Tamar Birckhead

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Tamar R. Birckhead

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UNC School of Law - Law


Resume

  • 1999

    District of Massachusetts Federal Defender Office

    Parrett

    Porto

    Parese & Colwell PC

    University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Law

    Chapel Hill

    NC

    University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Law

    Parrett

    Porto

    Parese & Colwell PC

    Hamden

    CT

    For over twenty-five years

    Tamar R. Birckhead has represented individuals charged with criminal offenses in the state and federal court systems at the trial and appellate levels. While she currently practices in Connecticut

    Tamar is also licensed in Massachusetts

    New York

    and North Carolina. Tamar has defended clients in a wide variety of criminal cases—from felonies in state court to alleged acts of terrorism in federal court. Among her clients was Richard Reid

    the attempted “Shoe Bomber” prosecuted in the First Circuit under the U.S.A. Patriot Act. Tamar regularly appears in the Meriden

    Manchester

    Middletown

    Milford

    New Haven

    New London

    and Waterbury courts

    although she handles cases throughout Connecticut. Tamar also frequently represents middle

    high school

    and college students accused of violating their school’s code of conduct

    which can result in suspension or expulsion as well as the initiation of criminal prosecution that arises from the same conduct. 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 also taught at Duke Law School and most recently at Yale Law School. Tamar is the author of more than a dozen law review articles on topics related to criminal defense as well as an editor and contributor to several juvenile justice-related books. She has written opinion pieces for major publications

    and has provided legal commentary on the challenges of defending criminal suspects for CNN

    Fox News

    and the Wall Street Journal

    among many other media outlets. Tamar prides herself on the close

    collaborative working relationships she has with her clients. She understands that facing criminal charges can be a frightening experience

    and she views herself as a counselor as well as a legal practitioner. Tamar lives with her husband and their two teenage daughters in Guilford.

    Senior Associate Attorney

    Boston

    Massachusetts

    District of Massachusetts Federal Defender Office

  • 1989

    Associate Attorney

    Parrett

    Porto

    Parese & Colwell PC

    Doctor of Law - JD

    Harvard Law School

  • 1983

    Bachelor's degree

    Yale University

  • Tamar R. Birckhead

    For the past twenty-five years

    Tamar R. Birckhead has represented individuals charged with criminal offenses in the state and federal court systems at the trial and appellate levels.  Licensed to practice in Connecticut

    Massachusetts

    New York

    and...

    Tamar R. Birckhead

    Legal Writing

    Client Counseling

    Litigation

    oral advocacy

    Community Outreach

    Legal Research

    Client Development

    Westlaw

    Client Relations

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    Parrett

    Porto

    Parese & Colwell PC