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Anne Chapman is a member of the firm's litigation and criminal practice group. Anne's practice focuses on criminal defense and commercial litigation. Anne joined the firm after spending five years in the Federal Defenders Office for the Eastern District of Virginia, where she was a central member of the trial team for Zacarias Moussaoui. Anne has extensive experience appearing in federal court and has defended cases involving a broad range of issues including the Classified Information Procedures Act, criminal copyright and trademark allegations, and international money laundering conspiracies. Anne received her JD, cum laude, from Duke University School of Law and her B.A., magna cum laude from the University of Oregon. She has extensive speaking and teaching experience on issues related to the use of victim outreach, directing and conducting international investigations, and mitigation in capital cases. She also received the Distinguished Service Award from the National Association of Federal Defenders in May 2006. When she's not advocating for her clients, Anne enjoys traveling to music festivals, trying her hand at difficult recipes, and reading political blogs.
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JD, cum laude, Duke University School of Law, 1999
B.A., magna cum laude, University of Oregon, 1995; Phi Beta Kappa |
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U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Washington. Judge Robert H. Whaley 2000-2001 |
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Distinguished Service Award, National Association of Federal Defenders, May 2006 |
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Virginia, 2002
California, 1999 |
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U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit, 2002
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia, 2002
Supreme Court of Virginia, 2002 |
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Greater D.C. Cares, Washington, District of Columbia, 2003-2007
Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights, San Francisco, California, 1998 2000 |
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Presenter, Habeas Assistance and Training Counsel Project and the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts, 4th National Seminar on the Development and Integration of Mitigation Evidence, Washington D.C., March 29 -April 1, 2007; presented workshops on victim outreach in capital cases.
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Presenter, National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and Southern Center for Human Rights, Making the Case for Life: Mitigation and Jury Selection in Capital Cases, Las Vegas Nevada, September 30, 2006; presented seminar on mitigation in capital cases.
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Presenter, Bryan R. Shechmeister Death Penalty College, Santa Clara, California, August 9, 2006; presented workshop on defense based victim outreach and supervised sessions with students responsible for capital cases as various stages.
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Presenter, NAACP Legal Defense Fund, Annual Airlie House Conference, Warrenton, Virginia, July 2, 2006; presented panel discussion with members of trial team on the Moussaoui case experience and gave workshop on investigation and presentation of multi-cultural mitigation.
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Panelist, Soros Justice Fellows Annual Meeting, New York, New York, 2006; participated in panel presentation of "Criminal Justice Advocacy Against the Backdrop of Terror" for annual meeting of Soros Justice Fellowship recipients past and present.
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Guest Lecturer, Duke University School of Law, Durham, North Carolina, 2005; lectured on drug offenses under Title 21 of the United States Code, including Booker decision, and spoke on issues in the Moussaoui case for Federal Criminal Law Class of Charles L. B. Lowndes Professor of Law Sara Sun Beale. |
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