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Jeff Adachi wins national award for defending the poor
December 4, 2012
The National Legal Aid and Defender Association (NLADA) has selected San Francisco Public Defender Jeff Adachi as its 2012 Reginald Heber Smith Award winner. “The Reggie” celebrates the outstanding achievements and dedicated services of an attorney for contributions made while employed by an organization providing civil legal services or indigent defense services.
Smart-mouthing police not a crime, jury finds
August 7, 2011
“This is your city,” Deputy Public Defender Erin Haney told jurors. “Mr. Christopher has the same rights you have. He has the same rights your son has. … Mr. Christopher does not live in a police state. In the Bayview, you have the same rights as you do in Pacific Heights.”