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200 N Washington Sq Fl 3
Lansing,
Michigan
48933
Phone: (517) 657-3066
Criminal Law Advisory Board Member
Practice areas: Appellate Practice
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Marla R. McCowan is the director of training, outreach and support with the Michigan Indigent Defense Commission (MIDC), working with trial court funding units to facilitate implementation of new continuing legal education requirements for over 2,000 attorneys accepting assigned criminal cases in Michigan. Ms. McCowan also works with a team of statewide regional managers who provide ongoing assistance to court systems to comply with the MIDC’s standards for indigent defense. Before joining the MIDC, Ms. McCowan served as a public defender at the appellate level for over sixteen years at the Michigan State Appellate Defender Office (SADO), nearly four of which included overseeing training for indigent defense practitioners around Michigan in her capacity as the manager of SADO's Criminal Defense Resource Center and training director at SADO. While at SADO, she represented clients in cases in a variety of stages of appeals and postconviction proceedings in Michigan and federal courts, including oral argument before the U.S. Supreme Court.