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Our Public Affairs and Communications team works with news media across platforms to share analysis, perspectives, and insights from criminal defense attorneys. Our experts are available by phone and email; they may conduct broadcast interviews in-person or via Zoom or Skype.
Media Contacts
If you are a member of the media seeking an interview, email us or call us with your name, organization, topic of interest, and contact information. Please let us know if you have a deadline.
- Jonathan Hutson, Senior Director, Public Affairs and Communications, 202-465-7662 or jhutson@nacdl.org
- Jessie Diamond, Public Affairs and Communications Associate, 202-465-7647 or jdiamond@nacdl.org
- Kate Holden, Public Affairs and Communications Associate, 202-465-7624 or kholden@nacdl.org
Areas of Expertise
NACDL – the nation’s defense bar – offers media staff and experts available to handle inquiries from journalists on national issues affecting the rights of people accused of crimes. Areas of expertise include conspiracy; the death penalty; discovery; the proliferation of drones inside the U.S.; drug law; DUI/DWI; economic crimes also known as “White Collar crimes”; the exclusionary rule; expungement and the restoration of rights; eyewitness ID; forfeiture; Fourth Amendment issues, such as search and seizure laws and privacy issues; grand jury proceedings; habeas corpus; juvenile justice; national security; overcriminalization; pregnancy-related defense and the post-Dobbs criminalization of pregnancy status and reproductive healthcare; pretrial release; public defense; racial disparity in the criminal justice system; recording interrogations; RICO; sentencing, including federal sentencing guidelines; sex offenses; the trial penalty; and more.
Description of NACDL
The National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers is the preeminent organization advancing the mission of the criminal defense bar to ensure justice and due process for persons accused of crime or wrongdoing. A professional bar association founded in 1958, NACDL's many thousands of direct members in 28 countries – and 90 state, provincial and local affiliate organizations totaling up to 40,000 attorneys – include private criminal defense lawyers, public defenders, military defense counsel, law professors, and judges committed to preserving fairness and promoting a rational and humane criminal legal system.
Our Mission
NACDL envisions a society where all individuals receive fair, rational, and humane treatment within the criminal legal system.
NACDL’s mission is to serve as a leader, alongside diverse coalitions, in identifying and reforming flaws and inequities in the criminal legal system, and redressing systemic racism, and ensuring that its members and others in the criminal defense bar are fully equipped to serve all accused persons at the highest level.
Media Resources
- President Michael P. Heiskell
- Executive Director Lisa Monet Wayne
- NACDL Staff Bios
- History of NACDL
- Amicus Briefs
- News Releases
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NACDL Report Demonstrates Impact of Tracking Police Misconduct, Urges Defenders to Join Movement
NACDL Report Demonstrates Impact of Tracking Police Misconduct and Urges Every Defender to Join The Movement – Full Disclosure Project Report Marks Fifth Anniversary of the Police Killing of Anton Black – Washington, DC (Sept. 15) – A new National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL) report demonstrates how defenders have transformed the legal system by tracking and exposing newly available police misconduct data.
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News Release ~ Anthony Powers 2023 SCJN Award
Anthony Powers Receives the 2023 Champion of State Criminal Justice Reform Award From Nation’s Criminal Defense Bar – Washington, DC (Aug. 17, 2023) – Anthony Powers, Reentry Program Director for the Seattle Clemency Project, was presented with the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers’ (NACDL) Champion of State Criminal Justice Reform Award at NACDL's 22nd Annual State Criminal Justice Network (SCJN) Conference. The award recognizes an individual or group whose tremendous efforts have led toward progressive reform of a state criminal legal system.
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News Release ~ Desmond Meade Champion of Justice
Desmond Meade Receives Champion of Justice Rights Restoration Award from Nation’s Criminal Defense Bar – Washington, DC (Aug. 14, 2023) – Voting rights activist and Executive Director of the Florida Rights Restoration Coalition (FRRC) Desmond Meade was awarded the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL) Champion of Justice Rights Restoration Award at the Association’s Annual Meeting in Chicago.
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News Release ~ Nina Ginsberg Heeney Award
Alexandria, VA Attorney and NACDL Past President Nina Ginsberg Receives Prestigious 2023 Heeney Award from Nation’s Criminal Defense Bar – Washington, DC (Aug. 11, 2023) – Alexandria, VA attorney and NACDL Past President Nina Ginsberg received the Robert C. Heeney Memorial Award from the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL) at the Association's annual meeting. The Robert C. Heeney Memorial Award is given annually to the criminal defense attorney who best exemplifies the goals and values of the Association and the legal profession.