Lisa Ma is an experienced legal professional currently serving as an Assistant Federal Public Defender for the Northern District of California since April 2019. Prior to this role, Lisa Ma worked as a Research and Writing Attorney at the Federal Public Defender for the District of Oregon and served as Habeas Corpus Counsel at the Habeas Corpus Resource Center. Additional experience includes positions as a Panel Attorney for the Sixth District Appellate Program and an Associate at Morrison Foerster. Lisa Ma's legal career began with a position as a Student Attorney at the Criminal Justice Institute at Harvard Law School, followed by roles as a Summer Associate and a Student Attorney at Morrison Foerster and Harvard Defenders, respectively. Lisa Ma also held the position of Editorial Page Editor at The Chronicle and worked as a Legal Research Assistant at the Metropolitan Public Defender. Lisa Ma holds a Doctor of Law degree from Harvard Law School and a Bachelor of Arts from Duke University.
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Federal Public Defender for the Northern District of California
The Office of the Federal Public Defender for the Northern District of California was established in 1972, and is dedicated to the defense of clients charged with federal offenses. The Federal Defender is authorized and funded pursuant to the Criminal Justice Act, ("CJA") 18 USC § 3006A, et seq. The caseload ranges from petty offenses, to multi-defendant drug conspiracies, sophisticated computer crimes, and international smuggling cases. The Northern District of California stretches along the coast from Monterey County in the south to the Oregon border in the north. It includes the counties of Alameda, Contra Costa, Del Norte, Humboldt, Lake, Marin, Mendocino, Monterey, Napa, San Benito, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, and Sonoma.