assistant Public Defender and head of the Post Disposition Unit for the
Office of Defense Services. Hirst
is also an Adjunct Professor at the Delaware Law School, where she teaches courses on children’s rights, education law and juvenile defender
skills. Previously, she was a Deputy Child Advocate with the Office of the Child Advocate and a Staff Attorney at Community Legal Aid Society, Inc. In 2019, Gov. John Carney appointed Hirst to the Juvenile Justice Advisory Group, where she serves on the Executive Committee and chairs the Racial and Ethnic Disparities Committee. Hirst earned her J.D. from the University of Texas Law School. She is a member of the Delaware, New York and Pennsylvania Bars.
Judith L. Ritter is a Professor at Delaware Law School and the Director of the school’s Taishoff Advocacy, Technology and Public Service Institute. She teaches Criminal Law, Evidence and Post- conviction Remedies. She is the Board President of Innocence Delaware.
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law review.
Megan J. Davies is the Executive Director of Innocence Delaware, where she is focused on exonerating the innocent of Delaware and reforming the system that wrongfully convicted them.
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