Quin Denvir joined the firm in January, 2006.  Mr. Denvir is a nationally recognized trial and appellate lawyer.  As the Federal Public Defender in Sacramento from 1996 to 2005, he defended complex and high profile prosecutions and argued landmark cases before the United States Supreme Court.  He has briefed and argued three cases before the United States Supreme Court, over twenty-five cases before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, over twenty-five cases before the California Supreme Court and over fifty cases before the California Court of Appeal. 

In 1989 Mr. Denvir received the prestigious Annual Award presented by California Attorneys for Criminal Justice and in 1998 received that state-wide bar association's Presidents Award.  In 1998 Mr. Denvir received the Special Recognition Award of the California Public Defender's Association. 

Mr. Denvir is a cum laude graduate of Notre Dame University and the University of Chicago Law School. His practice includes representation of clients on appeals and writs within the federal and state appellate courts and defense of white collar and other prosecutions in state and federal trial courts.

Mr. Denvir was lead counsel in the 'Unabomber' Theodore Kaczynski trial. He also represented former state schools chief William Honig in the appeal of his conflict of interest conviction, Michelle 'Batgirl' Cummiskey, who was charged with the brutal slaying of a Sacramento man, and Reza Eslaminia, who was charged in the Billionaire Boys Club murder of the former Iranian official who was his father.

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense; Appellate Practice.

Admitted: 1969, District of Columbia; 1971, California

Law School: University of Chicago, J.D., with honors, 1969

College: University of Notre Dame, A.B., 1962; The American University, M.A., 1966

Biography: Order of Coif. Member, University of Chicago Law Review. Federal Defender, 1996-2005. State Public Defender, 1976-1984. Member, California Academy of Appellate Lawyers, 1986-Present.

Military: Lt., U.S. Navy, 1962-1966

Reported Cases: Jones v. United States, 526 U.S. 227 (1999); Roe v. Flores-Ortega, 528 U.S. 470 (2000); Ewing v. California, 538 U.S. 11 (2003).

Born: Chicago, Illinois, May 27, 1940

ISLN: 907905194