Representing Veterans and Military Defendants in Criminal Court (MCLE)

This event originally aired on January 30th, 2024.

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About the Program

This presentation will cover issues related to representing veterans and military defendants in criminal cases, with a focus on the Veteran’s Treatment Court (VTC) and Military Diversion.

About the Speakers

Tressa Huber has served as a Deputy Public Defender with the San Diego County Public Defender’s Office since 2011. Ms. Huber is the Assistant Supervisor of the Collaborative Courts Team and is the assigned attorney for Veterans Treatment Court (VTC) and Reentry Court. She also co-chairs the office’s Legal Intern program.

Jerrica Phillips started her legal career as a Deputy District Attorney in Weld County, Colorado, where she tried over 30 cases to verdict, including DUIs, domestic violence, sex crimes, and homicide. She has been a prosecutor with the San Diego City Attorney’s Office since 2018. She is currently working in the Neighborhood Justice and Collaborative Courts unit.

Joseph Raskin has been with the San Diego City Attorney’s office since 2019, after 19 years in private practice. He has tried cases in the general trial, Domestic Violence, and Special Prosecutions Units. He represented the People in the downtown Military Diversion Court for over three years. He was a Navy Special Operations Officer (EOD) and received combat decorations in Operation Desert Storm. He retired from the Navy Reserve in 2014 as a Commander.

The San Diego Law Library is a State Bar of California licensed MCLE provider. Viewing this class provides1 hour of Ethics self-study credit.

Attendance certificates are not provided for self-study. Please use this log provided by the State Bar of California to keep a record of your self study: https://www.calbar.ca.gov/Portals/0/d...

Provider Information: San Diego County Public Law Library, Provider #11786

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The information offered in this short video has been provided as a public service and is intended to provide basic information. This is not legal advice and is not intended to create an attorney-client relationship. The views expressed in this video belong to the speaker and are not a representation of the San Diego Law Library.