Argued and won People v. Swilley—a pro bono case involving a juvenile wrongfully convicted of murder—in the Michigan Supreme Court, July 2019.
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Presented "Litigating Successive Federal Habeas Corpus Petitions," Innocence Network Annual Conference, Atlanta, April 2019.
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Presented "Advanced Forensic Science Post-Conviction Litigation," Innocence Network Annual Conference, Atlanta, April 2019.
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Presented "Forensic Science Errors and Reforms," Conference of Criminal Law Section of State Bar of Michigan, June 2018.
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Presented "Innocence and Science," Conference on Forensic Science Reform, Georgia State University Law School, Atlanta, April 2018.
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Argued and won People v. Johnson/Scott—the joint case of two innocent men wrongfully convicted of murder—in the Michigan Supreme Court, April 2018.
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Presented "Primer on Federal Habeas Corpus," Innocence Network Annual Conference, Memphis, Tennessee, March 2018.
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Presented "Litigating Arson Cases, Old and New," Innocence Network Annual Conference, Memphis, Tennessee, March 2018.
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Presented "Building Pro Bono Partnerships with Law Firms," Innocence Network Annual Conference, Memphis, Tennessee, March 2018.
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Named among national list of Top 40 Young Lawyers by the American Bar Association, July 2017.
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Presented "Major Updates in Forensic Science: Strategies and Case Law," Conference of Criminal Law Section of State Bar of Michigan, June 2017.
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Presented "Litigating Complex Cases Involving Scientific Shifts," Innocence Network Annual Conference, San Diego, California, March 2017.
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Presented "Scientific Evidence at Trial and on Appeal," Conference of Criminal Law and Prisons and Corrections Sections of State Bar of Michigan, February 2017.
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Led training on "Closing Arguments After Post-Conviction Evidentiary Hearings," State Appellate Defender Office, Detroit, February 2017.
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Awarded Department of Justice Grant for "Michigan Innocence Clinic Shaken Baby Syndrome Project," September 2016.
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Received Regeana Myrick Outstanding Young Lawyer of the Year Award from the State Bar of Michigan, June 2016.
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