Center for Criminal Justice and Professional Responsibility

Alumni

Kendra Montgomery-BlinnKendra Montgomery-Blinn '03

Having majored in criminal psychology at Purdue University before coming to Duke, Kendra Montgomery-Blinn always knew her interest lay in criminal law. She signed on as an Innocence Project volunteer in her first week of law school, taking on the investigation of a case that she carried throughout her three years at Duke. "As a lawyer, I 'cut my teeth' on innocence issues," she says, recalling numerous conversations she had with Professor James Coleman and Theresa Newman, faculty directors of the Innocence Project. » More

 

 

David Pishko '77

David Pishko '77, a partner at Elliot Pishko Morgan in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, is working pro bono with Professors James Coleman and Theresa Newman and Fellow Kimberly Kisabeth on one of the Center's cases — the 1997 conviction of Kalvin Michael Smith for a brutal assault of a store clerk. » More

 

More Alumni News & Profiles

  • Leslie Cooley ‘05 discusses tenure as domestic violence prosecutor
    Cooley gave insight into the challenges and rewards of working as an assistant district attorney in Mecklenburg County’s Domestic Violence Prosecution Unit .

  • News ImageEric Eisenberg ’09
    Recently recognized for reporting the most pro bono hours of any student in the 2008-2009 school year, Eric Eisenberg '09 served as student director of the Innocence Project and is now clerking for Washington State Supreme Court Justice Debra Stephens. » More

  • News ImageKendra Montgomery-Blinn ’03
    Former Innocence Project director now heads the North Carolina Innocence Inquiry Commission.