About
EFFECTIVE, EXPERIENCED, EASY TO WORK WITH: For over twenty-five years, Tamar R. Birckhead has represented people charged with crook offenses inside the kingdom and federal courtroom systems at the trial and appellate ranges. While she currently practices in Connecticut, Tamar is likewise certified in Massachusetts, New York, and North Carolina. Tamar has defended customers in a extensive variety of crook instances—from felonies in nation courtroom to alleged acts of terrorism in federal court docket. Among her clients changed into Richard Reid, the attempted “Shoe Bomber” prosecuted in the First Circuit underneath the USAA. Patriot Act.
A cum laude graduate of Yale University and Harvard Law School, Tamar taught for twelve years as a tenured law professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Law. She has additionally taught at Duke Law School and maximum lately at Yale Law School. Tamar is the author of more than a dozen law evaluation articles on topics related to criminal defense in addition to an editor and contributor to numerous juvenile justice-related books.
Tamar prides herself at the near, collaborative operating relationships she has with her customers. She is usually to be had for consultation, frequently talking or texting with clients on nights and weekends. Tamar is aware that facing crook expenses can be a frightening revel in, and he or she perspectives herself as a counselor at law in addition to a felony practitioner.
Tamar is a member of the Connecticut Bar Association, the New Haven County Bar Association, the Connecticut Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, and the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. She often volunteers in the Connecticut Bar Association s Ask-a-Lawyer Program and serves as a choose for Project Youth Court in New Haven.
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Location
Legal Issues
- Criminal Law
- Criminal Appeals, Drug Crimes, Expungement, Fraud, Gun Crimes, Internet Crimes, Sex Crimes, Theft, Violent Crimes
- DUI & DWI
- Domestic Violence
- Domestic Violence Criminal Defense, Domestic Violence Restraining Orders
- Juvenile Law
- Social Security Disability
Costs
Certificates
Languages
Accepted Jurisdictions
Experience
- Associate Lawyer
Parrett Porto Parese & Colwell, P.C.
2017 - Professor of Law and Director of Clinical Programs
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Law
2004 - Assistant Federal Public Defender
Federal Defender Office
1999 - Public Defender
Committee for Public Counsel Services
1993
Educations
Graduation year: 1989
Graduation year: 1983
