Dean Sopcic

Dean Sopcic is an experienced legal professional currently serving as an Assistant State Public Defender with the Wisconsin State Public Defender since September 2022. Prior to this role, Dean Sopcic worked as a Graduate Assistant Writing Coach at Northern Illinois University from January 2021 to May 2022 and gained practical legal experience as a Law Clerk at Birdsall Obear & Associates LLC in the summer of 2020. Dean Sopcic's internship experience includes a summer legal intern position at Mahoney & Mahoney and a legal assistant internship at Birdsall Law Offices, S.C., where responsibilities included trial preparation and client communications. Earlier work includes managing probation location monitoring as a summer office intern with U.S. Probation & Pretrial Services and serving as a student supervisor at Sandburg Cafe. Dean Sopcic holds a Juris Doctor degree from Northern Illinois University College of Law and a Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.