Federal Public Defender
Elliot Louthen is an Assistant Federal Public Defender at the Federal Defender Organizations, primarily handling appeals in the Seventh Circuit. Prior to this, they served as a Judicial Law Clerk at both the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit and the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. They also have experience as a Legal Intern at the ACLU of Illinois and the United States Attorneys' Offices. Elliot holds a JD from Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law and a BA in Political Science and Healthcare Management from Washington University in St. Louis.
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Federal Public Defender
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With the Criminal Justice Act of 1964, 18 U.S.C. § 3006A, and its subsequent amendment in 1970, Congress established a comprehensive system for appointing and compensating lawyers to represent financially eligible defendants in federal criminal proceedings. Today, there are 79 authorized federal defender organizations that employ more than 3,300 lawyers, investigators, paralegals, and support personnel and serve 90 of the 94 federal judicial districts.