Ronald G. White, a partner in Morrison Foerster’s Investigations + White Collar Defense group, will serve as a mock judge in the Office of Appellate Defender (OAD)’s “First Monday in October” annual gala and mock supreme court argument. For more information on the program, please follow this link.
OAD strives to ensure that people convicted of felonies who cannot afford legal representation receive full and equal access to justice by providing exceptional appellate representation, improving the quality of indigent defense through education and training, and advocating for systemic reform of New York City’s criminal legal system. OAD is a training office that not only provides high-quality representation to individual clients, but also strives to improve the quality of indigent defense throughout the state through its Criminal Appellate Defender Clinic at New York University Law School and Volunteer Appellate Defender (VAD) program that allows attorneys at private law firms to co-counsel appeals with OAD attorneys.