James Whitehead is a staff attorney in the Appellate Division of the Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia (“PDS”), where he litigates criminal appeals for indigent clients before the District of Columbia Court of Appeals. His practice areas range from litigating post-trial appeals to seeking release for incarcerated clients through the Incarceration Reduction Amendment Act.

Previously, Mr. Whitehead served as a staff attorney and supervising attorney with PDS’s Trial Division, where he represented clients primarily accused of serious felonies including sexual assault and murder.

Mr. Whitehead has also been an adjunct faculty member at the University of the District of Columbia David A. Clarke School of Law, where he taught Appellate Advocacy (Moot Court) and Moot Court Competition.

Mr. Whitehead graduated from the University of Virginia with degrees in Economics and Sociology (’01) and received his law degree from the University of Virginia School of Law (’04).