Women Criminal Defense Attorneys: Checking in With Women Criminal Lawyers Around the Country

Bruce Jenner hired lawyer Blair Berk after he was involved in a car accident in early February that resulted in a fatality.   Berk, who practices in Los Angeles, California, has a great deal of experience representing celebrity clients, which spark intense media attention as we previously discussed here.   Jenner was involved in a car accident with four other cars that caused the death of a 69-year-old woman. There is an investigation into the cause of the accident.

Meanwhile, the jury selection process is still on going in the Dzhokhar Tsarnaev Boston Marathon bombing trial. Judy Clarke and Miriam Conrad are not giving up on a request for change of venue and were just granted a hearing before the First Circuit Court of Appeals for their clients renewed request to change venue based on the answers from prospective jurors. The prosecutors are obviously arguing that the appeals court should deny the request to change venue, while the defense has repeatedly pointed out that conducting this trial in Boston could never yield an unbiased impartial jury. Jury selection has been ongoing since the beginning of January, which in and of itself should speak volumes. The Court of Appeals did deny a request to stay the jury selection process until the argument before the Court, which could be argued does not bode well for their chances. In spite of this, kudos to the defense team for not giving up on this critical issue. Argument before the Court of Appeals is later this week.

Please reach out if you know a case involving a woman criminal defense attorney. I want to continue to feature the great work that women are doing across the country!