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I am the Felony Resource Attorney with the Washington Defender Association, an advocacy, training and resource agency for criminal defense attorneys. A graduate of the University of Washington School of Law, I have worked as a public defender at Associated Counsel for the Accused in Seattle before joining the Washington Defender Association. As a resource attorney, I provide technical assistance to public defenders across the state and develop resource materials for public defenders to use in their cases. I frequently speak at programs designed to support quality indigent defense services in Washington state.

DEBORAH ALEXANDER. ATTORNEY. Experience:. Firm founder, Deborah Alexander, is a criminal defense attorney practicing in the Seattle and Bellevue metropolitan areas.    Her practice includes felony criminal defense, misdemeanor criminal defense, juvenile criminal defense, white collar criminal defense, and commercial litigation.  She was previously an Assistant State’s Attorney in the Criminal Division in Cook County, Chicago, Illinois.  During her time as a Prosecutor, Ms. Alexander became knowledgeable in evaluating the prosecutions case, both strengths and weaknesses.  This means that she has first-hand insight into how the other side approaches the serious cases that she handles.  This experience and perspective from both sides has allowed her to aggressively defend her clients.  Her experience in criminal law includes jury trials, bench trials, motion practice, and appellate oral arguments and briefing. Ms. Alexander is also acting in an “of counsel” capacity to the criminal defense firm of Wolfe, Wrenn & Zariski.. Ms. Alexander received her B.A. from the University of California at Berkeley in Legal Studies and her J.D. from DePaul University College of Law.  She also worked for the Honorable Harry Leinenweber, United States District court for the Northern District of Illinois.  Her bar memberships and admissions include the Washington State Bar Association, Illinois State Bar, King county Bar Association, Washington Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, and the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.. Education: University of California at Berkeley (B.A., 1987); DePaul University College of Law (J.D., 1991). Ms. Alexander also worked for the Honorable Harry Leinenweber, United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.. Bar Memberships and Admissions: Washington and Illinois. Affiliations:Washington State Bar Association, King County Bar Association, Washington Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Member of Seattle Executives Association, Network attorney for ARAG and Microsoft ARAG plan members.

Jacqueline Walsh is a partner with Walsh & Larranaga. She is licensed to practice in Washington and California. Her law practice focuses on criminal defense and civil plaintiff personal injury cases. In her criminal practice, she is qualified to handle capital cases at the trial level in federal and Washington State courts. In addition to capital defense work, Jacqueline has tried several non-capital homicide trials obtaining favorable results for her clients. In 2014, she was added as resource counsel with the Federal Death Penalty Resource Counsel Project.. In her civil practice, she represents clients in serious catastrophic injury cases - including traumatic brain injuries - and civil rights cases.

Born and raised in King County, Amanda has had a passion for helping people from a young age. After graduating from the University of Portland in 2014 with a B.A. in English and Communication Studies, she attended The George Washington University Law School, graduating with honors in 2017. During law school, Amanda delved into the field of criminal justice, taking courses and working in the field. She had internships in the Felony and Major Crime Unit of the United States Attorney’s Office the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office. She also worked in both criminal and civil domestic violence, interning as a Criminal Domestic Violence Judicial Clerk for the District of Columbia Superior Court and at the Legal Aid Society.. After law school, Amanda moved to New York and worked as a prosecutor at the Bronx District Attorney’s Office. While in the Bronx, Amanda specialized in juvenile prosecution with a focus on gang investigations as well as adult prosecution. Her cases ranged from DUIs and simple assault cases to felony robberies, burglaries, assaults, and attempted murders. After spending three years as a prosecutor, Amanda found that her passion for criminal justice was better suited to being a defense attorney. She joined Puget Law Group in September 2020.. Having been a prosecutor before, Amanda has seen firsthand the difficulties and injustices that people go through in the criminal justice system. She believes in fighting passionately for her clients and ensuring that the rights afforded to the accused by the Constitution are a reality in every case.. When she is not practicing law, Amanda enjoys baking, reading, playing golf, hiking, and spending time with her rescue dog, Luna.

I have been involved as an attorney in the criminal justice system for 30 years. I have been a public defender, counsel to the Mayor's Office and supervising attorney in a prosecutor's office. I have tried well over 100 cases including thise with high profile defendants and issues.  In addition I have been a teacher and mentor.. I understand the working of the criminal justice system like no one else.. Let me put that experience to work for you.

After starting out as a counselor in my home state of Michigan I moved to Seattle, decided a career path was in order, and enrolled in law school.  My first job as an intern lawyer was in a legal clinic in the inner city of Detroit.  After my second year of school I switched sides and interned at the King County Prosecutor's Office.  I accepted a job there in 1980 as a deputy prosecutor after graduating from law school and passing the bar.  After six years at the prosecutor's office I accepted a position with the Attorney General directing investigation and prosecutions of white collar, fraud and other, high impact, crimes occuring throughout Washington State.  In 1996 I began my private practice.  I have focused on criminal defense and civil actions against city, county and state agencies.  All tolled, I have handled over 200 jury trials.  Along the way, I taught a number of courses for 16 years at the University of Washington, including one involving forensic sciences that was a particular favorite.. There are a number of means for measuring a lawyer's effectivness.  Client's typically don't understand the law, how it operates, or even what is about to happen to them.  Nor do client's normally have the knowledge necessary to make judgments on who to trust.  The one opportunity a client does have is to talk to a lawyer being considered for representation.  Does the lawyer take the time to talk; do they listen, can they explain in ways that make sense what is happening, why it is happening, and what is likely to happen.  Can the lawyer teach the client what the client needs to know before making decisions that will alter the course of their life.. Working with juries, teaching them about the law and what they need to know to arrive at a just verdict in my client's favor, is the essence of a lawyer's work in trial.  In one way or another, from the time I practiced therapy to my work with victims, witnesses and clients, and on to my time teaching at UW, I have been a teacher.. My job - either as a prosecutor, defense attorney or civil practioner representing people harmed by the government - has been to help people.  My job is not to ask my client's for their help - and I have resisted the requests of marketing gurus to solicit "testimonials" from my previous clients.  It simply strikes me as unprofessional and a line I won't cross.  The marketing gurus have advised that someone needs to vouch for me in my profile, so I have chosen to reach out to a few friends in the business to offer their opinions to you- the consumer.. But don't take their word for anything.  Call me; talk to me about your case.  It's free - and it will give you the chance to make a decision for yourself if I am the attorney to help you through the crisis you now face.