About me
Cindene Pezzell, Esq. is the Director of the National Defense Center for Criminalized Survivors at BWJP (formerly known as the National Clearinghouse for the Defense of Battered Women). Cindene oversees the NDCCS legal team; she and her colleagues provide specialized technical assistance to defense teams, including attorneys, expert witnesses, anti-domestic violence advocates, and criminalized survivors. Cindene is an experienced trainer who designs and conducts programs around the country on topics related to advocating for and defending charged and incarcerated victims of intimate partner violence. Cindene also develops legal materials and resources related to defense-based advocacy, and consults on policy and legislation impacting criminalized survivors. Cindene is also a former assistant public defender with the Defender Association of Philadelphia, where she focused primarily on trial work. During her final year as a public defender, Cindene practiced exclusively in family court, providing criminal defense to people accused of crimes related to alleged violations of civil protection orders.Cindene has spent over twenty years working to advance defendants’ rights and legal system transformation. In her spare time, Cindene enjoys learning about folklore, taking weird road trips, and showing off her jukebox skills.
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