Tell the Client's Story ― Mitigation in Criminal and Death Penalty Cases

ISBN: 978-1-63425-914-9
2017, 416 pages, 6 x 9, Paperback and E-Book

Loaded with practical case studies, surveys, checklists, and appendices provided by top litigation experts from across the nation, Tell the Client's Story provides litigation teams the best strategies for effective mitigation work in criminal and capital cases.

This book will benefit seasoned defense professionals, while also providing crucial guidance for attorneys and other professionals with limited or no experience in mitigation techniques.

Edward C. Monahan is a member of the ABA Death Penalty Due Process Review Project Steering Committee, the ABA Government and Public Sector Lawyers Division Council, and served on the ABA Task Force on Preservation of the Justice System from 2011-12. He is a member of the Steering Committee of the National Association for Public Defense and chairs its Education Committee, a member of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and co-chairs its Subcommittee on Pretrial Release Advocacy, past chair of the Kentucky Bar Association's Criminal Law Section, a member of the KBA Ethics Committee (2000-2007; 2008-2011) and past chair of the NLADA American Council of Chief Defenders. Ed is a charter board member of the Kentucky Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and a past president. He is a 1976 graduate of Washington D.C.'s Catholic University of America's Columbus School of Law. Ed.Monahan@ky.gov

James J. Clark, LCSW, Ph.D. graduated from Siena College (B.A. 1980), the University of Kentucky College of Social Work (MSW 1983) and the University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration (Ph.D. 1995). He is currently Dean of the Florida State University College of Social Work. From 2012-2015, he served as the Director of the School of Social Work at the University of Cincinnati, and was on the faculty of the University of Kentucky from 1991-2012, including service as the director of the Ph.D. program and as Associate Dean for Research. He has published in the areas of forensic mental health; child traumatic stress; criminal justice; ethics and accountability; and psychobiography and the study of lives. Dr. Clark has collaborated in interdisciplinary work with public defenders and capital litigators since 1987, and has testified during the mitigation phase of felony and capital trials in Kentucky, Indiana, and Missouri. He continues to consult and testify as a mental health professional in civil and criminal cases. jjclar00@gmail.com