Laura joined the Death Penalty Representation Project in April 2022, and she is currently a Senior Staff Attorney. She devotes most of her time to assisting death-sentenced prisoners locate pro bono counsel to represent them in their post-conviction litigation. Laura graduated from Yale Law School in 1997 and over the last 20 years has worked at state and federal public defender offices throughout the country, representing clients facing the death penalty in all stages of litigation from arrest through clemency and end-stage litigation. She has represented clients in Georgia, Arizona, Nevada, Mississippi, Delaware, and on federal death row. She has also worked as a capital investigator and mitigation specialist in several states. In addition to her capital defense work, Laura spent two years as a litigator at a large firm in Atlanta and three years teaching Legal Writing and seminars on the Death Penalty and on the Eighth Amendment at Thomas Jefferson School of Law.
Staff
Laura Berg
Senior Attorney
Contact Info:
1050 Connecticut Ave. NW, Suite 400
Washington, DC 20036
202-442-3452
[email protected]