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Joanne Carter has worked in criminal defense for approximately 20 years.  She has worked in all the courts within Humboldt County, including misdemeanor, felony, juvenile and dependency courts.  Joanne has extensive experience representing youth ages twelve to twenty, both in the criminal courts and school settings.  After working at the Public Defender's office for eighteen years, she has opened her own law practice.  She is now accepting clients in the area of family law as well.  Joanne has appeared in court thousands of times and has over one hundred court and jury trials within the past two decades.  She is committed to her clients and works hard to acheive the best result.

Mr. Elvine-Kreis is currently the Supervising Attorney at the Humboldt County Conflict Counsel's Office.  Previously he worked at the Humboldt County Public Defender's Office.  Prior to his positions at Humboldt County, Mr. Elvine-Kreis worked at the Law Offices of Mark Berg representing defendants in felony and misdemeanor cases.. Prior to joining the Berg firm, Mr. Elvine-Kreis was in private practice in Sacramento mainly representing indigent parole violators as appointed by the State Board of Prison Terms.  Additionally, Mr. Elvine-Kreis served as a law clerk at California Indian Legal Services for two years where he assisted in the negotiations of the Tribal-State Gaming Compact with Governor Wilson and subsequently worked at a private law firm in Sacramento as tribal representative for several Northern California Indian Tribes where he assisted in the negotiations of the Tribal-State Gaming Compact with Governor Davis.. Mr. Elvine-Kreis graduated from Humboldt State University with a Bachelor of Arts in Social Science with an emphasis in Ethnic/Native American studies, Sociology and Psychology.  Mr. Elvine-Kreis graduated from the University of San Diego School of Law.