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Meet Elizabeth A. Brandenburg
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the most rewarding aspect of my work as
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an attorney is getting to work directly
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with people i briefly worked for the
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da’s office in law school
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after knowing deciding i wanted to do
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criminal work and quickly decided that
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not having a personal interaction with
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with people and having clients to work
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with was not for me so i get a lot of
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personal
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uh enjoyment and reward out of working
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directly with clients and their families
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uh even though it can be difficult that
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they’re they’re dealing with the most
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difficult uh trying time in their lives
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but approaching that with compassion and
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empathy
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can make it a better experience for
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everyone
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i serve as the treasurer of the georgia
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association of criminal defense lawyers
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a statewide group of criminal defense
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attorneys
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and i also serve for that organization
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as the chair of the parole committee for
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the parole committee i work directly
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with the parole board to effectuate
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change and communication
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on behalf of all incarcerated
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individuals not just my clients but as a
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community service
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and one of our focuses there is uh the
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the way the factors that the the parole
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board uh
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uses uh to
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score individuals for parole is
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is assessed we’re in the middle of
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planning with the parole board for the
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next changes to those factors uh and
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looking forward to that in my work in
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that community and my work
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for
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clients in parole
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recently in the last year i’ve been
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successful at changing the parole
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board’s whole outlook on a certain
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offense that offense being second degree
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murder which is a lower degree of murder
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as as the name implies and the board had
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previously been of the
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opinion that
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individuals convicted of second degree
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murder would not be eligible for parole
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i have a client who was convicted of of
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second-degree murder the parole board
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told him that he was not eligible for
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parole based on that
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conviction
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and in my legal research i was able to
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determine and convince the parole board
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that they were wrong in their
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interpretation of the law and that
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client is now eligible for parole and
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actually has a parole date and will be
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released and that also affects all
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individuals in the state that are that
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were convicted of second-degree murder
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and did not know they would be eligible
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for parole and they will be now
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Atlanta, GA criminal defense attorney Elizabeth A. Brandenburg talks about the most rewarding aspect of her practice as well as her service to the community.
