Criminal Law Advisory Board
Great Lakes Legal Group PLLC, Southfield
Ayanna Alcendor practices in the areas of probate and estate planning, taxation, family law (divorce, child custody, and parental rights), criminal defense, and civil and special education mediation. Before joining Great Lakes Legal Group, she was a principal at Allied Legal Consulting. Ms. Alcendor is a member of the State Bar of Michigan, the Oakland County Bar Association, Criminal Defense...
Ann Arbor
Victoria M. Burton-Harris serves as the chief assistant prosecutor for Washtenaw County. She was appointed to the position January 1, 2021. Before this appointment, she was managing partner in McCaskey Law, PLLC, practicing in the areas of criminal law, family law, and probate and estate planning. She is a member of the Federal Bar Association, the Women's Bar Association--Oakland County,...
Law Offices of Raymond A. Cassar PLC, Farmington Hills
Alexandra M. Giuliani has been at the firm for the last decade and is a dedicated and compassionate criminal defense attorney practicing in Michigan state and federal courts, representing both adults and juveniles. Ms. Giuliani has lectured at various legal conferences and seminars on topics surrounding criminal law. Her insights have also been featured in "Laches" magazine, for which she...
Law Offices of Robert Goldman PLLC, Bloomfield Hills
Robert M. Goldman is the founding attorney at the firm. He focuses on areas of law such as criminal defense, driver’s license restoration, and expungements. Prior to founding the firm, Mr. Goldman served as a township prosecutor, where his practice focused on municipal law. He concentrated on areas of law including ordinance enforcement and local government operations before he devoted...
Daniel W. Grow PLLC, Saint Joseph
Daniel W. Grow is a criminal defense lawyer whose practice covers all of southwest Michigan. Since 2009, he has limited his practice to criminal defense. He serves on the board of directors of the Criminal Defense Attorneys of Michigan (CDAM) and is cochair of CDAM's Amicus Committee. A past chair of the Cannabis Law Section of the State Bar of...
Department of Attorney General, Lansing
Danielle J. Hagaman-Clark is project director of the Violence Against Women Project, a program of the Prosecuting Attorneys Association of Michigan (PAAM). She has a wide variety of experience in training, prosecution, advocacy, and criminal law. Before joining PAAM, Ms. Hagaman-Clark spent 15 years with the Wayne County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office in Detroit. She was a founding member of the...
Detroit
Robyn N. Liddell was appointed as the division chief of the department's Criminal Trials and Appeals Division in 2023. She began her service in the department as an assistant attorney general in the Criminal Division in 2014 and was promoted to first assistant attorney general in the Criminal Trials and Appeals Division in 2020. Ms. Liddell has also served as...
Clinton County Prosecutors Office, Saint Johns
Debra K. Martinez's areas of expertise are advocating and fighting for survivors of sexual abuse, prosecuting crimes committed against children, and evaluating discrimination and harassment in educational institutions. Before her current position with the firm, she served Ingham County as an assistant prosecuting attorney where she led the special victims unit and litigated complex and often high-profile sexual assault and...
Ingham County Public Defenders Office, Lansing
Stephen A. Milks practices in the area of criminal law, handling misdemeanor, felony, traffic and license, and OWI cases. He is a member of the State Bar of Michigan and its Criminal Law Section. Mr. Milks graduated cum laude from Western Michigan University Thomas M. Cooley Law School. He received the top-best-advocate award for his advocacy in moot court, advanced...
State Appellate Defender Office, Lansing
Tina Nicole Olson is the managing attorney of the Juvenile Lifer Unit at the Michigan State Appellate Defender Office. Previously, she was the Chief Appellate Counsel for the Wyoming Office of the State Public Defender. Ms. Olson is a member of the State Bar of Michigan and its Prisons and Corrections Section, the Wyoming State Bar, the Women Lawyers Association...
Michigan Indigent Defense Commission, Plainwell
Susan Ruth Prentice-Sao is an attorney who joined the commission in 2019 after practicing criminal and youth defense for 15 years. She is a 2024 graduate of the Youth Defender Advocacy Trainer's Program at Georgetown Juvenile Justice Clinic and Initiative. Ms. Prentice-Sao is currently the program manager for the Byrne JAG grant Criminal Defense Trial Skills training program and the...
John A. Shea Attorney at Law, Ann Arbor
John A. Shea has been in private practice since 1988 and focuses primarily on criminal defense. He also represents clients in commercial and real estate litigation, professional malpractice defense, and in proceedings before the Attorney Discipline Board and other disciplinary agencies. He has appeared before courts and tribunals throughout Michigan, and is admitted to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court,...
ICLE Advisory Board Liaison
Matthew J. Franson joined ICLE in September 2021. Mr. Franson works with a diverse group of contributors to update and publish print and online resources in the areas of no-fault, insurance, criminal law, and cannabis law. He also plans and moderates studio seminars on these topics. Before joining ICLE, Mr. Franson was a law clerk and practiced with multiple firms...